Vodafonewatch Report #86 September/October 2010 Snapshot
3 November 2010
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Table of Contents
1 Executive Brief
4 Group
4 Marketing
4 Marketers indignant over Group reorg
5 Financial
5 M&A
5 VGE snaps up TEM vendors
5 M&A
5 Colao seeks to manage investors’ sale expectations
5 Polkomtel: 100% offload again mooted
5 SFR: ingredients for Vivendi bid coming together
6 Marketing
6 VZW: VZ again acknowledges dividends may resume
6 Some controlled assets on table
6 Vodafone linked with TalkTalk, Phones4U
7 Marketing
7 Digital loyalty start‑up wins Mobile Clicks
7 Partner Markets
7 Vodafone teams with EMS on ‘global’ BlackBerry push
7 Celcom experience
7 National security concerns among barriers
8 Investments and associates
8 Investments and associates
8 Bharti Airtel: IBM handed African IT
8 Kenyan price war simmering
8 Network outsourcing arrangements also in offing
9 Investments and associates
9 Polkomtel: shareholder seeks promotes Dialog buy
9 Numerous M&A options in play
9 Polkomtel: ZTE selected for CDMA revamp
10 VZW: rise of Android prompts Microsoft search rethink
10 VZW: US operators in LTE equipment dispute
11 Investments and associates
11 VZW accelerates LTE coverage plan
11 People
11 McAdam move prompts VZW musical chairs
12 Investments and associates
12 Vodafone’s CFO switch a “planned rotation”
12 Read takes Vodacom seat, Vodafone grip tightened
14 Knook becomes latest victim of Group reorg
15 Society
15 García‑Urgelés takes over VIS reins
15 People movement highlights
16 Strategy
16 Strategy
16 VGE opens new APAC HQ
16 Singapore increasingly crowded
17 LatAm push also in pipeline
17 Colao: Nokia World sound bites
18 Big operators discuss common OS — report
19 Suppliers
19 Suppliers
19 Supplier recruitment highlights
21 Technology
21 Technology
21 China Mobile talks up Group links; joint phone in pipeline
21 Firms’ relationship under microscope
22 Vodafone seeks Silicon Valley ties with new US centre
22 VZW relationship quiet
23 Terminals
23 Mobile terminal highlights
26 Europe Region
26 Products and services
26 Czech Republic
26 Germany
26 Vodafone hands network management deal to Ericsson
26 Further outsourcing action expected
26 Ericsson in Vodafone account shake‑up
27 Germany
27 Hungary
27 Greece
27 Horse trading begins over 900MHz licence renewal
27 2G licences on wane
28 Ireland
28 Italy
28 Altnets walk away from NGN talks
28 TI given go‑ahead for contentious unbundling fee hike
28 HSPA+ broadband project planned; Huawei deal rumoured
30 Italy
30 Vodafone enables SMS‑based charity standing orders
30 Malta
30 Xintec upgrades revenue assurance system
31 Netherlands
31 Operators, banks form NFC payment consortium
31 Caution, challenges still evident
32 Romania
32 Public sector contract renewed, widened
32 Portugal
32 Vodafone adds One Net, targets B2B fixed growth
33 Spain
33 Spain
33 Vodafone Spain next to launch pay‑TV
34 Turkey
34 United Kingdom
34 Turkey
34 Colao in talks with Turkish PM again
34 United Kingdom
34 Vodafone forms new indirect sales division
36 United Kingdom
36 Vodafone cleared to increase 3G power…
36 …but blocked from widening 900MHz usage to 3G
37 United Kingdom
37 Adderbury customer support centre to close
38 United Kingdom
38 SWIFT infrastructure outsourced to SMA
38 Website flaw exposed
39 Africa, Asia-Pacific & Middle East Region
39 Australia — Vodafone Hutchison Australia
39 Australia — Vodafone Hutchison Australia
39 IT services contract “up for grabs”
41 Australia — Vodafone Hutchison Australia
41 Egypt
41 Egypt
41 Vodafone consortium gains triple‑play licence
41 Impact unclear
41 TE mulls MVNO expansion — report
42 May satisfy mobile ambitions, for now
