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New Vodafone CEO Has Tough Calls Ahead

Jim O'Neill — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:20:47 CDT

A slowing global economy and continued investor unease over Vodafone’s 45% stake in Verizon Wireless will likely provide a turbulent welcome for new CEO Vittorio Colao when he takes the reins of the wireless provider in July, the Wall Street Journal reports. Colao will succeed Arun Sarin, who's set to...

Reorganization Shakes Microsoft Management

Laila Weir — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:00:12 CST

Under pressure from strong competition, especially in the cellphone business, Microsoft revealed a major executive shakeup yesterday, reports the New York Times . Mobile communications operations senior VP Pieter Knook is heading off to help Vodafone get into mobile Internet services, according to the Wall Street Journal. Another big departure is...

India Rolls Out $20 Cell Phone

Matt Cantor — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:27:00 CST

On the heels of India’s $2,400 car comes its $20 mobile handset, the “people’s phone,” the Times of London reports. It has no smart features—not even a screen. “It is just a phone,” says the chairman of Spice Mobile, the phone’s developer, but the company thinks it can...

Deutsche Telekom Wins Back iPhone Locking Rights

Nick McMaster — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:40:19 CST

T-Mobile regained the right to sell iPhones in Germany that use their network exclusively, in a reversal of an injunction last month that forced them to start selling an unlocked version, the AP reports. T-Mobile’s parent, Deutsche Telekom, will link the phones to a two-year contract in an arrangement similar...

Court: Deutsche Telekom Must Sell iPhone Minus Contract

Sam Gale Rosen — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:49:34 CST

Deutsche Telekom can't force customers to buy a phone contract from them if they buy an iPhone in Germany, says a German court decision in a suit brought by rival carrier Vodafone, reports the Financial Times . DT says they will start offering the phones without a contract immediately, but they...