Vodafonewatch Report #95 September-October 2011 Executive Brief
19 October 2011
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Table of Contents
1 Executive brief
4 Group
4 Partner Markets
4 Group reboots Asian ties; makes fresh start in Japan
5 Partner Markets
5 M&A
5 Axiata left looking half‑in, half‑out — still on the M&A menu?
6 Marketing
6 Swisscom partnership extended
6 Partner Markets refocus showing through
7 People
7 Plan to tap VfEL management pool flagged
7 People movement highlights
8 Products and services
8 Profile: RealNetworks’ Unifi
8 RealNetworks’ Allen Dickson
8 RealNetworks overview
9 Unifi — media‑ and technology‑neutral cloud locker
9 Unified library of digital life
10 Unifi photograph meta‑data
10 Ongoing development
10 Differentiated by content- and technology-neutrality
10 Added stickiness in the face of OTT
12 CSPs as media companies
14 Terminals
14 Technology
14 Suppliers
14 Supplier people movement highlights
15 Investments and associates
15 Mobile terminal highlights
16 McAdam intervenes as AT&T-T‑Mobile deal hits buffers
16 Opening of spectrum trading urged
17 Dividend implications for Vodafone
18 Isis names handset partners, pushes diversity
19 McAdam, Small back LTE as part‑wireline successor
21 Europe Region
21 Czech Republic
21 HSPA+ 64QAM update goes live
22 VfCZ opens Vodafone Gallery portal, ditches live!
22 VfCZ adds WeDo revenue assurance module
23 Germany
23 VfD mulls farming out broadband customer care
24 Hungary
24 VfH firms up Tesco deal; pencils in 2012 launch
25 Portugal
25 “Crisis” tax illegal — EC
26 Romania
26 Ireland
26 VfIr melds priority data access with new DC‑HSPA+ plan
26 QoS differentiation launched
27 Spain
27 ComReg publishes spectrum plans, finally
29 Italy
29 Malta
29 VfIt nets new spectrum in digital dividend sell‑off
29 LTE plans unclear, amid spectrum wait
29 TIM matches VfIt haul
30 Netherlands
30 VfN adds prepaid multi‑service in OTT fight
31 United Kingdom
31 3 seeks to derail mobile wallet alliance
32 Rumblings of One Net discontent mooted
33 Africa, Asia-Pacific & Middle East Region
33 Australia — Vodafone Hutchison Australia
33 Fiji
33 Australia — Vodafone Hutchison Australia
33 VHA re‑jigs 1800MHz spectrum for LTE rollout
34 India — Vodafone Essar
34 Egypt
34 VfEf seeks clearance for fibre project
34 India — Vodafone Essar
34 VfEL slams spectrum charge plan, again
35 Vodafone Essar and IBM renew IT services tie‑up
35 Myriad, VfEL tie on low‑footprint messaging
36 Qatar
36 November launch
36 Looser partnership than Telefónica’s
38 Kenya — Safaricom
38 Safaricom yields to margin pressure with price rises
38 Operating expenses a key priority
39 New Zealand
39 Tanzania — Vodacom
39 VfNZ in enterprise tie‑up with Kordia
39 South Africa — Vodacom South Africa
39 Vodacom tipped for Malawi entrance
40 VdSA winds down LTE trial; awaits spectrum
40 Vodacom SA roundup
41 Index
Index
Symbols
6 Wunderkinder GmbH
- Wunderlist 6
A
Abbott 7
Aditya Birla Group
- Idea Cellular 34, 36
- – Indus Towers 34
Africa 7, 8, 17, 18, 33, 35, 39, 40
- Congo 7, 17
- Ghana 15
- – National Communications Authority 24
- Kenya 5, 17, 38
- – CMA 33
- – CCK 38
- Rwanda 18
- South Africa 15, 27, 39, 40
- – DOC 40
- – Icasa 40
- Tanzania 17, 39
- Uganda 17
- Zambia 17
Amalgamated Telecom Holdings (ATH)
- Vodafone Fiji 15, 33
Amazon.com, Inc. 9, 10
- Amazon.com 9, 10
- Kindle 10
América Móvil 6
American Express Company 18
Americas
- Canada 38
- Latin America 6, 35
- North America 19
- USA 10, 16, 17, 19, 35
- – DoJ 16, 17
- – FCC 16
