Articles tagged with: Vodafone
Vodafone Adds Warner Music to DRM-Free Music Downloads
vodafone has added the last of the big-four music labels to its DRM-free music download service. The new deal with Warner music is in addition to existing agreements with Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Music that were announced earlier this year. more
Related Tags: drm, warner-music, sony-music-entertainment, emi-music, universal-music-group, UK
Vodafone-Hutchison Joint Venture to Cut 450 Jobs in Australia
The recently merged vodafone Australia / Hutchison Telecom joint venture has announced the closure of its call center in Melbourne and the outsourcing of the jobs to India and Tasmania. more
Related Tags: hutchison-telecom, vodafone-hutchison-australia, melbourne, mumbai, handover, Australia
Vodafone Raises Speculation of Verizon Wireless Sale
Vodafone's CEO, Vittorio Colao has resurrected speculation that a sale of the company's forty-five percent stake in Verizon Wireless could be sold when he said that the vodafone board is "re-looking" at the stake. The holding in the company has been valued at around US$50 billion. more
Related Tags: vittorio-colao, verizon-wireless, USA
Vodafone Qatar Signs Up 100,000 Subscribers in 2 Months
vodafone Qatar announced today that since the company's launch of services 2 months ago 100,000 customers have joined to date. Of these 100,000 customers approximately 50% opened a Freedom account - vodafone's Postpay-equivalent product. The remaining 50% joined RED - vodafone's new Prepay tariff which was launched earlier this month. more
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United Internet Overtakes Vodafone in German Broadband Market
United Internet has become the second largest Broadband Service Provider (BSP) in Germany, according to a report just published by Strategy Analytics. The report notes that United Internet's recent acquisition of Freenet helped the service provider reach 3.5 million subscribers, and propelled it into second position in the German market. more
Related Tags: united-internet, telekom, broadband, Germany
Vodafone to Offer Wi-Fi Based Mobile Broadband Device
vodafone is launching a Wi-Fi hotspot application that will enable users to connect up to five devices to the same mobile broadband connection. The "vodafone Mobile Broadband Hotspot" will initially be available in Germany, Romania and Spain and will support HSPA connectivity up to 7.2 Mbps. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, hspa, mp3, broadband, Germany
BT Signs Landline Services Resale Agreement with Vodafone
vodafone UK and British Telecom (BT) have announced an extension of their long term partnership that will enable vodafone to provide fixed line communications targeting small to medium sized businesses (SMEs) in the UK. more
Related Tags: bt, broadband, UK
Vodafone Qatar Sets Up Travelling Retail Stores
vodafone Qatar has launched two new traveling retail stores which will sell all vodafone products and services. The mobile stores will travel across the country selling all vodafone's products and vodafone Mercedes McLaren branded merchandise. more
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Vodafone Shows Off Swarovski Crystal Clad Phone
vodafone has announced the launch of eight new additions to its own branded consumer devices, including one decorated with Swarovski crystals. vodafone also announced that it has selected MediaTek chipsets for two of the new devices. The partnership with MediaTek provides vodafone with the opportunity to offer the vodafone 340 camera phone at a very affordable price as well as its first entry level, low cost touchscreen device for prepaid customers - the vodafone 541. more
Related Tags: base, mp3, wap, radio, mediatek
Thai Operator Denies Vodafone Interested in Stake in Company
Thailand's Total Access Communication (TAC) has refuted rumours that vodafone is considering taking a stake in the company. The Thai operator's share price jumped sharply late last week on the rumours. more
Related Tags: total-access-communication, tac, Thailand
