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Vodafone in Europe

Vodafone has over 120 million mobile customers and 12.6 million fixed customers across Europe, supported by our operations in 13 European countries.

 

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Towards a more equal world

Access to mobile internet presents revolutionary opportunities for addressing issues of inequality.

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A Gigabit Society for Europe

With the help of independent experts, Vodafone has examined the issues at the heart of delivering a Gigabit Society for Europe.

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Latest reports

  • Connecting Europe for a better future - Vodafone's Policy Priorities

    Vodafone believes in the promise of Europe. Despite the significant and important progress driven by the Digital Single Market, we believe that Europe needs a step change: one that turbo-charges investment and lays the foundations for top-class European digital infrastructure through the creation of better conditions for digital solutions made in Europe and which builds trust in the digital society, empowering European citizens. The EU’s next strategic agenda spanning 2019-2024 will be pivotal. Vodafone’s Whitepaper, Connecting Europe for a Better Future looks at policies which could address the significant challenges that Europe faces today and which will ensure that Europe is in a position to be a global leader in the next phase of the digital revolution.

    • Connecting Europe for a Better Future: Vodafone’s Policy Priorities

      Connecting Europe for a Better Future: Vodafone’s Policy Priorities
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  • Digital deployment

    In the digital deployment report, we have identified six key policy aspects that, we believe, impact investors’ abilities to deploy competing fixed and mobile digital networks in a given market. Governments and policymakers can stimulate investment by examining their policies in each of these areas in comparison with peers and ensuring they have a plan to adopt best practice. This report provides policymakers with the best-practices and the degree of variation across our 12 EU markets and makes policy recommendations to improve the ease of digital infrastructure deployment.
     

  • A new IoT regulatory framework for Europe

    The value IoT could bring to Europe is well recognised and if the regulatory landscape is right. Realising these benefits could transform Europe’s standing in terms of global competitiveness and 5G connectivity. IoT cuts across a wide variety of market sectors, emphasising the need for a cross-sectoral policy approach. Taking input from a number of different industries, Vodafone has prepared this white paper, which proposes a new regulatory framework for IoT in the EU.
     

  • Realising the economic potential of machine-generated, non-personal data in the EU

    In this report, commissioned by Vodafone, Deloitte considers the economic potential of machine-generated, non-personal data in the European Union. This type of data is particularly relevant to the Internet of Things and Deloitte’s review focuses on the agriculture, automotive, healthcare, smart city and manufacturing sectors. The report estimates the potential value of this form of data and how this value is derived from sharing. It also identifies barriers to that value being realised and makes policy recommendations to ease those barriers.
     

    • Realising the potential of IoT data report for Vodafone

      Realising the potential of IoT data report for Vodafone
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  • Creating a Gigabit Society – the role of 5G

    This study focuses on the important role that 5G mobile has to play in achieving the Gigabit Society vision, highlighting the consumer and industrial innovations that 5G will facilitate. It also makes recommendations on the key policy areas that need to be addressed in order to capitalise on the benefits that 5G can bring.
     

    • Creating a Gigabit Society-The role of 5G

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  • Creating a Gigabit Society

    Gigabit fibre networks are needed to digitise Europe’s industry. Vodafone has commissioned Arthur D. Little to examine the current and future connectivity needs of cutting-edge organisations in sectors ranging from education to energy and gaming to healthcare, as well as public sector organisations.
     

  • Achieving a digital single market for connected cars

    eCall - implementation status, learnings and policy recommendations

    All of Vodafone's 12 EU mobile networks are able to recognise eCalls and are therefore "eCall ready". However, as full eCall implementation requires action on the part of national governments, automotive manufacturers and mobile operators, Vodafone commissioned this study from SBD. This was because we wanted to help address any remaining challenges that might exist before the eCall launch date of 31 March 2018, when new cars type approved in the EU must be equipped with an eCall device.

     

    • Achieving a Digital Single Market For Connected Cars

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  • Securing the benefits of industry digitisation

    Regulatory and policy frameworks that will shape the digitisation of industry are currently being developed around the world. Vodafone has commissioned KPMG to assess the economic impact of different approaches to the regulation of enterprise services in areas such as Machine-to-Machine and the Internet of Things, net neutrality and cross-border data transfer.
     

    • Vodafone Industry Digitalisation Report

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  • Policy options for accelerating rural broadband in emerging markets

    Governments around the world have emphasised the importance of rural broadband for developing their economies and connecting societies. Vodafone has commissioned a report by Webb Henderson assessing the options available to governments in emerging markets to accelerate broadband coverage in underserved areas as part of their national broadband plans.
     

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