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Vodafone stories: 5 news summaries

New Vodafone CEO Has Tough Calls Ahead

Verizon partnership, growth will be at the top of Colao's to-do list

May 28, 08 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A slowing global economy and continued investor unease over Vodafone’s 45% stake in Verizon Wireless will likely provide a turbulent welcome for new CEO Vittorio Colao when he takes the reins of the wireless provider in July, the Wall Street Journal reports. Colao will succeed Arun Sarin, who's set... More »

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Verizon • telecom industry • Vodafone • Arun Sarin • Vittorio Colao

Reorganization Shakes Microsoft Management

Cellphone, online services VPs out

Feb 15, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Under pressure from strong competition, especially in the cellphone business, Microsoft revealed a major executive shakeup yesterday, reports the New York Times. Mobile communications operations senior VP Pieter Knook is heading off to help Vodafone get into mobile Internet services, according to the Wall Street Journal. Another big... More »

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Microsoft • iPhone • cell phone industry • Android • Vodafone • Windows Mobile

India Rolls Out $20 Cell Phone

The bare-bones 'people's phone' aimed at the half of Indians who have no mobile

Feb 14, 08 1:27 PM CST
(Newser) - On the heels of India’s $2,400 car comes its $20 mobile handset, the “people’s phone,” the Times of London reports. It has no smart features—not even a screen. “It is just a phone,” says the chairman of Spice Mobile, the phone’s... More »

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India • cell phones • Nokia • Motorola • Vodafone • Virgin Mobile • Spice Mobile • Asian cell phone market • 'people's phone'

Deutsche Telekom Wins Back iPhone Locking Rights

German appeals court reverses Nov. injunction

Dec 4, 07 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - T-Mobile regained the right to sell iPhones in Germany that use their network exclusively, in a reversal of an injunction last month that forced them to start selling an unlocked version, the AP reports. T-Mobile’s parent, Deutsche Telekom, will link the phones to a two-year contract in an arrangement... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Apple • Deutsche Telekom • Vodafone • wireless industry • T-Mobile

Court: Deutsche Telekom Must Sell iPhone Minus Contract

No exclusive deal
with Apple allowed

Nov 21, 07 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Deutsche Telekom can't force customers to buy a phone contract from them if they buy an iPhone in Germany, says a German court decision in a suit brought by rival carrier Vodafone, reports the Financial Times. DT says they will start offering the phones without a contract immediately, but they... More »

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iPhone • Apple • Deutsche Telekom • Vodafone

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