42 TE link with Mobinil quashed
42 Ghana
42 Vodafone Ghana outsources tower management
43 India — Vodafone Essar
43 Whitehill experience useful
43 India — Vodafone Essar
43 Indus Towers partners discuss 3G alliance
44 Ericsson, Huawei, NSN gain Airtel 3G work
44 CGT battle shifts to Supreme Court
45 Kenya — Safaricom
45 Kenya — Safaricom
45 Safaricom teams with Quintica on managed service push
45 No let‑up in enterprise expansion
46 Kenya — Safaricom
46 New strategy unit formed, targets more M&A
46 Safaricom horizons widening?
46 Data billing upgrade hits problems
47 New Zealand
47 Safaricom, Nokia extend VAS partnership
47 New Zealand
47 Vodafone in talks over rural LTE rollout
48 New Zealand
48 Stanners welcomes digital dividend decision
48 Spectrum, infrastructure sharing under discussion
49 Technical issues continue
49 SAN to get upgrade
50 South Africa — Vodacom
50 South Africa — Vodacom
50 LTE demo success trumpeted
51 South Africa — Vodacom
51 Mozambique — Vodacom
51 Vodacom adds Convergys billing app
51 Vodacom opens new data centre in Durban
52 Mozambique — Vodacom
52 Vodacom launches M‑PESA, forms new payment unit
52 Safaricom benchmark targeted
53 Index
Index
A
ABN Amro, 31
Aditya Birla Group
- Idea Cellular
- – Indus Towers, 8, 43
AeroMobile Limited, 41
Africa, 4, 6-8, 12, 15-16, 20-21, 24, 39, 43, 46, 50-52
- Congo, 8
- Egypt, 6, 21, 37, 41-42, 50
- Ghana, 7-8, 24, 30, 42-43
- – Government, 30, 42-43
- Kenya, 8, 21, 45-47, 52
- – Government, 45-47
- – Legal, 44, 46
- Mozambique, 51-52
- Nigeria, 8, 51
- South Africa, 4, 12, 16, 20-21, 24, 50-52
- – Government, 16, 20, 51-52
- Tanzania, 8, 15, 51-52
Alcatel-Lucent, 8, 33
Alfa Group
- Altimo (Alfa Telecom Int. Mobile)
- – Turkcell (see also Curkurova/TeliaSonera/separate), 5-6, 16
- – VimpelCom (see also Telenor/separate), 42
Amalgamated Telecom Holdings (ATH)
- Vodafone Fiji, 6, 51
Amazon.com, Inc., 16
Amdocs Ltd, 37
America Móvil, 17
Americas and Caribbean, 5, 17, 22-23, 31
- Chile, 17
- Latin America, 17
- South America, 17
- United States of America (USA), 5, 10-11, 17, 22-23, 31
Analysys Mason, 36
Apple, 7, 14, 17-18, 23-25, 34, 41
- iPad, 23-24
- iPhone, 7, 24-25, 34, 41
ASG Group, 39
Asia-Pacific, 6-8, 12, 15-16, 43
- Afghanistan, 52
- Australia, 5-6, 16, 39, 41, 51
- – Legal, 50
- – Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, 39
- China, 5, 9, 16, 21
- Fiji, 6, 51-52
- Hong Kong, 16
- India, 6-8, 12, 14-17, 24, 26, 43-44
- – Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), 44
- – Government, 16, 43-44
- – Income Tax Department, 6, 12, 42, 44
- – Legal, 43-44
- – Licence circles, 5, 43
- – - Himachal Pradesh, 39
- – - Karnataka, 43
- – - Kolkata, 43
- – - Orissa, 43
- Japan, 11, 16, 31
- Malaysia, 7
- New Zealand, 6, 16, 19, 24-25, 47-49
- – Commerce Commission, 47
- – Government, 48
- Singapore, 16-17
- Sri Lanka, 8
- Thailand, 7
ASPIDER Solutions, 33
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC), 30
AT&T, 10, 16, 19, 23-24, 31
Avaya, 19-20
Axiata Group Bhd (TM International), 7, 9
- India (Idea Cellular/Spice Comms., see also Aditya Birla), 7, 43-44
- Malaysia (Celcom), 7
- Thailand (Samart, see also separate), 7
B
Bank of America
- Merrill Lynch, 12
Barclays plc
- Barclays Bank, 31
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), 43
Bharti Group
- Bharti Airtel, 5, 8, 43-44
- – Bharti Infratel, 8
- – Indus Towers, 8, 43
- – Kapoor, Sanjay, 43
- Bharti Enterprises, 15, 26
- Comviva Technologies (Bharti Telesoft), 8
BOKU, Inc., 37
Brand Finance, 6
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 52
British Midland Airways, 9
BT Group, 16, 28, 32
- BT Global Services, 16
C
C3, 47
Cardmobili, 7
Carlyle Group
- ARINC, Inc. (Aeronautical Radio, Inc.)
