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• T-Mobile to merge with Orange

  Strategy Eye - 2009-09-07

  T-Mobile and Orange seem set to merge their UK operations after the companies confirmed they were in "exclusive talks" about partnering on a 50-50 venture. The deal will establish the merged firm as the biggest single mobile operator in the UK, with some 37% of the market. The new...

  Tags: Network, T-Mobile, U.K., Orange, Mergers & Acquisitions, Networking, Investment, Finance, O2, Deutsche Telekom, Andrew McDonald, France Telecom, Vodafone Group Plc.

• Twitter signs SMS deal with O2

  Strategy Eye - 2009-07-13

  O2 is to become the latest mobile operator to partner with Twitter to allow users to receive tweets via SMS, resurrecting a service that Twitter abandoned last year. O2 customers will be able to receive @replies and direct messages for free, under a 600-a-month fair usage limit. ...

  Tags: O2 Plc., SMS, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, O2, Editorial, Vodafone Group Plc.

• Twitter SMS returns to UK

  Strategy Eye - 2009-03-27

  Twitter is partnering with mobile operator Vodafone to allow UK users to receive tweets via SMS, resurrecting the service that it halted last year. Twitter was forced to abandon the service after is revealed that a single UK user could cost up to USD1,000 a year. ...

  Tags: Mobile, U.K., SMS, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Advertising & Promotion, Telephony, Manufacturing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Networking, O2, T-Mobile, Hutchison 3G UK Limited, Jasper Jackson, Vodafone Group Plc.

• Vodafone and O2 may share networks

  Strategy Eye - 2009-03-13

  Vodafone and O2 are in advanced talks regarding a UK wireless network-sharing deal that could realise significant savings for both operators. The deal may also resolve a dispute over radio spectrum space that threatens plans to expand broadband coverage across...

  Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Network, O2 Plc., Networking, Orange, O2, T-Mobile, Jasper Jackson

• Vodafone and Hutchison merge Australian operations

  Strategy Eye - 2009-02-10

  Vodafone and Hutchison Whampoa are merging their Australian telecoms operations in a move which will help the third and fourth largest providers in terms of market share make up ground lost to market leader Telstra and second-placed Singapore Telecommunications. The...

  Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Hutchison, 3G, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Operational Accounting, Wireless And Mobility, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, Finance, SingTel, Hutchison Whampoa, Jasper Jackson

• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Approached Ex-Vodafone Chief Arun Sarin

  Content Next - 2008-12-15

  Arun Sarin's name is being floated again, this time for a job at private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Last week, reports surfaced that the ex-Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) chief executive, who left the telecoms giant in July, was being considered for the role of ceo of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO)....

  Tags: Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Arun Sarin, Sarin, Video On Demand (VoD), Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Investment, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Finance, Industry Moves, Money, VC M&A, Dianne See Morrison, Vodafone Group Plc.

• Vodafone Keeping Hold of Verizon Stake

  Content Next - 2008-11-21

  Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) CEO Vittorio Colao said the company's board had an "open mind" about a sale of its 45 per cent stake in Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ), but emphasized that he thought that currently the "best thing" for the global telecoms firm was "to stay where we are,"...

  Tags: Broadband Internet, Business Operations, CEO, Companies, Consumer Electronics, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Dianne See Morrison, Digital Media, Finance, Financial Accounting, Home Entertainment, Networking, NYSE Euronext, Operators, Personal Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Telephony, Tv & Home Theater, Verizon, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless, Video On Demand (VoD), Vodafone, Vodafone Group Plc.

• 3G Embedded Netbooks: A Killer Product?

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-24

  Ram Krishnan submits: The relative success of Asus Eee PC has created a new product category - netbooks, also called Mobile Internet Devices (MID) or Ultra-Low Cost PCs ULPCs. Never to shy away from new product hype, ABI research has promptly come out with a forecast calling for over 200 million of...

  Tags: Mobile, RAM, Seeking Alpha, Ram Krishnan, 3G, Memory, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Dell Computer Corp., Vodafone Group Plc., Telecom, Networking

• Vodafone completes purchase of Ghana Telecom stake

  - 2008-08-18

  LONDON AFP — British mobile phone giant Vodafone said Monday it had completed the purchase of a 70-percent stake in state-run Ghana Telecommunications. "Further to the ... approval from the Ghanaian Parliament, Vodafone announces today that it has completed the acquisition of a 70 percent stake in Ghana Telecom...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Vodafone Group Plc.

• European Commission clears Vodafone's takeover of Tele2 Italy and Spain.(ACROSS THE REGION)

  - 2007-12-01

  The European Commission has cleared UK mobile operator Vodafone Group PLC's $1.142 billion takeover of Tele2 Telecommunication Services SLU (Tele2 Spain) and Tele2 Italy SpA. The commission asserted that this deal would not hamper competition, as the activities overlap only in the retail market for telephony...

  Tags: European Commission, Manufacturing, NETWORKING, SALES, Spain, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vodafone Group Plc., VOIP