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Wie lassen sich mit Utiq digitale Kampagnen wirksam und datenschutzkonform steuern – ganz ohne Third-Party-Cookies? Utiq, das Joint Venture der Telkos Telekom, Vodafone, Orange und Telefónica, positioniert sich als datenschutzfreundliche Alternative zu den Walled Gardens – mit dem Anspruch, hohe Reichweite und Datenqualität zu vereinen. Erik diskutiert in seiner heutigen Podcast-Folge mit Norman Wagner, Managing Director DACH von Utiq, über die Rolle von Utiq im digitalen Marketing, transparente Nutzer-IDs und die Bedeutung für Mediaagenturen und Medienvielfalt. Die beiden erörtern insbesondere die folgenden Fragestellungen: - Was macht Utiq und was sind typische Use Cases? - Wer sind die Nutzer eurer Dienstleistungen? - Wie lassen sich mit Utiq digitale Kampagnen effizient und datenschutzkonform steuern – ohne Third-Party-Cookies? - Welchen Faktor spielen Media-Agenturen hinsichtlich der Kampagnen-Aussteuerung unter der Nutzung von Utiq? - Wie schafft ihr es mit Utiq im Einzelnen, der bekannten Attributionsproblematik entgegenzuwirken? - Welches sind die wichtigsten Kernaussagen in deinem vor kurzem veröffentlichten Meedia Interview bezüglich der Absicherung von pluralistischer medialer Meinungsvielfalt? Über Norman Wagner Norman Wagner gilt als anerkannter Experte und Vordenker zu Markenstrategien und Mediaplanung. Seit 2024 ist Norman Managing Director von Utiq Germany. Das im Sommer 2023 gestartete Telko-Joint-Venture von Telekom, Telefónica, Vodafone Group und Orange setzt sich europaweit für verantwortungsvolles digitales Marketing ein. Vor Utiq leitete Norman den Bereich Group Media bei der Deutschen Telekom. Weitere Stationen seiner Laufbahn waren unter anderem Mindshare, Mediacom, Ebiquity und Nielsen. Darüber hinaus engagierte sich Norman im Vorstand der Organisation Werbungtreibende im Markenverband OWM und ist Vorstand der Initiative 18. Der Marketing Transformation Podcast wird produziert von TLDR Studios.

Channel Partners 2025 | By Doug Green Vodafone is a global brand with deep roots in mobile communications, but what does Vodafone US do—and how can channel partners and carriers benefit? At Channel Partners, I sat down with David Joosten, CEO of Vodafone US, and Alain Masson, Vice President of Channel Partnership, to get the full story. “If you're supporting enterprises with a global footprint, Vodafone is a partner you should know,” Joosten told me. Vodafone US is not a consumer-facing business, but rather the enterprise arm of Vodafone Group, dedicated to serving US-headquartered multinational companies. These are typically Fortune 500 organizations that require connectivity, voice, IoT, managed services, and network solutions—not just domestically, but in 90+ countries where Vodafone operates or has deep partnerships. A Global Network with Local Expertise “We've evolved far beyond mobile,” Joosten explained. “Today, we fuel 30–40% of the world's internet traffic through our global backbone. And for US enterprises looking to scale globally, we bring both reach and regulatory know-how.” That's critical, especially in regions where companies need local contracting capabilities, compliance with local tax regulations, and in-country technical support. Vodafone can deliver on all three, thanks to its owned operations in 27 countries and partnerships in 60 more. Why the Channel Matters Alain Masson is leading Vodafone's push into the channel ecosystem in the US, building relationships with top technology services distributors (TSDs) and resellers. “We're here to extend Vodafone's capabilities to a broader audience in the US—especially those supporting globally distributed enterprises,” said Masson. “We've already seen success with large channel-led deals and continue to grow rapidly.” For partners, Vodafone offers a broad portfolio—from voice and data to IoT and managed services—all delivered through a centralized US-based team with global execution capabilities. A Message for Rural Telcos and Regional Carriers Joosten also extended an invitation to regional operators, including rural telcos, First Nation carriers, and other service providers. “We've built an entire Partner Markets organization for this. Whether it's co-branded services, shared network investments, or roaming agreements, we know how to work with other operators,” he said. With shared services, procurement scale, and AI-powered innovations already in place, Vodafone is looking to collaborate across North America—no matter the size of the partner. Where to Learn More Vodafone US may not be a household name domestically, but its global infrastructure, experience in complex markets, and now, a growing channel program, make it a powerful option for enterprises, MSPs, and carriers alike. Learn more at vodafone.com, or reach out directly to David.Joosten@vodafone.com or Alain.Masson@vodafone.com.  

The telecom industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation. This shift is creating new business opportunities and services but also brings significant challenges in transformation and modernization. In a new five-part mini-series, Reimagining Telecoms, we will explore these challenges through five distinct lenses: Growth, Networks, Simplification, Data & AI, and Regulation, uncovering lessons and insights relevant to telecom organizations and beyond. This week, Dave, Esmee and Rob talk to Osman Peermamode, Director, Data & Analytics at Vodafone Group about data and how can it act as a differentiator and does regulation both help or hinder that progress?TLDR01:50 Update on Reimagining Telecoms mini-series03:30  Main conversation with Osman Peermamode34:00 AI in other industries and owns the intelligence?  43:55 May dashboard rest in peace GuestOsman Peermamode: https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmanpeermamode/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Esmee van de Giessen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esmeevandegiessen/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel van der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/with Praveen Shankar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveen-shankar-capgemini/SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/'Cloud Realities' is an original podcast from Capgemini

In this episode, we sit down with Sokratis Papafloratos, a seasoned entrepreneur and angel investor renowned for his significant contributions to the tech and digital health sectors.  Sokratis's journey began with an academic foundation in electronic engineering from the University of York, followed by a master's in information processing from King's College London. He commenced his career at Vodafone Group, focusing on strategy and business integration.  His entrepreneurial ventures include: TrustedPlaces: Co-founded in 2006, this local reviews platform achieved profitability and was later acquired by Yell Group, where Sokratis served as Head of Social Products, steering post-acquisition strategy and product innovation.  Togethera: Launched in 2013, Togethera was a private sharing app for families, reflecting Sokratis's commitment to creating platforms that foster personal connections.  In 2018, Sokratis founded Numan, a digital health clinic for men, aiming to provide accessible medical treatments and knowledge. Under his leadership, Numan has empowered over 400,000 individuals to take control of their well-being, offering services that address various aspects of men's health.  Beyond his ventures, Sokratis is an active angel investor, backing innovative companies like Calm, the world's first mental health unicorn. His career is marked by a commitment to innovation, a focus on destigmatising health issues, and a vision to use technology for social good.  Join us as we delve into Sokratis's experiences, exploring his entrepreneurial journey, the challenges he's overcome, and his insights into the evolving landscape of digital health and technology.

Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2025 Wrap-Up- Will Townsend and Anshel Sag discuss key highlights from MWC Barcelona 2025- Overview of AST Space Mobile's joint venture with Vodafone Group called Satco- Insights on Qualcomm and MediaTek's new 5G modem announcementsAST Space Mobile and Vodafone Partnership- Joint venture Satco aims to support fragmented mobile network operators in Europe- Provides turnkey solution with managed networking stack and operations- Focus on digital sovereignty within the European Union- Broadband capabilities beyond text messaging, including video callsAdvancements in 5G Modems- Qualcomm introduces X85 modem with 12.5 Gbps throughput- MediaTek announces M90 modem with 12 Gbps capability- Both modems feature improved power efficiency and AI enhancements- Inclusion of NTN satellite connectivity capabilities for IoT and NROpen Telecom AI Platform Launch- AMD, Cisco, Nokia, and Reliance Jio collaborate on new AI initiative- Aims to democratize access to modern AI through disaggregated networking infrastructure- Reliance Jio's role as a catalyst with 500 million subscribers5G XR Trials- Ericsson partners with T-Mobile and Qualcomm for 5G XR trials- Demonstration of AR streaming on T-Mobile's commercial network- Focus on thin, light AR glasses and distributed compute solutionsSecurity in Telecom- Palo Alto Networks introduces Prisma SASE 5G solution- Addresses security challenges in vast device ecosystems- Provides monetization opportunities for mobile network operatorsMWC Device Announcements- Xiaomi Buds Pro 5 with Wi-Fi for lossless audio- Concept phones with attachable camera lenses from Xiaomi and Realme- Lenovo's foldable and solar-powered laptop concepts- Various ultra-slim phone designs and foldable prototypes

In this episode, I got to sit down with Marcel Sponder from Vodafone, who has been working directly on the new services operators offer subscribers, most notably Vodafone's Secure Net. We chat about how cool it is to see one's own work benefit millions of people, the things made possible by more powerful home gateways, and more. 

Vodafone Group's £15 billion ($19.1 billion) merger with Three won the UK's antitrust watchdog's approval, paving the way to create Britain's largest telecommunications operator by revenue. The two companies have committed to invest £11 billion in the UK's digital infrastructure to win approval for the deal. Vodafone Group CEO, Margherita Della Valle, tells Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie what the deal means for prices, headcount and future consolidation across the European telecoms sector.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Microsoft has unveiled new AI features in its Copilot product. The features started rolling out this week and Microsoft also announced a large deal with Vodafone Group under which 68,000 or about two-thirds of the British mobile services provider's employees will get licensed access to the new Copilot. Among the features are Copilot Pages, deeper integration of Copilot within Microsoft's Office products, and Copilot agents, which will automate a growing number of business processes.

Mal día para el sector aéreo europeo con las acciones de Ryanair en mínimos anuales. Caídas que se producen tras unos resultados de la aerolínea irlandesa que han mostrado un impacto ya en el segundo trimestre del año y que han desatado la preocupación por los meses venideros. Mal comportamiento de Ryanair que arrastra a EasyJet, Wizz Air, IAG o Lutfhansa. Por otra parte, Vodafone Group ha vendido otra participación del 10% por valor de 1.300 millones de euros en Vantage Towers y Porsche estaría considerando asumir un papel más importante en el rescate de Varta, según Bloomberg. También hemos conocido este lunes los detalles de la escisión de Canal+ de Viviendi y en clave macro, la deuda de la eurozona sube al 88,7% del PIB en el primer trimestre y el déficit baja al 3,2%. Entrevistaremos a Ange Vallejo, socio de Maio Legal y director de relaciones institucionales de THIBER, el mayor think tank de ciberseguridad de habla hispana, responsable del área de derecho tecnológico, para hablar de las consecuencias del fallo informático mundial de hace unos días. Y en Expansión y Ciclo, el ministro de Industria y Turismo, Jordi Hereu, insiste en evitar la "turismofobia", un fenómeno que para nada corresponde a la realidad de nuestro país. Los temas de la actualidad los debatiremos en la Tertulia de Cierre de Mercados con José Ignacio Gutiérrez, de la Confederación de Cuadros y Profesionales, y Francisco Canós, inversor y partner en Cyber-C.

London's FTSE 100 fell as mixed inflation data left analysts expecting the Bank of England to hold interest rates steady at tomorrow's meeting. In opening trade, the FTSE fell about a fifth of a percent to 8,172. While the consumer price index retreated to 2% in May from 2.3% in April, core inflation registered at 3.5% and services inflation came in at 5.7% for the month. In company news, one of the morning's big fallers is AstraZeneca, which declined 1.8%. Yesterday it revealed that a breast cancer drug combination failed in late-stage trials. Berkeley Group Holdings retreated by 1% even though its final results showed higher profits than expected. Meanwhile, Vodafone Group added 1% after it sold down its stake in Indian mobile towers group Indus Towers. Vodafone, which retains a 3.1% stake in Indus, says it will use the cash to repay outstanding debt secured against its Indian assets. And Warhammer tabletop games maker Games Workshop Group jumped 7% after it gave a year end-update, saying revenue grew 10% and profit before tax should be up 17% or more. #ProactiveInvestors #marketreport #ftse #ftse100 #footsie #cpi #boe #inflation #astrazeneca #berkeleygroupholdings #vodafone #gamesworkshop #warhammer #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

In a world increasingly driven by digital transformation, the robustness of enterprise connectivity can often go unnoticed—until it doesn't. Today on Tech Talks Daily, we have the pleasure of hosting Mark Bennett, Head of Global Enterprise Networking Products at Vodafone Business, to discuss the pivotal role connectivity plays in modern business operations. Vodafone Business, a primary growth engine within the global Vodafone Group, stands at the forefront of enterprise connectivity, boasting a revenue of approximately $8.7 billion. The company's commitment is not just about maintaining connections but enhancing business capabilities through digital transformation. During this episode, Mark provides us with a deeper insight into the lesser-known yet critical side of Vodafone Business. He details their comprehensive portfolio, which spans IoT, cloud, security, analytics, unified communications, and more, catering from small enterprises to large multinational corporations. With today's enterprise networks becoming increasingly complex, the convergence of software-defined wide-area networks with security at the forefront—driven by hybrid working and cloud adoption—is more crucial than ever. Mark discusses the strategic importance of SAS and cloud integration, highlighting the significant role of Vodafone Business in supporting their customers through these transitions. Moreover, Mark sheds light on the transformative impacts of network automation. Despite a large portion of the industry still managing networks manually, Vodafone Business is pushing the boundaries by implementing AI and automation to enhance operational productivity and end-user experience. As Mark's first Cisco Live event in the U.S., he shares his excitement about exploring advancements in AI and automation, particularly how these technologies integrate into Vodafone's strategies to ensure optimal performance and agility for their customers globally. Whether you are deeply embedded in the tech industry or just curious about the infrastructural backbone that supports digital business operations, this conversation offers valuable insights into the critical role of enterprise connectivity in today's business landscape. What are your thoughts on the evolution of enterprise networking? How do you see AI and automation playing a role in your business or industry? Join the conversation and share your insights with us!

"Everything we do should have a purpose... Each day is a chance to make a small difference and leave the world a little brighter than we found it!" Tamara AL Bakri, Head of Roaming & Carrier Services at Vodafone Qatar in conversation with Anurag Aggarwal, Chief Revenue Officer (Enterprise) at GMS. In this captivating episode, Tamara recounts her remarkable journey, originating from a family steeped in the medical profession in Jordan. Despite this familial backdrop, Tamara courageously forged her own path within the telecommunications realm, finding her niche at Umniah. As her ambitions soared, she embraced new horizons, transitioning to the vibrant and culturally rich Vodafone Group, nestled in Qatar – a place she now affectionately refers to as her 'second home'. With nearly 20 years of invaluable experience in the telecom industry under her belt, Tamara is a seasoned professional and on the ROCCO list of Top 25 most influential professionals. Juggling her demanding career with the responsibilities of motherhood to her 'army of 3 boys', she remains tirelessly dedicated. Yet, amidst her bustling schedule, Tamara finds joy in pursuing a myriad of passions. From experimenting with diverse international cuisines in her kitchen to constantly revamping the interiors of her home, she embodies creativity in every aspect of her life. Not content with her achievements thus far, Tamara is also on the brink of releasing her debut book, a testament to her unwavering determination and multifaceted talents.

