Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) announced today that it is acquiring 100 percent of the privately-owned Danish mobile social network ZYB for 31.5 million euros ($48.7 million) in cash. The network operator…

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-- Amazon’s (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle: There’s some big expectations for Amazon’s Kindle, which allows people to buy books and access other content over Sprint’s (NYSE: S) wireless broadband network. Citi…

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Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) confirmed today that it will support the Linux mobile-phone operating system, and join the LiMo Foundation as a core member, signaling its commitment to the platform.…

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France Telecom (NYSE: FTE), owner of the Orange network, is in talks with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to sell the iPhone in other countries, according to the company’s CFO Gervais Pellissier.…

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BT (NYSE: BT) is back with another attempt in the mobile market. The UK’s largest fixed line operator and former incumbent launched a new mobile package today, BT Total Broadband…

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After losing out to its rival O2 last year, Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) has struck a deal with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to sell the iPhone in ten countries, reports Reuters. Those…

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Is mobile TV gaining momentum or isn’t it? In recent weeks, both Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Qualcomm have said the service isn’t getting the take up it had expected, with…

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Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) UK is doing away with its separately priced internet bundles, and instead will now integrate the cost of access to the mobile web and email into its…

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-- Pelago Adds Events to Whrrl: Pelago, which has a social networking site called Whrrl that provides restaurant information and reviews, said it is adding news about local events. Whrrl…

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Mobile phone networks say they will sue Ofcom to stop September’s upcoming auction of airwaves—the so-called 3G expansion band—until the regulator tells them explicitly how their existing 3G spectrum can…

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China Mobile, Softbank and Vodafone have agreed to establish a Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) to promote the development of new mobile technologies, applications and services. It will focus on mobile…

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There was a time when operators wanted to lock in people to their own content portals, but for Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), that’s the past. Since last year, the UK operator…

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FT.com has added Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) to the unsubstantiated list of companies interested in buying on-the-block Italian broadband/telco/IPTV group Tiscali, which yesterday set a May 5 sale deadline. Tiscali’s UK…

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Business Standard reports, quoting “Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) retail sources” that the iPhone will be launched in India the first week of September with Vodafone (NYSE: VOD). We have not been…

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Nobody’s ever accused Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) CEO Arun Sarin of being a shrinking violet. In an interview with Businessweek, Sarin is typically forthright, admitting that the global telecoms company had…

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-- 3UK/Fun Text: 3 UK is adding Fun Text - a cutesy picture messaging service - to its Planet 3 mobile web portal. Cambridge-based Fun Text - which routes basic…

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Two years ago at CTIA, only a few companies would even mumble the words “mobile advertising,” but now it’s a part of everyone’s vernacular. Truthfully, that makes it a lot…

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The high-profile spectrum auction ended two weeks ago, but the really interesting information is only starting to come out now that the quiet period has ended. The FCC, which garnered…

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In this morning’s keynote, Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) CEO Arun Sarin said he has the ability to see trends worldwide in the mobile industry because Vodafone covers 30 countries and 250…

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Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) is slashing the troops. Reuters reports that it is cutting 450 jobs within UK management, but plans to recruit a similar number of new hires in data…

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Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) has struck a deal with record label Warner Music to give the operator’s customers early access to music and mobile content from Madonna’s new album, “Hard Candy,”…

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— News International Newspapers Launching Mobile Ad Measurement Group: News International Newspapers has formed an industry group to give mobile advertisers more accurate, independently verified measurement tools, reports NMA.co.uk.…

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— The Sun Gets Search: UK tabloid The Sun is launching a mobile search box on its WAP site through a deal with mobile search firm Mobile Commerce. Mobile…

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CondéNet UK, the digital arm of magazine publisher Condé Nast, is taking its mobile sites off-portal to allow it to sell ads and to market the sites online and in…

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Deutsche Telekom’s VC arm T-Mobile Venture Fund has made an undisclosed strategic investment in British femtocell technology firm Ubiquisys. The firm creates technology that could potentially improve signal coverage, while…

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