Mobiles reviews - vodafone announcement

Vodafone now owns 100% of German fixed-line carrier Arcor

Tue, 20 May 2008 08:10:34 +0000

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 acquires ZYB; Proves it's not a dumb pipe?

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:28:43 +0000

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 [...]

Vodafone to reduce CO2 emissions by 50% by 2020

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:26:35 +0000

In a recent release, Vodafone announced that by 2020 it will reduce its CO2 emissions by 50% against its 2006/7 baseline of 1.23 million tonnes. In addition, the Big Red mobile operator will be focusing on developing products and services which will help customers limit their own emissions. The idea here is to leverage improvements in [...]