News and BusinessHuawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has been named ‘Supplier of the Decade’ by Vodafone. The Vodafone Supplier Awards recognize companies that have “performed outstandingly” in supporting Vodafone Group’s continuous drive for operating efficiency and to deliver greater benefits to its customers. The ‘Supplier of the Decade’ award signifies Huawei’s […]
News and BusinessVodafone and UK-based wholesale carrier CityFibre have revealed plans to roll out Gigabit FTTP networks in four cities on top of those they have already announced. The full list includes Coventry, Edinburgh, Huddersfield and Stirling, all of which are next in line for a full fibre infrastructure programme along with Milton Keynes, Peterborough and Edinburgh. […]
News and BusinessBASE event in Athens at the end of March brought together more than 300 delegates from entire “broadband value chain”. A new concept of broadband is on target to be achieved as the industry experiences an era of unparalleled change and challenge, and networks transform to meet the opportunities of 5G, “cloudification”, the Internet of […]
Applications and ResearchVodafone and Huawei have conducted a successful field trial of Fixed Access Network Slicing. The virtual access network solution partitions a physical FTTH network into multiple virtual network slices, creating multi-tenancy virtualisation of the access network. This is designed to give flexibility and full control for different operations teams (be they from different departments in […]
News and BusinessPortuguese operators Vodafone and NOS have signed a national infrastructure development and sharing agreement. The agreement covers the reciprocal sharing of dark fibre serving about 2.6 million houses, where each entity shares an equivalent amount of investment with the other. The partnership also extends to the mobile infrastructure, where it envisages at a minimum the […]
Technologies and ProductsBKT Elektronik recently announced that Vodafone has selected its custom-made ODF and connectivity suite for its nationwide UK exchange renewal project. The solution is designed from the ground up in direct response to Vodafone’s requirements for a new future-proof deployment with the added benefit of backward compatibility for installation into their legacy network. Andrew Wilson, […]
News and BusinessThe CEO of Vodafone Group, Vittorio Caloa has been presented with the PrimiDieci award, recognising him as one of the most influential and successful Italians working in business in the UK. He was given the award at a ceremony and dinner on 3rd May 2016 at BAFTA, London. Colao has been the Group Chief Executive […]
News and BusinessHuawei and Vodafone Group have announced the opening of an Open IoT Lab to work on the development of products and applications relating to Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technology. The lab will provide a pre-integration testing environment for application developers and device, module and chip manufacturers. The facility, which is the first of seven […]