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RSS vodafone operatorO2 snaffles HomeServe mobile contract
News Mobile operator O2 has secured a three-year contract to provide mobile voice and data services for home emergency insurance company HomeServe from incumbent providers Orange and Vodafone. O2 said it will be providing various mobile solutions to... [18 Aug 2008]
UK youths going mobile web crazy
News Mobile social networking is also popular with many gadget-owning Brits, the survey conducted by ICM Research and the London School of Economics (LSE) for mobile operator Vodafone has found. Britain is fast becoming a nation peopled by hunchbacked... [17 Jul 2008]
EC to outline slash in roaming rate
News For a big operator such as Vodafone, texts and data roaming represent about one per cent each of revenues, and Reding's proposals will have a minor impact compared with voice caps. Reding warned mobile-phone giants such as O2, Orange, T-Mobile and... [15 Jul 2008]
3 jumps on board Symbian Foundation
News The original members of the Symbian Foundation are Nokia, Symbian, Motorola, AT&T, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone.s director of products, Fergal Walker, said yesterday: "3 is pleased to... [11 Jul 2008]
Omnitel Appraises Level of Service: Thanks to HP Services
White Paper Omnitel Vodafone is the mobile phone operator. Omnitel needed software that simulated the behaviour of the average user. It also needed to implement a solution that could continually monitor the level of availability and performance of services. [03 Jul 2008]
'Pay to receive' calls won't happen, say UK operators
News A spokesperson for Vodafone said that the "likelihood of any new radical pricing is pretty slim", and confirmed that the operator had "no plans to introduce such a pricing model at the moment". On Tuesday, however, the operator 3 said in a... [19 Jun 2008]
Nortel ditches WiMax in 4G race
News Vodafone, the largest worldwide wireless operator, also plans to use LTE for its next-generation network. Sprint Nextel is the only major US operator using WiMax. Telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks is ditching its WiMax business to focus on a... [16 Jun 2008]
Vodafone chief's departure is a sign of the times
Comment First, that being a mobile operator - even one as large as Vodafone - is not as easy as it once was. But Arun Sarin's imminent departure from Vodafone may well have a wider significance, argues Natasha Lomas. [29 May 2008]
Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin to retire
News Mobile operator Vodafone has announced its CEO Arun Sarin is to retire. CEO-in-waiting Colao joined Vodafone via Italy's second mobile operator, Omnitel Pronto Italia, after Big Red bought a controlling stake in its parent company. [27 May 2008]
Wi-fi for free on board commuter coach
News The buses, which are used to ferry commuters from Nottingham to Derby have been fitted with a wi-fi hub supplied by Moovera Networks to deliver 3.6Mbps connectivity over Vodafone's High Speed Packet Access 3G network. [19 May 2008]
Vodafone plugs iPhone gaps
News Mobile operator Vodafone has struck a deal with Apple to sell its iPhone smart phone in 10 markets around the world. Later this year, Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South... [06 May 2008]
Facebook top of Vodafone's mobile web
News The social networking craze is helping to drive mobile broadband, says Vodafone UK. Facebook is also the most visited site for Vodafone mobile broadband users, followed by Google and the BBC. Vodafone said it has seen growth in consumers' appetite... [01 May 2008]
Marconi Technology Lights the Way to 3G Services in Italy
White Paper The operator's search for a technology partner who could help deliver a 3G-enabled network capable of handling a growing range of new mobile services led to three potential suppliers: Marconi and two American companies, each of whom had existing... [10 Apr 2008]
Virgin Trains passengers to chatter for longer
News The train operator has joined forced with Vodafone UK to boost mobile coverage within carriages so fewer calls are dropped. A survey of more than 2,000 mobile users commissioned by Vodafone has found more than 70 per cent of workers talk business... [07 Apr 2008]
'Super-3Gs' get connected via the Gobi
News The disparity between HSDPA - part of the HSPA family - and EV-DO networks has led to a situation where, despite data-roaming agreements between companies such as Vodafone (in the UK) and Verizon (in the US), a subscriber to either operator is... [07 Apr 2008]
