We don't want multi-layers because then we'd be very slow and cumbersome, this should be for all vendors. Nick Read More Quotes by Nick Read More Quotes From Nick Read Financially there's been a heavy burden through unsupportive regulation, excessive taxes and on top of that we got the negative supreme court decision. Nick Read technology This is reflected in our return to top-line growth in the second quarter, which we expect to build upon in the second half of the year in both Europe and Africa. Nick Read technology OpenRAN improves the network economics enabling us to reach more people in rural communities and that supports our goal to build digital societies in which no one is left behind. Nick Read technology Vodafone is obviously a very high-quality anchor tenant and we've got very high-quality assets, and these opportunities don't come around there often, so people are very, very keen to pursue it with us. Nick Read technology Given the scale and quality of our infrastructure, we believe there is a substantial opportunity to unlock value for shareholders while capturing the significant industrial benefits of network sharing for the digital society. Nick Read company-news This is a window of opportunity where 5G is launching into the market. Nick Read company-news Vodafone transforms into Europe's largest fully-converged communications operator, accelerating innovation through our gigabit networks and bringing greater benefits to millions of customers. Nick Read technology Our service revenue growth came under further pressure - Spain remains a challenging market, South Africa experienced headwinds - plus clearly the German auction has risen to higher levels than expectation on top of extensive coverage obligations, which require capex. Nick Read company-news Twelve months back we had a good degree of headroom, by November we had sufficient headroom, and the headroom has been compressed in the last six months. Nick Read company-news We need to have a fact-based risk-assessed review, people are saying things at the moment that are not grounded, I'm not saying that is the case for the U.S. because I have not met them directly myself so I have not seen what evidence they have, but they clearly need to present that evidence to the right bodies throughout Europe. Nick Read technology It will delay 5G in Europe by probably two years, it structurally disadvantages Europe. Nick Read technology We are engaged with all (European) governments at the moment and we'd like them to arrive at a common set of understandings. Nick Read technology You will see more of these going forward. Nick Read technology
