US-based Qualcomm Inc will be granted an Internet service license, India's Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar said. This paves the way for the US company to launch broadband services in the country.
Reuters | August 29, 2011 | Nicola Leske
Telecoms giant Vodafone said on Monday it was exploring the possibility to cooperate with Wind Hellas, Greece's third-biggest telecoms operator.
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iTnews | August 22, 2011 | Juha Saarinen
Vodafone's New Zealand subsidiary has confirmed plans to move all international capacity to submarine cable contender Pacific Fibre, replacing current arrangements with rival Southern Cross by 2014.
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Bloomberg | August 21, 2011 | Tracy Withers
Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) agreed to a 10- year deal to take capacity on a new undersea fiber cable linking New Zealand, Australia and the U.S.
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With more than 5.3 billion mobile connections across the globe, the wireless industry continues to chase worldwide saturation.To the surprise of few, the world's most populous nations – China and India – are also the world's largest mobile markets. China continued to lead the...
India's mobile industry ended the first half of the year with 851.7 million subscribers, with overall market penetration reaching 71.11%, according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.TRIA noted that the mobile segment posted 1.36% growth in June, with urban users increasing from 554.75 million...
Vodafone | July 25, 2011 | Press Release
Tate and Vodafone today announced a new partnership to develop online and mobile technologies for Tate’s galleries and website. The partnership launches with Tate Debates, a weekly online discussion on Tate’s blog to encourage people to share...
Vodafone | July 29, 2011 | Press Release
Vodafone Spain has been awarded a total of 60 MHz (2x30 MHz) of new spectrum in the Spanish government’s auction, enabling the Company to provide its customers with enhanced mobile internet services across the country, including in...
Vodafone | July 28, 2011 | Press Release
Vodafone today announces that the Board of Verizon Wireless has approved the payment of a $10 billion (£6.1 billion) dividend. As a 45% shareholder in Verizon Wireless, Vodafone’s share of the dividend will be $4.5 billion (£2.8...
Vodafone | July 28, 2011 | Press Release
Vodafone Turkey today announced that it has agreed terms with the Koç Group to acquire Koç.net1 for a cash consideration of TRY30 million (£11 million2). Koç.net provides fixed voice and data services to enterprise customers and will...
Vodafone | July 27, 2011 | Press Release
Vodafone today announced the world’s first designated prepay phone specifically designed to put the Facebook experience into the heart of the handset, allowing people to easily share and connect with their friends when they’re on the move.
The...
Verizon Wireless announced today that its board of directors has approved a “distribution” of $10 billion to parent companies Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) and Vodafone Group plc (VOD) to be paid on Jan. 31, 2012. The distribution will be paid in accordance to the...
Vodafone | July 26, 2011 | Press Release
The Annual General Meeting of Vodafone Group Plc was held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1 on Tuesday 26 July 2011.
View the results of polls on all 23 resolutions.
The number of...
Vodafone | July 22, 2011 | Press Release
Group service revenue +1.5%(*), excluding mobile termination rate cuts +3.9%(*)
Strong service revenue growth in India +16.8%(*), Turkey +32.1%(*) and Vodacom +7.8%(*); resilient performance from Germany +0.2%(*) and UK +1.7%(*)
Conditions in southern Europe remain challenging: Italy -1.5%(*), Spain...
Reuters | July 20, 2011 | Nicola Leske
Norway's Telenor and Britain's Vodafone are expected to outshine their European telecom peers as the sector struggles with weak economies and forced price cuts.
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A number of emerging nations are highlighted in analyst Chetan Sharma's telecommunications predictions, released earlier this month. Brazil takes fifth place in total number of subscribers, while Mexico takes the 10th spot. China leads in the number of subscribers, but the U.S. dominates in...
Ericsson | July 6, 2011 | Press Release
Vodafone Italy has selected Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) as partner to manage the field operations of Vodafone’s fixed and mobile access and transmission networks, as well as for fixed core network nodes.
As part of the five...
Vodafone | July 8, 2011 | Press Release
Vodafone has presented awards to four of its key suppliers following its annual Supplier Conference attended by the top 70 of its strategic suppliers.
Vodafone’s Supply Chain Management team recognised the suppliers for meeting the...
Red Bend Software, Mobile Software Management (MSM), announced that BYD Electronic Company Limited of China, manufacturer of mobile handset components and modules, has licensed Red Bend's vRapid Mobile
International wireless conglomerate Vodafone Group plc (VOD) said it could receive up to $5.5 billion in an annual dividend from its 45% ownership stake in Verizon Wireless (VZ), according to published reports.According to a Bloomberg report, Vodafone's CFO Andy Halford told reporters in New...
Spain kicked off the auction of 58 wireless spectrum licenses in the 800 MHz, 900 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum bands that published reports indicated could raise nearly $3 billion for the country.The auction, which is expected to take around two weeks, counts 11...
ZTE | June 28, 2011 | Press Release
28 June 2011, Shenzhen – ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced that it has successfully...
The new CEO of Tekelec (TKLC) , Ron de Lange, took a few minutes to talk with RCR Wireless News concerning Tekelec's new direction the company will take with de Lange at the helm.It's safe to say that de Lange has some tough...
