More M&A news. Apparently, Vodafone is interested to acquire the Anglo-Italian ISP Tiscali. According to The Guardian, Tiscali’s board prefers selling both its UK and Italian subsidiaries together rather than separately. In addition to Vodafone, a host of other companies are also interested in Tiscali — including BSkyB, Orange, Carphone Warehouse, Telecom Italia, Fastweb and…
Amoi lands orders to make Windows Mobile smartphones for Vodafone
According to sources in Taiwan’s handset industry, China-based Amoi Electronics has landed orders to make Windows Mobile smartphones for Vodafone. The move will make the Chinese company the third supplier of Windows Mobile-based mobile devices for the UK-based telecom giant, which at the moment purchases such devices from HTC and Asustek. Amoi will start shipping…
Madonna’s underground remix of “4 Minutes” coming to Verizon, Vodafone
Verizon and Vodafone announced that they’ve teamed up with Madonna, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake to deliver the “mobile underground remix” of Madonna’s highly-anticipated debut single “4 Minutes” from her upcoming album “HARD CANDY.” Starting today, the underground version of the song is available to Verizon Wireless customers through V CAST Music as a full-song download,…
iPhone on Vodafone India by September?
At least that’s what folks supposedly in-the-know are saying. While the US the Europe are waiting eagerly for the 3G iPhone to make its global debut, Indians on Vodafone could have an iPhone 8GB to look forward to later this year. More specifically, the 8GB iPhone is purportedly slated to drop on Vodafone India in…
Omnifone MusicStation outsells OpCo services
We’ve reported on Omnifone and MusicStation (here and here) before, but apparently it is making more money for operators than traditional full-track download services: A spokesman for the company said that, in its first nine weeks since the launch, MusicStation generated more annual revenue for one of its network partners than the operator’s own established…
Vodafone CEO Sarin: Vodafone will take its time with LTE, Verizon can’t afford to
The near-term future of GSM-based mobile broadband is LTE (Long Term Evolution). With LTE in tow, GSM carriers can stay on top of the wireless data-game by offering 4G data access to its customers. Unfortunately, the world’s largest wireless operator, Vodafone, has announced that it does not intend to make haste in bringing LTE to…
UK: Virgin Trains boosts Mobile coverage
Virgin Trains is working with Vodafone to add retransmitters for 2G/3G to 52 of the trains on their fleet – boosting signal strengths for customers. The project, which is due to finish in November, has apparently seen a 60% increase in successfully completed calls. At the same time the carrier is also urging business users…
Hong Kong: SmarTone chooses Ericsson for HSPA
Hong Kong: Ericsson has been selected as sole supplier for mutimedia service network upgrades by SmarTone-Vodafone. Ericsson will supply a HSPA-enabled radio access network, including MBMS, and a fully IP-based core network (including IMS). The deal will also include all related Professional Services (PS) work. Ericsson is already the sole supplier of SmarTone-Vodafone’s core and…
Samsung F490 lands on Vodafone
Offering the stylish QWERTY slider, Samsung F700, obviously isn’t enough for Vodafone. They want more and more they got. I’m talking about the F490 model which is pretty much the keyboard-less version of the F700. There’s a better 5 megapixel camera, though, as well as standard pack of goodies like HSDPA, stereo Bluetooth, microSD slot…
Vodafone scores exclusive rights to distribute Madonna’s upcoming album
Vodafone and Warner Music International announced an agreement to allow the Big Red carrier to exclusively distribute and promote Madonna’s upcoming album “Hard Candy” to its customers around the world, prior to the April 28th global release. Starting on April 21st, a total of seven tracks from “Hard Candy” will be released at a rate…