Vodafone and Russia’s MTS are teaming up to launch “360 from MTS.” The two companies used the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum 2010 to announce the co-operation which will effectively see the Russian operator launching a suite of Internet services that integrate a customer’s social networks, email and mobile content in an “intuitive and friendly…
Vodafone iPhone 4 tariffs unveiled; 16GB iPhone 4 could be yours for free on a contract!
Well folks we know how much Vodafone will ask its UK clients for the iPhone 4. Not only that, we have all the plans that will be offered with Apple’s latest (and greatest) smartphone. Here’s a table doing all the talk instead of me: As you can see, the 16GB model could be yours for…
Motorola Flipout heading to O2 and Vodafone Germany; Will be available for 349 EUR unlocked
Motorola is launching its newly unveiled Flipout smartphone in Germany. The Android-powered device will be available starting July via Vodafone, O2 and The Phone House, for 349 EUR ($428) free of contract. I guess the two carriers (Voda and O2) will also offer it on some contract which I’m guessing will involve giving away the…
Samsung Galaxy S available for pre-ordering at Vodafone UK; Could be yours on June 15th for FREE on a contract!
I love the UK’s mobile phone market. They seem to be the single most competitive market in Europe. That said, we have Vodafone offering one of the most desired Android smartphones on the planet, Samsung Galaxy S, for free on a contract! At the moment, everything is in the pre-ordering “phase” but the Galaxy S…
Brief: EU courts tell British operators to stick to the EU mandated roaming price caps
A long time ago, 2007 I think, the EU got tired of hearing consumers complaining about bill shock and roaming prices, so they imposed several pricing caps that would get lower and lower until 2011 when the price would settle at 0.35 EUR per minute. For Britain, an island nation that has lots of cheap…
Vodafone won’t sell its operations in Egypt for now
Vodafone won’t sell its Egyptian unit to partner Telecom Egypt, which already owns 45% of the mobile operation. “The parties have agreed that it is in the best interest of [Vodafone Egypt] that the current ownership structure should remain in place,” the company said in a statement. Vodafone’s 55% share was rumoured to be worth…
Vodafone considers selling its assets in China, France and Egypt?
It seems Vodafone is looking into selling its minority interests in operators in China and France. In China, UK’s group holds 3.2% of China Mobile, which [Vodafone’s share] is now worth nearly $6 billion. As for France, Voda owns 44% of SFR (the majority owner is Vivendi). Investors apparently like the idea as Vodafone looks…
BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 Coming to UK June 15
The new and upcoming BlackBerry Pearl 3G announced at WES is coming to Rogers soon and presumably T-Mobile at some point, but as far as the UK goes, the 9105 variant with numeric keypad will be arriving June 15, according to the Carphone Warehouse coming soon site. At least Vodafone is going to pick up…
Vodafone’s full year profit goes from 3.08 to 8.65 billion GBP!
Vodafone Group saw its full year profit more than double due to strong growth in Asia, which helped offset declines elsewhere. The company ended the fiscal 2009 (ending on March 31st) with 8.65 billion pounds ($12.5 billion) profit, which is way up from 3.08 billion pounds a year earlier. Revenues, on the other hand, rose…
Samsung Galaxy S gets some promo video action, talks up the Smart Alarm and Super AMOLED display
With the Galaxy S rumored to be launching soon on Vodafone, we’re already starting to see some promo videos of the device. With a very nice set of specs for the device, whatever carrier gets the phone will surely be happy. Too bad we can’t say the same for anyone watching this somewhat lackluster promo.…