culture , bringing new ways of thinking .”
With the emergence of 5G , technology has become more intertwined than ever before and as a result , Vodafone has worked diligently to strengthen ties with other industry leaders such as Amazon , Google and Microsoft . “ Amazon is one of our biggest IoT customers – all of their lockers worldwide use our technology ,” Petty says . “ Meanwhile , Microsoft has one of the leading gaming platforms in the world and we ’ ve been working really hard to integrate our network and our APIs into the gaming platform , for instance . These strong ties with leading cloud operators and technology companies are helping us create new services . I think future success for telecoms will depend on partnering with other technology companies and building new innovative services .”
Looking forward , it seems Vodafone has reams of new ideas and solutions up its sleeve , proving that , in a lot of ways , it ’ s much more than your typical telecom .
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