je.st
news
Tag: vodafones
Vodafone's 5G UK service to launch in July
2019-05-14 12:36:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The firm will offer its next-generation mobile network to businesses and the public in seven cities.
Tags: service
july
launch
vodafones
European regulator warming to Vodafones Liberty Global deal
2019-04-03 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
The European Commission has reduced the number of objections it has registered against Vodafone’s proposed €18.4 billion acquisition of a string of Liberty Global&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
Tags: global
deal
european
warming
Vodafone's Martin Freeman break-up advert banned
2018-10-10 01:01:36| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Advertising Standards Authority says the advert implied customers could leave their contract any time.
Tags: martin
banned
freeman
advert
Vodafone's S Europe troubles show 'bums on seats' still an issue that 5G won't fix
2018-09-21 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
European mobile operators are still chasing customers, because they are struggling to make money from anything other than connectivity, with efforts to push VAS revenue streams largely coming to nothing, and despite their best efforts to hype the promise of 5G, there is no evidence to suggest anything will change with the arrival of the next generation of mobile technology. This 'bums on seats' approach - to borrow an expression that was oft-used to describe the Internet giants a decade or so ago, with their vast 'customer' bases and free services - is a dangerous game. It leaves telcos exposed to any kind of market disruption, with the threat of a price war ever looming. Take Vodafone as an example. Voda is working hard to address its well-documented issues in Italy and Spain, two major European markets that have weighed on its numbers in recent reports. The difficulties it faces there stem almost entirely from the arrival of new competitors pushing prices down. Vodafone's CEO-elect Nick Read took to the stage at Goldman Sachs' Communacopia event late last week to discuss the business he will inherit when he steps into Vittorio Colao's shoes at the start of October…read more on TotalTele.com »
Waning share price forces Vodafone's new CEO to consider towers selloff
2018-09-17 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Vodafone's new CEO, Nick Read, is considering selling of the company's towers business unit, as the company's share price continues to fall. Vodafone's debt levels rose to €31 billion following the acquisition of a string of Eastern European assets from Liberty Global…read more on TotalTele.com »