European telcos want U.S. tech giants to help fund their networks
They say the U.S. companies should pay to use the EU telecom networks they rely on so heavily.
This week Reuters reported that chief executives of Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and 11 other major European telcos are demanding that U.S. tech giants should bear some of the costs of developing Europe'... Read more
Telcos warn Europe will lose the OpenRAN race without more funding
Five major telco groups say the EU could forfeit its place at the head of the 5G deployment wave
Earlier this year, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, TIM, and Vodafone signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) outlining their commitment to create a framework for the creation of a European O... Read more
Vodafone chooses VMware Telco Cloud Platform for 5G core networks
Vodafone announced an expansion of it's core network in Europe. The company plans to deploy VMware's complete Telco Cloud Platform to handle the workloads on its 5G standalone core networks across Europe.
VMware’s task now is to automate and orchestrate all network functions and services, rega... Read more
Vodafone Germany plans standalone 5G rollout
The company hopes to leapfrog its EU competitors with a more robust 5G offering.
Vodafone Germany announced this week that it plans to deliver standalone technology from all of its 5G sites by 2023. The company claims this will turbocharge the company's 5G rollout and give it the most modern mob... Read more
Vodafone plans to hire 7,000 engineers in Europe by 2025
Vodafone plans to recruit 7,000 software engineers for its European workforce by 2025. The hope is that this addition will speed up its transition from a traditional telecom provider into a technology company.
The belief by the firm is that 5G, fiber, IoT, and digital platforms investments will ... Read more
Vodafone’s Q1 revenue grows as Europe sets down the road to recovery
Vodafone’s report indicates the mobile operator exceeded expectations in the first-quarter service revenue on Friday. It opened more stores as tourism made a cautious return after the severe disruption caused by the pandemic last year.
Nick Read, the CEO, said that the company returned t... Read more
Amazon’s Wavelength takes Vodafone services to the Edge
AWS helps Vodafone launch Europe's first multi-access Edge computing services.
Vodafone announced this week that it has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC) services. The new offering will be delivered with AWS Wavelength. The service will be initial... Read more
Vodafone announces partners to build Europe’s first Open RAN network
Vodafone reveals the strategic vendors that will help the telecom giant build "Europe's first commercial open RAN network."
Vodafone has announced the partrners it has chosen to build its planned open RAN network. The partners include Dell, NEC, Samsung Electronics, Wind River, Capgemini Enginee... Read more
Vodafone and Google Cloud to develop new global data platform
The two companies have signed a six-year strategic partnership to build new digital products and services for Vodafone customers.
Vodafone and Google Cloud are going to build "a powerful new integrated data platform and distributed system" for Vodafone and its global customers.
Vodafone anno... Read more
United Kingdom will completely remove Huawei from 5G networks
The United Kingdom has decided to completely remove Huawei from its 5G networks. According to the Secretary of State for Media and Culture, all Huawei equipment should be gone by the end of 2027.
Earlier this week, Vodafone and BT (two major providers in the United Kingdom) announced that if the... Read more