LONDON-Vodafone Group plc's stock jumped as much as 3 percent in early trading April 11, amid fresh rumors that the European telco giant may sell its 45-percent stake in Verizon Wireless-or that several telecom companies, including Verizon Communications Inc., may band together to make...
TOKYO—Vodafone Group plc’s Japanese operations will undergo a brand change once the sale of the unit to Softbank Corp. is complete, the two companies announced today. Vodafone assured customers that they would continue to be able to use their vodafone.ne.jp e-mail addresses and that...
LONDON—Vodafone Group plc’s stock jumped as much as 3 percent in early trading Tuesday, amid fresh rumors that the European telco giant may sell its 45-percent stake in Verizon Wireless—or that several telecom companies, including Verizon Communications Inc., may band together to make an...
The newest player on the crowded mobile search playground is one of the most vocal. Promptu—known until this week as Agile TV—officially joined the world of wireless, delivering a voice-recognition offering designed to allow users to discover, purchase and download content over mobile phones....
The newest player on the crowded mobile search playground is one of the most vocal. Promptu-known until this week as Agile TV-officially joined the world of wireless, delivering a voice-recognition offering designed to allow users to discover, purchase and download content over mobile phones....
Vodafone Group plc last week signaled its retreat from the Japanese mobile market amid turmoil in its boardroom, and Verizon Communications Inc. reportedly upped its pressure on Vodafone by making an informal offer to buy the European operator's 45-percent stake in Verizon Wireless for...
NEWBURY, England—Vodafone Group plc confirmed that it will sell its struggling Japanese operation to Japanese Internet conglomerate Softbank in a deal valued at about $15.4 billion. The cash that Vodafone receives from the sale is to be dispensed to shareholders after the transaction closes,...
BONN, Germany—Vodafone Group plc announced that the company’s chief marketing officer and board member Peter Bamford will leave the company as of April 1, the latest of several high-profile company members to leave or announce their upcoming departures. According to the Wall Street Journal,...
BONN, Germany-Vodafone Group plc shares surged more than 9 percent on the London Stock Exchange Friday when the company confirmed reports that it is in talks to sell its Japanese operations to broadband Internet provider Softbank. "Vodafone has been struggling with its Japanese unit...
BONN, Germany—Vodafone Group plc shares surged more than 9 percent on the London Stock Exchange Friday after the company confirmed reports that it is in talks to sell its Japanese operations to broadband Internet provider Softbank. "Vodafone has been struggling with its Japanese unit...
SAN DIEGO—Speech-recognition search technology firm V-Enable announced that it raised $6 million during a funding round led by SoftBank Capital and Palisades Ventures. V-Enable says demand from carriers for its mobile search application is increasing. The company boasted that more than 75 percent of...
SEATTLE-Mobile software developer Volantis Systems Ltd. launched a suite of applications for carriers, content providers and third parties looking to sell content to wireless users. The offerings include a mobile storefront and user interface, content management software, on-device media player and an application that...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration asked Japan to promote competitive wireless policies and to improve spectrum management, but some reforms pushed by trade officials here are not necessarily legally embraced in the United States. The office of U.S. trade representative weighed in on wireless issues in...
NEW YORK-Direct-to-consumer wireless content provider Thumbplay Inc. said it raised $7.5 million in second-round funding to go along with an undisclosed amount of first round funding. Thumbplay said it will use the new funds to expand its content business.SoftBank Capital led the latest round,...
SHENZEN, China-Wireless handset designer Cellon International said it raised an undisclosed amount in a Series D round of financing. TVG Capital Partners led the round, joining existing Cellon investors Intel Communication Fund, Softbank China, SuneVision Ventures, UTStarcom and Elcoteq Network Corp.Cellon provides design and...
SHENZEN, China-Wireless handset designer Cellon International said it raised an undisclosed amount in a Series D round of financing.TVG Capital Partners led the round, joining existing Cellon investors Intel Communication Fund, Softbank China, SuneVision Ventures, UTStarcom and Elcoteq Network Corp. Cellon provides design and...
TOKYO-Japan hopes to stoke competition in its hard-to-penetrate mobile-phone market by allowing three new entrants to offer wireless services. The country's telecommunications ministry opened the door for Softbank Corp., eAccess Ltd. and IPMobile Inc. to introduce new handsets and services. The new players will...
TOKYO-Japan hopes to stoke competition in its hard-to-penetrate mobile-phone market by allowing three new entrants to offer wireless services. The country's telecommunications ministry opened the door for Softbank Corp., eAccess Ltd. and IPMobile Inc. to introduce new wireless handsets and services. The new players...
The coming surge of mobile virtual network operators will target virtually every demographic, from ethnic groups to sports fans to rural users. But no group of consumers is being courted as much as America's youth. As wireless enters the multimedia era, the market of...
Chinese officials may wait until next year to award licenses for third-generation technology, according to a prediction by market research firm iSuppli Corp. The firm said that recent setbacks in testing TD-SCDMA technology-the country's homegrown 3G technology-may cause the Chinese government to hold off...
Chinese officials may wait until next year to award licenses for third-generation technology, according to a prediction by market research firm iSuppli Corp. The firm said that recent setbacks in testing TD-SCDMA technology-the country's homegrown 3G technology-may cause the Chinese government to hold off...
WASHINGTON-The Japanese Embassy today confirmed the government plans to add three competitors to the mobile-phone market, a move that comes after months of prodding by the U.S. trade representative and an aborted lawsuit against the telecom ministry by hard-charging wireless newcomer Softbank Corp. The...
WASHINGTON-Softbank Corp. said the Japanese government authorized it to operate an experimental third-generation mobile-phone base station in the 1.7 GHz band using W-CDMA technology. Softbank, a major broadband player in Japan, has been aggressively trying to crack Japan's 3G wireless market in recent years....
WASHINGTON-Softbank Corp., the Japanese Internet company trying to muscle or possibly buy its way into that country's mobile-phone market, has crashed the party here by breaking with U.S. and foreign mobile-phone carriers that do not want any further American intervention into rates charged by...
