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Articles tagged with: Vodafone Australia
Lots of phone shops up for sale
The UK newspaper, The Sunday Telegraph has reported that the 3G license holder Hutchison 3G is considering buying on of the UK's largest cell phone retail shops. The Phones 4U chain has 255 stores and is part of the privately owned Caudwell Communications. The retail division has been valued at around US$728 million. The paper said that it is not clear if the sale would also include Caudwell's service provider company, SinglePoint which resells airtime on the Vodafone network. Hutchison 3G has however denied the reports and Caudwell Communications has not commented on the story. The purchase would give Hutchison an immediate presence in the UK's retail market and boost its attempts to build up a customer base in time for the launch of its 3G network next September. The newspaper did not name its sources. Phones 4U sells handsets for all four of the UK's cellular networks, but is "Vodafone loyal" in that it prefers to connect to Vodafone, so it's sale to Hutchison would have a noticeable effect on Vodafone's new subscriber numbers from the middle of next year. more
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Confusing situation with GSM reselling in Australia
Telecom New Zealand has signed a wholesale agreement with Vodafone Australia to resell airtime on the Vodafone GSM network, under AAPT's Cellular One brand name. As Vodafone is handling the roaming and interconnections, this is not an MNVO agreement, just a wholesale contract. more
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Now Vodafone starts to cut its workforce
Vodafone's Australian division, Vodafone Australia has announced that it is to cut its workforce by 12%, or about 350 staff to reduce costs. This includes the positions of approximately 13% of senior management and approximately 11% of all other employees. The job cuts are the result of a review by the company's new Managing Director, John Rohan who was appointed in March this year." more
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Vodafone AirTouch Does Asset Swap
Vodafone AirTouch has 'sold' Vodafone New Zealand to Vodafone Australia. This gives Vodafone Australia a presence in three countries with its additional 49% stake in Vodafone Fiji. This is believed to be a precursor to Vodafone AirTouch's plan to sell 20% of Vodafone Australia next March for US$800 million more
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Vodafone Australia Shows Record Growth
They now have a total of 972,000 subscribers, a 78% jump on last year. Chief Executive, Brian Clark, said that he expects to sign their one millionth customer very shortly. Vodafone Australia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone PLC, and a share offering will be made in the next two years to the general public, in line with the terms of their operating licence with the Australian government." more
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Alcatel is to supply Vodafone Australia with IN (Intelligent Network) technology to enhance Vodafone's rapidly growing value added services, such as PrePay and Virtual Private Networks." more
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