YOU ARE AT:TagsVodafone

BROWSING: Vodafone

Airtel, Vodafone added 2.5 mn users each in May

Hindustan Times | June 20, 2011 Telecom giants Bharti Airtel and Vodafone added 2.5 million subscribers each in May, industry data showed. The month saw a net addition of 9.5 million GSM subscribers in the country. The total number of GSM subscribers in India crossed...

Vodafone drops defamation case against man who talks too much

Mumbai Mirror | June 18, 2011 | Bapu Deedwania Fifteen days ago, mobile giants Vodafone had filed a defamation notice against an irate customer, seeking to restrict him from maligning the company on the Internet and allegedly harassing their top management with his complaints about their...

Reality Check (Special Edition): The mobile American revolution

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Despite having previously been late adopters of new mobile technologies, the United States has taken the lead...

Kore acquires M2M counterpart Mach

Kore Wireless Group Inc. announced it has acquired Australian-based M2M provider Mach Communications Pty.Ltd. to grow its machine-to-machine business for multinational companies. Terms of the acquisition were not announced between the two privately held companies. Melbourne, Australia-based Mach is set to become Kore Wireless...

India rejects Dutch govt's plea to settle Vodafone tax case out of court

Economic Times | May 25, 2011 | Deepshikha Sikarwar & Joji Thomas Phillip NEW DELHI: India has rejected the Dutch government's plea for an out-of-court settlement of Netherlands-registered Vodafone International Holdings BV's dispute involving a tax claim of over Rs 11,000 crore. .... Read full article here via...

India rejects Dutch govt’s plea to settle Vodafone tax case out of court

Economic Times | May 25, 2011 | Deepshikha Sikarwar & Joji Thomas Phillip NEW DELHI: India has rejected the Dutch government's plea for an out-of-court settlement of Netherlands-registered Vodafone International Holdings BV's dispute involving a tax claim of over Rs 11,000 crore. .... Read full article here via...

Reader Forum: New trends in messaging

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Apple tops and Dell drops in top brand value list

Apple was crowned king of brand values with the top slot as Round Rock-based Dell Inc. plummeted from the 2011 list this year. Tech companies and telecoms did well on the new ranking of brand values by global agency Millward Brown Inc. Apple climbed a...

AT&T dubbed most valuable brand in telecom

AT&T Inc.'s (T) image may have been shaken domestically by troubled iPhone connections, but the company's brand has never been stronger worldwide, according to a retail ranking conducted by marketing firm Millward Brown.The ranking found that the AT&T brand is worth nearly $70 billion,...

Reader Forum: Femtocells are growing up

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Samsung Galaxy 10.1v goes on sale in Australia

The original Tegra 2-packing, thicker Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1v announced at CES, complete with 8-MP camera is being launched as a limited edition by Vodafone, after Samsung scrapped the device in favor of a slimmer version sans camera.

Reality Check: The Apple effect – it's everywhere

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Several companies provided earnings and further guidance last week. Interestingly enough, all of these earnings results were...

Vodafone Essar calls auction of airwaves as 'optimal method' for spectrum allocation

Economic Times | May 2, 2011 NEW DELHI: Vodafone Essar , the country's second largest GSM-based mobile operator, said it supports auctions for all future allocations of airwaves and termed it the most 'optimal and efficient' methodology for handing out this scarce resource. "Auctions will introduce...

Vodafone Essar calls auction of airwaves as ‘optimal method’ for spectrum allocation

Economic Times | May 2, 2011 NEW DELHI: Vodafone Essar , the country's second largest GSM-based mobile operator, said it supports auctions for all future allocations of airwaves and termed it the most 'optimal and efficient' methodology for handing out this scarce resource. "Auctions will introduce...

TRAI's latest proposals to cut interconnect charges may lower call rates

Economic Times | April 29, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator TRAI has fired the starting gun on radical changes in the mobile sector by proposing deep cuts in charges paid by operators to each other, a move that could lower tariffs for...

TRAI’s latest proposals to cut interconnect charges may lower call rates

Economic Times | April 29, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator TRAI has fired the starting gun on radical changes in the mobile sector by proposing deep cuts in charges paid by operators to each other, a move that could lower tariffs for...

The Australian: Vodafone hit by new network failure

The Australian | April 25, 2011 | Chris Griffith   Video here via The Australian

AT&T, Dell crack Forbes list of top worldwide companies

In the highest ranking of businesses on the Forbes report of the top 2,000 publicly traded companies worldwide, Dallas-based AT&T Corp. (T) landed at No. 14 and Round Rock-based Dell Inc. (DELL) cruised in at No. 182. AT&T reported sales of $124.3 billion, profits of...

AT&T, Dell crack Forbes list of top worldwide companies

In the highest ranking of businesses on the Forbes report of the top 2,000 publicly traded companies worldwide, Dallas-based AT&T Corp. (T) landed at No. 14 and Round Rock-based Dell Inc. (DELL) cruised in at No. 182. AT&T reported sales of $124.3 billion, profits of...

Vodafone-Essar deal: Essar to ask Voda to pay $700 mn more for 33% stake

Economic Times | April 8, 2011 | Deepali Gupta MUMBAI: Vodafone's $5-billion deal to buy out Essar in India's third-largest mobile phone company may run into trouble with the local partner seeking $600-700 million more for its 33% holding. Essar group, known for its strong-arm negotiation...

Vodafone New Zealand’s commercial “Sure Signal” service powered by Alcatel-Lucent small cells

Alcatel-Lucent | April 4, 2011 | Press Release Enabling “5-star, 5-bar” 3G mobile coverage for residential and business users Paris and Singapore (Femto Cells Asia), April 4th, 2011 – Vodafone New Zealand has selected Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) to power its commercial “Sure Signal”...

Bits & Bytes: Vodafone selects Alcatel-Lucent; Scanbuy opens in France; and more

Vodafone New Zealand has selected Alcatel-Lucent to power its commercial “Sure Signal” service. Building on Alcatel-Lucent’s small cells expertise, Vodafone’s “Sure Signal” is taking 3G network coverage and capacity in New Zealand to the next level – addressing the increasingly demanding mobile voice and...

Vodafone challenges Indian tax penalty notice

Wall Street Journal | April 5, 2011 | R. Jai Krishna NEW DELHI -- Vodafone International Holdings B.V., the Netherlands-based holding company of Vodafone-Essar Ltd., Tuesday said it has filed a petition in India's Supreme Court challenging the country's tax authority notice imposing penalties on...

Contracts: Alcatel-Lucent wins SPTE; Alvarion deploys Houston 4G network; and more

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:Alvarion Ltd.United States: With the City of Houston for the deployment of a 4G municipal network. Alvarion’s 4G wireless broadband network is enabling the City of Houston’s local government to offer advanced municipal services, such as...