Telcos almost incessantly talk about services as a salvation for flat or falling revenues, or are being told they should do it, but now Vodafone has committed to the therapy – in league with Accenture. As the world’s leading consulting firm by employee count, with 2023 revenue of $64.1 billion, Accenture can put flesh on Vodafone’s services skeleton, built so far around serving its own multinational subsidiaries in Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. The company has persuaded Accenture to stump up $150 million for a minority stake in a joint venture that will expand on its existing shared services unit called Vodafone Intelligent Solutions (VOIS), with a mission to “create a scaled, commercially driven and more efficient organization.” Vodafone CEO…