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LIVE FROM AWS SUMMIT 2024: Joao Gaspar da Silva (pictured), enterprise architect for edge, 5G and APIs at Vodafone Business, outlined private 5G benefits in connected manufacturing environments, outlining the network technology's role in a wide range of use cases spanning computer vision to asset tracking.

Bharti Airtel rejected a local report it is interested in acquiring Vodafone Group’s remaining holdings in Indus Towers, which would boost the second-largest operator's stake in the infrastructure company to 69 per cent.

Vodafone Group used World Earth Day to focus on mobile device recycling, encouraging people to tackle a problem which the GSMA estimates amounts to 5 billion redundant phones.

Vodafone UK flicked the switch on its 200th mast in the country’s Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, a move announced days after rival VMO2 inked a deal with Starlink to bolster its own efforts for the scheme.

SAP’s loss became Vodafone Business’ gain, as the operator’s enterprise unit tapped the software player’s European office to source its latest CEO, Marika Auramo (pictured).

The UK Competition and Markets Authority opened a threatened in-depth investigation into a proposed merger of Vodafone Group and CK Hutchison’s operations in the country, after the pair declined to offer concessions.

Vodafone Group hailed the potential of a Nokia-pioneered internet technology to change the game for broadband latency, a development it stated could ultimately act as the foundation for remote healthcare and industrial uses.