CASE STUDY
Vodacom Mozambique is a leading mobile network provider in the Southeast African state , with more than seven million subscribers . The company ’ s main objective is to deliver a quality , reliable mobile and data network , while introducing new communication technologies to benefit Mozambique as a whole , which the company has continued to provide since starting operations 19 years ago .
Today , Vodacom Mozambique remains at the forefront of product development to satisfy the growing customer demand for digitally transformative solutions . In addition , its reliance on on-premises infrastructure has limited how quickly it could introduce compelling services to the market . The telco recognises that this needs to be addressed as rapidly and cost-effectively as possible .
With this in mind , Vodacom Mozambique partnered with VMware to modernise its IT and telecommunicationsfocused data centres to better prepare for the future growth requirements of the country .
Vodacom has successfully embraced VMware as the premise for its IT and telecommunications clouds , giving it the unified digital fabric needed to scale its services and customer experiences . This makes the telecoms operator more agile in a highly competitive mobile market and rapidly deliver on business and consumer customer demands , improving voice and data services to its customers .
Reducing legacy footprint
Nine years ago , Vodacom Mozambique identified the need to move away from a traditional data centre environment – a decision made due to a combination of rack space limitations and the high costs typically associated with upgrading servers .
VMWARE HAS ENABLED US TO HAVE A FASTER TIME TO MARKET BECAUSE
WE CAN NOW DEPLOY CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS AS REQUIRED . OUR TEAM HAS
DONE TREMENDOUS WORK TO COME TO GRIPS WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND PROVIDE AN INTEGRATED EXPERIENCE .
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