Vodafone

As merger fever continues to heat up in the telecom industry, there are now reports that Deutsche Telekom is looking to get into the game by acquiring British Telecom. According …

Between 2006 and 2013, telecom investment by seven major European operators, including such giants as Orange, Deutsche Telecom and Vodafone, fell 5%. In contrast, the four U.S. operators – AT&T, Verizon …

Vodafone, the world’s second-largest carrier, reported revenue gains on May 18 for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year ending March 31, 2015 – the first such growth in almost …

Last week London was host to M2M World Congress. The presenters were an interesting mix of network operators, hardware and software vendors and industry analysts approaching this space from many different …

Vodafone and MTN, two of the largest mobile money providers in Africa, announced plans to interconnect their services in seven East African countries. The partnership will allow M-Pesa and MTN Mobile …

A network failure this week left Vodafone New Zealand customers on both the north and south islands without voice, text and data services for several hours, impacting those trying to …

There’s a lot of talk in the industry as to how the telecom players – operators and equipment vendors will or won’t more closely align with automotive OEMs and Tier …

In some ways, Spain moves at a slower pace than the rest of Europe. Spaniards tend to get up later, eat later and go to bed later than the rest …

I recently had the opportunity to meet with Alan Coleman, CEO of Brite:Bill to learn more about the company’s offering and its activities in Europe. Brite:Bill is 5 years old …

Spectrum auction winners haven’t been revealed Although the winners haven’t been disclosed, an Indian government spectrum auction ended on March 25 after 19 days and 115 rounds of bidding. The …

One day after the parent companies of O2 and Three agreed to merge the two British carriers, rival BT has announced its return to mobile. BT is already the U.K.’s …

Mobile subscribers in the U.K. may soon be served by three major carriers instead of four. Billionaire Li-Kashing of Hong Kong’s Hutchison Whampoa, which owns Three, has reached a deal to …

Vodafone over the past weekend announced the first commercial voice over LTE service in Germany, and plans to roll out VoLTE in the U.K. this summer. The operator demonstrated the first live VoLTE call …

Shares of Vodafone dropped 2.7% last week after analysts warned the company may make a bid for Liberty Global. With the telecom industry consolidating, Vodafone “needs to own more fixed …

Vodafone plan to include 16 weeks of fully paid leave Telecommunications giant Vodafone Group said by the end of this year it plans to implement a mandatory minimum global maternity …

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Vodafone Netherlands will be the first operator to deploy Ericsson’s RBS 6402 launched last year at the Consumer Electronics Show. The RBS 6402 targets venues that are too small to …

Jibe Mobile announced the expansion of its global interconnection showcase for next week’s Mobile World Congress event being held in Barcelona, Spain. Although this announcement is focused on a demonstration, the …

Crown Castle owns Down Under footprint of 1,800 towers Cellular infrastructure giant Crown Castle is considering a sale of its Australian tower assets, which comprise some 1,800 towers that support …

Telefónica SA considers using O2 proceeds to pay for GVT Telefónica SA is reportedly considering using proceeds from the sale of O2 UK to pay for Brazilian broadband operator GVT. …

China Mobile developing 5G technology China Mobile has started developing “5G” technologies. A senior executive of the company made the announcement during a development forum over the weekend. China Mobile …

Idea Cellular subscriber base growing faster than competition’s India’s Idea Cellular added more subscribers than rivals last quarter, for a 64% profit increase. Idea Cellular earned more than $125 million …

SK Telecom ‘world’s first tri-band LTE-A’ ads banned A South Korean court has banned SK Telecom from advertising claims that it has commercialized the first tri-band LTE-Advanced service. The ruling …

World Economic Forum: Vodafone CEO questions if spectrum should be free Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao raised questions surrounding spectrum at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Thursday. Colao reportedly compared …

SK Telecom and Nokia aim to build 5G technologies SK Telecom and Nokia announced they will work together to develop fifth-generation mobile network technologies. The two companies will research and …