Articles tagged with: Arun Sarin and Vodacom
Mobile Broadband, M&A to Top Colao's Agenda at Vodafone
LONDON (Dow Jones) -- Top of Vittorio Colao's agenda when he takes over the reins of Vodafone Group in July will be driving wider adoption of mobile broadband and deciding which assets to buy in Asia and Africa, as the world's top mobile phone operator looks for ways to preserve global growth. more
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Vodafone Denies Plans to Buy South Africa's MTN
Vodafone has refuted media reports over the weekend that the company is considering a spoiler bid for South Africa's MTN - which is currently in talks with India's Bharti Airtel over a possible takeover. more
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Telkom South Africa Says Talks with Vodafone, MTN are Ongoing
JOHANNESBURG -(Dow Jones)- Telkom SA, Africa's largest fixed-line telephone operator, Thursday said discussions with mobile network operators MTN Group and Vodafone Group are ongoing. more
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UPDATE: Telkom In Discussions With Vodafone, MTN
JOHANNESBURG (Dow Jones)--South African telecommunications concern Telkom SA, which is considering the sale of assets as part of the ongoing review of its mobile strategy, Monday said it is in discussions with Vodafone Group and MTN Group. more
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Vodafone CEO Sarin: US Operations Continue To Do Well
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Vodafone Group Chief Executive Arun Sarin said Thursday that Vodafone continued to derive value from its U.S. Verizon Wireless joint-venture despite recent shareholder criticism from a small activist group. more
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UPDATE: Vodafone Cuts Fiscal Year Net Loss, Emerging Mkts Strong"
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Vodafone Group, the world's largest mobile phone operator by sales, Tuesday narrowed its net loss for the fiscal year, and said that it is on track to achieve strong growth in emerging markets following recent acquisitions. more
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Vodafone CEO: Awaits Results Of Telkom, Vodacom Operations Review"
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Vodafone Group Chief Executive Arun Sarin Tuesday said he will await the outcome of South Africa's Telkom's ongoing strategic review before deciding on whether to increase Vodafone's share in its African joint-venture Vodacom. more
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Telkom 1st Half Net Up 4.9% On Vodacom Growth
JOHANNESBURG -(Dow Jones)- Telkom SA, Africa's largest fixed-line telecommunications provider, Monday said the key driver of its earnings, mobile phone business Vodacom, has been freed to expand in Africa. more
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Telkom: Vodacom Has Vodafone OK To Expand In Africa
JOHANNESBURG -(Dow Jones)- Mobile telecommunications operator Vodacom has the approval of co-owner Vodafone Group to expand in Africa north of the equator, Telkom SA Chief Executive Papi Mlotsane said Monday. more
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Vodafone Denies South African Takeover Talk
Vodafone has denied South African investment talk as "complete speculation". A report in the South African Sunday Times newspaper said that Vodafone had entered into talks to buy the landline operator, Telkom South Africa. The paper said that Vodafone Chief Executive Officer Arun Sarin has visited South Africa this week and met with Telkom CEO, Papi Molotsane, senior government officials and key Telkom investors. more
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