While Vodafone's plans for leveraging assets and focusing on customer experience enhancement highlight a future-ready stance aiming for sustainable growth, the company's future outlook should be viewed realistically based on the information provided. The telecom industry remains highly competitive, and Vodafone's ability to navigate challenges and capitalize on opportunities will be crucial for its long-term success.Vodafone's Strategic Shift and Focus on Value CreationVodafone Group Public Limited Company's recent earnings call shed light on the company's strategic shift towards maximizing shareholder value across various dimensions. As stated by CEO Margherita Della Valle, the creation of a new division is a result of Vodafone's transition into a non-controlled shareholder role in key assets following substantial deals in Europe.Asset Management and PartnershipsDella Valle emphasized Vodafone's focus on asset management, including debt management, offering insights into the company's broader strategic framework. Additionally, she highlighted the landmark partnership with 1&1, which showcases Vodafone's strategic foresight in leveraging its spectrum for long-term advantages. This partnership underscores Vodafone's commitment to strategic collaborations and its ability to utilize resources for lasting growth.Financial Prudence and Operational EfficienciesLuka Mucic addressed the financial impacts, including a €100 million revenue reduction from Spain due to deconsolidation and the negative working capital impact from the MDU transition in Germany. These discussions demonstrated Vodafone's financial prudence and its approach to growth strategies.Impressive Performance and Customer-Centric ApproachDespite the challenging economic landscape, Vodafone's impressive performance, with revenue surpassing annual expectations and strategic sales, partnerships, and operational efficiencies, showcases a model of robust and responsive growth. Their customer-centric approach, coupled with significant investments in operational transformations and partnerships like that with 1&1, demonstrates an understanding of the evolving telecom landscape. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theearningscall.substack.com

In this episode, Analysys Mason's Paul Jevons, Director and expert in tech-enabled transformation, and Scott Petty, Chief Technology Officer at Vodafone Group, discuss how AI is affecting Vodafone and its customers.   Topics covered in this podcast   How GenAI can enhance productivity, drive business transformation, and foster innovation in product and service development The opportunities and challenges that AI brings  AI governance and ethics  The benefits of AI for Vodafone's customers  The role and importance of partnerships with large language model (LLM) solution providers Find out more about Analysys Mason's AI-related research and consulting services here. Read the associated articles: The adoption of AI will be ineffective without the right operating models, Scenarios for GenAI and telecoms in 2033 and AI series: who will be the GenAI winners and losers in the TMT industry?

La Sicilia è ultima in Italia per incidenza del settore industriale sul totale del valore aggiunto della regione con un 13,1% persino dopo la piccola Calabria. Soffre anche per attrattività di investimenti diretti esteri, come altre regioni del Mezzogiorno. A ciò si aggiunge la condizione infrastrutturale dell'Isola e in particolare delle aree industriali dove è ormai urgente intervenire per fissare, in alcuni casi, le condizioni minime di vivibilità.Per questa ragione assume un'importanza centrale Piano industriale della Sicilia, presentato questa settimana nell'ambito della seconda edizione dell Act Tank Sicilia, il forum, organizzato da The European House - Ambrosetti e dalla Regione Siciliana.Ci colleghiamo con Pio Parma, Senior Consultant e coordinatore dell'iniziativa Act Tank Sicilia - The European House - Ambrosetti.Tlc: Swisscom (Fastweb) annuncia l'acquisizione di Vodafone ItaliaSwisscom (Fastweb) ha annunciato l'acquisizione di Vodafone Italia. La transazione, che dovrebbe concludersi entro la fine del 2024, creerà il primo operatore Ftth (Fiber to the Home, cioè fibra fino a casa) in Italia con una quota di mercato del 36%.In mattinata anche Vodafone Group ha emesso un comunicato per confermare le trattative esclusive I due gruppi hanno trovato un accordo sul prezzo di acquisto in via preliminare di 8 miliardi di euro in contanti e senza debiti. La prevista fusione tra Vodafone Italia e Fastweb unirebbe infrastrutture mobili e fisse, creando un gruppo leader basato sulla convergenza dei business. Ne parliamo con Andrea Biondi de Il Sole 24 Ore.Cina, lo spettro di un nuovo fallimento immobiliare. Chiesta la liquidazione per Country GardenIn Cina, dopo Evergrande, anche Country Garden - l'altro colosso malato del mattone - è sempre più nei guai. Il gigante immobiliare ha ricevuto una richiesta di liquidazione da parte di uno dei suoi creditori. L'istanza, presentata all'Alta Corte di Hong Kong da Ever Credit Limited, riguarda il mancato pagamento di un prestito di 1,6 miliardi di dollari di Hong Kong (190 milioni di euro). La data della prima udienza è stata fissata per il 17 maggio e la società ha già dichiarato che si opporrà a tale mossa con fermezza. La società il mese scorso ha messo in vendita una serie di hotel, uffici e altre proprietà nella città di Canton per raccogliere fino all'equivalente di circa 490 milioni di euro. Ma la bolla immobiliare sembra essere solo una delle spie di un Paese in seria difficolta. Ascoltiamo le analisi di Fabio Scacciavillani, economista, editorialista Il Sole24 Ore.

  We have a great Podcast with Sheila Kavanagh, who is Chief Network Officer of Vodafone Ireland. We start by learning about Sheila's career, she started with Eircell and that was ultimately taken over by the Vodafone Group.  Being a Network Engineer at the time, she was delighted to get the assignment to develop the Roaming Business as this gave her great International Experience and travel opportunities. Later in her career, Sheila got the opportunity to become Chief Technical Officer for Vodafone Malta, she and her family moved there and she really enjoyed that assignment and learned a lot over four years in a sunnier climate (!). Moving back to Dublin just before COVID, Sheila took up the Chief Network Officer role and we talk about the issues that face her in this job, such as: Building a Sustainable Business – we talk about Reduce, Reuse and Resell, even of the Network Equipment Sheila talks about a project to reduce energy usage using Artificial Intelligence, which is quite interesting The impact of 5G particularly on the Enterprise Market using Mobile Private Networks and how Vodafone brings value to Customers using Industry 4.0 principles Vodafone's plans in the area of O-RAN and the progress they have already made. We talk about how Sheila was successful in her career as a female executive in technology and how she works with her teams today, mainly she ensures that the teams emphasise Customer Focus as their main priority. Finally, we play out with a banger of tune that we all know well. Thanks for being a great guest Sheila. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheila-kavanagh-0ba6394/  

Want to find out exactly how Vodafone skyrocketed their bottom line by switching up their technology? This episode is with Sam Billett, the Senior Communications & Digital Solutions Manager at Vodafone Group! He shared all of the juicy insights as to how and why composable tech gives Vodafone cost saving superpowers. And you can learn more about how it can help boost your bottom line too.

A hónap végén debütál a Xiaomi 13T sorozat Android Portál     2023-09-06 08:14:11     Mobiltech Németország Berlin Xiaomi A Xiaomi 13T sorozat, amely a múlt héten vált hivatalosan, még ebben a hónapban – szeptember 26-án – kerül bemutatásra. Ez a leleplezés Lei Jun, a Xiaomi alapítója és vezérigazgatója által az X-en közzétett bejegyzésen keresztül érkezett, ahol bejelentette, hogy az eseményt Berlinben, Németországban tartják és élőben közvetítik a Mi.com-on. Jun azt Erősebbnek álcázott Intel-processzorral vertek át egy netes vásárlót PCWorld     2023-09-06 07:32:39     Infotech Intel Az áldozat hiába fizetett a Core i9-es csúcsprocesszorért, az eladó csak a feliratot szállította. Hálózatba kötött hadsereg IT Business     2023-09-06 12:45:04     Infotech háború Magyar Honvédség Irak Kuvait Az első, már digitálisnak nevezhető háborút még 1991-ben, Irak és Kuvait területén vívták, a TV-közvetítéseknek köszönhetően a háztartásokba is beköltözött a számítógépekkel irányított hadművelet. Azóta eltelt közel 22 év, és a fejlődés bizony viharos sebességű a Magyar Honvédségnél is. Erről beszélgettünk dr. Porkoláb Imre dandártábornokkal, a Hon Jelentősen nőtt a magyarok mobilnet-igénye – derül ki az elemzésből Digital Hungary     2023-09-06 12:09:07     Mobiltech Felmérés Horvátország SMS Yettel Mobilinternet Roaming A Yettel Magyarország minden évben felmérést tesz közzé arról, hogy miként alakult az adott év nyarán a hálózati forgalom. Az adatforgalmat tekintve idén a megszokott éves növekedést jelentősen meghaladta az országos átlag (54%), Horvátországban hasított a roaming-forgalom növekedése (közel +100%), az SMS műfaja tartotta magát és kismértékben növek Átcímkézett és vadiúj MI-funkciókat is bejelentett a Zoom Bitport     2023-09-06 08:03:02     Infotech IQ A korábban Zoom IQ néven ismert generatív MI-asszisztenst is bevetik, hogy a felszínen maradjanak a videokonferenciás alkalmazások zsúfolt piacán. „Figitális” kellékké alakítja a Honor az új okostelefonjait Mínuszos     2023-09-06 04:33:04     Mobiltech Telefon Okostelefon George Zhao, a Honor vezérigazgatója közzétette társasága stratégiai vízióit a jövő okostelefonjairól. „A Honor hajlítható okostelefonjai nagy utat tettek meg, és mindegyik új modell a formatervezés, a funkcionalitás és a strapabírás vonatkozásában is figyelemreméltó előnyökre tett szert” – nyilatkozta Zhao, a Honor vezérigazgatója. „Legújabb konce Mostantól beszélhetünk egy hétköznapi tárggyal First Class     2023-09-06 06:09:54     Infotech Az otthonok okosítása ezerrel pörög, mostantól akár két digitális asszisztens is lesheti parancsainkat a JBL új hordozható hangszóróin keresztül. Kiszámolták, hányat kell lépni ahhoz naponta, hogy tovább éljünk Index     2023-09-06 08:27:00     Tudomány Gyümölcs Jó hír a kanapéhuszároknak, a gyümölcs- és zöldségfogyasztás a testmozgást is kiválthatja. Megint bedöglött az Erste netbankja TechWorld     2023-09-06 07:43:08     Infotech Erste Megint elromlott az Erste George névre keresztelt online pénzügyi szolgáltatása.  Aki Erste Bank ügyfélként ma reggel szerette volna használni a cég lakossági felhasználóknak szóló online szolgáltatását, az nagyot koppant. Az idióta nevű, idegesítő George már megint meghalt, úgyhogy aki arra számított, hogy majd utalgatni fog, intézi a pénzügyeit, Arcon vágta az USA-t a Huawei Mate 60 Pro IT café     2023-09-06 08:45:00     Mobiltech USA Kína Huawei Sokan szedték darabokra a Huawei új csúcsmobilját, és a jelek szerint Kína az amerikai szankciók ellenére áttöréseket ért el a chipszektorban. Elemzők szerint sokba kerül mindez Kínának, minden értelemben. Tervek az égben, Amazon-műholdak a földön IT Business     2023-09-06 10:37:36     Mobiltech Világűr Afrika Műhold Vodafone 5G Jeff Bezos A Vodafone összefogott az Amazon "Project Kuiper" kezdeményezésével, hogy a 4G és 5G szolgáltatásokat Európa és Afrika több régiójára is kiterjesszék. Sajnos, Jeff Bezos műhold-konstellációjának egyetlen űreszköze sincs pályán. A Vodafone Group szóvivője szerint, hogy két forgatókönyvet látnak: "Az egyikben a Kuiper LEO- (low earth orbit, alacsony, A magyar űrhajós és a Szaturnusz sarkvidéki hatszöge Parallaxis     2023-09-06 10:00:00     Tudomány Világűr Van a Szaturnusz északi sarkvidékén egy hatalmas, majd' harmincezer kilométer ármérőjű, meglepően szabályos, hatszög alakú felhőrendszer, amelyet még a hetvenes évek Voyager űrszondái pillantottak meg először. A döbbenetes szabályosság láttán természetesen sokan egy hatalmas bolygómérnöki teljesítményekre képes földönkívüli civilizáció jelenlétére Meghalt a legenda, aki emberi észt akart építeni a gépekbe Blikk     2023-09-06 15:39:59     Infotech Mesterséges intelligencia Észtország Texas Douglas Lenat, a mesterséges intelligencia kutatója közel 40 évet töltött azzal, hogy a számítógépekbe józan észt építsen, és az emberi ítélőképességet a gépek által is befogadható egy-egy logikai szabállyal újraalkossa. A legendás kutató 72 évesen epeúti rákban halt meg a texasi Austinban.

