Russia’s MTS and Vodafone announced a strategic, non equity partnership to “provide customers with high quality communications services and to collaborate jointly on future technological developments.” Under the agreement, MTS will draw on Vodafone’s expertise in building and developing 3G networks and mobile broadband products, working with leading global equipment providers and deploying innovative CRM…
Vodafone BlackBerry Storm Price Revealed
One thing that hasn’t been altogether claer up to this point is just how many clams we’re going to have to shell out for RIM’s touchscreen BlackBerry when it comes out sometime next month on Vodafone, Verizon, Bell and Telus. Well, Brits are looking to be able to nab it for free with a £35…
Vodafone and O2 launching mpass payment service in Germany
O2 and Vodafone are launching the new mpass payment service in Germany, allowing more than 70 million bank and mobile phone customers in the country to “enjoy secure online shopping on their mobile phone or PC.” Retailers are also convinced of the benefits associated with mpass and so far a number of them [retailers] have…
BlackBerry Storm on preorder from Vodafone Australia
We already know that Vodafone was bringing the BlackBerry Storm to Germany and the UK, but now we have confirmation that it will be making the rounds outside of Europe as well. Vodafone Australia now has a notification site set up so folks down under can know just when the touchscreen BlackBerry will lap up…
BlackBerry Storm advertising in full swing
Last week some modest teasers and the odd ad spot were sighted, but it looks like RIM is pushing their touchscreen-packing BlackBerry Storm in full force now. The lengthy Vodafone UK video above demonstrates all the main features of the BlackBerry 9500 and gives us a pretty good feel for how the new OS will…
Vodafone Blackberry Storm – reviewed by Lewis Hamilton
Product-reviews.net have gotten hold of a great little video of the BlackBerry storm – yes, there are plenty of videos featuring the device doing the rounds, but I actually really liked this one because it features none other than Lewis Hamilton talking about the device! Now it’s nice to see a personable celebrity, and potentially…
Vodafone extends share in Vodacom
According to the Times Online, Vodafone is moving closer to gaining control of South Africa’s leading Mobile Network Operator, Vodacom, in a deal that will cost it about £1.4bn. Vodafone’s current partner, Telkom, will sell 15% of it’s stake, which would push Vodafone’s share up to 65%. It’s interesting to see the strategies of the…
Vodafone extends Shazam service in Germany
Shazam has announced it is expanding it’s music recognition service partnership service with VF Germany – it will offer a music discovery app, alongside the existing dial-up IVR service. The app is going to be called “MusicFinder with Shazam”, and will allow users to capture music on their handsets, share discoveries, and purchase music through…
First BlackBerry Storm rejected by Vodafone
RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis recently opened up a bit about the development process of the BlackBerry Storm – apparently early models weren’t up to snuff for Vodafone: “I thought that when we put Quadband EDGE and GPS and a powerful CPU and high-performance graphics cards on one tiny board – I figured that that was…
Vodafone BlackBerry Storm ad campaign launches
Verizon was getting a few TV teasers rolling just before the official announcement of the BlackBerry Storm a few days back, and now Vodafone is following up with what sounds like a UK ad. Germany is also slated to provide RIM’s first touchscreen BlackBerry with signature ClickThrough technique. It’s probably safe to assume Vodafone will…