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5 years ago… Olivetti finally secures Telecom Italia takeover
News Indeed, on this same day half a decade back, we carried a story about Vodafone's bid for AirTouch of the US having to clear one of several hurdles. The move spells the end for the proposed merger between Telecom Italia... [24 May 2004]
Dare Vodafone bid for AT&T Wireless?
News Vodafone, through its 1999 acquisition of AirTouch and subsequent deal with Bell Atlantic, owns 45 per cent of number one US operator Verizon Wireless. However, the logic has it that Vodafone might prefer to grow using a... [26 Jan 2004]
Vodafone and Verizon do transatlantic data deal
News Although Vodafone is a 45 per cent shareholder in Verizon Wireless - thanks to its landmark purchase of AirTouch in 1999 and subsequent pairing with Bell Atlantic's several wireless operations - the largest owner of... [01 Aug 2003]
High-tech VIPs and the silicon.com curse
Comment From the hero of the AirTouch and Mannesmann deals to villain in two years? The past few months have already seen the demise of Jean-Marie Messier, ex of Vivendi Universal (our number four), Thomas Middelhoff, ex of... [04 Sep 2002]
Vodafone in write down dilemma
News Speculation is mounting over whether Vodafone will write down the value of key assets, including its business units bought as Mannesmann and AirTouch. Among the companies to write down billions of dollars worth of assets... [21 May 2002]
Vodafone: China in its hand?
Comment Deutsche Telekom and NTT DoCoMo may yet buy their way in, but typically it was Gent's company that got there first. And now he's won China too. Overnight there were three candidates ready to take a stake... [04 Oct 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. It stands in contrast to its failure to win E-Plus in Germany, losing out to... [31 May 2000]
BT sets out agenda - at last
Comment Where others led - most obviously Bernie Ebbers' MCI Worldcom and Chris Gent's Vodafone AirTouch - BT rarely followed. Meanwhile the initial public offering of T-Online, Deutsche... [14 Apr 2000]
Silicon.com heralds top 50 IT Agenda Setters of 2000
Comment Vodafone AirTouch's Chris Gent (1) and AOL's Steve Case (2) were clearly ahead in the top two positions. Although an original nominee, he didn't make it onto the final 50, unlike contemporaries such as AT&T's Michael... [15 Mar 2000]
Vodafone Airtouch submits Airtel shares bid
News The battle to gain control of Airtel, Spain's second-largest mobile operator, took a new turn today as Vodafone Airtouch offered Spanish bank Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH) shares to the value of $7.2bn for its... [16 Dec 1999]
Telecoms round-up: Euro mega-mergers founder
News Separately, Vodafone AirTouch is expected to submit its official tender offer for Mannesmann next week. After its well-publicised split with Deutsche Telekom, it thought it had found a... [13 Dec 1999]
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. The UK, the base from which Vodafone has become the worldwide mobile network leader,... [01 Dec 1999]
Vodafone clears first hurdles in Airtouch merger
News Vodafone has overcome the first two obstacles in the way of its mega-merger with AirTouch Communications. Following approval from the European Commission late last Friday, Vodafone shareholders today voted almost... [25 May 1999]
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