Vodafone Group Plc EXPANDED NETWORK SHARING AGREEMENT-ORANGE IN SPAIN (0791X)
25 Abril 2019 - 4:01AM
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Vodafone Group Plc
25 April 2019
25 April 2019
VODAFONE ANNOUNCES EXPANDED NETWORK SHARING AGREEMENT WITH
ORANGE IN SPAIN
-- Vodafone and Orange's current active mobile network sharing
agreement extended from towns of up to 25,000 people to cities
with populations of up to 175,000, and now includes 5G sharing.
14,800 sites to be shared vs. 5,600 shared currently.
-- Vodafone able to offer fibre and convergent services to an
additional 1 million households over the Orange FTTH network.
Both companies to explore potential future co-investment to
expand their fibre footprint.
-- Demonstrates further progress this year on the execution of
Vodafone's network sharing strategy, and builds on the recent
announcements with Telefonica in the UK and Telecom Italia
in Italy (which also include 5G sharing).
Vodafone and Orange have signed a new mobile and fixed network
sharing agreement in Spain, which will strengthen their existing
partnership and enable the faster deployment of 5G over a wider
geographic area. The agreement establishes a more economically
efficient investment model for future network deployment, is more
environmentally sensitive and will bring the benefit of more rapid
5G adoption to the Spanish economy.
Under the agreement, Vodafone will be able to offer its
customers broadband access and other fixed services on Orange's
fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network. Both companies have also agreed
to explore potential co-investment opportunities to expand their
fibre footprint in the future.
Nick Read, Chief Executive of Vodafone, said, "Vodafone is
committed to deliver the best gigabit networks. As we approach a 5G
world, we have a window of opportunity to design networks with
other operators who share our passion for quality and coverage.
These network sharing agreements mean we can provide a better
service to customers, help us to address coverage requirements
faster and more efficiently and also reduce the industry's
environmental impact."
Mobile broadband network agreement
The original network sharing agreement with Orange covering
passive infrastructure nationwide and active infrastructure in
smaller towns was signed in 2006, and was subsequently renewed in
2012 and in 2016. This new agreement builds on the strong
relationship between the companies and, importantly, expands the
scope of the partnership to include 5G. This will enable more
customers to benefit from 5G's new features - such as low latency
and significantly higher speeds - as the shared network can be
rolled out faster and more efficiently.
The terms of the new agreement allow active network sharing
(including both the radio access network and high-speed backhaul)
in cities with populations of up to 175,000 people, whereas the
previous arrangement only enabled sharing in towns of between 1,000
and 25,000 people. Two thirds of the Spanish population will now be
covered by Vodafone and Orange's shared network agreement, with
14,800 sites expected to be shared vs. 5,600 shared today. The new
agreement is expected to deliver cumulative opex and capex savings
to Vodafone of at least EUR600 million over the next ten years.
Vodafone and Orange will continue to operate independent
infrastructure in the biggest cities. Both companies will retain
separate management of their spectrum rights, the management of
their network performance, the control and functionality of their
respective core networks, as well as the development of new
products and services. This enables each company to maintain
significant flexibility to meet the needs of their respective
customers.
Fixed broadband network agreement
The new agreement expands Vodafone's previous fibre-to-the-home
wholesale arrangements on attractive economic and technical terms
and Vodafone will be able to offer fibre and convergent services to
an additional one million premises, expanding our overall NGN
footprint in Spain to more than 23.0 million homes. Both companies
have also agreed to explore future opportunities to expand their
fibre footprint through fibre-to-the-home co-investment.
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About Vodafone Group
Vodafone Group is one of the world's largest telecommunications
companies and provides a range of services including voice,
messaging, data and fixed communications. Vodafone Group has mobile
operations in 25 countries, partners with mobile networks in 43
more, and fixed broadband operations in 19 markets. As of 31
December 2018, Vodafone Group had approximately 700 million mobile
customers and 21 million fixed broadband customers, including all
of the customers in Vodafone's joint ventures and associates. For
more information, please visit: www.vodafone.com.
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