A hónap végén debütál a Xiaomi 13T sorozat Android Portál     2023-09-06 08:14:11     Mobiltech Németország Berlin Xiaomi A Xiaomi 13T sorozat, amely a múlt héten vált hivatalosan, még ebben a hónapban – szeptember 26-án – kerül bemutatásra. Ez a leleplezés Lei Jun, a Xiaomi alapítója és vezérigazgatója által az X-en közzétett bejegyzésen keresztül érkezett, ahol bejelentette, hogy az eseményt Berlinben, Németországban tartják és élőben közvetítik a Mi.com-on. Jun azt Erősebbnek álcázott Intel-processzorral vertek át egy netes vásárlót PCWorld     2023-09-06 07:32:39     Infotech Intel Az áldozat hiába fizetett a Core i9-es csúcsprocesszorért, az eladó csak a feliratot szállította. Hálózatba kötött hadsereg IT Business     2023-09-06 12:45:04     Infotech háború Magyar Honvédség Irak Kuvait Az első, már digitálisnak nevezhető háborút még 1991-ben, Irak és Kuvait területén vívták, a TV-közvetítéseknek köszönhetően a háztartásokba is beköltözött a számítógépekkel irányított hadművelet. Azóta eltelt közel 22 év, és a fejlődés bizony viharos sebességű a Magyar Honvédségnél is. Erről beszélgettünk dr. Porkoláb Imre dandártábornokkal, a Hon Jelentősen nőtt a magyarok mobilnet-igénye – derül ki az elemzésből Digital Hungary     2023-09-06 12:09:07     Mobiltech Felmérés Horvátország SMS Yettel Mobilinternet Roaming A Yettel Magyarország minden évben felmérést tesz közzé arról, hogy miként alakult az adott év nyarán a hálózati forgalom. Az adatforgalmat tekintve idén a megszokott éves növekedést jelentősen meghaladta az országos átlag (54%), Horvátországban hasított a roaming-forgalom növekedése (közel +100%), az SMS műfaja tartotta magát és kismértékben növek Átcímkézett és vadiúj MI-funkciókat is bejelentett a Zoom Bitport     2023-09-06 08:03:02     Infotech IQ A korábban Zoom IQ néven ismert generatív MI-asszisztenst is bevetik, hogy a felszínen maradjanak a videokonferenciás alkalmazások zsúfolt piacán. „Figitális” kellékké alakítja a Honor az új okostelefonjait Mínuszos     2023-09-06 04:33:04     Mobiltech Telefon Okostelefon George Zhao, a Honor vezérigazgatója közzétette társasága stratégiai vízióit a jövő okostelefonjairól. „A Honor hajlítható okostelefonjai nagy utat tettek meg, és mindegyik új modell a formatervezés, a funkcionalitás és a strapabírás vonatkozásában is figyelemreméltó előnyökre tett szert” – nyilatkozta Zhao, a Honor vezérigazgatója. „Legújabb konce Mostantól beszélhetünk egy hétköznapi tárggyal First Class     2023-09-06 06:09:54     Infotech Az otthonok okosítása ezerrel pörög, mostantól akár két digitális asszisztens is lesheti parancsainkat a JBL új hordozható hangszóróin keresztül. Kiszámolták, hányat kell lépni ahhoz naponta, hogy tovább éljünk Index     2023-09-06 08:27:00     Tudomány Gyümölcs Jó hír a kanapéhuszároknak, a gyümölcs- és zöldségfogyasztás a testmozgást is kiválthatja. Megint bedöglött az Erste netbankja TechWorld     2023-09-06 07:43:08     Infotech Erste Megint elromlott az Erste George névre keresztelt online pénzügyi szolgáltatása.  Aki Erste Bank ügyfélként ma reggel szerette volna használni a cég lakossági felhasználóknak szóló online szolgáltatását, az nagyot koppant. Az idióta nevű, idegesítő George már megint meghalt, úgyhogy aki arra számított, hogy majd utalgatni fog, intézi a pénzügyeit, Arcon vágta az USA-t a Huawei Mate 60 Pro IT café     2023-09-06 08:45:00     Mobiltech USA Kína Huawei Sokan szedték darabokra a Huawei új csúcsmobilját, és a jelek szerint Kína az amerikai szankciók ellenére áttöréseket ért el a chipszektorban. Elemzők szerint sokba kerül mindez Kínának, minden értelemben. Tervek az égben, Amazon-műholdak a földön IT Business     2023-09-06 10:37:36     Mobiltech Világűr Afrika Műhold Vodafone 5G Jeff Bezos A Vodafone összefogott az Amazon "Project Kuiper" kezdeményezésével, hogy a 4G és 5G szolgáltatásokat Európa és Afrika több régiójára is kiterjesszék. Sajnos, Jeff Bezos műhold-konstellációjának egyetlen űreszköze sincs pályán. A Vodafone Group szóvivője szerint, hogy két forgatókönyvet látnak: "Az egyikben a Kuiper LEO- (low earth orbit, alacsony, A magyar űrhajós és a Szaturnusz sarkvidéki hatszöge Parallaxis     2023-09-06 10:00:00     Tudomány Világűr Van a Szaturnusz északi sarkvidékén egy hatalmas, majd' harmincezer kilométer ármérőjű, meglepően szabályos, hatszög alakú felhőrendszer, amelyet még a hetvenes évek Voyager űrszondái pillantottak meg először. A döbbenetes szabályosság láttán természetesen sokan egy hatalmas bolygómérnöki teljesítményekre képes földönkívüli civilizáció jelenlétére Meghalt a legenda, aki emberi észt akart építeni a gépekbe Blikk     2023-09-06 15:39:59     Infotech Mesterséges intelligencia Észtország Texas Douglas Lenat, a mesterséges intelligencia kutatója közel 40 évet töltött azzal, hogy a számítógépekbe józan észt építsen, és az emberi ítélőképességet a gépek által is befogadható egy-egy logikai szabállyal újraalkossa. A legendás kutató 72 évesen epeúti rákban halt meg a texasi Austinban.

In this episode, find out about BPCL's new ethylene project at Bina refinery, also find out why Fame 2 subsidy on EVs could be slashed Business Term of the Day: Structured credit

In the digital age, businesses of every size constantly look for innovative and efficient ways to embrace positive change and improve their operations. One company leading the way in this space is Vodafone Business, a part of the Vodafone Group that provides a wide range of digital communication technologies to businesses worldwide. At the forefront of Vodafone Business's digital innovation is David Palmer, the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of Vodafone's Digital Asset Broker (DAB) platform. As a digital visionary and global platform innovator, David is an expert in blockchain technology and its applications to telecoms and wider enterprise businesses. In this episode of the Tech Talks Daily podcast, David discusses several exciting developments in the world of digital communications, including Vodafone Business's Digital Asset Broker Platform, the economy of things, SIM linking to the blockchain, new middleware to enable IoT devices for business, device identity passports, device wallets, and the metaverse of things. The Digital Asset Broker (DAB) platform is a blockchain-based solution that allows businesses to easily and securely manage their digital assets, such as contracts, licenses, and intellectual property, through a single platform. This innovative platform helps companies to streamline their operations, reduce costs, and improve their overall efficiency. David also discussed the "economy of things," which is the idea that the increasing number of connected devices in our world will create new economic opportunities and revenue streams. He explained how Vodafone Business is working to enable businesses to take advantage of these opportunities by providing them with the necessary tools and infrastructure. Another exciting development that David discussed is SIM linking to blockchain. This technology enables businesses to securely store and manage their SIM cards using blockchain, improving security and reducing the risk of fraud. David also talks about the importance of device identity passports and device wallets, which are vital components of Vodafone Business's IoT offerings. These solutions enable businesses to securely manage and authenticate their devices, making integrating them into their operations easier. Finally, David discussed the metaverse of things: the idea that virtual and physical worlds will become increasingly intertwined. He explained how Vodafone Business is working to enable businesses to take advantage of this trend by providing them with the necessary tools and infrastructure to operate in this new world. Sponsored VPN Offer https://www.piavpn.com/techtalksdaily

In 2023 - its 75th anniversary - CIPR will be reasserting its founding purpose, to help improve society through effective, ethical communications. It also plans to prepare its Chartered Practitioners to take up positions as Board members and Trustees to have a greater role in the governance of organisations in future. Our podcast guest on this episode is Steven Shepperson-Smith, President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, as well as being a Fellow of the Institute and a Chartered PR Practitioner. Steven is Vodafone Group's PR lead for Africa, charged with raising the profile of its portfolio of telecom brands - including Vodacom and Safaricom - and products - including M-PESA, the continent's leading fintech platform - to the international community. Steven has also set up Vodafone Group's international reputation management programme. Steven has worked in PR for over two decades including senior management roles both in-house and in agency.   Follow Steve on socials:TwitterLinkedin

Die Unsicherheit vor den Notenbank-Entscheidungen verdrängte am Dienstag auch erfreuliche Konjunkturdaten aus China, wo sich die Stimmung in der Wirtschaft erstmals seit Monaten wieder aufgehellt hatte.Während der Dow Jones Industrial 1,1 Prozent höher bei 34 086 Punkten aus dem Handel ging, gewann der S&P 500 1,5 Prozent auf 4077 Punkte. Der technologielastige Nasdaq 100 machte ein Plus von 1,6 Prozent auf 12 102 Zähler. Der Dax schloss fast unverändert und stand 0,01 Prozent höher bei 15 128 Punkten. Der MDax der mittelgroßen Unternehmen verlor am Dienstag 0,2 Prozent auf 28 813 Zähler.In Deutschland und Europa wird der Einkaufsmanagerindex für das verarbeitende Gewerbe veröffentlicht. In Europa werden zudem die Arbeitslosenquote sowie die Verbraucherpreise für Dezember 2022 bekannt gegeben.In den USA wird der Einkaufsmanagerindex für das verarbeitende Gewerbe veröffentlicht sowie der ISM-Index für das verarbeitende Gewerbe und die Notenbankentscheidung der Fed.Geschäftszahlen kommen von Novartis, Meta, Vodafone Group, Glencore, Align Technology, Raiffeisen International und Novo Nordisk.Support the show

Welcome back to another episode of HR Insights, The Podcast!Today, our host Stuart Elliott is joined by Richard Graham, Head of Leadership and Career Development at the London Stock Exchange Group. Richard comes to us with a multitude of experience that has led him to global talent functions at Vodafone Group, Burberry, and Bloomberg, where he's driven meaningful culture change through leadership development and shifting people to a career ownership mindset. Richard is a certified coach and psychometric tool expert. He's lived in New York, Kuala Lumpur, and is now settled in London, where he lives with his husband, Rob and bulldog, Ron. He's an avid traveller and gardener.In this week's episode, Stuart and Richard sit down to discuss leadership development in a post-pandemic era. During this conversation, they talk widely about humanising the hybrid world, leadership of the future and work/ life integration. Key Timestamps-       1:28 – Introduction to Richard-       9:13 – Adapting to the new working world -       13:36 – Difficulties in humanizing hybrid working-       16:18 – Being transactional vs building relationships -       17:29 – Assessing talent -       21:18 – Input vs output-       24:07 – Biggest challenge about having a global role post pandemic -       26:21 – Balancing Hybrid life -       31:10 – Work/life integration -       32:48 – Change in career progression -       37:27 – Regional career differences 

The Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy confirmed that there are approximately 100,000 MW of renewable energy that will be directed to producing green hydrogen over the next 10 years.Egypt is in negotiations with three major global entities to export 3,000 MW of power to the European power grid through a submarine electrical line to Cyprus and Greece.The amount of carbon-intensive mazut fuel oil Egypt uses in power stations has reached five-year highs as it seeks to maximize the amount of natural gas available for export. The shift towards mazut allows Egypt to generate electricity more cheaply and export more gas to alleviate an acute foreign currency shortage. The Parliament's Budget Committee approved a one-article amendment to the Unified Tax Procedures Act that would allow foreign tax authorities to access individuals and businesses' financial information.The Parliament's Housing Committee approved amendments to the building reconciliation law.The United States will commit USD55 billion to Africa over the next three years.The Cabinet approved plans for Egypt to join the New Development Bank set up by the BRICS economic group to fund infrastructure and development projects in member countries.Vicat acquired additional 16.6% stake in SCEM, at transaction value of EGP139.5 million (21.5 million share at EGP6.49/ Share), increasing its stake in SCEM to 67.18%. Telecom Egypt and Grid Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) in Greece, signed a collaboration agreement to build a subsea system connecting Egypt and Greece. Vodafone Group has transferred its 55% stake in its Egyptian unit to its South African subsidiary Vodacom in a EUR2.37 bn cash and stock transaction. Local feed and plant-based oils prices are still under pressure. Rally is not only driven by a weak local currency or local shortages due to imports issues, but by rising global prices as well due to supply shortages with solid demand as global shipping fees rise.EFG-Hermes executed the first of its kind dual listing of Americana Group in Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange and Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange with a total amount of USD1.8 bn.The Egyptian Stock Exchange has received a request for listing Damietta Container and Cargo Handling Company in the main market.Consumer finance firm Premium Card has issued EGP200.6 mn worth of securitized bonds. The total value of securitized bond issuances brought to market this year now stands at some EGP45.4 bn, almost triple the EGP15.8 bn taken to market last year.E-based tech investor Astra Tech is looking to invest USD 400 mn in four Egyptian financial services and consumer finance companies next year.  Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, The Prime Minister, appointed Dr. Ahmed Galal as the Chairman of the BoD of EXPA, and appointed Mohamed Abu Al-Saud as Vice-Chairman of the BoD for 3 years.Weekly Commodities Update:  | Chems & Petchems | | Last Price | WoW Change, % | Brent, USD/bbl | 75.7 | -13.7% | Diesel-HSFO Spread, USD/ton | 475.4 | -15.8% | Egypt Urea, USD/ton | 562.5 | 0.0% | Polyethylene, USD/ton | 1,030.0 | 0.0% | Polypropylene, USD/ton | 940.0 | 1.1% | Steel/Iron Ore Spreads, USD/ton | 460.1 | 0.0% | LME Aluminum Cash Price, USD/ton | 2,447.3 | -1.8% | Egyptian Retail Cement, EGP/ton | 1,713.0 | 5.4% | Steam Coal FOB Newcastle Australia, USD/ton | 401.0 | 0.1% | SMP, USD/MT | 3,102.0 | 1.5%

