TECH - Vodafone Commits $1.5 Billion To Collaborate With Microsoft To Make Generative AI Accessible To 300M Users | Benzinga
Vodafone Group (NASDAQ:VOD) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) have announced a strategic alliance for the next ten years. This collaboration aims to extend digital services to more than 300 million businesses and consumers.
What Happened: The Vodafone-Microsoft partnership entails a $1.5 billion investment by Vodafone over the coming decade, focusing on customer-oriented cloud and AI services. These services are being developed in collaboration with Microsoft. In exchange, Microsoft plans to leverage Vodafone’s mobile and fixed connectivity services, the company said in a post on Tuesday.
The collaboration aims to transform the customer experience at Vodafone with Microsoft's generative AI, scaling Vodafone’s “Internet of Things” (IoT) connectivity platform, developing new digital and financial services for businesses, and revamping its global data center cloud strategy.
Microsoft’s investment plans also include Vodafone's managed IoT connectivity platform, which is planned to become a standalone business by April.
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