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Vodafone Launches International WAP Trial
News Vodafone AirTouch (quote: VOD) this week launched a pilot program designed to show off the company's international reach and its commitment to wireless application protocol (WAP). This is the world's first global WAP service and marks another...
[May 3, 2000, 15:04]
Vodafone Launches Wireless Portal
News In its latest move to convince investors that it is the right home for Germany's Mannesmann, giant telco Vodafone AirTouch (quote: VOD) Tuesday launched a global platform and branded portal for mobile data and Internet.
[January 11, 2000, 16:57]
Nasdaq Drop Slams UK Markets - Again
News The FTSE 100 had already closed down Monday, due to fears of a rerun of last week's equity market white-knuckle ride and a late slide by index megaweight Vodafone AirTouch (quote: VOD). Energis (quote: EGS) was down 156 to 3,080p while Vodafone...
[April 11, 2000, 10:30]
Lacey's Paper Round - The Week's Best IT Coverage In Print
News Lex Column approves of Vodafone's improved offer for AirTouch -- FT Lex approves of an improved Vodafone offer for AirTouch. Given the excellent strategic fit, Vodafone is probbly right to up its offer -- if that is needed to clinch the deal in the...
[January 15, 1999, 12:33]
Vodafone Links Up With Manchester United
News Vodafone AirTouch (quote: VOD) will become Manchester United's new shirt sponsor, replacing electronics maker Sharp, as the result of the biggest football sponsorship deal ever, announced last week. But the impact won't end with marketing Vodafone...
[February 15, 2000, 8:44]
Vodafone Denies Reported Mannesmann Agreement
News Mannesmann, Germany's second-largest telephone operator, has agreed to be taken over by Vodafone AirTouch (quote: VOD), the world's largest mobile phone service provider, according to reports from Dow Jones Newswires and Bloomberg.
[February 3, 2000, 13:16]
News Burst: Goldman Calms Orange Fears
News Goldman is an adviser to Orange, but is also has a long-standing relationship with Vodafone AirTouch, the world's largest mobile phone operator. Vodafone AirTouch is rumoured to be considering moves to derail the Orange-Mannesmann deal.
[November 10, 1999, 9:15]
Vodafone Unveils 3G US-compatible Datacard
News Vodafone is a 40 per cent stakeholder in Verizon Wireless, which has bet on CDMA, following its acquisition of AirTouch in the US in the late 1990s and subsequent deal with the merged telcos that became Verizon Communications.
[September 16, 2005, 8:45]
Mannesmann Voting On Vodafone Takeover Offer
News Mannesmann, Germany's second-largest telephone operator, is to vote Thursday on a takeover bid by Vodafone AirTouch (quote: VOD), the world's largest mobile phone service provider, according to reports from Dow Jones Newswires and Bloomberg.
[February 3, 2000, 15:28]
News Burst: Casio, Vodafone Team On Mobile Internet Devices
News The race to be the first to provide a portable Internet solution continued apace Tuesday, with Casio and Vodafone Airtouch (quote: VOD) teaming up to develop multimedia wireless palmtop computers. The announcement also bolsters Microsoft's ambition...
[February 1, 2000, 17:19]
Vodafone And BT Under Threat From M-commerce Upstarts
News Companies such as Orange, BT Cellnet and Vodafone AirTouch have recently launched wireless portals aimed at their own subscribers, although users are free to connect to any service they like. A new wireless portal, which will offer free online...
[February 17, 2000, 14:34]
Battle Of Wireless Titans Makes Business History
News Vodafone AirTouch (VOD: quote ), the world's largest mobile phone carrier, is seeking to secure its future in Europe with an historic E124bn (£78bn) hostile takeover offer for Germany's Mannesmann. The bid is Vodafone's response to Mannesmann's...
[November 25, 1999, 14:28]
3G Auction Fears Drive Market Down
News Concerns about the third-generation mobile phone licence auction continued to cast a long shadow across UK markets Monday morning, driving megaweight Vodafone AirTouch (quote: VOD) down and dragging the FTSE 100 with it.
[May 8, 2000, 11:38]
Freeserve Shares Rocket On T-Online News
News In other news, figures from Vodafone AirTouch (quote: VOD) were expected to be at the forefront of investors' attention Tuesday as the market re-opened after an extended bank holiday weekend. Vodafone -- where analyst profit expectations had been...
[May 30, 2000, 9:24]
Terra Hits WAP Scene With Iobox Buyout
News Companies such as Vodafone AirTouch (quote: VOD), Vivendi, Sonera and British Telecommunications (quote: BT) are eager to get a piece of that market and have begun launching mobile portals of their own.
[July 25, 2000, 16:41]
Markets On The Rise - For Now
News London's leading stocks began higher on Wednesday, helped by a bounce in the recently battered market heavyweight Vodafone AirTouch (quote: VOD) and decent results from reporting companies. Shares in Vodafone, which account for more than 12 percent...
[April 26, 2000, 11:46]
Mannesmann To Float Internet Business
News Mannesmann, the German telecommunications group being targeted for a hostile takeover by Vodafone AirTouch (quote: VOD), said Friday it will float its Internet business to open up greater growth prospects than would be possible under the ownership...
[January 17, 2000, 16:46]
UK Carriers Roll Out GPRS
News Vodafone AirTouch (quote: VOD)began upgrading its GSM network to GPRS early this year and began field trials simultaneously in the UK, Greece and the Netherlands in January. BT Cellnet is the only UK operator to have launched a service so far...
[July 7, 2000, 15:20]
E-business Hit The Big Time In 1999
News Germany's Mannesmann first agreed to acquire the UK's third-largest mobile phone operator, Orange; but this upset Mannesmann's British business partner Vodafone AirTouch so much that in November the wireless giant launched a hostile takeover bid...
[December 29, 1999, 6:10]
Gates And Kennard Headline Wireless 2000
News Next up was Chris Gent, chief executive of Britain's red-hot Vodafone Airtouch (quote: VOD), which, with several major alliances in the past few months (including its acquisition of Mannesmann), is arguably the largest wireless network service...
[February 29, 2000, 13:18]
