Vodafone
Courtesy of cellular-news.com, we’ve got a little bit more on the story that we bought you over the weekend about the flood-affected Vodafone HQ.
According to the article, it all started going wrong when the nearby Lambourn river burst its banks - which then flooded an ornamental lake in the centre of the complex. Rather ironically, authorities [...]
Link: Vodafone withdraw N76 due to returns numbers
According to All About Symbian, Vodafone have decided to stop selling the Nokia N76 multimedia phone with immediate effect.
I doubt most Nokia N76 buyers in the UK (it’s been an exclusive with Vodafone, remember) were reading my review, so I’d love to know the reasons given by users, [...]
Ewan here. Vanity publishing galore. I forgot that Alex has posted a note on Vodafone’s HQ flooding last week and I went and spent quite a bit of time creating some art for this post.
Alex then wisely put this article to ‘draft’ status last week.
However it’s time to publish, I reckon. It [...]
UK mobile operators T-Mobile, 3 and Vodafone have confirmed plans to begin rolling out the High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) standard in the UK by the end of the year.
The technology - which uses packet scheduling - takes the performance enhancements found in the High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) standard and brings them to the upload side of a [...]
Link: Vodafone sinks to new low | The Register
If you’re a UK TV viewer, you might have seen Vodafone’s recent ad campaign for their new ‘improved’ mobile internet service. The ad features raining watches, with the song “Little April Showers” from Disney’s Bambi playing in the background.
If you haven’t seen it, or want a reminder, here’s [...]
Link: Brussels drops mobile roaming case - Times Online
After seven years, millions of pounds and many thousands of man hours later, the EU have decided to drop an investigation into overcharging on overseas calls by mobile operators.
The anti-trust investigation against Vodafone, O2 and T-Mobile, which could have led to multi-million euro fines against the operators, was [...]
Vodafone are steaming away with what looks to be a pretty good first quarter.
Group revenue of £8.3 billion, 7.5% growth on last year, organic growth 4.0%
One should hope so, especially when it costs 35p a minute to call someone on another network
9.1 million net mobile additions — up from 4.8m in Q1 2006.
And it could [...]
Every three months I make it a habit of popping into a Vodafone store and checking to see whether their system will give me an account.
The world’s favourite mobile operator and I had a disagreement — one that I held very closely to heart. Vodafone, on the other hand, a huge corporate titan, [...]
Link: Vodafone UK Customers Get Mobile Banking Services
Interesting news from Vodafone and MONILINK, the mobile banking network. Vodafone UK customers can now get access to their bank account to check balances, request a mini-statement or top up prepay mobile accounts, straight from their mobile handset.
Available now to HSBC, first direct, Alliance & Leicester customers, with Royal [...]
Link: Vodafone to Offer Encrypted SMS’s to Businesses
Vodafone UK has signed a reseller agreement with Broca, to provide a secure SMS messaging service. Broca’s flagship service, SAMS, is a patented technology which encrypts and protects traditional SMS messages.
 Under the terms of the agreement, Vodafone will integrate SAMS into the messaging portfolio sold by its ‘Target’ [...]
Link: Tech.co.uk | News | Hacked iPhone reveals T-Mobile, Vodafone info
Just when you thought it was all making sense..
As we reported yesterday, hackers have cracked the Apple iPhone activation process. Its firmware was also leaked over the weekend, revealing the Apple iPhone wide open, laid bare.
Four very interesting files were found within in the Apple [...]
I was checking out Vodafone’s ‘coming soon‘ page. Other operators should take a leaf out of Vodafone’s book. It’s very, very important to keep consumers, particularly the geeky ones, updated about just when handsets are going to become available.
So I see that the Motorola Z8 — which looks absolutely fantastic — is out [...]
Link: Vodafone accused of massaging UK figures
Vodafone has been indulging in giveaways to boost its subscriber figures for its first 2007 quarter. It has been handing out free phones and SIM cards with free minutes to help numbers.
It’s not clear exactly how long this practice has been going on for. The company told The Mail [...]
Link: Euro iPhone launch will reveal 3G handset for Vodafone, T-Mobile | Reg Hardware
I like rumours and gossip. They keep the industry interesting - although they don’t always come true.
Veteran tech and mobile journo Guy Kewney has reported that Apple are about to announce the launch of the European version of the iPhone. It’ll be [...]
Jersey Airtel, a subsidiary of the Bharti Group, today announced the launch of its mobile services on the Island. The Company will offer market-leading products and services under the Airtel-Vodafone brand to customers on the Island, over its full 2G, 3G and HSDPA enhanced network.
To celebrate the launch, Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman & Group [...]
There’s some interesting news appearing this morning about the new long-rumoured ‘Google phone’. According to various sources, the much talked about handset is an LG KU-580, and will begin shipping shortly.
Only available on Vodafone in Italy and France at the moment, the handset is especially designed for Google functionality, and includes Google Search, Maps, and [...]
UK property website RightMove has launched it’s new mobile-enabled website, allowing home hunters and property professionals to search for property on the move.
Although the new mobile site is accessible to users on all networks, Vodafone subscribers have access to a ‘find me’ facility, which allows them to see all available property in the area and locate [...]
Nokia and Vodafone have launched a new website designed to help share ideas on how to use mobile communications for social and environmental benefits. The site, www.shareideas.org, was created in direct response to NGO calls for better tools and information to help them use mobile services more effectively in their work.
Ndidi Nwuneli, Founder and CEO [...]
Do you remember when I phoned up Vodafone’s press office some time last year to ask what mobile handset Arun Sarin used? And they wrote back reasonably promptly declining to tell me, probably, one imagines, because they a) couldn’t be bothered and b) well, when you look at it, it could possibly really get [...]
Continue ReadingLink: Vodafone slashes mobile internet charges by half - Independent Online Edition > Business News
This interesting news appeared on UK newspaper The Independent website today. Vodafone have apparently kicked off a ‘price war’ by introducing a flat-rate mobile broadband tariff of £25/month. Although the article says that the ‘fair use’ limit has been raised, it [...]
Had this in from SMS Text News reader Reuben Raveendran, talking about his experiences with the new Vodafone Mobile Internet service. He’s very kindly allowed us to quote his email, so over to Reuben..
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On Wednesday last week I called up Vodafone to add the £7.50 “Mobile Internet” bundle to my account and [...]
I had a chat to a wicked chap was doing a piece for the Financial Times the other week. So I was looking today to see if there was any reference in the FT.com online today. Not yet, however, I came across this piece that I didn’t see from way back in March.
[Update: [...]
Link: Just what is Vodafone doing with Verizon?
Found an interesting article on IT tech news site The Inquirer about Vodafone’s part ownership of US mobile operator Verizon.
AÂ move by a very small group of activist shareholders in Vodafone has thrown the spotlight once again on Vodafone’s 45 per cent holding in Verizon Wireless.
The INQ has long [...]
Link: FT.com / Companies / Telecoms - Mayo puts Vodafone on notice
Just when Vodafone was enjoying plaudits for what by the telecommunications industry’s standards was a decent set of results for 2006-07, along comes a rebel to stir things up.
Vodafone’s shares jumped sharply in early trading on Thursday as investors reacted to news that [...]
Link: Vodafone says VoIP is ‘expensive’ and ‘unsafe’ | The Register
Another day, another crap reason from a mobile operator for not allowing VOIP on their network and/or handsets. This time, it’s Vodafone.
Vodafone is telling customers that VoIP services are insecure - even as Sky News is reporting that VoIP calls threaten our war on terror [...]
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