INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Vodafone Group CEO Vittorio Colao is to step down from the company following a decade in charge of the UK operator.Colao, who will leave his
post later this year, has helped Vodafone survive challenges in the European market, transforming it from a pure-play mobile provider into a
acquisitions of superfast broadband networks.This includes last week's deal with Liberty Global for Vodafone to acquire cable networks in
billion it lost last year due a write down in the value of its Indian network.Data traffic across all territories is up 61 per cent thanks
to more generous bundles and lower prices, particularly in India, as the average user now consume an average 2.9GB a month
Vodafone claims 92 per cent of all data sessions are now at least 3Mbps and hopes IoT and zero rating add-ons will offset any decline in
traditional revenue caused by the popularity of SIM-Only and Multi-SIM deals.Vodafone now has 16.1 million broadband customers, of which 9.9
million are fibre or cable, while it also has 9.9 million TV customers
Vodafone says that with constant exchange rates this would only have been 3.6 per cent
record number of fixed [Next Generation Networks] and converged customers in Q4, mobile data usage continues to grow strongly and we grew