Nokia Looks to Free Netflix, Other Promos to Boost Lumia Sales

British customers can get either six months or a year of the subscription video service, while other offers are planned in the coming months.

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Hacker Hits Vodafone in Germany

Suspect identified, stole data on two million customers.

Broadcom Pays $164 Million for Renesas 4G Wireless Chip Unit

The unit includes a team of designers that originated at Nokia.

As Expected, Vodafone Sells Its Stake in Verizon Wireless for $130 Billion, Giving Verizon Communications Full Ownership

The deal marks the end of a long, largely successful, joint venture between the two companies. Both parties had, at various times sought to buy out the other.

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Vodafone, Verizon Agree on $130 Billion Deal

Negotiators for Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group PLC have agreed to a deal in which Verizon will pay about $130 billion for the U.K. company’s stake in their U.S. joint venture, a person familiar with the matter said.

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Verizon Wireless Deal Could Happen Within a Week

Verizon Communications Inc. is in talks to pay as much as $130 billion for Vodafone Group PLC’s stake in their U.S. wireless venture in a deal that could be completed within a week, people familiar with the matter said.

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Verizon, Vodafone Rekindle Talks Over Verizon Wireless Stake

Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group PLC have rekindled talks over a buyout of the U.K. company’s stake in their U.S. wireless joint venture, people familiar with the matter said, an acquisition that would likely cost Verizon well over $100 billion.

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Mobile Fourth Wave: The Evolution of the Next Trillion Dollars

Over-the-top and digital services will end up being a multi-trillion-dollar market in a matter of a decade

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Verizon Earnings: Surge in Wireless Contracts Boosts Profit

The largest U.S. phone carrier reported a profit of $2.25 billion, or 78 cents a share, up from $1.83 billion, or 64 cents, a year earlier.

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Vodafone Launches Bid for Kabel Deutschland

Vodafone Group PLC Monday launched a formal €7.7 billion ($10.1 billion) cash offer for Germany’s biggest cable operator Kabel Deutschland Holding AG,signaling its ambitions to grow in Europe again with its biggest acquisition there in more than a decade and laying down a challenge to John Malone’s international cable company Liberty Global Inc.