COVID-19 News
How we're helping you, families, communities and businesses stay connected
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How to ensure small businesses are more resilient and more digital than ever before
SMEs are relevant to many aspects of our everyday lives and form the backbone of Europe’s economy. Their variety is immense, from fast-moving, digital-first start-ups, through to more traditional, strictly analogue high street businesses that have yet to acquire the skills to benefit from the latest digital innovations. -
Four ways digitisation can unlock Africa’s recovery
The full human cost of COVID-19 in Africa is not yet known, but it is likely to be significant. -
How a truly digital approach can accelerate the post-COVID economic recovery
When I presented our annual results last month, I spoke about the speed of our business continuity planning amid the Covid pandemic. This allowed us to focus on a comprehensive 5-point plan to support our customers and society in this crisis. -
Become a Dreamracer and race to help fight COVID-19
As Porsche Formula E’s Official Communications partner, Vodafone has in recent years partnered with the iconic sports car manufacturer on several initiatives covering Formula E, the Mobil 1 Cup and the Porsche eSports Supercup. -
Societal resilience
In recent months many of us will have experienced extreme and extended forms of disruption for the first time in our lives. A combination of health concerns with unprecedented physical and economic restrictions have changed our everyday lives. -
Life after COVID: how big data and location insights can help to ease lockdowns
Today an estimated 3 billion people are currently under some form of lockdown worldwide, a phenomenon that is having enormous societal and economic impact. -
We’re supporting the COVID-19 #SmartDevelopmentHack
Smart Development Hack is a collaboration of the European Commission and the BMZ (german Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation), and is a development of the hugely successful WirVsVirus hackathon. Vodafone are at the heart of supporting of supporting innovative technology concepts designed to help battle COVID-19. -
World Malaria Day 2020: Vodafone’s coronavirus mapping has roots in fighting malaria
Vodafone’s Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) team has been supporting European governments with modelling to understand how the novel coronavirus might spread. However, that tool – developed in association with WorldPop, the population mapping programme at the University of Southampton – has its roots in fighting another deadly disease, malaria, in Mozambique on another continent. -
Vodacom helps to flatten the COVID-19 curve through technological innovation
Regardless of race, culture or status, people around the world are suffering in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hardships range from the most debilitating - such as hunger and homelessness - to crippling psychological effects such as fear, loneliness and anxiety. -
Domestic violence and abuse: providing support during COVID-19 isolation
Vodafone remains fully committed to supporting individuals and employees affected by domestic violence as reports of abuse rise following the outbreak of COVID-19. -
Hacking the coronavirus with German engineering
Around the world, people find themselves with an abundance of free time. How they choose to spend this time is completely up to them – although, given the circumstances, many are confined and have limited resources. -
Telecom’s role in helping Europe exit lockdowns
Estimates suggest that a coronavirus vaccine could take 18 months to develop at the very minimum. European economies cannot afford to wait anywhere near that long to start returning to normality, even if that means managing further waves of infection. -
Vodafone announces new employee fundraising initiative to help local charities
Employee donations will be matched by Vodafone and Vodafone Foundation and will support charities – selected by our local Foundations – who are helping the most in need -
Harnessing AI and mobile supercomputing in the fight against COVID-19
As part of the DreamLab: Corona-AI project, a team from the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial College London, in collaboration with the Vodafone Foundation, are pairing bespoke AI technologies, mobile supercomputing, and big “-omics” data to narrow the search of combinations of existing drugs and food-based drug-like molecules to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. -
Supporting health services during the COVID-19 crisis
As part of our five-point plan to help counter the impact of COVID-19, Vodafone continues to offer vital support for healthcare services, helping them to cope with the surge in demand and assisting people as they seek healthcare information. -
Innovating supply chains with Integrated SIM
When we conducted our global IoT research last year, more than 79% of adopters said IoT helped them to achieve outcomes that wouldn’t have been otherwise possible. -
Adapting to the new reality
The spread of COVID-19 is having a huge impact on our day-to-day lives, changing the way we socialise and work. -
Vodafone Foundation and scientists at Imperial College London team up to use crowdsourcing app to help in the fight against Coronavirus
Vodafone Foundation and Imperial College London scientists deploy DreamLab app to speed up coronavirus research -
Vodafone Hungary: new LifeSaver app features
Two new features have been added to the Hungarian LifeSaver application that was launched in January this year by the Hungarian National Ambulance Service and Vodafone Foundation Hungary. -
Spain: Vodafone acts as a facilitator in the large Ifema hospital
El Economista, a daily Spanish newspaper, recently published a story about the role of Vodafone Spain in ensuring 4G and 5G connectivity, along with complex services and technology solutions, for Europe’s newest and largest field hospital. -
COVID-19 online doctor consultations
Our African business, Vodacom, has partnered with Discover Health, a medical aid provider to offer easy online access to COVID-19 screening and consultations for all South Africans. -
5G and health
There is no credible scientific evidence linking 5G or mobile technologies to the spread of Coronavirus. -
An update on Vodafone’s networks
Vodafone is committed to maintain the quality of service provided by our European networks during the COVID-19 outbreak. -
Vodafone’s Italy CEO discusses the coronavirus crisis
Italy is one of the hardest-hit countries in the coronavirus pandemic. The CEO of Vodafone Italy, Aldo Bisio, recently spoke to Corriere della Sera, a daily Italian newspaper. -
Vodafone offers free online learning resources to support customers during the Coronavirus crisis
Vodafone Group Plc announces it has completed the sale of 100% of Vodafone Malta to Monaco Telecom SAM. -
A new pioneering technology, supported by Vodafone, is helping to protect healthcare professionals in Germany and relieve the pressure on them during the COVID-19 crisis
The technology, created by Corevas, allows for a detailed virtual assessment via smartphone, ensuring there is distance between the patient and doctor. This removes the need for patients to leave the house, lowering the likelihood of infections. -
Vodafone launches five-point plan to help counter the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak
The spread of COVID-19 across Europe is having a significant impact on our day-to-day lives, changing the way we interact with others, introducing new ways of working and curtailing our movements as we adhere to new measures introduced by governments to limit infection and protect the more vulnerable within our societies.