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Olyan drónt fejlesztettek, ami az ellenségnek nekirepülve felrobbantja magát Rakéta     2022-11-22 06:27:06     Infotech Ukrajna háború Izrael Drón Hadiipar Az ukrajnai háború miatt az utóbbi időben elég sokat lehetett hallani az úgynevezett öngyilkos drónokról, amelyek a kamikaze pilótákhoz hasonlóan úgy semmisítik meg a célpontot, hogy robbanóanyaggal felszerelve nekirepülnek annak. Most egy izraeli hadiipari cég mutatott be egy hasonló koncepciót, ami akár arra is képes, hogy egyesével azonosítsa az Egy régi és olcsó Apple-telefonról örökölheti a dizájnját az iPhone 15 PCWorld     2022-11-22 06:52:26     Mobiltech Telefon Olcsó Apple Okostelefon iPhone Lekerekített hátlap, titániumborítás: furcsa telefon lesz a következő iPhone egy szivárogtató szerint. Néhány napig még nagyon jó áron érhető el a Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 2022 GSMring     2022-11-22 06:32:41     Mobiltech Telefon Olcsó Okostelefon Dél-Korea Samsung Media Markt A dél-koreai vállalat legolcsóbb S-Pen-nel felszerelt készüléke, néhány napig egy nagyon jó ajánlattal vásárolható meg a MediaMarkt üzletekben. Mutatjuk, hogy mit kell erről tudni. A Samsung az akciós novemberi időszakban nem csak az okostelefonjaira ad nagy kedvezményeket, hanem a tableteire is, ami nagyon jól látható, ha megnézzük a jelenlegi ára A valaha mért legnagyobb vulkánkitörést mérték Tongánál Player     2022-11-22 04:54:04     Infotech Atombomba Vulkán Mintegy 200 atombomba erejével tört ki, a törmelék és hamu pedig több mint 40 kilométer magasra jutott fel a légkörbe. Feltűnt az adatvédelmi hatóságnak, hogy vasárnap elkezdődött a focivébé Bitport     2022-11-22 12:03:04     Infotech Telefon Katar Adatvédelem NAIH Itthon is figyelmeztettek a katari vébé-applikációk adatbiztonsági kockázataira, amelyeket a NAIH szerint egy kifejezetten erre a célra használt, fényesre pucolt telefonon érdemes futtatni. Uniós egyeztetéssel tárt fel adóhiányt a NAV egy játékfejlesztőnél Mínuszos     2022-11-22 06:33:26     Infotech NAV Külföldi adóhatóság információja alapján indított jogkövetési vizsgálatot a Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal (NAV) egy játékfejlesztéssel foglalkozó magánszemélynél, így állapította meg, hogy a fejlesztő nem vallott be százmillió forint jogdíjjövedelmet és 15 millió forint személyi jövedelemadót – közölte a NAV. A közlemény szerint az adóhatóságot egy un Beszédet feliratozó okosszemüveget fejlesztettek ki siketek és nagyothallók részére IT Business     2022-11-22 11:33:04     Mobiltech Startup Beszédfeliratozó okosszemüveget fejleszt siketek és nagyothallók részére egy brit startup. Aki felveszi ezt a szemüveget, valós időben olvashatja a körülötte elhangzó beszéd leiratát. A készítők reményei szerint a technológiával jelentősen javulhat a hallássérültek életminősége – hangzott el az M1 Híradó műsorában.    A fejlesztés során a vállalat Csillagközi vadászt építenének a kutatók 24.hu     2022-11-22 05:40:06     Tudomány A szakértők célja az, hogy közelről is megvizsgálhassák az idegen rendszerekből érkező égitesteket. Globális együttműködés a Vodafone és a WWF között Digital Hungary     2022-11-22 15:21:05     Mobiltech Hulladék Civil szervezetek Természetvédelem Vodafone WWF Globális együttműködés valósul meg a Vodafone Group és a legnagyobb civil természetvédelmi szervezet, a WWF között. Az együttműködés keretében a WWF és a Vodafone közösen dolgozik azon, hogy a távközlési szolgáltató 2040-re elérje a nettó zéró szén-dioxid-kibocsátást, aktívan részt vegyen az e-hulladék felszámolásában és a körforgásos gazdaság mege Lakossági tűzfalszolgáltatást indított a Yettel HWSW     2022-11-22 11:50:21     Mobiltech Yettel A szolgáltató maghálózatába integrált NetPajzs a klasszikus netes támadásoktól véd. Előbb áraszthatnak el a humanoid robotok, mint ahogy számítanánk rá Bitport     2022-11-22 07:47:00     Infotech Robot Goldman Sachs A Goldman Sachs előrejelzése szerint olyan forgatókönyv is létezik, amelynek értelmében bizonyos ágazatokban tíz éven belül eltüntetik a munkaerőhiányt. Az Orion űrhajó a Holdtól 130 kilométerre járt Mínuszos     2022-11-22 08:33:25     Tudomány Világűr NASA A Hold felszínét 130 kilométerre közelítette meg az Orion űrhajó hétfőn a kora reggeli órákban, ezt követően folytatja útját a Holdon túl – közölte az Egyesült Államok űrhivatala (NASA). Az Orion múlt szerdán indult, első tesztrepülése során most közelítette meg legjobban Holdat, amelyre a következő években legénységgel a fedélzetén tér Rossz időben is kitűnően lát az önvezető járművekhez készülő AI okosipar.hu     2022-11-22 06:03:52     Infotech Cégvilág Oktatás egyetem Törökország Mesterséges intelligencia Oxford A török Boszporusz és a brit Oxfordi Egyetem nagy áttörést ért el egy közösen épített, új mesterségesintelligencia-rendszerrel, ami lehetővé teszi az autonóm járművek (AV-k) biztonságosabb és megbízhatóbb navigációját – különösen kedvezőtlen időjárási körülmények között. A The Engineer a Nature Machine Intelligence-ben megjelent tanulmány kapcsán k

Planning Minister Hala El Said confirmed to Bloomberg that the government backs exchange-rate flexibility, which will bode well for the economy.The Sovereign Fund of Egypt has set up a pre-IPO arm to bring strategic investors onboard ahead of plans to list state-owned firms.Prime Minister: The government will offer new tax breaks for high value industries.Prime Minister: The state isn't about to pull back from big infrastructure projects, saying they'll only cost more to execute further down the line.Eni wants to develop LNG projects in the region, including in Egypt, under a plan to invest around EUR 4.5 bn in upstream activities every year until 2025.Egypt is to receive a new 63k-ton shipment of Ukrainian wheat.The Central Bank decided to double the maximum limit for public banks' lending to companies from EGP250 million to EGP500 million without obtaining prior approval from the CBE, with the aim of helping companies expand their business. If the required loan amount exceeds EGP500 million, the banks will have to secure approvals from the CBE. IDHC announced that its SPA (Special Purpose Agreement) to purchase a 50% stake in Islamabad Diagnostic Center (IDC) has expired, on unsatisfied conditions. However, negotiations are still ongoing. IDHC is currently trading at 2022f P/E of 10.8x and EV/EBITDA of 5.6x.Vodafone Group won't use the right of first refusal on Vodafone Egypt, in case Qatar Investment Authority submitted an offer to purchase up to 25% stake in Vodafone Egypt (out of ETEL's c.45% stake). Egypt Post intends to acquire “Egypt Smart Cards”, to support financial inclusion and digital transformation services. “Egypt Smart Cards” currently manages around 20 million cards and transaction value could range between EGP700 million and EGP1.0 billion. Phillip Morris will raise selling prices effective of today for brands Marlboro, Merit, and L&M by EGP1-3/pack. This bodes well for EAST's bottom line as they own 24% of Phillip Morris' newly established manufacturing company United Tobacco.BDO has valued DOMT at EGP 6.90 per share — 38% higher than the price that the Expedition Investments-led consortium is offering shareholders in its ongoing mandatory tender offer. Pachin's BoD chooses Elite Financial Consulting for the fair value study of the company prior to the acquisition.CSAG is in negotiations with Belgian Dredging International to implement a logistical services project in Al Montazah Palace area in Alexandria. Qatar Ports Management Company is eyeing investments in Ain Sokhna Port, where talks are currently underway to increase cooperation in the maritime transport sector.  ZMID declared 1:1 stock dividends. Record date is 21 September 2022. Distribution date is 22 September 2022.

US equity futures are indicating a lower open as of 05:00 ET. Asian equities finished sharply lower though mainland China markets were a modest outperformer after more supportive comments on the economy from the State Council. European markets also lower as global markets digest yesterday's US CPI data Companies Mentioned: Twitter, Instacart, Petrobras, Vodafone Group, Three UK

Katia Walsh began her career as a journalist in her native Bulgaria and is now the global chief strategy and AI officer at retailer Levi Strauss & Co. Over the course of her career, she has developed a passion for three things: the power of information, the power of technology, and the power of machine learning. Her enthusiasm for these subjects is evident as she describes how she is ensuring that a well-known legacy clothing brand remains relevant through technological transformation. In this episode, Katia explains how she has organized digital transformation and employee engagement at Levi Strauss around five C's: connections with consumers, commerce, creation, careers, and culture. She also describes the machine learning boot camps the retailer has offered to nontech employees to boost innovation and outlines how the company thinks about responsible AI practices. Read the episode transcript here. Me, Myself, and AI is a collaborative podcast from MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group and is hosted by Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh. Our engineer is David Lishansky, and the coordinating producers are Allison Ryder and Sophie Rüdinger. Stay in touch with us by joining our LinkedIn group, AI for Leaders at mitsmr.com/AIforLeaders or by following Me, Myself, and AI on LinkedIn. Guest Bio: Katia Walsh is senior vice president and chief global strategy and AI officer at Levi Strauss & Co., where she focuses on setting the clothing company's holistic digital and corporate strategy. Previously, she was the first chief global data and analytics officer of Vodafone Group and held strategic data analytics leadership positions at Prudential Financial, Fidelity Investments, and Forrester Research. Walsh was named the U.K.'s Data Leader of the Year for three consecutive years by the Women in IT Awards series. She holds a doctoral degree in strategic communication from the University of Missouri-Columbia. We encourage you to rate and review our show. Your comments may be used in Me, Myself, and AI materials.

Why Vodafone leaving India || Supreme Court Order on Telecom Companies || SIRISHA VARMA India has 1.18 billion phone subscribers, second only to China. With an eye-popping 765 million broadband subscribers, it is one of the largest guzzlers of data in the world. Fuelled by cheap prices and wide availability, growth has been explosive.   In Jan 2022, Vodafone Idea, one of the oldest and third-largest players in the market, approved a state bailout to stave off an imminent collapse.   The government is now likely to pick up a third - nearly 36% of the stake in the ailing operator, leaving the rest to its joint venture partners, British-owned Vodafone Group (28.5%) and India's Aditya Birla conglomerate (17.8%). Reach out to me for any business strategy and digital marketing questions on sirisha@brandingbypixels.com   Youtube link - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNS8Qp9JskXUofeyIiOEa6A?sub_confirmation=1 Website link - http://brandingbypixels.com/digital-marketing-services/ My E-book on "17 Business Rules for Dummies" on amazon.com - https://amzn.to/3mcU4BZ My E-book on "17 Business Rules for Dummies" on amazon.in - https://amzn.to/374Ii8n

Er kommt aus Irland, hat in Schweden, Slowenien und Spanien gearbeitet. Jetzt wohnt er in Deutschland und ist mit Geschäftspartnern aus dem Oman, Island und Neu Seeland in Kontakt. Das Leben und Arbeiten unseres Gasts Barry Gallagher war schon immer international und keineswegs ortsgebunden. Bis vor zwei Jahren war er dementsprechend viel auf Reisen. Videocalls wurden von der Vodafone Group, zu der Barry gehört, nur für interne Zwecke genutzt. Dann wurden sie plötzlich notwendig. Was sich seitdem geändert hat und wie sich Vodafone um das Wohlbefinden seiner Mitarbeiter kümmert oder sie auf dem Laufenden hält, erzählt Barry im Gespräch mich Christian und Michael. Außerdem geht es um groß angelegte Roadshows der Top-Manager, Yoga-Kurse und darum, wie hilfreich es ist, wenn mein Telefon und meine Internetverbindung zuverlässig sind – eben genau das, was Vodafone selbst bereitstellen möchte. Am Ende erhalte ich einen Ausblick in die Zukunft und in das, was tatsächlich zu unserem "New Normal" werden könnte. (This episode is in English language.) He is from Ireland, has worked in Sweden, Slovenia and Spain. Now he resides in Germany and is in contact with business partners from Oman, Iceland and New Zealand. The life and work of our guest Barry Gallagher has always been international and by no means tied to a specific location. Accordingly, until two years ago, he was traveling a lot. Video calls were only used for internal purposes by the Vodafone Group, to which Barry belongs. Then they suddenly became necessary. What has changed since then and how Vodafone looks after the well-being of its employees or keeps them up to date is what Barry shares with Christian and Michael. He also talks about large-scale roadshows held by top managers, yoga classes, and how helpful it is when my phone and Internet connection are reliable - precisely what Vodafone itself wants to provide. In the end, I get a glimpse into the future and what could actually become our "New Normal." **LINKS ZUR FOLGE**: Barry Gallagher on LinkedIn: ► https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-gallagher/ **Über die Podcaster** Michael auf LinkedIn: ► http://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-portz-362209 Christian auf LinkedIn: ► http://linkedin.com/in/christiankohlhof **Our Book in English** CHIEF OF ANYTHING: Wherefore relaxed-productive leadership makes a better world ► https://tinyurl.com/hepuupnh **Unser Buch auf Deutsch** CHIEF OF ANYTHING: Wofür entspannt-produktive Führung die Welt verbessert Bestelle es dir noch heute auf amazon: ► https://amzn.to/2Z5IIXh **About CoA Academy** You easily find more information about CoA Academy, our seminars and the CHIEF OF THE YEAR programm on our website: ► https://coa.academy **Newsletter** Melde dich gerne zu unserem Newsletter an. Mit ihm verpasst du keine Neuigkeiten & Erfahrungen mehr von uns: ► https://bit.ly/3a9FoAQ **Und noch eine große Bitte an dich:** Abonniere unseren Podcast und bleibe auf dem Laufenden. Wenn er dir hilft, eine bessere Chefin oder ein besserer Chef zu werden, effektiver zu kommunizieren oder du ihn einfach unterhaltsam findest, freuen wir uns sehr über eine 5-Sterne-Bewertung und eine Rezension. **VIELEN HERZLICHEN DANK!**

Intervento in AI Play di Barbara Cominelli, Ceo di JLL ItalyTitolo: Shaping the future of Real EstateBarbara Cominelli, CEO, JLL Italy; Top 50 inspiring women in Tech in EU; Fortune Businessperson of the year 2020•C-level exec with >25 years' multi-industry experience in Tech, Telco, Energy, Industrial, Consulting and Venture Capital.Passionate about innovation, digital and sustainability and how they drive business results & societal impact.•General Management expertise: P&L management, Corporate Governance & ESG, Strategy, Planning, Marketing, Digital, CRM, Sales and Operations, managing large units with more than 3000 people.•Coupled with unique expertise and track record in Digital/Business Transformation and holistic biz transformation programs, both in traditional and tech industries.•Since December 2020 I am the CEO of JLL Italy.•In the previous 3 years I served as COO, Marketing and Operations Director @Microsoft Italy, the number two of the company in Italy.•Previously I was a member of the global SLT of Vodafone Group and the Director of Digital, Commercial Operations & Wholesale in Italy reporting the to Italian CEO.I led the largest organizational unit of the company with a team of 3000 employees.•Previously: Strategy, Planning&Marketing Director for a 7 bill energy multinational; Partner of VC investing in High Tech in Italy, USA, France; Manager for major consulting firm in London & Milan; Marketing Professor @ Bocconi University.•International experience: studied/worked in Italy, UK, NL, Spain, USA, LUX, leading diverse teams in multiple countries.•Nominated twice “Top 50 most inspirational women in tech in EU”, “Fortune BusinessPerson of the year 2020”, “top 50people in finance in Italy”, “Forbes Best marketing executive", “Best Digital Director", "Top 15 women in Digital in Italy", “Best Woman Executive”, “Best Young Executive”.•A recognized leader in Digital/Innovation, with (thanks to) my teams I won more than 20 awards for excellence in Digital, Innovation, Digital Transformation, Omnichannel, Customer Experience, Operational excellence.•Non-Executive Director at ERG S.p.A. (#1 in wind energy in Italy and 9th in Europe) and Autogrill, the world's leading provider of food & beverage services for travellers.•Degree 110/110 Summa Cum Laude in Business (Bocconi); Master CEMS-MIMs in International Mgmt (Bocconi / ESADE); exchange/executive education at RSM, Stanford, SDA Bocconi.•Passionate about #ESG, I'm actively engaged in non-profit, with a special focus on bridging the digital divide, D&I and young women career development