Apple 5, 10, 15, 18, 25
- App Store 25, 38
- iCloud 10
- iOS 9, 10, 15, 18
- iPhone 5, 15
Asia-Pacific 4, 6, 33
- Australia 15, 33
- – ACMA 33
- China 5, 18
- Fiji 33
- – Commerce Commission 7
- Hong Kong 4
- India 5, 7, 15, 18, 23, 34, 35, 36, 38
- – DoT 34, 36
- – Licence Circles
- – - Andhra Pradesh 6
- – - Karnataka 18
- – - Kolkata 18
- – - Maharashtra 18
- – - Punjab 18
- – TRAI 34, 35
- Indonesia 5
- Japan 4
- Malaysia 4
- New Zealand 7, 39
- – Commerce Commission 7
- Philippines 5
- Singapore 5
- South Korea 5, 21
- Sri Lanka 4
- Taiwan 5, 15
- Thailand 5
- Vietnam 5
AT&T 15, 16, 17, 18
Australia and N.Z. Banking Group Ltd 33
AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. 22
Axiata Group Bhd (TM International)
- India (Idea Cellular, see also Aditya Birla) 34, 36
- Malaysia (Celcom) 4, 39
- Singapore (M1, see separate) 5, 6
B
Barclays plc 18
- Barclays Bank 18
BelCompany 15
Bertelsmann Group
- Euromedia Group 22
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) 5
Bharti Group 7, 17, 18, 34, 35, 36
- Airtel 7, 17, 18, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39
- – Africa
- – - Kenya 38
- Indus Towers 34
BSkyB 12
BT Group 7, 12
Bubble Motion. Inc. 35
C
CBS Corp. 7
China Mobile 5
Chunghwa Telecom 5
CyTA
- Cytamobile 5
D
Deutsche Telekom 17, 25
- Europe
- – Czech Republic 21
- – Hungary (Magyar Telekom) 25
- – UK (Everything Everywhere) 31
- Germany 23
- T-Mobile 16, 17, 18, 19, 21
- USA 16, 18, 19
Dialog Telekom 4
Digicel 33
- Fiji 33
Discover Financial Services 18
Doro AB 15
E
eircom 27
Electronic Arts, Inc. (EA) 22
Entel PCS 5
Ericsson 17, 19, 23
Essar Group
- Vodafone Essar 5, 7, 15, 18, 34, 35, 36
Europe
- Central Europe 7
- Cyprus 5
- Czech Republic 21
- Germany 8, 15, 18, 23, 31, 39
- – ARD
- – - Deutsche Welle (DW) 39
- – BNetzA 23
- – EVG 23
- Greece 27
- Hungary 18, 24, 25, 31
- – NMHH 24
- Ireland 24, 26, 27
- – ComReg 27
- Italy 27, 29
- Malta 29
- – Chamber of Engineers 29
- Netherlands 15, 18, 30, 31
- Portugal 22, 25, 27
- Romania 26
- – Ancom 26
- Scandinavia 11
- Spain 6, 18, 26, 27
- – CMT 27
- Sweden 15, 22
- Turkey 15
- United Kingdom (UK) 5, 12, 14, 16, 18, 24, 31
- – Competition Appeal Tribunal 31
- – Ofcom 31
- – Office of Fair Trading 31
European Union 25, 31
- European Commission 25, 31
Everything Everywhere Ltd (see DT, FT) 31
F
Facebook 9, 15, 27, 35, 40
Far Eastern Group
- Far Eastone Telecoms. Co., Ltd. 5
Fijian Holdings Ltd 33
Foxlink Group 15
France Télécom
- Orange 15, 26, 35, 38
- Romania 26
- Telkom Kenya (see separate) 38
- UK (Everything Everywhere) 15, 31
G
GameStop Corp.
- EBGames 33
Globe Telecom 5
G-Mobile Holdings Limited 39
Goldman Sachs 16, 17, 19
Google 10, 18, 25, 35
- Android 9, 10, 15, 17, 18, 25, 26
- Android Market 25
- Google Mail (Gmail) 35
Gulf Bridge International (GBI) 36
H
Havas Group
- Euro RSCG Worldwide 7
Hellenic Telecoms (OTE)
- Romania 26
Hewlett-Packard
- Snapfish 10
High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) 15, 18
Huawei Technologies 18, 21, 33
Hutchison Whampoa 4, 15, 33, 35
- 3 Group
- – Italy 29
- – UK 31
- HTIL 35
- VHA Pty. Ltd (see Vodafone) 15, 33
I
IBM 35
Indus Towers 34
ITV 12
J
JVL Ventures, LLC (Isis) 18
K
Kenya Broadcasting Corp. (KBC) 38
Kordia 39
KPN 30
L
LG Electronics 15, 18
Linkem 29
M
Magyar Posta Pal Szabo 24
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) 5
Mango 15
Mannai Corp. 7
Market segments
- MVNO 12, 24, 33
- OTT 10, 11, 12, 18, 30
- VAS 11, 12, 18, 24, 35, 36
MasterCard 18
Maxis Communication, Malaysia
- Aircel 36
Media Embassy B.V.
