The R&D team in Vodafone develops disruptive value opportunities for Vodafone. We identify future enablers and technology platforms with high value potential and the scope to scale, and we advance those with the greatest potential. By working with key innovation leaders, we build demonstrations and early proof points to experiment, learn, iterate, inspire, and create a market advantage.
We work with a range of strategic partners, including:
- World-leading academic teams, with whom we may sponsor research in high potential areas
- The research and advanced-technology divisions of other major industry players
- Well-founded start-ups, where our strategy may involvement investment or acquisition.
We work with speed, agility, and a minimum of bureaucracy. Our in-house lab allows us to carry out experiments, trials, and proofs of concept and value at low cost and with extremely short lead-in times. This is important at multiple stages of the R&D process, from assessing technologies in isolation, through integrating, testing, and enhancing them in a telecomms context, to engaging with the rest of business and ensuring commercial engagement and alignment.