Deutsche Telekom to collaborate with Vodafone
Deutsche Telekom is collaborating with Vodafone in the German market.
The two companies would now develop a fiber optic network for high-speed Internet access in the country.
They are aiming to establish a network which can provide connectivity to 100,000 homes.
A company representative said: “We are going to see how this [...]
14 new members join Open Handset Alliance
Open Handset Alliance is now bigger than ever.
The group has seen a major expansion with the addition of 14 new member companies.
These include: AKM Semiconductor Inc., ARM, ASUS, Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin, Huawei Technologies, Omron Software, Softbank Mobile Corporation, Sony Ericsson, Teleca AB, Toshiba and Vodafone.
Google G1 is [...]
Apple iPhone in India: Sales are disappointing
Apple iPhone was launched in the Indian market some months ago.
The launch was highly awaited considering India is one of the fastest growing markets in the world.
However, a couple of months after the iPhone 3g went on sale, the results are disappointing.
Sources say that Airtel and Vodafone have [...]
RIM: Vodafone had first rejected their Blackberry Storm
RIM’s CEO Mike Lazaridis said in a statement that their initial design for Blackberry Storm was rejected by Vodafone for being too basic.
The company was forced to redesign the device to meet the requirements of the mobile service provider.
He said: “I thought that when we put Quadband [...]
BlackBerry Storm launched to take on Apple iPhone
Research in Motion has launched their Apple iPhone challenger BlackBerry Storm.
BlackBerry Storm would be available exclusively through Verizon Wireless and Vodafone.
So, this means AT&T has Apple iPhone, T-Mobile USA has Google G1 and Verizon Wireless now has Blackberry Storm.
Blackberry Storm is the first touchscreen device from [...]
Vodafone would offer Inspiron Mini 9 with mobile broadband services
Dell and Vodafone are collaborating together to sell the recently announced Inspiron Mini 9 mini-notebook with a mobile broadband connection to customers.
This combo offer would be available in some of the Vodafone’s European markets.
This would enable the users of these machines to access faster internet wirelessly [...]
Idea to offer Nokia N96 to customers
Vodafone and Airtel have the iPhone to offer to customers who are ready to pay big bucks.
Now, Idea is planning to offer customers Nokia N96 which is one of the most potent rivals to the Apple iPhone in the international market.
Idea plans to launch the Nokia N96 in September. [...]
Apple iPhone 3G in India
Airtel
At this moment the site is not updated to show the iPhone on the homepage. I do see a small graphic showing that the iPhone is coming to India on august 22. The point is… it is already August 22 here in India.
Of course, we have no 3G in India. So [...]
Reports: Vodafone India reduces price of iPhone 3G by Rs. 1500
Latest incoming reports claim that Vodafone in India has already reduced the price of the iPhone 3G models by around Rs. 1500.
Their website is yet to be updated to show this updated price.
The price cut seems to be highly unlikely and ill-timed. With customers [...]
Vodafone to acquire majority stake in Ghana Telecommunications
Mobile industry giant Vodafone has announced that they are going to acquire a 70-percent stake in Ghana Telecommunications.
The deal is worth around 900 million dollars.
The company said that they would purchase this stake from the government of Ghana. The government would continue to own rest of the stake [...]