Foreign investments in T-bills went down in November for the second consecutive month, by USD1.5 billion, reaching about USD20.6 billionThe government raised its forecast for the budget deficit in FY2022/23 to 6.3% from 6.1%, President decided to raise the minimum wage by 13% to EGP2,700Ministry of Electricity intends to pump EGP3-4 bn investments to increase the capacities of the Egyptian-Libyan electricity interconnection linesThe US advised its citizens against travel to Egypt, among 22 other countries, amid rising covid casesUS equity indices are facing pressure with treasury yields risingORHD achieved stellar 4Q21 sales of EGP3.0 billion, up 61.4% y/y and up 34.0% q/q; Hotel occupancy rate in El Gouna reaching 69% in 4Q21MFPC will proceed in its feasibility studies for the new melamine project, with an annual production capacity of 40k tons. The investment cost of the project will be USD250 million. Project could potentially add EGP25-35/share to our FV. Mopco is also undergoing amendments in its production lines to increase the urea production by 70k tons per year.Oil prices hit a fresh seven-year high yesterday 88.90 / bbl. PHAR's BoD approved the establishment of a factory for the APIs production with an authorized capital of EGP1.0 billion and an issued capital of EGP400 million, out of which PHAR's share is 25% (EGP1.00/share)Vodafone Group expects the acquisition of Vodacom of Vodafone Egypt to close before 31 MarchNBE, Banque Misr, and Fawry Dahab, a subsidiary of “FWRY”, signed a cooperation protocol aimed at implementing an electronic payment system for electricity bills

The government taking a 35.8% holding in Vodafone Idea has surprised many. At a time when it looked poised to dilute its stakes in many public sector companies, the move failed to excite the Street too, as the cash-strapped company's shares dipped 21% yesterday. Experts also pointed out that ailing government-owned telecom giants MTNL and BSNL are also crying for attention. They are yet to roll out 4G services. But the move may well give Vodafone Idea a lease of life. The third-largest telecom carrier's fundraising plans are significantly delayed and Vodafone Group has made it clear it will not make any fresh equity infusion into its Indian unit.  Against this backdrop, the government of India is set to become the single largest shareholder in struggling Vodafone Idea after the telco opted to convert interest worth Rs 16,000 crore on deferred spectrum liabilities and Adjusted Gross Revenue dues into equity. It had previously accepted a four year moratorium on spectrum and AGR dues offered by the government's Telecom Reforms Package announced last September.  While Airtel had chosen to pay the interest arising out of such deferment, Vodafone Idea is taking advantage of the relief package to convert them into equity. This will result in a massive dilution to existing shareholders.  The government will hold some 35.8% stake in India's third biggest carrier. The Vodafone Group will own around 28.5% and Aditya Birla Group about 17.8%.  While this may provide comfort to financial creditors, at the same time it places an undue expectation on the government for any future fund infusions as it has consciously chosen to be part of the company's turnaround.  As of September end, Vodafone Idea had a gross debt of Rs 1.94 trillion, 90% of which it owes to the government. The company's decision crucially prevents a duopoly in the telecom market, which was ostensibly the intent of the telecom reforms package.  While this move has helped the company extinguish some dues, the government holding has evidently unsettled investors. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had declared last February that “government has no business to be in business”.   Vodafone Idea should not be allowed to remain a quasi-public sector company for long. While the government may become the largest shareholder, it may not get involved in running the company. In an earlier interaction with Business Standard, Vodafone Idea's CEO Ravinder Takkar had said that it would be incorrect to state that the company will turn into a public sector undertaking. He said the government has no interest in acquiring and running telecom companies. The government will also have an option to convert the due amount pertaining to the deferred payment into equity at the end of the four-year moratorium period.  In the absence of any significant external fundraising by the company, such a scenario would mean the government becoming a controlling shareholder.  Nevertheless, it should soon come up with an exit strategy for its stake. Its support provides short-term relief and stability but over the long term it needs to be ensured that Vodafone Idea does not go the Air India way.   Watch video

Vodafone Group has received an initial offer from Vodacom for the transfer of Vodafone Group's stake in Vodafone Egypt to Vodacom for USD2.7 bn; ETEL gets dividend policy for Vodafone Egypt of 60% of FCF starting 2022 in addition to EGP 10bn of dividends to shareholders in 2021; ETEL has a net debt balance of EGP18.98 billion as of June 2021 and is currently trading at 2022f P/E of 3.4x and 2022f EV/EBITDA of 2.5xThe Industrial Development Authority announced the prices for the six steel production licenses The six consortiums competing for EGP3.5 bn Tenth of Ramadan Dry Port include Orascom Construction-Abu Dhabi Ports, and Elsewedy Electric-CMA CGM,A consortium of France's Bolloré Transport & Logistics, Elsewedy Electric and the Egyptian Group for Multi-Purpose Stations signed an MoU to build, manage and operate a multi-purpose terminal at the Ain Sokhna PortSKPC reported 3Q21 net profit came in at EGP75 million; Weak due to maintenance shutdown; SKPC is trading at 2022f P/E of 6.4x; FV is at EGP10.30 post rights issue and latest developmentsCICH 3Q21 net profit at EGP241mn (+28% q/q, +122% y/y), bringing 9M21 bottom line to EGP 413 million (+41% y/y); The stock is currently trading at 6.1x P/E22 and 0.9x P/B22 on ROE of 16%CNFN's 9M 2021 net income at EGP343 million (+60% y/y); CNFN is currently trading at annualized P/E21 of 11.4x, P/E22 of 7.1x and annualized P/B21 of 1.9x, P/B22of 1.7x  on ROE of 29%Trade Minister issued a decision to stop importing the basic components needed for the local assembly of tuk-tuks; Tuk-tuks constitute around 10% of AUTO revenuesMNHD disappointing 9M21 results, with sales down 39.6% y/y to EGP2.7 billion from EGP4.5 billion in 9M20 that had been supported by the EGP1.1 billion land sale; Net profit in 3Q21 decreased 85.6% y/y and 81.2% q/q to EGP21.4 millionRussian charter flights to Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh resumed yesterdayAnnual urban inflation went down to 6.3% in October from 6.6% in September, mainly because of the base-effect

In episode 46, we explore the innovative IoT end-to-end solutions being developed at Vodafone

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衣索比亞（埃塞俄比亞）官方在當地時間22日宣布，由美國國際開發金融公司（DFC）支持的英國電信集團沃達豐（Vodafone Group），成功獲取衣索比亞5G無線網絡建設標案，擠掉中國絲綢之路基金（Silk Road Fund）所支持的南非電信集團MTN Group，此次頗具地緣政治意義的電信標案，美國更顯略勝一籌。 更多內容請見：https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/21/5/24/n12972108.htm 大纪元,大纪元新闻,大紀元,大紀元新聞,衣索比亞, 5G, 沃達豐 Support this podcast

"A successful CFO is able to drive business growth - profitable and sustainable" João Couto is Vice President of the SAP Business Unit at Microsoft. I very much appreciated talking to João about effective finance because he views the topic from three different angles: First, as a partner of Kearney he consulted many CFOs. Second, João was holding CFO positions himself, at Vodafone Portugal and then as the Commercial CFO of Vodafone Group. Third, being globally responsible for the SAP business unit at Microsoft, Finance is an internal stakeholder. In our conversation, João shared his perspective on effective finance with me: Why Finance must be the business growth driver and how digitalization leads to faster and better decision making. And besides all finance content, João's focus on people, diversity and leadership impressed me once again.

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Michael Callas is a senior executive with an international career focusing on building banking products that are accessible. He has spent time leading StepOne Ventures, Innovation at Vodafone Group, doing Digital at EY Global Advisory, and helping several multinational banks solve their digital dilemmas. The episode today focuses on why banking and climate justice are irrevocably linked. We discuss: Why Banks Are Broken How FinTech is Leading the Way for Climate How to Manage our Own Finances to Make Change Schedule a 15 minute call with Michael HERE PODCAST DETAILS: Sponsor: Blue Earth Compost - Get 15% service for 6 month or longer using code MAKECLIMATECOOL Music Production: Jake Huffman Rate Review Subscribe: @makeclimatecool --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/makeclimatecool/message

Stel je voor: je hebt je telefoon vast, zet een 16:9-video aan en je telefoon rolt zichzelf uit tot het scherm een 16:9-verhouding heeft bereikt. Hoe cool is dat? Oppo toonde, na TCL en LG, als derde fabrikant iets van een smartphone met oprolbaar scherm. In deze aflevering praten hardwarereviewer Reinoud Dik, telefoonreviewer Chris Broesder, Arnoud Wokke en Wout Funnekotter onder meer over de concepttelefoon, die het aanpassen van het scherm aan wat je doet mogelijk maakt. In de behuizing zit het scherm opgerold, maar wat je ziet is een scherm zonder de gebruikelijke vouw van vouwbare smartphones, een display dat even vlak is als het landschap van Nederland of Denemarken. Over telefoons gesproken: Chris reviewde de Pixel 5 en vergelijken met zijn voorganger is lastig, want het is een telefoon met een heel andere focus én een heel ander prijskaartje. Ook komen we te spreken over het verdwijnen van de onbeperkte foto-opslag in Google Foto's. Het grootste verhaal van deze week is uiteraard, en zet je diepste stem op in je hoofd terwijl je dit leest, Big Navi. AMD bracht zijn RX6800-videokaarten uit en Reinoud legt uit waarom deze kaarten beter presteren. Grote nadeel blijft de verkrijgbaarheid: net als veel toffe hardware dit najaar is het kopen van deze kaarten vrijwel onmogelijk. Daarnaast gaat het nog over 5G bij Vodafone; de manier waarop VodafoneZiggo dat heeft gedaan in Nederland, noemt de ceo van Vodafone Group misleiding. Daarnaast hebben we het over browsers, waarbij Wout oppert daarbij de suggestie dat Google van zijn Chromium-project een soort Linux-kernel voor browsers moet maken. We staan nog even stil bij het mogelijke verdwijnen van Samsung Galaxy Note-serie, waarbij een ware slapstick aan woordspelingen niet mag ontbreken. 0:19 Opening 1:20 Vodafones 5G 8:22 Browsermarketing 21:15 De Note is dood 24:24 Roltelefoons 30:47 Big Navi en Infinity Cache 49:39 Pixels 1:02:28 Sneakpeek See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vodafone will become the first operator in Ireland to switch on an Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) sites, in partnership with Parallel Wireless, a U.S. provider of Open RAN solutions. The innovative technology, which is being initially trialled in North Kildare and then rolled out across the North West region, will deliver new 4G service coverage to 30 locations in a faster and more cost-efficient way. In a traditional Radio Access Network, both the hardware and software elements are products from the same vendor and work closely in tandem with each other. However, the new Open RAN system allows telecommunications operators to deploy their own software on generic hardware in the Radio Access Network. This allows one supplier’s software to be integrated within another supplier’s radio and server hardware, which was not previously possible. As a result, alternative, smaller vendors can now increase the supply of radio network access equipment and software – making the market more competitive by avoiding vendor lock-in. In addition, Vodafone will also pioneer the use of system integrators to further improve product automation covering zero-touch provisioning, testing and operational process definition for Open RAN, and in doing so, further developing the ecosystem to include RAN automation vendors. This announcement follows a commitment from Vodafone Group to use emerging Open RAN technology for at least 2,600 sites in the UK. It is the largest confirmed promise made by a European carrier to embrace technology companies from outside the established supply chain. Vodafone Ireland Chief Technology Officer, Didier Clavero said: “Delivering Open RAN sites is a pivotal moment in the provision of mobile coverage to rural communities in Ireland, as this pioneering new approach reduces cost, increases flexibility and enables new suppliers to support the expansion of Vodafone’s mobile network in hard to reach areas. Focusing on the North West region, to begin with, we will continue to identify communities across Ireland where we can more economically introduce access to voice and high-speed data using the new technology.” Parallel Wireless’ Chief Operating Officer, Keith Johnson, said: “Through their ongoing innovation, Vodafone has gained a first-hand understanding of how Open and software-defined RAN can simplify deployments while reducing TCO. This has served as the foundation of our ongoing partnership and has allowed us to make great strides around the deployments of Open RAN globally. We are proud to support Vodafone Ireland as their strategic partner in helping them to reimagine wireless networks with Open RAN to be much lower cost ensuring access to connectivity across the region. As a leading innovator, Vodafone Ireland is setting the standard for providing better 4G experience for the consumers and businesses. By shifting networks to virtualized OpenRAN, quality coverage can be delivered to many new subscribers at a much lower cost with faster time-to-market.” Attilio Zani, TIP ́s Executive Director said “We are thrilled to move our focus to System Integration in OPEN RAN as new tools, processes are needed to capture the potential of the OPEN RAN Technology. It ́s also essential that we provide early operational feedback to the Radio Solutions that are still in the development stage” More about Irish Tech News and Business Showcase here. FYI the ROI for you is => Irish Tech News now gets over 1.5 million monthly views, and up to 900k monthly unique visitors, from over 160 countries. We have over 860,000 relevant followers on Twitter on our various accounts & were recently described as Ireland’s leading online tech news site and Ireland’s answer to TechCrunch, so we can offer you a good audience! Since introducing desktop notifications a short time ago, which notify readers directly in their browser of new articles being published, over 50,000 people have now signed up to receive them ensuring they a...

