Vodafone Business
Vodafone is the largest technology communications company in Europe and Africa, transforming the way in which we live and work by means of its innovations, technology, connectivity, platforms, products and services.
Vodafone manages mobile and landline networks in 20 countries and has agreements with mobile operators in 47 other countries. On 31 December 2022, it has more than 330 million mobile customers, over 28 million fixed broadband customers and 21 million TV customers. Vodafone is a worldwide leader in the Internet of Things (IoT), connecting over 155 million devices and platforms.
Vodafone has revolutionized financial technology in Africa by means of M-Pesa, which celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2022. M-Pesa is the biggest FinTech platform in the region and provides over 58 million people with financial services in a secure, affordable and easy way.
Vodafone strives to connect for a better future by using technology to improve life, digitising critical sectors and making an inclusive and sustainable digital society possible.
Vodafone is committed to reducing its environmental impact in order to reach net zero emissions throughout its supply chain by 2040, helping its customers to reduce their own carbon emissions by 350 million tonnes by 2030. Furthermore, it is reducing device waste in order to achieve its goal of reusing, reselling or recycling 100% of network equipment.
Vodafone supports connectivity and digital services in order to improve society and economies by means of agreements with governments to digitise healthcare, education and agriculture and create cleaner and safer cities. Its products and services facilitate the digitisation of businesses, particularly SMEs.
The Inclusion for All strategy aims to ensure that no-one is left behind and everybody is able to access connectivity, digital skills and relevant digital products and services are created in order to provide access to education, healthcare and finance. Vodafone is committed to developing a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the customers and societies that it serves.
Participation in the project:
At Vodafone Business we provide the project with our experience as a telecommunications operator specialising in IoT and 5G and the Vodafone Automotive experience as a provider of the major European car manufacturers in connected car projects, such as Internet in the Car and safety services.
Vodafone today connects over 18.3 million cars from major European manufacturers, and more than 150 million assets across Europe.
This year we have opened the Malaga innovation hub where more than 50 people work on developing platforms related to road safety at a European level, as well as offering their experience, best practices and use cases which are worked on across Europe.
The platform brings together information and acts as a broker by receiving information from various actors of the mobility ecosystem and sending it in real time to any actors interested in receiving this information.
Information is always anonymized and geolocated when sent. This is an open source-based platform which is developed in accordance with European standards.
This is a high availability cloud structure which follows the best practices in cybersecurity. It is securely connected to the IoT networks of the various market operators. The information is reliable and verified.
We would like to highlight that this is a platform which is already available and which will continue to evolve. Any actor of the mobility ecosystem can ask to connect to it and we will support them throughout the process.
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