Innovation stories

• 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.

  02 Jul 2020 Innovation

• The Vodafone 5G DIG Top 100

  

  The Vodafone 5G Dig is a global quest to find start-ups that offer partnership potential and help us respond to business challenges through real 5G use cases.

  15 Jan 2020 Technology

• 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.

  15 Jan 2020 Technology

• 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

  15 Jan 2020 Technology

• Bright Sparks: Cycling into a sustainable future

  

  In 1965 an anarchist group called Provo in the Netherlands created what was probably the world’s first formal bike sharing scheme.

  15 Jan 2020 Technology

• #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.

  15 Jan 2020 Technology

• Intelligent Transport System

  

  Vodafone has opened a 5G Mobility Lab at the Aldenhoven Testing Center in Germany, one of the first places in Europe to test the actual usage of 5G.

  01 Dec 2018 Technology

• Chat anywhere

  

  Vodafone was the first to launch NB-IoT, a Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) network technology which provides an opportunity to resolve connectivity issues.

  01 Dec 2018 Technology

• Emergency drones

  

  Vodafone Group’s New Technologies and Innovation team has been experimenting in the hills of northern Andalucía with mobile relays mounted on a drone.

  01 Dec 2018 Technology

• Dreamlab

  

  Vodafone Foundation’s DreamLab app is harnessing the collective processing power of smartphones while they’re charging to aid cancer research.

  01 Dec 2018 Technology

• Big data for public health

  

  Vodafone’s data scientists are working on projects analysing how big data can be used to provide decision support to tackle problems of societal importance.

  01 Dec 2018 Technology

• Zero latency gaming

  

  We are currently exploring pilots to host servers for gaming companies on our networks. This could provide a premium gaming experience for Vodafone customers.

  01 Dec 2018 Technology

• Eva Facial Mouse

  

  Marcos Muñiz García suffers from Cerebral Palsy and in the past struggled to use any mobile devices, but is now able to do so thanks to the EVA Facial Mouse.

  01 Dec 2018 Technology

• Body sensors

  

  Engineers from Vodafone’s Network Centre of Excellence have been experimenting with how different sensors can interact with smartwatches over a mobile network.

  01 Dec 2018 Technology

• Malta Biobank

  

  Vodafone Foundation Malta is developing a digital platform with the University of Malta that enables research into diseases such as diabetes and asthma.

  01 Dec 2018 Technology

• Vodafone Power Lab

  

  Vodafone Power Lab is a Portuguese programme, supporting innovation and entrepreneurship by promoting the creation of technological and digital projects.

  01 Dec 2018 Technology

• Vodafone Automotive - Piaggio Wi-Bike

  

  Vodafone supports urban mobility and provides connected solutions for eBikes, including the latest telematics to keep the Wi-bike connected to its owner.

  01 Dec 2018 Technology

• Vodafone Automative - Share a Porsche

  

  Vodafone Automotive’s ‘Share a Porsche’ service enables a small group of people, two to four friends or colleagues, to share a car under a collective lease contract.

  01 Dec 2018 Technology

• Vodafone gets the ball rolling

  

  Learn more about Vodafone’s LTE connected streaming solution for soccer amateur leagues in Germany, soccerwatch.tv

  01 Dec 2018 Technology

• Vodafone and ICE-Gateway makes cities smart

  

  Vodafone Germany and ICE-Gateway are working on smart street light technology as part of a project to build the smart city of the future.

  01 Dec 2018 Technology