This newsletter is really a public policy thought-letter. While excellent newsletters on specific themes within public policy already exist, this thought-letter is about frameworks, mental models, and key ideas that will hopefully help you think about any public policy problem in imaginative ways. It seeks to answer just one question: how do I think about a particular public policy problem/solution?Welcome to the mid-week edition in which we write essays on a public policy theme. The usual public policy review comes out on weekends.PS: If you enjoy listening instead of reading, we have this edition available as an audio narration courtesy the good folks at Ad-Auris. If you have any feedback, please send it to us. Listen in podcast app- RSJThe Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague last week ruled against India’s retrospective tax demand of Rs. 22,100 crores on the Vodafone Group. India has the option to appeal the decision at the appellate court in Singapore. Vodafone International Holdings, a Dutch entity, that had bought the Indian business operations of Hutchison Telecom International had invoked Clause 9 of the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) signed between India and Netherlands in 1995 to contest the retrospective amendment of taxation law by India.A quick background of the case will help set the context here. In 2007, Vodafone Plc bought a 67 per cent stake in Hutchison Whampao that included the rising star of the group – its India business assets. The tax department raised a demand for about Rs. 8000 crores that year in capital gains and withholding tax from Vodafone. Their argument was simple – the underlying place of business was India and the value that was being paid for by Vodafone was created in India. It should therefore withhold the taxable amount from what it pays to Hutchison. It didn’t matter if the transaction was done by two overseas entities and executed in the tax haven of Cayman Islands. Vodafone contested this in the Bombay High Court which ruled in favour of the Tax Department. It then challenged this judgment in the Supreme Court which ruled in its favour in 2012. The UPA-2 government and the FM then didn’t take this lying down. Later that year the government passed an amendment to the 1961 Income Tax act that allowed tax authorities to retrospectively tax such transactions. In 2014, Vodafone went to the Parliament Court of Arbitration against this legislative change. Last week it won at The Hague.Move On, India?The reactions to the verdict from The Hague last week have been on expected lines. Most have suggested the Indian government to take the verdict in its stride and get on with life. Andy Mukherjee writing for the Business Standard echoed the prevailing views across media outlets:“This ends a decade-old saga that tarnished India’s reputation among foreign investors. Rather than appealing the decision, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration should accept defeat, honor the award, and move on. While much of the blame for this mess belongs to the previous Congress Party-led coalition, Team Modi had six years to end the dispute. Ending “tax terror” was also his party’s promise in the 2014 election that brought Modi to power.If anything, reckless expansion of the state’s power — both in the economy and broader society — has become the norm since then. One hopes that this becomes a moment when Indian politicians of all hues will come together to say – Yes, we bungled. We should never have amended the tax law retrospectively to go after Vodafone. It cost us more in prestige than we could hope to win.”We have three questions we will discuss in this edition:Is retrospective taxation always a bad idea?What’s a fair way to do retrospective taxation (if there’s one)?What will India do now (as opposed to what should India do which seems to be the focus of most op-eds)? The Problem With Retrospective TaxationYou might argue taxation itself is a form of violence of the state on its subjects. Legitimate, yes. But violence, nonetheless. Doing it retrospectively makes it worse because you weren’t even aware you were doing something that will invite this violence. Adam Smith set out four canons of taxation in The Wealth of Nations:The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities (Canon of Equity).The tax which the individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and not arbitrary (Canon of Certainty).Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it (Canon of Convenience). Every tax ought to be so contrived as to take out of the pockets as little as possible, over and above that which it brings into the public treasury of the state (Canon of Economy).The Canon of Certainty further states:“The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor and to every other person.”Retrospective taxation goes against this principle of fairness. It taxes a transaction that’s happened prior to law being framed. In the bigger picture, it is a human right violation since the state cannot remove a right without a transitional period. However, there is a reason almost every developed country in the world has retrospectively taxed transactions. This is to avoid what is often termed ‘forestalling’ – the practice of taxpayers acting to avoid the impact of a change in tax laws before it can take effect. Now, it is possible to nip this practice by making the tax changes applicable almost immediately upon their announcement. But this isn’t practical all the time. There are laws that need Parliamentary approval or change in systems and processes that could take time. Therefore, in most cases there is always a lag between a tax change announcement and its effective date of implementation. This is what gives rise to forestalling. And that’s the reason lawmakers opt for retrospective tax laws.In the Vodafone case, the Indian state has a valid moral argument like mentioned before. The underlying asset is the Indian operations which has been valued at a much higher consideration than its book value. The deal between Vodafone and Hutchison was designed in a manner to avoid this tax incident. This was unfair to the ordinary taxpayers in India who pay taxes for such transactions. The state plugged the loophole through a change in the law, but it also wanted to win the moral argument. So, it decided to apply the change in law retrospectively to 1961. Vodafone’s argument was it broke no extant tax laws when it structured the deal. So it should be protected under the canon of certainty.  A Fair Way To Tax RetrospectivelyIf one were to accept for a moment that retrospective taxation can’t be avoided in certain cases, what’s a fair way to do it then? In the UK this question was raised in 1978 when the then Chancellor Healey announced two measures in his budget speech to curb tax avoidance through artificial schemes:“[Tax avoidance] has emerged recently in a new form which involves marketing a succession of highly artificial schemes – when one is detected, the next is immediately sold – and is accompanied by a level of secrecy which amounts almost to conspiracy to mislead. The time has come not only to stop the particular schemes we know about but also to ensure that no schemes of a similar nature can be marketed in future. So the provisions I shall be introducing this year to deal with artificial avoidance by certain partnerships dealing in commodity futures will go back to 6 April 1976, that is, before the date when the intention to legislate was announced in a parliamentary answer.”   The debates that followed this retrospective legislation in the Standing Committee led to the framing of what’s called the ‘Rees Rules’ named after MP Peter Rees. He put down four conditions that must be satisfied for any retrospective tax legislation to be considered fair. These include:“A warning in the House of Commons by some recognised method – either by an answer to a Parliamentary Question or by some statement with plans to legislate in the subsequent Finance Bill back to the date of that warning. The warning must be precise in form. A mere suggestion that there are vague schemes of tax avoidance that must be counted should not suffice.”Secondly, the problem at which the warning has been directed should immediately be referred to a committee to devise the precise legislative measures which should then be introduced in the parliament.Thirdly, if the committee can hit on appropriate legislative provision, the draft clause ... should immediately be published in advance of the Finance Bill so that those who are likely to be in the field of fire will have a second clear intimation of what to expect.Fourthly, such a clause must, without fail, be introduced in the following Finance Bill to formalise it into lawIn the Vodafone case, it is clear there wasn’t a semblance of Rees Rules that was followed. This is what made it perverse. That the law had a loophole that allowed Vodafone and Hutchison to avoid taxes wasn’t their fault. They can’t be blamed for it. Had they known of the tax, the contours of the deal or the deal itself could come into question?What Will India Do Now?Most of the arguments made (including that of Andy Mukherjee) suggest India shouldn’t appeal against the ruling for 2 reasons:It will send a signal to the investor community around the world that India has accepted it erred in this case. It will improve investor sentiment around IndiaThe current government will set a good precedent for future regimes to not lapse into arbitrary use of its coercive power In our view, this isn’t likely how India will act. First, how much of investors’ view of India is hinging on this case really? The original retrospective law was passed in 2012 and much water has flown under the bridge. Newer investors have come across sectors in India (including over Rs. 150,000 crores invested in Jio platforms, another telecom player) even as Indian tax authorities have made newer demands on Vodafone for AGR dues in excess of Rs. 55,000 crores. The government believes a large, accessible market with a rule of law that’s better than most developing nations are good (enough) propositions to attract foreign capital. It isn’t going to lose sleep over investor sentiments. Second, accepting this verdict will embolden a lot of other companies to appeal against the Indian state. Further, it is possible not appealing against the verdict may be used by the opposition to target the government for not standing up for India’s interests. This will be unacceptable to a government earning its equity on the back of robust nationalism. Third, it is the right of the sovereign to amend its laws to protect its interests and not have the burden of taxes fall on its citizens who can’t use the resources like Vodafone to avoid taxes. The scope and intent of the BIT signed between India and the Netherlands doesn’t cover specific instances of tax avoidance. Its broad provisions drafted to signal intent of co-operation between the two countries can’t be used to override the sovereign will of the Indian people expressed through an act passed in its parliament.This Isn’t The EndIt will surprise us if the government decides to back off and accept the verdict. It has nothing to lose going to the appellate court. In fact, there’s a potential upside of Rs. 22,000 crores and further burnishing of its nationalist credentials if it appeals and wins. Its best option is to go the distance in this fight.     HomeWorkReading and listening recommendations on public policy matters[Article] A 2013 article by T.K. Arun in The Economic Times that stayed with me for its arguments against the Supreme Court verdict then.[Note] A note titled Retrospective Taxation - Indian Experience by Harish Salve who represented Vodafone Plc in the Supreme Court. The Vodafone case appears at page 14. Get on the email list at publicpolicy.substack.com

Hey, thanks for tuning in to another episode of the Make it your Path Podcast. Today you’ll get to know Rodrigo Samwell Diniz who is Chief Marketing Officer at the world’s largest e-sports company ESL Gaming in Cologne. He is from Portugal originally, holds a Master in Science and worked for the Vodafone Group for over 18 years in many different management roles. In this interview, Rodrigo shares insights about his fast developing career; for example how one of the biggest aha-moments was when he experienced the biggest failure along his professional path or how the question „why am I here?“ turned out to be an important one for him an how coaching helped him to find an answer. And in regards to failure, we exchange thoughts on how the way we look at it has the power to turn in into success. Rodrigo shares the two hardest decisions he had to make - being to leave his home country and, later on, Vodafone Group - and explains how they turned out to be the best decisions he has ever made at the same time. And in case you considering to work abroad, he has a good advice. :) We talk about trust in others being his default setting and how especially new managers often get too little development support throughout their transition from their initial expert role. Why feedback is like a valuable gift, feeling doubt is a good thing and which advice he would give to his younger self - Rodrigo talks about in this episode. Enjoy!

TechCentral — South African Internet of things specialist IoT.nxt has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Vodafone's UK subsidiary that will see the two companies collaborating in delivering IoT solutions to the mobile operator's enterprise customer base. IoT.nxt, which was recently acquired by South Africa's Vodacom Group (which is also controlled by Vodafone Group), will help Vodafone UK expand its already-strong position in IoT solutions in the enterprise market. In this episode of the podcast, IoT.nxt co-founder and CEO Nico Steyn is joined by Vodafone UK head of innovation Danny Kelly to talk about the partnership and unpack its implications. The two executives discuss how the partnership will work, which industries they intend to target first and why Vodafone chose a South African IoT company to help it expand its offerings in the space. Don't miss the discussion!

