mannesmann in comment and analysis
High-tech VIPs and the silicon.com curse
Comment From the hero of the AirTouch and Mannesmann deals to villain in two years? But we must. As at least one other publication has noted, a place in our 'power 50' list has turned into a poisoned chalice (see http://www.silicon.com/2002as/top50_set.htm... [04 Sep 2002]
The Bloor Perspective: Marconi, Vodafone and lessons from telecoms acquisitions
Comment The results included a write-off of £4.7bn, mainly associated to Vodafone's $164bn acquisition of Mannesmann AG in April 2000, the largest ever acquisition. Last week saw two major players in the telecoms industry, Marconi and Vodafone, announce... [19 Nov 2001]
Corporate Voodoo: Extract 2 - Vodafone's secret weapons
Comment His stealth attack on Mannesmann was an object lesson in eyes-out assault and nerve. Before the Mannesmann deal Vodafone had already created America's largest wireless business with a deal with US telecom operator Bell Atlantic. [09 May 2001]
All talk: can Orange keep the future bright?
Comment With the IPO pricing of what some observers call "new" Orange announced today, a further look at the now pan-European player seems apt. Most writing in the business press has focused on the heavily discounted pricing for the share offer, which sees... [22 Jan 2001]
Vodafone's Chris Gent: No need for rainmakers in the UK?
Comment The National Association of Pension Funds is calling for large investors in Vodafone AirTouch not to support a £10m bonus heading Gent's way, principally for the Mannesmann deal at the start of this year. [11 Jul 2000]
New Orange squeezes the competition
Comment Meanwhile, Vodafone AirTouch gets cash to bid for more third-generation licences, and the all clear for its merger with Mannesmann. The deal also values Orange at a 28 per cent premium to the price Mannesmann paid less than a year ago. [31 May 2000]
Lycos a MISP opportunity for Vodafone
Comment For a start, the price tag - around $10bn - would be small potatoes for Vodafone, given its future growth predictions, the cost of 3G licences, and what it ended up paying for Mannesmann. Vodafone AirTouch is reported to be considering a bid for... [09 May 2000]
Industry comes to terms with Vodafone-Mannesmann merger
Comment Within hours of Mannesmann succumbing to Vodafone AirTouch's record breaking E180bn merger offer, attention turned to what the deal means for the telecoms industry as a whole. Although Vodafone insisted the merger made sense from a strategic point... [07 Feb 2000]
Keeping up with the Joneses - the UMTS licence race
Comment They also represent a case for Mannesmann shareholders to accept Vodafone's bid, but that's another story. Last Tuesday, Vodafone AirTouch, the world's largest operator of mobile networks, revealed its plans to launch a global Internet portal... [17 Jan 2000]
The mobile megamerger: good for Britain, good for Europe
Comment At the end of a year of mammoth takeovers, Vodafone AirTouch's hostile bid for Germany's Mannesmann is turning into the most important. So, Vodafone and Mannesmann. He says BT, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom are sure to be three of those five... [01 Dec 1999]
The Bloor Perspective: WAP and the next Net revolution; Microsoft's mounting legal worries; and Bluetooth's new-found bite
Comment The takeover battle between Vodafone Airtouch and Mannesmann, which owns Orange, masks the real conflict that is about to take place in mobile phone market (see http://www.silicon.com/a34173 and http://www.silicon.com/a34248 ). [28 Nov 1999]
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