target audience: TECH SUPPLIER Publication date: Aug 2024 - Document type: Market Note - Doc Document number: # EUR152446024
Vodafone's Approach to GenAI
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This IDC Market Note examines Vodafone's strategic approach to leveraging GenAI, which focuses on enhancing operational efficiency, and customer experience. The company emphasizes ethical AI deployment, customer-centric solutions, and partnerships with solution providers for scalable and secure GenAI applications. Vodafone's plans include scaling AI applications and investing in partnerships (e.g., the $1.5 billion deal with Microsoft) to develop frameworks, governance, and risk structures to capitalize on GenAI momentum, aiming to bridge the trust gap and improve service offerings.
"Vodafone has made itself clear in its decision not to invest in GenAI hardware due to limited supply and extremely high costs, highlighting that investing today might incur higher costs than investing in the future with a diversified supply chain," said Matias Cho, research analyst, IDC's EMEA Telecoms. "Vodafone has a clear road map for navigating GenAI, but its approach is not particularly unique. To stand out from competitors, it must develop distinctive strategies and applications that differentiate it not only from other telcos, but also from other players in the market," said Masarra Mohamed, senior research analyst, IDC's European 5G Enterprise Strategies.