Vodafone Business and Centrica agree four-year deal to power workplace services
Nick Gliddon said: “We’re enabling smarter, faster and more resilient operations – delivering benefits that will be felt by teams and customers across the UK.”
Vodafone Business has agreed a four-year partnership with Centrica to deliver workplace services and connectivity to 80 sites and 30,000 devices across the UK.
The deal includes support from VOIS and CGI. Vodafone Business will provide fixed and mobile services, as well as IT end user compute services.
Centrica, which owns British Gas and Hive, will move to a data-driven approach with the aim of improving productivity and personalising experiences for customers and staff.
Vodafone, British Gas and Hive plan to launch new combined connectivity and energy offers for UK households.
The partnership covers fixed and mobile connectivity for Centrica’s offices and workforce, plus support for end user management, Office 365, Cloud, Power Apps and Centrica’s ServiceNow platform.
Vodafone will also help Centrica tackle fuel poverty through the British Gas Energy Trust.
Nick Gliddon, business director, VodafoneThree, said: “This partnership is a catalyst for real change.
“By combining our advanced connectivity, IT services and automation with the collective expertise of Vodafone Business and our partners, we are creating a new blueprint for how businesses can transform at scale.
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