Vodafone Group news releases

• Vodafone statement re Vodafone Egypt

  

  Vodafone announces that due diligence has been substantively completed with respect to the potential sale of its 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt to stc. Despite the expiry of the MoU, Vodafone remains in discussion with stc to finalise the transaction in the near future.

  13 Sep 2020 Technology

• Vodafone becomes UK’s top contributor of computer processing power in war against COVID-19

  

  Vodafone is now the UK’s number one daily contributor to the World Community Grid – the leading global volunteer-led organisation of nearly 790,000 individuals and organisations donating computing processing power to advance scientific research into human health, poverty and sustainability.

  11 Sep 2020 Technology

• Vodafone Foundation to invest US$28m (€23.7m) to expand ‘Ambulance Taxi’ programme in Africa

  

  Vodafone Foundation is committing US$28 million (€23.7 million) to expand its m-mama ‘ambulance taxi’ programme beyond Tanzania for the first time to Lesotho and other sub-Saharan African countries.

  08 Sep 2020 Technology

• Update on the merger of Bharti Infratel and Indus Towers

  

  Vodafone Group Plc today announces that it has agreed with Bharti Airtel Limited and Vodafone Idea Ltd to proceed with completion of the merger of Indus Towers Limited and Bharti Infratel Limited.

  01 Sep 2020 Technology

• Q1 FY21 trading update

  

  Our trading performance in the first quarter demonstrates the relative resilience of our operating model and focused delivery of our strategic priorities. Whilst we have seen the direct impact on our revenue from travel restrictions and business project delays, we have also seen increased usage in voice and data, alongside record NGN broadband customer net additions in Europe.

  24 Jul 2020 Technology

• Vantage Towers

  

  Europe’s leading tower infrastructure platform with over 68,000 towers across 9 markets

  24 Jul 2020 Technology

• Vodafone's European network to go 100% green

  

  Vodafone today announced that its European network will be powered by 100% renewable electricity no later than July 2021, creating a Green Gigabit Net for customers across 11 markets that will grow sustainably using only power from wind, solar or hydro sources.

  17 Jul 2020 General

• 5G Future Forum releases first technical specifications to accelerate global adoption of 5G Multi-access Edge Computing

  

  The 5G Future Forum, a consortium of global 5G leaders accelerating the delivery of Multi-access Edge computing-enabled solutions around the world, will release its first technical specifications to its members in the third quarter of 2020 – a major step forward in enabling global interoperability for 5G and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) deployment to deliver efficient and innovative services to end customers.

  16 Jul 2020 Technology

• Completion of merger between VHA and TPG

  

  Vodafone Group Plc (Vodafone) announces that Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Limited (VHA) and TPG Telecom Limited (TPG) have completed their merger to establish a fully integrated telecommunications operator in Australia.

  13 Jul 2020 General

• Board appointment

  

  Jean-Francois Van Boxmeer to join Vodafone's board as a non-executive director and to succeed Gerard Kleisterlee as chairman in November 2020.

  22 May 2020 General

• Vodacom Group simplifies structure; creates Vodacom South Africa as standalone

  

  Vodacom Group has simplified its structure following the recent expansion of its African portfolio and accelerated growth ambitions on the continent, including financial and digital services, positioning it as a leading Pan African technology company.

  21 May 2020 General

• OPPO and Vodafone announce partnership agreement to bring a broad range of OPPO products to Vodafone’s European markets

  

  Partnership agreement will enable OPPO and Vodafone to accelerate 5G adoption and expand availability of OPPO products to more Vodafone markets and customers.

  18 May 2020 General