Innovation
Our mission is to bring the future forward, by bringing the outside in. We are developing win-win partnerships with leading innovators.
That means connecting the start-ups which share our vision for the future with the people who can make it happen. We don’t think innovation is new, or happens on the side – it is central to everything we do and it could involve you, too.
But don’t just take our word for it, read our innovation stories.
Vodafone continues to push forward, to develop new technologies that empower people and create a better future. This has helped us to become one of the leading telecommunication providers today.
In a rapidly evolving world, there is no room for complacency. We’re always looking outwards for inspiration, collaboration and partnership opportunities.
Our innovation strategy is focused around our hot topics below, but if you have something completely new which aligns with our vision, we’d always be excited to hear about it.
Our hot topics
Blurring the lines between virtual and reality may sound out of this world, but it’s not all sci-fi. There are already some very real and practical applications and we think there’s enormous potential for more.
Let us know what AR/VR means to you, and the opportunity that it presents for our customers.
Know how
Benefit from Vodafone’s 30+ years of experience, and see how our industry experts can contribute to your business success.
Customer
With more than 300+ million customers, Vodafone opens core distribution channels and offers go-to-market support.
Technology
Our Innovation Labs offer a modern environment to develop products for the mass market and integrate with our existing services.
Network
With an extensive network of strategic partnerships across the innovation ecosystem, we offer real opportunities to leverage scale.
Success stories
Vidsy.co
A Vodafone Dig case study: meet Vidsy, the creative technology engine powering mobile video ad creation for the world’s leading brands.
Seenit
Seenit helps brands and organisations to create video with their audiences. Fans and employees become mobile film crews.
Spirable
Spirable, the London based adtech startup, is one of several playing in the customized video ads space.
Meet the team
Paresh Modi
Head of Business Development & Innovation
Cilia Kanellopoulos
Senior Manager, Innovation
Innovation Stories
Bright Sparks programme: we’re looking for start-ups
Vodafone is looking to partner with disruptive early-stage start-ups for Bright Sparks, our start-up support programme.
Vodafone innovation on Launchpad for journey from telco to techco
Paresh Modi, Head of Business Development and Innovation, Vodafone Group explores Vodafone’s journey from telco to becoming a tech communications company.
The Vodafone 5G DIG Top 100
The Vodafone 5G Dig is a global quest to find the latest and greatest start-ups, offering partnership potential and providing real use cases for 5G.
Innovation unbound: Winning startups tackle social issues
Smart white sticks for the partially sighted, helping children with cerebral palsy, and nudging millennials onto the housing ladder - meet some of the winning startups tackling social issues at 2019’s Unbound London event.
Dig it: Meet the 5 finalists of the Vodafone 5GDIG
After an exhaustive global search, the top five companies in the Vodafone #5GDIG have been chosen, and we're so excited to introduce you to them
#5GDig: The winners – from Skype for surgeons to AR
Everything started, says Nuno Muralha, when he was a surgeon in South Africa on a trauma exchange.