- Social Embassy 30
MediaTek, Inc. 15
Microsoft 15
Middle East 8
- Egypt 23, 34
- – NTRA 34
- – SCAF 34
- Qatar 7, 36, 38
Mobilbonus, s.r.o. 22
Mobile One (Singapore) 5, 6
Mobiroo, Inc. 38
Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. 18
MTN 40
- South Africa 40
Myriad Group AG 35, 36
N
Nakladatelství FRAGMENT, s.r.o., 22
Nakladatelství JOTA, s.r.o. 22
Netflix, Inc. 10
News Corp.
- Tata Sky 7
Nexus 18
Nokia 17, 26, 40
- Ovi 26
Nokia Siemens Networks 17, 40
NTT 4
- DoCoMo 4
O
Omnicom 14
- OMD 14
Opera Software 5
Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc. 17
P
ParcelPoke Ltd 6
PepsiCo, Inc. 7
R
RadioShack Corp. 19
RealNetworks 8, 9, 10, 11
- Rhapsody 8, 11
Red Bull GmbH 33
Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
- RCom 34, 36
Research In Motion 5, 9, 15, 18, 38
- BlackBerry 5, 9, 15, 18, 38
- – App World 38
Romtelecom 26
S
Safaricom 5, 15, 38
Samsung 18
SAZKA, a.s. 21
SES Astra 23
Siemens 17
Singapore Telecom
- Optus (Australia) 33
Sistema
- Mobile TeleSystems 5
SMART Communications 5
SmarTone-Vodafone 4, 6
SoftBank Corp. 4
Sonaecom 22
- Optimus 15
Sonae SGPS 22
Sony
- Sony Music Entertainment 22
Sony Ericsson 15, 18
Sprint Nextel 15, 17, 18
Swisscom 6
Symantec 14
T
Tata Group 7, 36
- Tata Sky 7
Technology
- 2G 15, 17, 18, 34
- – GPRS 15
- – GSM 34
- 3G 12, 17, 18, 21, 34, 40
- – DC-HSDPA 26
- – Evolved HSPA (HSPA+/I-HSPA) 21, 26, 27
- – - 64QAM 21
- – HSPA 21, 26, 27
- 4G 18, 19, 29, 33
- – Long-Term Evolution (LTE) 18, 19, 23, 29, 33, 40
- – - LTE TDD 18
- – WiMAX 29
- BWA 18
- Cloud computing 8, 9, 10, 11
- DSL 19, 23
- Fibre 19, 34
- GPRS 15
- IM 35
- IP 12, 19, 30, 35
- IPTV 12
- Java 35
- microSD 18
- MMS 15
- NFC 18, 31
- PC 9, 18
- RBT 8
- SIM 40
- Smartphone 5, 9, 15, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, 30, 35
- SMS 15, 22, 30, 35, 36
- Spectrum 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 33, 34, 40
- – 800 MHz 23, 27, 29, 40
- – 900 MHz 27
- – 1000 MHz 15
- – 1800 MHz 27, 29, 33, 34, 40
- – 2600 MHz 29, 40
- – 3500 MHz 40
- – Digital dividend 27, 29
- USSD 35, 36
- WAN 39
- Windows 9, 15
Telecom Egypt 34
Telecom Italia 29
- Telecom Italia Mobile 29
Teleena 30
Telefónica Group 7, 15, 21, 23, 24, 27, 31, 35, 36
- Europe
- – Czech Republic 21
- – España 27
- – Germany 23
- – Ireland 27
- – Tesco Mobile 24
- – UK 7, 15, 31
Telenor ASA
- Total Access Comm. PLC (dtac) 5
Telstra 33
- TelstraClear 7
Tesco 24
- Tesco Mobile 24
Trilliant Holdings, Inc. 17
Twitter, Inc. 15, 27, 35, 39, 40
U
U2opia Mobile Pte Ltd 35
V
Verizon Communications 8, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 29
- FiOS 19
- Verizon Wireless 8, 15, 17, 18, 19
- – ALLTEL Corp. 17
- – McAdam, Lowell 16, 17, 19
- – Small, David 19
- Vodafone Omnitel 15, 29, 30
Vinaphone (Vietnam) 5
Visa 18
Vivendi
- Universal Music Group 22
Vodacom Group 15, 39, 40
- Congo 7, 17
- Group 39
