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Vodafone India has reported solid revenue growth for the first half of its financial year despite parent company Vodafone’s decision to take a €5 billion ($5.36 billion) writedown of its Indian operations. Service revenue for the first half increased 5.9% to…
Vodafone India has revealed plans to roll out 4G services in eight additional telecoms circles by March 2017, giving it a 4G presence in 17 of India’s 22 service areas. The operator aims to deploy 4G in 2,400 additional towns over the next four months, in the…
Vodafone has revealed plans to launch what it expects will be the world’s first live commercial narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) networks in early 2017. The operator will launch LPWA NB-IoT networks in Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain during the first three…
Vodafone Australia has revealed plans to branch out into offering fixed broadband services over the national broadband network (NBN). The operator plans to extend into fixed-line broadband to give its mobile customers more access to data both at home and…
Vodafone Australia has revealed plans to switch off its 2G network in just under a year to free up spectrum for 4G. The operator will decommission its legacy 2G GSM network on September 30 2017, following a 12-month campaign to move its remaining 2G users off…
Vodafone Fiji has become one of the first operators in the Pacific to roll out an LTE-Advanced network. The operator has gone live with an LTE-A network that currently covers 65% of the population, and aims to expand this to 85% by Christmas. The network…
Spark New Zealand has revealed it is formally opposing rival Vodafone New Zealand’s planned merger with Sky Network Television. The operator announced it has made a submission to competition regulator the Commerce Commission opposing the proposed merger on…
Malaysia’s largest operator Maxis has arranged to offer Vodafone’s IoT services for its business customers. The operator will offer a service combining its high speed data network with Vodafone’s IoT platform to help assist business customers looking to…
Huawei and Vodafone have announced they reached 20Gbps wireless transmission rates during 5G field tests using high-frequency E-Band spectrum. The 5G mmWave field test covered both single and multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmissions. The…
Vodafone India is reportedly the frontrunner for acquiring Telenor’s Indian spectrum holdings and operations in a deal that could be worth over $1 billion. Two people close to the negotiations said that Vodafone India is pursuing the deal to help it better…
Reports indicate that Vodafone is preparing to conduct an IPO of its Indian business in the fourth quarter that could raise as much as $2.5 billion. The operator is expected to file a draft prospectus for the IPO in August, citing sources close to the deal.…
Telenor and Vodafone have set a new global IPX benchmark by running five separate services over a single IPX interconnect. The operators expanded their existing 4G signaling service to include 2G/3G signaling, direct voice, data roaming services and SMS…
Vodafone has announced that its M-Pesa mobile money service now has more than 25 million active customers. Across the M-Pesa footprint in Africa, Asia and Europe, active M-Pesa customers increased by 27.1% to 25.4 million for the 12 months ending in March.…
The company has asked interested investment banks to sign NDAs so it can provide more detailed information about the unit, citing people familiar with the matter. Vodafone may be ready to pick advisers by next month, the sources said. Around 10% of the Indian…
Vodafone India has outlined a strategy aimed at doubling its SME customer base in Bangalore, known as the Silicon Valley of India. Vodafone Business Services announced a three-pronged plan to increase its SME coverage in the state of Karnataka – particularly…
Christian Louboutin’s latest spring/summer bag collection is being showcased in a stunning pop-up boutique in Tokyo’s Isetan department store. Open on the second level until March 1, the Christian Louboutin Tokyo pop-up was inspired by showgirls and exotic…
