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Seeker Wireless Wins Vodafone Innovation Partner of the Year 2008

Seeker Wireless Wins Vodafone Innovation Partner of the Year 2008 - Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location-based service technology companies announced today that it has been named Innovation Partner of the Year 2008 at a conference hosted jointly by Vodafone New Zealand and Vodafone Australia. The Vodafone Partner Awards were created to recognize excellence in provision of services to Vodafone by its supply partners. This year’s conference focused on the theme “Collective Innovation for Growth�. In keeping with the theme, Seeker’s award recognised the company’s willingness to collaborate at multiple levels to ensure Vodafone was able to effectively enter the fixed-line business with a purely mobile offering. The contract for which the award was given saw Seeker Wireless providing the world’s most technically advanced an

Vodafone UK launches "Vodafone Music" - it's a bit like iTunes

Vodafone has announced that is new "Vodafone Music" service is now live in the UK, allowing its mobile customers to buy and download songs from the Vodafone live! Music Shop.

Vodafone Launches The New Exclusive Blackberry Storm

Vodafone Launches The New Exclusive Blackberry® Storm™ - Vodafone Group today announces the launch of the BlackBerry Storm smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX; RIM). The BlackBerry Storm is the first ever ‘clickable’ touch screen smartphone and will be available exclusively on Vodafone’s high speed 3G mobile broadband network in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand from next month. Also, the BlackBerry Storm will be available exclusively from Verizon Wireless in the US. The BlackBerry Storm smartphone, which is the result of a long term strategic alliance between Vodafone and RIM, takes what customers have come to expect from a BlackBerry smartphone - a great phone with market leading e-mail, messaging, multi-media and Internet capabilities – and revolutionizes the experience with the introduction of

Vodafone agrees to buy 15% in Vodacom for ZAR 22.5 bln

South African fixed-line operator Telkom has agreed to sell a 15 percent stake in Vodacom to Vodafone and list the rest of its holding in the mobile service provider on the stock exchange. Vodafone has offered ZAR 22.5 billion for a 15 percent stake. This would give Vodafone 65 percent of Vodacom, which is active in South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Mozambique and Tanzania. The bid is subject to Telkom first spinning off a 35 percent stake in Vodacom to existing Telkom shareholders and listing the company on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The South African government has given the green light for the proposed transaction subject to finalising the agreement. The state is the largest shareholder in Telkom, with a 38.9 percent stake.

Vodafone Launches Another Mobile Music Download Store

imageVodafone (NYSE: VOD) is launching a second mobile music download store in the UK. Though it put Omnifone’s MusicStation service on its handsets from November, giving consumers unlimited tracks for £1.99 a week, it’s also today launched Vodafone Music, an app-based store offering individual tracks without a subscription. The service lets users use their handsets to access the Windows-only Vodafone live! Music Shop, powered by RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK). This means Vodafone now has two separate mobile applications for music.

Vodafone agrees to buy 15% in Vodacom for ZAR 22.5 bln

South African fixed-line operator Telkom has agreed to sell a 15 percent stake in Vodacom to Vodafone and list the rest of its holding in the mobile service provider on the stock exchange. Vodafone has offered ZAR 22.5 billion for a 15 percent stake. This would give Vodafone 65 percent of Vodacom, which is active in South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Mozambique and Tanzania. The bid is subject to Telkom first spinning off a 35 percent stake in Vodacom to existing Telkom shareholders and listing the company on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The South African government has given the green light for the proposed transaction subject to finalising the agreement. The state is the largest shareholder in Telkom, with a 38.9 percent stake.

Seeker Wireless Wins Vodafone Innovation Partner of the Year 2008

Seeker Wireless Wins Vodafone Innovation Partner of the Year 2008 Sydney, October 09, 2008 - Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location-based service technology companies announced today that it has been named Innovation Partner of the Year 2008 at a conference hosted jointly by Vodafone New Zealand and Vodafone Australia.

Government approves Vodafone?s bid to take over Vodacom

The South African government has approved an offer from Vodafone to buy a 15% stake in Vodacom from incumbent telco Telkom, to give the British group majority control of South Africa’s mobile market leader, reports Business Day. Vodacom is currently 50% owned by Vodafone and 50% by Telkom, but the partnership has not run smoothly, and long running negotiations culminated yesterday with Telkom’s board agreeing to sell a 15% stake to Vodafone for ZAR22.5 billion (USD2.47 billion) including approximately ZAR5 billion in net debt. Telkom will then distribute its remaining 35% to its own shareholders, including the government which holds a 39% stake in the incumbent. Vodacom will then be listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The deal remains subject to the negotiation of final transaction documents, and shareholder and regulatory appr

Ghana parliament backs Vodafone GT bid http://africa.reuters.com/country/GH/news/usnLE328731.html ACCRA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Ghana's parliament voted on Thursday to ratify a $900 million bid by Britain's Vodafone Group for a majority stake in Ghana Te

ACCRA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Ghana's parliament voted on Thursday to ratify a $900 million bid by Britain's Vodafone Group for a majority stake in Ghana Telecom (GT), a Reuters reporter in the parliament building said.

Vodafone gets smart with new BlackBerry Storm

Vodafone and Research In Motion (RIM) have announced that the BlackBerry Storm will be available Vodafone customers in A/NZ.

