JSE:VOD 4 September 2025 - 2 July 2026

Vodafone trails FTSE 100 as investors focus on Germany, Safaricom update fails to lift shares
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Vodafone trails FTSE 100 as investors focus on Germany, Safaricom update fails to lift shares

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company slipped last week while the London market climbed, giving up ground after an earlier bounce in the spring. Shares ended Friday at 98.70p, down 6.6% from 105.65p on June 26. Over that stretch, the FTSE 100 added 1.6% to hit 10,679.03. Look at the value lost. Vodafone reported 23.03 billion voting rights as of June 30, according to its July 1 statement. Last week’s 6.95p slide in the share price wiped around £1.6 billion off the equity tied to those voting shares. That lines up with the £ value of the KES 272 billion cash spent on Vodacom’s Safaricom stake buys, referencing Vodafone’s FY27 rate of €1 to 87p.
July 4, 2026
Vodafone (LON:VOD) slips as Safaricom move doesn’t help FTSE laggard
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Vodafone (LON:VOD) holds just under 100p after move for more Safaricom control

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company ticked up 0.43% to 98.90 pence in London on Thursday. The stock had dropped 6.8% in the last three sessions, sliding under the 100p mark. Shares are now down 6.4% since the June 26 close. Vodafone’s shares lagged the FTSE 100. While the index rose 0.48% to 10,528.86 by 11:34 BST, just above its June 26 finish, Vodafone trailed the index by around 6.6 percentage points in the same period.
July 2, 2026
Vodafone (LON:VOD) slips as Safaricom move doesn’t help FTSE laggard
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Vodafone (LON:VOD) slips as Safaricom move doesn’t help FTSE laggard

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company dropped over 3% on Tuesday and was one of the FTSE 100’s laggards. The move came as Vodafone closed a deal, taking control of a major telecom and mobile-money player in Africa. Vodafone shares finished 3.72% lower at 99.60p. The FTSE 100 was up 0.12% at 10,497.12, so Vodafone lagged the index by 384 basis points for the day. With a market value of £22.93 billion at Hargreaves Lansdown, Vodafone lost about £890 million in equity value from the single-day decline, by calculation.
June 30, 2026
Global GSM Revolution: 5G Breakthroughs, 6G Horizons & Bold Moves This Week
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Global GSM Revolution: 5G Breakthroughs, 6G Horizons & Bold Moves This Week

Kuwait’s leap to 5G-Advanced: In a major network upgrade, Kuwait has rolled out nationwide 5G-Advanced service, becoming one of the first countries to deploy the next evolutionary step of 5G. The deployment – completed by Kuwait’s Ministry of Communications contractor Knetco alongside Huawei – upgraded all three mobile operators to 5G-A technology rcrwireless.com. 5G-Advanced promises tenfold faster speeds than standard 5G, significantly lower latency, and higher capacity, enabling advanced use cases from smart cities to drone connectivity rcrwireless.com. It aligns with Kuwait’s Vision 2035 digital agenda and even “lays the groundwork for potential future migration to 6G,” according to local reports rcrwireless.com rcrwireless.com. Knetco’s CEO hailed the milestone, saying “the arrival of 5G Advanced will transform how Kuwait communicates, operates,
September 18, 2025
Mobile Network Mayhem: 48 Hours of Game-Changing GSM News (Sept 3–4, 2025)
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Mobile Network Mayhem: 48 Hours of Game-Changing GSM News (Sept 3–4, 2025)

India’s private 5G debate: A high-stakes policy clash intensified in India over allocating 5G spectrum. In late August, the GSMA sent a letter urging India’s DoT not to set aside dedicated 5G bands for private enterprise networks rcrwireless.com. The GSMA’s APAC head, Jeanette Whyte, warned that India’s world-class public mobile networks are fully capable of serving industries, and that carving out prime mid-band spectrum for private 5G offers “no measurable benefit to enterprises, while significantly undermining public network performance” rcrwireless.com. India’s operators and their lobby echoed this stance, noting that a government demand survey for private 5G drew virtually no interest – a sign that an operator-led model may be more practical. The pressure is now on India’s regulators to
September 4, 2025