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Sarin to step down from Vodafone helm
News The world's largest mobile operator group, Vodafone, has announced the departure of its chief executive, Arun Sarin. Arun has done a tremendous job as chief executive," said Vodafone chairman Sir John Bond on Tuesday.
[May 27, 2008, 17:07]
Vodafone's chief exec faces shareholder rebellion
Talkback Sir John Bond is going to have a tough ride as chairman of Vodafone since Arun Sarin's style is one of running rough-shod over the chairman. In fact Arun Sarin's office routinely handles matters directed for the attention of the Chairman.
[August 2, 2006, 8:16]
Vodafone boss pockets £7.3m
Blog A year ago, Vodafone supremo Arun Sarin almost got booted out by livid shareholders. How times change! According to the Times, since then he's gratefully accepted a cool £7.3m from the company, the majority in performance-related bonuses.
[June 15, 2007, 16:21]
Vodafone warns of threat from Google and Apple
News Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin has warned the industry to get creative about mobile services or risk becoming marginalised by the arrival of new kids on the block such as Apple and Google. In his keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress...
[February 13, 2008, 9:15]
Vodafone boss survives shareholder attack
News Despite a threatened rebellion, Arun Sarin has held onto his post as Vodafone chief executive. At the company's AGM today, Sarin secured re-election to the board with more than 85 per cent of proxy shares cast in his favour, although there were...
[July 26, 2006, 10:05]
Unions pour scorn on Vodafone layoffs
News Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin told a press conference on Tuesday that "there may be dislocations, but we're not as focused on the job losses as we are on cost reduction". The "dislocation" of 400 Vodafone employees has received a frosty...
[May 30, 2006, 17:00]
Vodafone chief knocks Microsoft's mobile OS
News The comment, from Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin, comes despite a generally good relationship between the two companies. Sarin said in an interview with the FT: "Hopefully they're working to solve some of the issues that we have and, in time...
[December 23, 2003, 14:20]
Vodafone's chief exec faces shareholder rebellion
News However, the future of the company's chief executive, Arun Sarin, still looks insecure. Statements of good intent will not be enough, by themselves, for Sarin to keep the shareholders at bay for much longer.
[July 24, 2006, 16:55]
Vodafone shares in profit warning dive
Blog A year which, as chief executive Arun Sarin put it, constitutes a "challenging operating environment". Hardly the most positive way for Sarin to make his exit, but them's the breaks. Vodafone's shares took quite a knock today, after the operator...
[July 22, 2008, 16:52]
Dell admits Indian mistake
Talkback Rajat Gupta)  President and CFO of Pepsi Cola (Indra Nooyi)  President of United Airlines (Rono Dutta)  GM of Hewlett Packard (Rajiv Gupta)  President and CEO of US Airways (Rakesh Gangwal)  Chief Executive of CitiBank (Victor...
[September 22, 2005, 10:36]
Vodafone: Partnership the key to IT success
News Arun Sarin, Vodafone's chief executive, officially opened the CeBIT trade show in Hanover on Wednesday night by urging the technology industry to work more closely together. Sarin delivered the keynote speech at the opening ceremony for CeBIT in...
[March 9, 2006, 7:40]
Should Vodafone buy BT?
News Speculation over the future of Vodafone intensified on Monday after Sir Christopher Gent resigned as life president amid allegations that he been part of a conspiracy to remove chief executive Arun Sarin.
[March 13, 2006, 15:55]
Vodafone looks to wireless broadband
News Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin said the company is looking into wireless broadband and "mobility-based" wireless DSL products. Sarin continued: "Equally, we're looking at new technologies that come along.tomorrow it could be Wi-Fi, it could be...
[November 16, 2005, 8:55]
Vodafone to halve CO2 emissions by 2020
News According to Arun Sarin, the company's chief executive, the move is "the right decision for a responsible business to take". It is good for the environment but also makes sense for the business," said Sarin on Monday.
[April 21, 2008, 14:19]
Operators ally for mobile IM
News According to Arun Sarin, chief executive of Vodafone, this will cut down on unwanted malicious code being sent to users' mobiles. There will be fewer viruses and less spam than on many internet-based services," said Sarin.
[February 15, 2006, 7:45]
Vodafone launches 3G handsets
News Chief executive Arun Sarin, speaking at the launch in London, said that "10 million young, fun, active customers will sign up to 3G before March 2006. Because 3G gives us more capacity.we can give customers more voice minutes," Sarin said.
[November 10, 2004, 13:43]
Vodafone narrows operating loss
News In a statement, Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin said competitive and regulatory pressure is most intense in Europe but the mobile operator is trying to drive additional usages and revenue from core voice and messaging services in this region.
[May 30, 2007, 9:22]
Yahoo reportedly near decision on new CEO
News Other outside candidates have reportedly included former Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin, whose expertise with the carrier could have come in handy in righting Yahoo's failed effort to win the Verizon search business.
[January 9, 2009, 7:53]
Vodafone dreaming of a 3G Christmas
News Third-generation mobile services could finally achieve mass market success this Christmas, Vodafone chairman Arun Sarin claimed on Monday. Frankly I think it is going to be a 3G Christmas this year," Sarin told journalists, according to the Daily...
[July 26, 2005, 16:45]
Vodafone lands 10 million 3G mobile users
News This is an important milestone for Vodafone and I am very pleased that we have achieved our target ahead of time," said chief executive Arun Sarin. Sarin has reportedly been battling opposition from some members of the Vodafone boardroom in recent...
[March 16, 2006, 15:50]