Some of the highlights include:  Why Vodafone moved to a cloud native architecture. As Tom explains, the company was struggling to manage operations across more than 20 markets. They also needed to improve the customer experience, and foster customer loyalty.  Why their business and engineering teams were both in favor of cloud native. The benefits of deploying daily operational activities around a single cloud native platform.   An overview of where Vodavone currently is in their overall cloud native journey. Tom also explains how cloud native conversations have changed inside of the company throughout their journey, as various business units have caught on to the benefits of the cloud. Vodafaone's transition from outsourcing roughly 97 percent of their operations, to bringing 95 percent in house. Tom explains how this has improved efficiency and expedited time to market. The challenge that Vodafone faced in trying to apply legacy network security solutions to distributed and dynamic systems.  Tom's thoughts on why Vodafone's cloud native transition and modernization efforts have been crucial to their success over the last five years.  Links: Vodafone Group: https://www.vodafone.com/ Connect with Tom on LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/tom-kivlin-5b469321 The Business of Cloud Native: http://thebusinessofcloudnative.com  Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomkivlin CNCF GitHub: https://github.com/cncf CNCF Slack: https://slack.cncf.io/ Kubernetes Slack: http://slack.kubernetes.io/ TranscriptAnnouncer: Welcome to The Business of Cloud Native podcast, where we explore how end users talk and think about the transition to Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures.Emily: Welcome to The Business of Cloud Native. I'm Emily Omier, your host, and today I am chatting with Tom Kivlin. Tom, thank you so much for joining us.Tom: You're welcome. No problem.Emily: Let's just start out with having you introduce yourself. What do you do? Where do you work, and what do you actually do during your workday?Tom: Sure. So, I'm a principal cloud orchestration architect at Vodafone Group. I work in the UK. And my day job consists of providing guidance and strategy and architectural blueprints for cloud-native platforms within Vodafone. So, that's around providing guidance to the software domains that are looking to adopt cloud-native architectures and methodologies and also to the more traditional infrastructure domains to try and help them provide their services in a more cloud-native manner to those modern teams.Emily: And what does that mean when you go into the office—or your home office, go into your dining room where your laptop is, I don't know—what do you actually do? What does an average day look like?Tom: It can vary. So, depending on the activity at the time, it could be anything from preparing a global policy that needs to go through the senior technology leadership team, to preparing some extremely detailed requirements for selection process or creating some infrastructures code, or the code artifacts for the deployment of cloud-native services, whether that's in our lab, or to help our services teams within Vodafone.Emily: Tell me a little bit more about what pain made Vodafone think about moving to cloud-native and Kubernetes.Tom: Primarily, it was the challenge of having 25 different markets, or 23 now. We launched a digital strategy to—so back in 2015, we launched a five-year strategy, which we wanted to massively increase the rollout of 4G, of converged network offerings, of improved customer experience. And we found that the traditional way of managing software was not supportive enough in our ambition. And so, having to choose cloud-native technologies, things like Kubernetes, but also the modern operating models, that was the driver: it was to improve our customer experience, and our customer-affecting KPIs, really.Emily: And when you say it wasn't supportive enough, what do you mean specifically?Tom: So, things like time to market, for example. So, if we wanted to offer a new service—so one of the things that 4G started the drive towards was a more granulated service offering to consumers, and so lots of different things could be offered. And if it took you six months to think of an idea and then have to go through—or even longer than six months to get to the point where that could be offered to customers, even if it was just a very minor feature within an existing product, then that's not going to engender customer loyalty. And so, things like the cloud-native mindset, where there's a much closer link between the engineering teams and the customer, there are much shorter periods of time between ideas coming in from the customers and then being delivered back to the customers as product features, that sort of time to market was really enabled by cloud-native technologies and mindsets.Emily: And how does having two dozen, more or less, different markets, how does that play into the decision A) to move to cloud-native in general, and managing the IT infrastructure?Tom: So, one of the things that's really driven it is trying to simplify and reuse artifacts. So, if you've got 23 markets all doing a different thing, then there's obviously a lot of duplication happening across the group, whereas if everyone's using the same technology in the same platforms—take Kubernetes as the example—everyone can write their software for that platform. Everyone can write their operational ecosystem around that platform. So, the deployment artifacts, the pipelines, the day two operational activities, they can all be based around that single cloud-native platform. And so, that enables a huge amount of efficiency from the operational side. And that in turn allows those engineering teams to focus on things that are adding value to the business and the customer instead of having to focus on fairly low-level tasks that are just keeping the lights on, if you like.Emily: What's different for each one of those markets?Tom: So, it might be something like language, it might be something as simple as that. It may be that the offerings are slightly tweaked. So, rather than, I don't know, as an example, rather than Spotify being included as a kind of add on, it might be some other service that's more relevant to that market. It may be that there are particular regulatory requirements that are specific to a market that needs to be considered within the product design and the engineering of it. And so, having a cloud-native response allows sharing and reuse of artifacts where we can, but still allows for that customization where it's required.Emily: Where would you say Vodafone is in the cloud-native journey? Do you feel like you've, mission accomplished?Tom: So, mission accomplished, as in the first step, yeah. So, we set out a goal in 2015, to get a certain number of our applications to the Cloud, and that's largely been reached, I think, especially with our customer channels, so that the kind of points of interaction with the customer, the huge number of those are cloud-native today. And things like automated customer interaction with chatbots, and the like, that's all added to the cloud-nativeness of the interaction. As part of our next iteration, we'll be looking for more cloud-native software and cloud-native platforms, and that will start extending into the network systems themselves, as well as the more digital and easily modernizable layers, if you like.Emily: What sort of business value do you feel like you're looking for as you move to the next step?Tom: So, primarily, it's going to be driven by customer satisfaction and customer affecting KPIs, like I said before. That's always what's driven the business metrics anyway. So, things like being able to support the demand of the customer. So, whether that's the new 5G services, for increased bandwidth. So, obviously, if our network systems themselves are cloud-native, then taking advantage of the auto-scaling, and the auto-healing, and the autonomic nature, then the customer experience, and the customer satisfaction will increase. Improving time to market, so again, part of 5G is that the whole notion of creating more differentiating services, and so if we can do that through the cloud-native mindset with product owners being much more closely engaged with customers, then that improves our product offerings. And we can optimize our network profitability by using cloud-native features like modern big data analytics, and even AI and automation to improve the operations of the network. At the end of the day, the business value is improved customer satisfaction, which improves our financial performance, obviously.Emily: And when you started out in 2015, who was pushing for moving to cloud-native? Was this the business saying, “Hey, how do we improve customer satisfaction?” Was it engineering saying, “Hey, here's an idea for something that could help us move faster?” Who was behind that?Tom: That's a good question. I think it's probably an element of both. It was the opposite of the push me, pull you, I guess. So, there was engineering pushing on an open door, I suppose you could say. So, Cloud was a bit of a buzzword around that time anyway, but I think it's fair to say the concepts of improved time to market, improved stability, the potential for improved security, improved automation, and repeatability, they were all relatively easy sells to product teams who want to be able to sell products to customers. And once you're able to explain what problems those concepts solve, I think it became a bit of a, like I say, pushing on an open door.Emily: Can you tell me a little bit about the process of explaining what problems these things solve? Was there anything that was getting lost in translation?Tom: Yeah. I think the biggest thing that I can recall—obviously, it's a company-wide thing. I'm never going to be aware of everything that happens—certainly, it's critical to try and understand what the target operating model is before trying to say, “Here's the technology solution to it.” So, I think some of the lessons that were learnt in the early stages were, rather than trying to say, “Here's the technology answer to a modern way of working that hasn't been agreed or adopted or even understood yet,” let's do that part first, so people understand how they need to work in this modern kind of culture. And then the technology answers then make a bit more sense to people because they're able to say, “Okay, I understand the problems that's solving now because I'm now working in that way of working.” So, that's probably the biggest learning point I would take from the previous five years.Emily: Do you feel like the conversation, how did it evolve from the first conversations over the course of the past five years, and then what's it like now?Tom: It's very different now. The concept of Cloud and cloud-native has become a given and very well understood across the business, even outside of technology. So, we talked to other business units, and they're quite comfortable in understanding the benefits of Cloud. And it's now about when they mature into cloud-native, and when they mature operating models, rather than if. And it's now talking and giving guidance about how to do it, rather than trying to sell the concept itself. So, it just feels like you're at that next stage of not having to sell the idea anymore, and more into the detail of how to implement that idea.Emily: What would you say were some of the biggest surprises? And let's start with thinking about some of the biggest surprises, not necessarily technically but organizationally, in how engineering was talking with the business, how people were working together. Was there anything about this journey that was unexpected?Tom: Not particularly. I think the biggest change that happened, which was possibly unexpected when we started, was the level of insourcing that we have undertaken to support the cloud-native operating models, the time to market, and the modern engineering teams. So, we used to be around 97 percent outsourced or something like that, in terms of building software that wasn't just vendor supplied. And for all that software now, we're more like 95 percent in-house. And so, that's quite a big change, and I think that probably surprised people that A) we needed to do it, and B) that we have done it, and relatively successfully got pretty wide-scale digital engineering functions across many markets now.Emily: And why do you think that matters?Tom: Because it gives us control of the roadmap, it gives us control of that time to market cadence, and it allows us to use the data that our teams understand and know about, and to share that with other markets. So, as I say, even though an engineering team might be in the UK, they can share what they've done, they can share the artifacts, they can share the data that's driven decisions and software activity with other markets within Vodafone. And that just improves that efficiency, again.Emily: Do you think insourcing also improves customer satisfaction KPIs?Tom: Certainly we've seen that. So, whether that's a correlation or causation is kind of for someone with more access to more data than I've got. But certainly, we've seen an increase in online sales, and our digital marketing is more data-driven. And that has happened in correlation with the in-sourcing of software engineering skillset, yeah.Emily: Do you have any specific examples that come to mind in, maybe you are able to react in a way that wouldn't have been possible if you'd been using the old system?Tom: I'm not aware of any specific examples, unfortunately.Emily: Was there anything about the move to Kubernetes, to cloud-native, that you expected to be difficult, and wasn't. So, that was easier than you expected?Tom: That's a good question. I suspect the provision of multiple clusters. Kubernetes is difficult. It's a complex system, hence why there are so many cluster management vendor offerings available. And I think we chose a couple of partners early on in the journey to help us with that, and I think that really helped, and it made Kubernetes a little less scary for the software teams who were using it. So certainly, I've heard feedback—this is anecdotal, rather than anything that's evidence-driven—actually, just being able to create clusters and deploy into them was easier than people had thought when they were learning about Kubernetes through the quick start tutorials and the like.Emily: Was there anything that sticks out as being far more difficult than expected? The more unpleasant surprises?Tom: I wouldn't necessarily call them unpleasant, but obviously there's going to be a transition period—which we're in—between the traditional data-center-centric networking and network security policies and concepts, and those that work with Cloud and cloud-native platforms like Kubernetes. And there have definitely been challenges in trying to apply the legacy approach to network security with a distributed and dynamic system like Kubernetes, where you can't give everything a static IP address or even have separate subnets within a cluster for segregation, for example. It has to be done in a different way. You can still apply the same controls, they just have to be done in a different way. So, I think that's one of a few challenges that we found that we've had to work through with different vendors, with engineering teams, and with our internal teams to try and update our guidance on how to apply those controls.Emily: And to what extent have there been organizational challenges, and how have you gotten over those?Tom: That's a tricky one to answer, really. I think it all comes down to the balance between understanding and buying into a strategy, but then applying that to application lifecycle and investment lifecycles. So, I think this is probably true for any company: just because a strategy says this is the thing to do, you got a roadmap for your portfolio of applications and services that you need to balance a limited budget. And so, that's been the biggest challenge, is to try and identify how much of each budget at various levels can be spent on strategic activity, and then for which services, and trying to keep that balance, and bearing in mind that there are lots of different things pulling on that same pot of money.Emily: And what have you learned about managing that?Tom: I think primarily that there needs to be a holistic view of strategic projects. It's quite difficult to put the onus on a local budget, to spend the money to do something strategic when the benefits are probably—and the business case is probably seen more widely than the individual budget area. But I think it differs between situations, and between markets, and what's happening. I think the primary thing is to understand the costs of the strategy upfront, and try and work those costs into whatever needs doing over the period.Emily: A slightly different question, which is, is there anything you feel like in the cloud-native journey that you're still working on solving, that you haven't really figured out yet?Tom: I'm not sure whether we haven't figured this out yet, but one of the things we're putting a lot of effort in at the moment, is the use of advanced data and analytics platforms to try and drive even more network automation, and network planning efficiencies. So, I think it was last year at Google Next, we announced a partnership with Google to make use of their data services. And there's a few projects ongoing within Vodafone to try and drive the amount of knowledge and useful information we can gather from the vast quantities of data we have about our services and the customers that use them because the more we can use that data, the more we can respond to customer need in a timely manner, whether that's reactively in terms of operational response or whether that's proactively in seeing trends that we can then meet a need that may be unsaid yet.Emily: And if you were to talk to another engineering leader who was trying to push through the open door as you were saying, what advice would you give them?Tom: The biggest bit of advice is to understand the current way of working for whichever area you're—is on the other side of the door, and understand their pain points because it's not always the same answer. So, generalizing, it may be that one area is more than happy to have a centralized global platform offering, whether that's within our data centers, or public cloud, or both. Another area, just the way it's managed, may require a more distributed model, where the services are offered on a more market specific level. And so, I think that that's the main thing, is to understand the specifics of that area that you're talking to because it will affect how you want to architect and onwardly deploy and manage that technology.Emily: It would affect not just how you want to architect the technology, but also how you want to communicate what your plan is, right?Tom: Absolutely. Yeah. So, in the first of the examples I gave, where an area might be happy with a centralized service, that probably means they're already using one. The way you would communicate that would be via that existing channel, if you like. Whereas on the flip side, that kind of channel may not exist, and therefore running the project or projects and communicating with stakeholders would be much more distributed.Emily: At Vodafone was there ever any challenge selling it, not just over to the business side, but also selling internally inside engineering teams? Or was everyone pretty gung ho to do this?Tom: No, there's always challenges. I think again, it goes back to understanding the pain points of an area and understanding why things are the kind of as they are today, which I guess is general for things outside of technology and outside of Vodafone generally is. If you understand the position of the person you're debating with, then you're more likely to reach a common understanding than if you go into it with your own point of view and being unwilling to listen. So, I think that's the main thing is just being willing to listen, to understand pain points, and to be able to react to those within a strategy. You'd hope that it's flexible enough to be able to meet a wide range of needs without needing to necessarily change the overall vision.Emily: How important do you think this cloud-native transition has been for Vodafone?Tom: I think it's been crucial. I think we couldn't have done what we've done in the last five years without it. So, there's a video that our group CTO has posted on LinkedIn recently which highlighted a few things around improved mobile KPIs, we've got 4G in 21 markets, we've got the largest 5G in Europe, and all of those improvements from time to market I've already mentioned, we simply couldn't have done that without a modernization program to move to cloud-native across a number of our systems. So, yes, that's partly a technology thing, but also, it is such a cultural thing, and having that modern way of working where you have your modern engineering teams who are closer to the customer, but they're also—the different mindset of a modern engineering company where you're not afraid to try new things, and if you fail, you learn from them. And I think that's all part of what I would class as cloud-native, and that has been, like I say, it's been crucial for us to be able to get where we have been.Emily: It's interesting to think cloud-native means if you fail, you learn from it. That's a fairly basic concept, and yet true. I can see how that is, sort of, part of being cloud-native.Tom: Yeah, it's one of those things is quite a basic thing, but I think in traditional ways of working, the focus on the availability of systems and the performance of systems can blind everyone to the possibilities outside of that particular area of focus. And it puts pressure on people at all levels to try and minimize periods of downtime or periods of low performance. And over time, people become less and less willing to be able to try new things, through fear of failing because just the way people work it's difficult to learn from those failings because it affects customers. And so, what cloud-native technologies enable because of the way things are orchestrated—things are dynamic, things are repeatable—it's very easy to try new things, and not affect all customers. Now, obviously, good software engineering practices help as well. But I think the cloud-native technologies and the ways of working really do support the whole “learn by failing” premise.Emily: Do you think it would have been possible to get the customer satisfaction KPIs that you did, without moving to cloud-native, in any other way?Tom: I think the only way you could have done is by a huge investment in people and the traditional technologies. It would have been a much more expensive and slower journey, in my opinion.Emily: Anything else that you want to add about your experience moving to cloud-native?Tom: No, I don't think so. I think one of the things—like I said before, the increase in automation, the increase in the modern technologies is just really helped with those customer affecting KPIs, and that has to be the drive for why you're doing it.Emily: All right, just a couple more questions, then. What is your can't-live-without engineering tool?Tom: Oh, that's a good question. Probably Python. I think so many people use it either as a cross-platform scripting tool to be able to automate things and get on the first step towards cloud-native, or it's such a key part of many cloud-native tools like things like Ansible and other tools, and it's used hugely within our data analytics domain to try and drive the usefulness of the data. So, yeah, that's probably the one I'd choose.Emily: And then this actually is the last question which is, how can listeners follow you or connect with you?Tom: So, I'm on Twitter at @tomkivlin. I'm also on LinkedIn. So, I'm Tom Kivlin, working for Vodafone Group. I am a member of the telecom user group within the CNCF. So, you can find them on GitHub and also in the… I think it's the CNCF or the Kubernetes Slack. And yeah, happy to share experiences and keep learning.Emily: Well, thank you so much. Again, this is Tom Kivlin, and we'll go ahead and wrap it up there. Thank you so much, Tom.Announcer: Thank you for listening to The Business of Cloud Native podcast. Keep up with the latest on the podcast at thebusinessofcloudnative.com and subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever fine podcasts are distributed. We'll see you next time.This has been HumblePod production. Stay humble.

