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Vodafone boosts apprenticeship scheme

News Mobile giant Vodafone has committed to boosting its involvement in an apprenticeship scheme to help young people gain qualifications while learning on the job. By 2009 Vodafone UK has committed to having 2,000 apprenticeships up and running - with...

Tags: jobs, skills, vodafone, programme

[25 Feb 2008]

Google climbs to top of UK brand pile

News Apple and Vodafone both dropped out of the top 10 over the course of the past 12 months. Other tech companies that made the top 100 include Apple (11), Nokia (18), Vodafone (25), IBM (27), HP (32) Intel (42), eBay (43), Cisco Systems (58) and...

Tags: yahoo!, google, uk, brands

[25 Feb 2008]

The mobile industry in its own words

News Arun Sarin, CEO of Vodafone Arun Sarin, CEO of Vodafone The world's biggest mobile phone trade show - Mobile World Congress 2008 - took place earlier this month in Barcelona. Here's a flavour of the topics on the minds of some of the industry's...

Tags: nokia, mobile, vodafone, cisco

[22 Feb 2008]

O2 bags massive Network Rail BlackBerry deal

News The rail company's previous mobile provider was Vodafone. Mobile operator O2 has won a contract to provide 23,000 Network Rail staff with voice, BlackBerry and other mobile data services - its largest corporate customer win to-date.

Tags: vodafone, blackberry, network rail, o2

[21 Feb 2008]

The Brampton Factor: Do great firms innovate?

Comment Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin wants to lock on to such innovations to avoid just being a "bitpipe". Despite the rhetoric, most large firms are simply poor at innovating. Microsoft is no exception and its bid for Yahoo!

Tags: innovation, yahoo!, mergers, microsoft

[20 Feb 2008]

Vodafone and Orange get cosy on mobile masts

News Mobile operators Orange and Vodafone have agreed to share network resources. Orange and Vodafone said the deal to share 2G and 3G mobile masts in the UK, which will start to be implemented this year, will see more customers benefit from better...

Tags: vodafone, network sharing, orange, sites

[20 Feb 2008]

Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008

Photo Here, Vodafone CEO, Arun Sarin, is seen giving a keynote on the second day of Congress. The world's biggest mobile phone trade show - Mobile World Congress 2008 - kicked off in Barcelona on 11 February.

Tags: mwc, android, hsdpa, mobile

[18 Feb 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 15.02.08

Round-Up Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin says the iPhone has raised the bar by designing phones that people actually want to use, which is an interesting concept for the industry. In a deafening cacophony of ringtones that could be heard from outer space (and...

Tags: microsoft, mobile, green, mobile world congress

[15 Feb 2008]

Orange and T-Mobile join forces on mobile TV

News TDtv was successfully trialled in Bristol in 2007 by Orange, Telefonica, Vodafone and 3UK. Orange and T-Mobile will jointly trial a mobile TV service in West London during the second half of 2008. The service will include 24 TV channels and ten...

Tags: t-mobile, umts, tdtv, mobile tv

[13 Feb 2008]

BlackBerry backs the social networking 'revolution'

News Echoing Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin's words from yesterday's keynote, Balsillie said carriers have come to a fork in the road that will see them either become pipes or platforms. The secret of the BlackBerry's success is security, according to RIM's co...

Tags: mobile, social networking, security, blackberry

[13 Feb 2008]

Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Tuesday

Comment Arun Sarin of Vodafone and Nokia's Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo are heading up the GSMA's bill, with China Mobile's Wang Jianzhou and Cisco's John Chambers rounding it off. Conway makes way for Vodafone's chief Arun Sarin - who takes the talk smoothly off...

Tags: mobile world congress, china, john, talk

[13 Feb 2008]

Vodafone CEO warns of Apple, Google threat

News Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin has warned the industry to get creative about mobile services or risk becoming marginalised by the arrival of new kids on the block such as Apple and Google. Fewer mobile operating systems is another item on the Vodafone...

Tags: arun sarin, vodafone, advertising, operating systems

[12 Feb 2008]

Mobile operators hit back over EU data roaming threat

News Vodafone offers a roaming package for £5 per day for up to 15 megabytes. The mobile industry has hit back at European Union threats to introduce regulation to force data roaming price cuts. The GSM Association (GSMA), which represents mobile...

Tags: gsma, roaming, operators, website

[11 Feb 2008]

ONE2ONE Logistics Controls Costs and Profitability

whitepaper Created in 2001 from the logistics services of telecommunications company Airtel (now Vodafone), ONE2ONE Logistics delivers consignments nationwide in Spain. ONE2ONE Logistics wanted to support initial business activity covering administrative and...

Tags: erp

[08 Feb 2008]

BT wi-fi phones fail to light a fuse with consumers

News BT does not have its own cellular network - it resells a Vodafone service - but it does have an extensive network of wi-fi hotspots across the UK. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more…

Tags: bt, fusion, wi-fi, mode

[07 Feb 2008]

Why O2 isn't willing to share

News T-Mobile and 3 may have done it - and Orange and Vodafone may be talking about doing it - but O2 isn't planning on getting into bed with fellow operators to share network resources anytime soon. Wireless from A to Z

Tags: o2, 3g, iphone, coverage

[05 Feb 2008]

Vodafone cuts mobile broadband prices

News Vodafone is hoping to ramp up mobile broadband uptake in the UK by waving the carrot of a £15 per month 3GB price plan in UK consumers' faces. Business customers can expect more data for their pound - Vodafone said the monthly fair usage on its...

Tags: vodafone, roaming, mobile broadband, sign

[01 Feb 2008]

Vodafone explores femtocell potential?

News Vodafone is testing femtocell technology, which involves mini base stations being installed in homes and small offices to improve indoor 3G coverage. An article in The Times newspaper last week claimed Vodafone was "considering products from...

Tags: vodafone, mobile, femtocell, operators

[28 Jan 2008]

Grad IT training masterfully fast tracked

News Various companies are backing the IT PDP, including British Airways, the BBC, BT, Carphone Warehouse, Cable & Wireless, Cisco, EDS, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, LogicaCMG, Microsoft, Oracle and Vodafone. A new Masters level fast-track training programme has...

Tags: grads, jobs, skills, track

[24 Jan 2008]

O2 cuts price for surfing abroad

News Vodafone takes a different approach, charging a flat rate of €12 per day regardless of how much data is used, but only to those opting into a special monthly tariff. A spokesperson for Vodafone claimed customers did not want to be charged by the...

Tags: o2, ec, sms, vodafone

[15 Jan 2008]

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