VODAFONE ZIGGO
“ IN THE CORPORATE WORLD , IT IS IMPORTANT YOU ARE PREPARED FOR YOUR DIGITAL JOURNEY AND START
BEFORE YOUR COMPETITION DOES SO ”
WILCO DEKKER TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
MANAGER , VODAFONEZIGGO
Build for the future Commenting on how the company has become stronger since the merger of Vodafone and Ziggo , Dekker said there is now a focus to ‘ build for the future ’.
“ It was a strategic decision to combine the fixed with the mobile world and offer more with less investment due to many synergies that can be gained . For a start , it is about two strong mother companies coming together . We can learn from one another and combine product offering and backbone traffic .”
Vodafone offers 4G + coverage in more than 250 municipalities across the Netherlands . There are more than 4,500 4G masts and small cell towers . They are the driving force behind Dutch digitisation but also the builder of the infrastructure that should help to guarantee the digital lead of the Netherlands in the future .
It is predicted the company ' s network will see mobile and fixed connections connect even closer to each other and are ‘ stable , smarter and faster ,’ with internet speeds of up to 1 Gigabit per second – which is needed due to the growth of data needs in the Netherlands .
“ If we fast forward , I foresee a further increase in fixed and mobile data usage . The internet signal from our datacenter to the customers home follows for 97 % via fibre which will be a great base for a dense network to support future roll – out of 5G mmWave and getting prepared for 6G in 2030 ,” said Dekker .
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