Vodafone announced that it now owns 100% of German fixed-line carrier Arcor. The Big Red giant paid 474 million EUR in cash to get the 26.4% interest from Deutsche Bahn AG and Deutsche Bank AG. With full ownership of Arcor, the leading alternative fixed-line carrier in Germany with 2.6 million DSL lines, representing 14% market share, [...]

Vodafone announced that it has agreed to acquire 100% of Denmark-based ZYB for 31.5 million EUR. We've already wrote about ZYB in the past– to recap, it's a social network and an online management tool that enables mobile phone users to back-up and share their phone contact and calendar information online. The acquisition of ZYB is [...]