- South Africa 15, 27, 39, 40
- Tanzania 17, 39
- Uys, Pieter 39
Vodafone
- Africa, Middle East, and Asia Pacific Region (AMAP) 7, 33
- – Africa 7, 8, 17, 18, 33, 35, 39, 40
- – Asia 4, 6, 33
- – Australia 15, 33
- – - VHA Pty. Ltd (see Hutchison Whampoa) 15, 33
- – Egypt 34
- – - Vodafone International Services 23
- – Fiji 15, 33
- – Ghana 15
- – India 4, 5, 7, 15, 17, 18, 34, 35, 36, 38
- – - Indus Towers 34
- – Japan 4
- – Kenya (see Safaricom) 5, 15, 17, 38
- – Middle East 8
- – New Zealand 7, 39
- – Pacific 4
- – Qatar (see Vodafone and Qatar Foundation and Vodafone Qatar) 5, 7, 15, 36, 38
- – South Africa (see Vodacom) 15, 27, 39, 40
- Corporate
- – Vodafone Procurement Company S.a.r.l 6
- Europe Region 7, 15, 21, 29, 30
- – Albania 15
- – Czech Republic 21, 22
- – Germany 8, 9, 15, 18, 19, 23, 29, 31, 39
- – Greece 15, 27
- – Hungary 15, 18, 22, 24, 25, 31
- – Ireland 7, 24, 26, 27
Interfusion Networks 26
- – Italy 15, 27, 29, 30
- – Malta 7, 29
- – Netherlands 15, 18, 30, 31
- – Portugal 22, 25, 27
- – Romania 7, 15, 26
- – Spain 15, 18, 26, 27, 29
- – Turkey 15
- – UK 5, 7, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 24, 31, 32
- Executives
- – Abbott, Chris 7
- – Bailey, Tony 32
- – Barbu, Laura 7
- – Beck, György 24
- – Berroeta, Iñaki 7
- – Colao, Vittorio 6, 7
- – Collymore, Bob 38
- – Dews, Nigel 33
- – Edwards, Chris 7
- – Ihuel, Richard 7
- – Kelly, Fergal 26
- – Lundal, Morten 6
- – Parida, Samaresh 7
- – Sharma, Balesh 7
- – Witts, Karen 7
- Ex-executives
- – Glass, Hayden 7
- – Jordan, Phil 7
- – Nagpal, Harit 7
- – Rally, Vishal 7
- Group 6, 7, 8
- – Group Marketing 7
- – Marketing
- – - Terminals 6, 15
- – Partner Markets 4, 5, 6, 8
- – - Caribbean (Digicel) 33
- – - Chile (Entel) 5
- – - Cyprus (Cytamobile-Vodafone) 5
- – - Malaysia (Celcom) 4, 39
- – - Russia and CIS (Mobile TeleSystems/MTS) 5
- – - Sri Lanka (Dialog) 4
- – - Switzerland (Swisscom) 6
- – Strategy
- – - Total Communications 26
- – Vodafone Global Enterprise 6
- – Vodafone India Servs. Pvt Ltd 23
- – Vodafone Internet Servs. (VIS) 6
- – Vodafone Ops. Cntr. Hungary 23
- – Vodafone Procurement Co. 6
- Investments & Associates
- – Americas (see Verizon Wireless) 8, 15, 17, 18, 19
- Products
- – 360 22
- – BloX (variants) 30
- – International (UK) 23
- – live! 22
- – Money Transfer 33
- – M-PAiSA 33
- – MyVodafone (Romania) 26
- – Números úteis 25
- – OneNet 32
- – Pro 6
- – Red 14, 33
- – Terminals
- – - 555 (TCL) 15
- – Vodafone Gallery 22
- – Vodafone Meteo 26
- – Vodafone TV 23
- – Webbox 15
Vodafone Qatar Q.S.C. 5, 7, 15, 36, 38
W
Weather Investments
- Orascom Telecom
- – Wind Telecomunicazioni 29
WeDo Technologies 22
Wolseley plc 7
WPP 14
- MediaCom 14
- Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe Y&R 14
- Team Red 14
Y
Yahoo! 35
Z
ZTE Corp. 7, 18
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