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After much delay, Axiata Group Bhd is positive that the merger between its Indian associate company Idea Cellular Ltd and Vodafone India will materialise by the beginning of the third quarter of this year, as just two more approvals are required. Speaking to…
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has filed 27 charges against Vodafone New Zealand, accusing the operator of engaging in false and misleading conduct with its FibreX hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) service. The charges filed in the Auckland District Court allege…
Vodafone India has taken another step towards the closure of its planned merger with Idea Cellular, after the company completed Tuesday the sale of its standalone tower business to ATC Telecom Infrastructure Private Limited (ATC) for 38.5 billion rupees…
Vodafone Australia has joined rival Optus is testing massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology, and plans to start rolling it out from 2018. The operator announced a recent successful trial of Massive MIMO in the 1800-MHz FDD band. The trial,…
The Competition Commission of India has approved the proposed merger between Indian operators Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, which would create the market’s largest mobile operator by subscribers. The regulator has cleared a proposal that would see…
New Zealand telecoms operators are entering the race for IoT, with Vodafone and Spark both announcing they will soon roll out IoT networks in the country using low-power, wide-area networking (LPWAN) technologies. Following initial tests with technology…
Vodafone Group has swung to a €6.1 billion ($6.76 billion) full-year loss as a result of a €3.7 billion writedown on its Indian operations. Vodafone India recorded an impairment of loss of €4.51 billion for the financial year as a result of the anticipated…
India’s second and third ranked mobile operators, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, have revealed plans to merge to create the India’s largest operator by market share. The companies have announced that Vodafone will combine its Vodafone India subsidiary with…
New Zealand regulator the Commerce Commission has declined to approve the proposed merger between Vodafone New Zealand and SKY Network Television on competition grounds. The commission held that a merger between the companies would negatively impact…
Vodafone India and Idea Cellular are reportedly on the verge of finalizing the terms of a major merger that would create India’s largest operator by subscribers. The operators are expected to finalize the agreement within a month and could be ready to…
Vodafone Australia has promoted its director of sales, Ben McIntosh, to the newly created position of consumer business unit (CBU) director. Chief executive officer Iñaki Berroeta said the new position merges the existing sales director and marketing director…
Vodafone is reportedly considering pursuing a merger of its Indian mobile business with a rival operator to help better compete in the intensively competitive market and survive the price war triggered by the entry of Reliance Jio Infocomm. The operator is…
Vodafone India has reportedly handed Nokia a multi-year contract extension worth €200 million ($210.5 million) covering the delivery of managed services in multiple telecoms circles. The scope of the contract has been expanded to cover managed services for 14…
Vodafone has teamed up with Nokia to trial cloud-based radio access network (RAN) technology to see how it will stack up for the transition from 4G to 5G networks. During the trial, which occurred at the operator’s testing facility in Italy, Vodafone used…
Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has contracted Dimension Data and FireEye to build its first Cyber Defence and Response Centre (CDRC) to offer services to enterprise customers. The CDRC will provide around-the-clock advanced event monitoring, threat…
Vodafone India has introduced the ability for users of its M-Pesa digital wallet service to withdraw cash at any of over 120,000 Vodafone M-Pesa outlets nationwide. The company said its network of M-Pesa outlets is roughly equivalent to the number of bank…
