Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile plan to establish a Europe-led satellite constellation, operated out of Germany, to provide satellite-to-smartphone connectivity
Vodafone agrees to acquire Skaylink, a German company specializing in managing cloud deployments on Microsoft Azure and AWS, for €175M from PE firm Waterland
Britain's Vodafone (VOD.L) on Thursday said it will acquire German cloud and digital transformation firm Skaylink for 175 million euros …
Germany's data protection commissioner fines Vodafone a record €45M for data privacy violations linked to “malicious behavior” by third-party sales agents
It's Vodafone unilaterally changing contract terms to defraud customers or add unwanted services... which is a pretty common practice these days among many telcos, everywhere [embedded post]
Vodafone makes “the world's first” satellite video call using a standard smartphone via SpaceMobile satellites; the service is set to launch in Europe in 2025
It's partnered with Starlink rival AST SpaceMobile on a direct-to-smartphone satellite service it plans to launch in Europe later this year.
The UK CMA clears the £15B Vodafone-Three deal after a 10-month inquiry, subject to investing £11B in UK digital infrastructure, creating the UK's biggest telco
- CMA approved the merger with Three in UK on Thursday — Europe's telcos have spent years lobbying for consolidation
The UK CMA says it would approve the £15B Vodafone-Three merger if they commit to investing £11B to upgrade the UK's network, ahead of a December 7 decision
- CMA calls for short term protections to prevent price hikes — The £15 billion ($19.5 billion) …
Microsoft debuts new AI coding tools in Excel, adds email prioritization Outlook features, and says Copilot's customer base grew 60%+ in the most recent quarter
Excel will get AI tools for Python language, Outlook gets email prioritization features. — Microsoft Corp. said Vodafone …
In a provisional ruling, the CMA says Vodafone and Three's planned $19B merger could lead to higher prices, diminished service, and reduced investment in the UK
The U.K.'s antitrust regulator has delivered its provisional ruling in a longstanding battle to combine two of the country's major telecommunication operators.
Sources: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France as part of a probe into Telegram allegedly allowing a range of crimes due to a lack of moderation
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The UK CMA launches a formal Phase 2 investigation into Vodafone and Three UK's planned $19B merger, after finding competition and pricing concerns in Phase 1
The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed that it's launching a formal “phase 2” investigation into the planned merger between Vodafone and Three UK.