Doi oameni-cheie ai ING Bank și Microsoft în România discută cu Dragoș Stanca despre principalele tendințe "de reținut" în digitalizarea serviciilor bancare, proces accelerat masiv de pandemie. Ce e de reținut, ce e de învățat. O discuție din categoria very high-level cu: · Răzvan Sighinaș - Deputy CEO & Chief Information Officer, ING Bank · Daniel Rusen - Director Marketing și Operațiuni, MICROSOFT România Răzvan s-a alăturat Comitetului Executiv al ING Bank România în martie 2019. Are 18 ani de experiență în industria de IT. Și-a început cariera ca inginer software și a trecut, ulterior, în zona de Operațiuni, preluând roluri de senior management în SUA și Europa, pentru companii precum Oracle, Vodafone sau Electronic Arts. Înainte de a veni la ING, a ocupat funcția de Senior Director la Electronic Arts, coordonând o organizație ce acoperea 5 zone diferite (România, SUA, Canada, Irlanda și India), fiind responsabil de furnizarea de soluții și servicii complexe precum aplicații software pentru jocuri video, Big Data și analiza datelor în timp real. În ultimii 10 ani, a condus departamentul de Operațiuni IT pentru Vodafone România și a creat un shared services center IT în București pentru Vodafone Group. Daniel are o experiență de afaceri extinsă, de peste 17 ani în telecom și IT. Pe parcursul carierei în cadrul Microsoft, Daniel a deținut mai multe roluri, cu rolul de a asigura sinergia între marketing și operațiuni și de a ajuta partenerii de afaceri în procesul de migrare în cloud. În poziția sa actuală, Daniel conduce echipa în eforturile sale de a accelera procesul transformării digitale și pe cel al adopției tehnologice în toate segmentele de pe piața din România. >> UPGRADE 100 Live - versiunea podcast - vă este oferită de BANCA TRANSILVANIA, care vă recomandă și podcastul BT Talks

TechCentral — In this promoted episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by IoT.nxt CEO Nico Steyn and Vodacom Business CEO William Mzimba to talk about Vodacom's acquisition of the company and the work it is doing for the telecommunications operator and its parent, Vodafone Group. In the podcast, Mzimba unpacks what attracted Vodacom to IoT.nxt and highlights some of the projects the companies are now involved in, including one to reduce power consumption at the operator's thousands of network high sites. Mzimba also talks about how Vodacom is changing strategically as a company and how that change, underpinned by digital transformation, will accelerate in the coming years. IoT.nxt will help it in that journey. Steyn then expands on some of the specific challenges that IoT.nxt is helping Vodacom address and looks at how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected conversations around digital transformation. Later in the podcast, IoT.nxt chief commercial officer Andre Strauss joins the conversation and helps explore the impact of IoT on business. Don't miss the discussion!

In this GCP Short, Richard is joined by Karen Jenner and Joseph Finbow, from Friends of the Podcast TMF, and Lisa Coomber, Senior Group Insurance Manager at Vodafone, to discuss captive structures and the often invisible costs that are insurance premium taxes and other levies. Full biographies are below. This discussion should be particularly helpful to anyone involved with the design, implementation or management of global insurance programmes. In 20 very practical minutes, the experts outline what taxes are associated with direct and non-admitted programmes, where the responsibilities for compliance lie within different structures and how it can sometimes be more efficient to run a hybrid programme of both direct writing and using fronting partners. For more information on TMF, visit: https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/tmfgroup To learn more about Vodafone’s captive strategy, listen to GCP #20: https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/gcp20 Karen Jenner, IPT Business Development Director, TMF With over 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, 10 specialising in IPT, Karen previously held roles with insurers and brokers in the London market, before bringing her experience of global insurance programmes and non-conventional insurance into the IPT arena. Jo Finbow, IPT Assurance Director Joseph is a chartered accountant with over a decade’s experience in handling global insurance premium tax issues. He started his career with KPMG and has built his knowledge and experience in supporting captive insurers, P&I Clubs and other specialist insurers. This is complemented by the work he completes researching and maintaining global insurance premium tax information. Lisa Coomber, Senior Group Insurance Manager at Vodafone Lisa has authoritative expertise in global insurance programmes. She joined Vodafone Group’s insurance team in 2008 where as Senior Group Insurance Manager and member of Vodafone’s captive underwriting committee she has designed the Group’s insurance risk strategy and developed the captive’s market-leading multi-line stop-loss reinsurance solution. Lisa is ACII qualified and prior to joining Vodafone enjoyed roles at Marsh and Yale University. You can subscribe to the Global Captive Podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, CastBox or any other podcast app. Contact Richard: richard@globalcaptivepodcast.com Visit the website: www.globalcaptivepodcast.com Follow us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/global-captive-podcast/ Twitter & Instagram: @captivepodcast

TechCentral — Promoted | Nico Steyn, co-founder and CEO of IoT.nxt, joins TechCentral for a discussion on how the company has grown a year on from Vodacom Group’s blockbuster acquisition of a 51% stake in the business. In the podcast, Steyn talks about how the company is working with Vodacom – and the broader Vodafone Group – to expand its offerings in South Africa and around the world. IoT.nxt, which offers a “technology agnostic” solution that acts as a conduit between sensors and other Internet of things devices at the edge of the network and the application layer in companies’ IT departments, has grown rapidly since its founding five years ago. Initially funded by private equity group Talent10, Steyn explains how the Vodacom acquisition came about and what it has meant for IoT.nxt. Also in the podcast, Steyn explains why Covid-19 is likely to prove beneficial for the company in the long term as the world looks to automate, and he talks about the work that IoT.nxt is doing to develop skills in the IoT space. Don’t miss the discussion.

Dr. Hannes Ametsreiter ist CEO Vodafone Deutschland und Mitglied im Executive Committee der Vodafone Group. Er tritt als Gast der 100. Folge des hy Podcast auf - fast genau ein Jahr nach seinem ersten Auftritt an dieser Stelle in der 48. Folge. Anlässlich der 100. Ausgabe zieht Christoph Keese eine 12-Monats-Bilanz mit seinem Gast. Im Mai 2019 konnte niemand von Corona etwas wissen. Stimmt es wirklich, dass die Pandemie nun einen Digitalisierungs-Ruck im Lande auslöst? Kommt jetzt wirklich Geschwindigkeit in Themen, die vorher oft besprochen, doch selten umgesetzt wurden? Mit mehr als der Hälfte der Deutschen als Kunden und als Besitzer eines der größten Netze des Landes, an der Schnittstelle zwischen Wirtschaft und Politik, Unternehmen und ihren Kunden - aus dieser besonderen Perspektive schaut Ametsreiter auf ein Land, das - unsanft geweckt - nun tatsächlich endlich in Angriff nimmt, was es schon längst hätte erledigen sollen. Eine aufschlussreiche Folge mit tiefen Einblicken in die Zukunft der 5G-Netze, der aufblühenden IoT-Ökonomie und der digitalisierten Arbeit wie Bildung. Sprache: Deutsch Tonqualität: Studio mit zugeschaltetem Gast

Hey, schön dass Du heute eingeschaltet hast. Das ist die erste deutsche Folge in diesem Jahr, deshalb ein frohes Neues Jahr für Dich und Deine Lieben ☺ Ich hoffe, Du hattest einen bunten Start in dieses Jahr! Heute spreche ich mit Eva Sobek. Eva lebt in Herzogenaurach, wo sie seit 3 Jahren als Direktorin für Digital Products bei Adidas arbeitet. Ihr Weg führte sie nach dem Medientechnik Studium in die Beratung und von da aus dann in verschiedene internationale Konzerne (wie z.B. der Vodafone Group). Beruflich ist Eva direkt in die digitale Welt gestartet und hat schnell gefunden, was ihr hier Spaß macht - und mit der Zeit immer mehr ihre Rolle gefunden. Sie erzählt, wie die Neugier sie auf ihrer professionellen Reise antreibt, sie ihr beim Branchenwechsel geholfen hat und was sie anderen bei einem geplanten Wechsel rät. Wir sprechen darüber, wie Eva Umstrukturierungen bei ihren Arbeitgebern erlebt hat, der Wechsel zu Adidas ein halber Schritt zurück war und welche wichtige Rolle die Unternehmenskultur für sie spielt. Denn beim Wechsel zu Adidas erlebte sie einen Kulturschock - wie sie den überwunden hat, erzählt sie uns. Genau so wie Coaching im Rahmen eines Führungskräfteprogrammes ihr dabei geholfen hat, klar zu erkennen wer sie ist, was ihre Stärken sind und das dann auch ganz selbstbewusst zu leben. Sei gespannt, los geht’s!

Today’s guest in episode 14 is Arthur Panos, a good friend of mine who lives in Sydney, Australia. He currently is a freelance commercial director with a broad international experience in global positions at companies like Bridge Alliance in Singapore or Vodafone Group in Luxembourg. Besides this professional part of his life, he is working on his university degrees in science, history and writing. After many years of being an expat - with his wife and two kids - he recently returned home to Sydney. Today, he talks to us about his experience of a life abroad. We hear how it was the desire to grow personally and professionally that made him take this step and how his first key learning was to “always bringing yourself - wherever you go”. He shares how he handled doubts, took difficult decisions and how taking over a director role in an Asian country & company was fascinating and brought along many surprises. Stay tuned to listen to this and much more ☺

TechCentral — In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews IoT.nxt co-founder and CEO Nico Steyn about the recently announced acquisition by Vodacom Group of 51% of the company. Steyn explains how the deal came about, what IoT.nxt will use the capital injection to do and what’s next for the Centurion, Pretoria-headquartered Internet-of-things platform start-up. In the podcast, Steyn talks about why he quit his corporate job at Pinnacle to co-found IoT.nxt, its funding from Talent10, its expansion into Europe and more recently the US, and its plans for further globalisation. What are the opportunities for IoT.nxt in the Vodacom Group – and the broader Vodafone Group – and will the company continue working with other telecommunications operators in the South African market? The company will continue to be run fairly autonomously of Vodacom, though it already supplies IoT solutions to the company and plans to expand this in time, Steyn explains in the podcast. Don’t miss the discussion.

Our guest today is Bryan Littlefair. He's CEO at Cambridge Cyber Advisers, and previously held the Global CISO position at Aviva and Vodafone Group. His current focus is working with board-level executives to enable a deeper understanding of cybersecurity and how it relates to business risk. He shares his thoughts on the communications gap between IT professionals and board members, effective ways to overcome it, and the importance of threat intelligence in gauging risk and setting priorities.

Our guest today is Bryan Littlefair. He’s CEO at Cambridge Cyber Advisers, and previously held the Global CISO position at Aviva and Vodafone Group. His current focus is working with board-level executives to enable a deeper understanding of cybersecurity and how it relates to business risk. He shares his thoughts on the communications gap between IT professionals and board members, effective ways to overcome it, and the importance of threat intelligence in gauging risk and setting priorities.

It was with great pleasure that recently we had the chance to catch up with Arthur Panos Director of Roaming at the Bridge Alliance. In his interview Arthur told us about his story in Vodafone Group, retail trends in Asia, regulations in Australia and beyond and the great work of the Bridge Alliance in bringing MNOs together across Asia and Africa.

In this episode of Prime Time, Sanjay Swamy talks to Ignacio Mas, executive director and co-founder at the Digital Frontiers Institute, a new organization that is developing a professional development network and training course around digital money and payments. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Fletcher School's Council on Emerging Market Enterprises at Tufts University. In this podcast, Ignacio speaks exclusively to Sanjay about his journey in the global community for mobile money and his views about India. Formerly a Senior Advisor in the Financial Services for the Poor program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ignacio led research, policy and financial infrastructure work. Ignacio also has been a Senior Adviser in the Technology Program at CGAP (a resource center for micro-finance housed at the World Bank), VP of Marketing and Account Management at interTouch (an NTT-DoCoMo Group Company that manages broadband solutions for the hospitality industry), Director of Global Business Strategy at Vodafone Group, and Senior Manager responsible for telecoms investments in Europe at Intel Capital (Intel Corp’s venture capital arm). Ignacio has been a Visiting Professor of International Business at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago. He holds undergraduate degrees in mathematics and economics from MIT and a PhD in economics from Harvard University.

Ramana James The Head of Group Shared Value for IAG Ramana has a long career in sustainability and shared value. He established the Corporate Responsibility function at Vodafone Australia in 2003 and led environmental practice across 26 countries for Vodafone Group during two secondments as the Group Environment Manager, based in the UK. Ramana then transitioned across to the property industry where he worked with Stockland for more than 5 years. He lead a team responsible for an integrated sustainability strategy and the introduction of shared value across commercial property, residential development and retirement living. He joined IAG in mid 2014 as the Head of Group Shared Value and now leads a diverse team that is responsible for developing, executing and enabling IAG’s organisational wide shared value activity. Webpages: Projects http://iagindigenous.com.au/ http://www.stormsafe.com.au/ http://australianbusinessroundtable.com.au/ http://resilientnewzealand.co.nz/ https://iagresearch.com.au/

Session Partner: Huawei A discussion about how the increasingly digital age is changing the way innovation occurs – from society to business and politics to culture. Chair: Ravi Mattu, Editor, Business Life, Financial Times Panel: 1. Christèle Delbé, Head of Sustainability, Vodafone Group 2. Narik Patel, Director, PayPal 3. Matthew Yeomans, Writer and Consultant 4. Stefano Cantarelli, Vice President, Huawei Network Business 5. Maria Ingold, CEO, mireality

Option Block 211:  VIX Apocalypse Redux Trading Block: There was a mild selloff after a crazy week of post-cliff rallies. CBOE marketing reports "Biggest weekly decline in the history of the VIX." Consumer electronic tech show may add vol to the market. Apple vol is back, and has been quite a seesaw the past week. Amazon rallying on upgrade. Earnings season kicks off tomorrow! Odd Block: Closing calls trade in Quiksilver Inc. (ZQK), and opening calls trade in Vodafone Group plc (VOD). Xpress Block: Premium selling.  The top two names of the day were Apple and Amazon. Using spreads. Listener Mail: The all-stars answer your questions. Email from Dustin Hunter: Hi Guys. Two questions. First, I am becoming increasingly interested in understanding what happens when I enter an option order behind the scenes. You've talked a lot about the number of exchanges, but I really don't understand the differences between them or who their end-client really is. Is it me the retail trader or is it really the brokerage I use? I honestly pay no attention to the different exchanges my brokerage uses and choose to use their smart routing. Should I be digging deeper? Second, is it wrong that I giggle more at an option podcast most of the others? My wife thinks something is wrong. Keep up the good work. More interviews please. Dustin Around the Block: Earning season kicks off with Alcoa after the close tomorrow. (1000 Jan 5 2014 puts sold today for $.07)

Interview with Nick Hughes, Head of International Mobile Payment Solutions, Vodafone Group on mobile payment service M-PESA in Kenya. Photos courtesy of CGAP.

Verge, Ogilvy's Global Digital Summits examine the latest trends on how digital media is being used by consumers and businesses. Verge has been run in many international markets across several continents. Verge's first Dublin Summit took place on Friday, June 13, 2008, at the Guinness Storehouse. Speakers at the event included some of the leading international experts in the field including Shelly Lazarus, chairman and chief executive of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide; Paul O'Donnell, chairman OgilvyOne EAME and Maeve Donovan, managing director, The Irish Times. In this special podcast you can hear interviews with: David Wheldon, Global Brand Director, Vodafone Group, Patou Nuytemans, Ogilvy's digital leader in EAME and JP Donnelly, Group Chief Executive Ogilvy Group Ireland.