John Paczkowski in News on March 14 at 9:57 am PT
Europe’s five biggest telecoms could face an investigation into possible collusion.
Ina Fried in Mobile on September 8, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT
Vodafone’s new Redwood City facility aims to identify partners and have them in trials on one of the company’s networks within nine months.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 21, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
Big Blue teams up with the British telecom giant Cable & Wireless to join the race to provide UK homes and businesses with smart electrical meters.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 3, 2011 at 7:30 am PT
The U.K.-based wireless carrier says the government hasn’t allowed text messaging to be turned back on, and that it has been forced to send pro-government messages to customers. Plus, more updates from Abdulla in Cairo.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 28, 2011 at 4:00 am PT
A metric worth mulling as AT&T’s previously monogamous relationship with Apple shifts into polyamory: 90 percent of the carrier’s iPhone users are still under contract.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on October 13, 2010 at 3:00 am PT
The iPhone exclusivity deals are fast becoming an anomaly, with Apple inking more multi-carrier distribution agreements in markets it first entered with a lone partner. The latest to undergo the transformation: Germany.
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Paul Sonne, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 14, 2010 at 5:00 am PT
At a meeting with Dutch employees here last week, Vodafone Group PLC Chief Executive Vittorio Colao said the wireless giant is too much like a lumbering jumbo jet stuck on the runway: “A little bit too heavy, not fast enough.”
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Owen Fletcher and Lorraine Luk, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 8, 2010 at 10:56 am PT
Vodafone Group PLC’s $6.65 billion sale of its stake in China Mobile Ltd. highlights the challenges faced by foreign carriers looking to link up with Chinese telecommunications companies and underscores the reduced need for foreign capital at China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier by subscribers.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on September 3, 2010 at 5:10 am PT
Germany is the last major European market with a single iPhone carrier. But not for much longer. Deutsche Telekom-owned carrier T-Mobile’s iPhone exclusivity deal with Apple is nearing expiration and has not been extended.
Drake Martinet in Social on April 12, 2010 at 8:30 am PT
All Things Digital will be liveblogging today’s Microsoft “social” event beginning about 10 am PT. It is reportedly about new mobile devices the social giant will release in an effort to play catch-up with Apple and Google.
So, grab some coffee, pop that waffle in the toaster and keep this tab open to get the info as it breaks live from San Francisco’s Mighty event space.