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VodafoneThree: Partnership
VodafoneThree launched a pilot programme with banking partners (Barclays, TSB, Co-operative Bank), the Mobile Ecosystem Forum, and Cyber Defence Alliance to block fraudulent financial SMS. The system blocked over 2 million fraudulent messages since August 2025 and achieved 25% improvement in blocking effectiveness.
Source: Mobile World Live
The leadership read
Alliances like this can broaden the sector commercial leadership bench strength.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 111.2 (Hot), up 5.2 month-on-month — shows EMEA signal flow easing (-4.4pts).
VodafoneThree: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 2 tracked across 21 days.
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