Vodafone launches BlackBerry Storm

Vodafone Group has launched the BlackBerry Storm smartphone from Research In Motion. The new smart phone is claimed to be the first clickable touch screen smartphone and will be available on Vodafone's high speed 3G mobile broadband network in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand from November 2009.

Vodafone Unveils Brand New iTunes Competitor

Vodafone has partnered with Realnetworks to deliver over the fly downloads to its mobile phone users in a bid to increase its average revenue per user (ARPU) through a new service called "Vodafone Music"

Vodafone to Acquire 15 Percent More of Vodacom Group

The dispute between Vodafone and Telkom South Africa over shareholding in Vodacom Group seems to be dying down after the South African government yielded and accepted Vodafone's latest bid.

Vodafone Germany Expands Shazam Music Service

Music identity service, Shazam says that it is expanding its existing partnership with Vodafone Germany to offer Shazam’s music discovery application alongside the already popular IVR service. The new application, MusicFinder with Shazam, allows users to capture music instantly on their handsets, share their new discoveries with friends, and purchase music products through the Vodafone Music Store.

Vodafone lowers iPhone prices, Airtel sticks to the original

Apple’s iPhone was launched in India in a midnight extravaganza, but its prices in Mumbai slipped overnight, with Vodafone, the service provider for the gadget in Mumbai, selling both the versions of the phones around Rs 1,500 lower than the original cost. The price tag for the gadget is now pegged at Rs 29,640 for 8GB and Rs 34,580 for 16 GB. Vodafone has 33 outlets in the city. The original launch price was of Rs 31,000 for the 8GB version and Rs 36,100 for the 16GB version.

Verizon and Vodafone announce RIM BlackBerry Storm 9530 and 9500

Today Verizon Wireless and Vodafone announced their exclusive claim to being the first family of carriers to offer the new RIM BlackBerry Storm smartphones. Verizon Wireless will have exclusive rights to the BlackBerry Storm 9530 smartphone while Vodafone, one of Verizon's parents, will claim rights to the BlackBerry Storm 9500 in Europe, India, Australia, and New Zealand. No specific launch dates have been given, but the joint press release mentions availability "later this fall."

Seeker Wireless Wins Vodafone Innovation Partner of the Year 2008

Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location-based service technology companies announced today that it has been named Innovation Partner of the Year 2008 at a conference hosted jointly by Vodafone New Zealand and Vodafone Australia.

Seeker Wireless Wins Vodafone Innovation Partner of the Year 2008 Seeker Wireless

Sydney, October 09, 2008 - Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location-based service technology companies announced today that it has been named Innovation Partner of the Year 2008 at a conference hosted jointly by Vodafone New Zealand and Vodafone Australia.

Seeker Wireless Wins Vodafone Innovation Partner of the Year 2008

Sydney, October 09, 2008 - Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location-based service technology companies announced today that it has been named Innovation Partner of the Year 2008 at a conference hosted jointly by Vodafone New Zealand and Vodafone Australia.

Seeker Wireless Wins Vodafone Innovation Partner of the Year 2008

Sydney, October 09, 2008 - Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location-based service technology companies announced today that it has been named Innovation Partner of the Year 2008 at a conference hosted jointly by Vodafone New Zealand and Vodafone Australia.

Seeker Wireless: Seeker Wireless Wins Vodafone Innovation Partner of the Year 2008

Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location-based service technology companies announced today that it has been named Innovation Partner of the Year 2008 at a conference hosted jointly by Vodafone New Zealand and Vodafone Australia.

Google's Android May See More Investments From Motorola; Nokia And Verizon Spotted Among Developers

Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) has appointed two heads to its recently split emerging markets division. The company has promoted from within, moving current UK chief executive Nick Read to run its Asia Pacific and Middle East division, and shifting current Middle East & Africa CEO Morten Lundal to lead its Central Europe and Africa unit. Current Vodafone Netherlands chief Guy Laurence takes over Read’s old post as Vodafone UK CEO. Before emerging markets had grown to large for one unit, the division—called EMAPA—covered Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and Affiliates.

No iPhone Price War In India; No Visual Voicemail Or iTunes For Singapore iPhone Buyers

For two brief days, Indian iPhone fans held out hope that they might be able to get the gadget for less than the $715 price tag that Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) India put on the 8 gigabyte model, and $830 for the 16 gigabyte one. But there will be no price war, as Bharti Airtel, the other Indian carrier to sell the iPhone, released its prices today, matching Vodafone’s. As pointed out earlier, this is big money even for a professional Indian IT worker whose average salary ranges from $12,000 to $24,000. Remember, too, that there is no 3G service yet in India and the phone, the paper believes, will be locked to either the Vodafone or Airtel network.

Vodafone Offers $2.5B for Vodacom Stake

Vodafone Group plc has offered ZAR22.5 billion (US$2.5 billion) to Telkom SA Ltd. to gain a majority stake in Vodacom Pty. Ltd. , South Africa's largest mobile operator.

Vodafone's GBP 1.4bn South African Call

VODAFONE is preparing to take control of South Africa's biggest mobile phone company Vodacom in a GBP 1.4 billion investment.

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