Rumor has it that Vodafone, who purchased a 2.18% stake in China Mobile, the world’s largest operator, in October 2000 for $2.5 billion, and then increased their stake to 3.27% only 2 years later for an additional $750 million, is going to sell their shares in the company for $6.2 billion. That’s a pretty good…
French carrier SFR warns about iOS 4 update for Apple iPhone 3G
We all know that upgrading your Apple iPhone 3G to iOS 4 can be kind of a pain but the French mobile operator SFR is giving the strongest warning we’ve seen yet about the process. According to a translated version of the page: “Updating of the iPhone 3G to iOS 4 software significantly slows navigation…
France’s Orange and SFR acquire extra 3G spectrum
The French telecoms regulator, Arcep, said that it is to sell two blocks of additional 3G spectrum to the country’s two largest mobile operators – France Telecom’s Orange and Vivendi’s SFR. The two companies will pay a total of 582.1 million EUR – SFR will acquire an additional 5MHz block for 300 million EUR, whereas…
Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus Coming to France April 27
Time to get your AZERTY on, mes amis francophones – the Palm Pre and Pixi Plus have begun their sweep of Europe already, and are now confirmed to be coming to France by way of service provider SFR on April 27 in their online store, and May 11 at retail locations. The Palm Pre Plus,…