- – AeroMobile (see also separate and Telenor listings), 41
Cellular South, Inc., 10
Central/Eastern Europe, 16
- Czech Republic, 15, 26
- Hungary, 24, 27
- – Gazdasági Versenyhivatal (Hungarian Competition Authority/GVH), 27
- Poland, 8-9
- Romania, 23, 27, 31-32, 36
- – Consiliul Concurentei (CC), 32
- Turkey, 6, 11, 25, 34
CHI & Partners, 36
China Mobile, 5, 16, 21
- Li Yue, 21
- Wang Jianzhou, 21
Choice (Australia), 17
Cisco Systems, 10, 19-20, 23, 35, 45
Communication Workers’ Union (CWU), 37
Convergys, 39, 51
CS Cargo Group, 26
Cukurova Holding
- Turkcell (see also Altimo/TeliaSonera/seperate), 5-6, 16
D
Desi Mobi, 37
Deutsche Bank, 6
Deutsche Post, 16
Deutsche Telekom, 6, 14, 18, 28
- – UK, 36-37
DHL Worldwide Express, 7, 16
Digicel, 17
Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), 33
Discover Financial Services, 31
E
East African Marine System (TEAMS), 7, 37, 45
Eaton Towers, 42-43
EETT, Greece, 27
EgyptAir, 41
Elephant Talk Communications Ltd., 33
EMC Corp., 4, 10, 23, 35
Emitac Mobile Solutions (EMS LLC), 7
Entel PCS, 17
EPM Telecomunicaciones S.A E.S.P (UNE), 33
Equity Bank Limited, 46
Ericsson, 8, 16, 19-20, 25, 26, 39, 44
Essar Group
- Vodafone Essar (See also Vodafone), 11, 31, 37, 43-44
Etisalat, 16
European Union
- European Commission, 36
F
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), 51
First Mobile, 25
France Télécom, 9, 14, 16, 18, 32, 37, 42, 45
- Orange, 16, 32, 37, 42
- – Mobinil (see also Orascom, seperate), 42
- – Poland (see also Telekomunikacja Polska), 9
- – Romania, 32
- – Telkom Kenya (see also separate entry), 45
- – UK, 36-37
G
Gaelic Athletic Association, 28
Ghana Telecom (see also Vodafone), 43
Gogga Tracking Solutions, 50
Goldman Sachs, 6
Good Technology, Inc. (Visto), 11
Google, 10-12, 14, 17-18, 22-25, 26, 36-37, 47
- Android, 10-12, 18, 23-25, 26, 36-37
- Nexus One, 22
GSM Association (GSMA), 14, 18
H
Helios Investment Partners
- Helios Towers Africa, Ltd., 43
Hellenic Telecoms (OTE)
- COSMOTE, 32
HEROtsc, 37
Hewlett-Packard, 39
High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC), 23, 25
Huawei Technologies, 8, 28, 39, 44, 46, 50
- Vodafone Station, 30
Hutchison Whampoa, 6, 15-16, 36, 39, 41, 44, 51
- 3 Group, 15, 36, 44
- – 3 UK, 36
- – VHA Pty. Ltd (Australia, see also Vodafone), 16, 39, 41
I
IBM, 8, 15, 39
Indus Towers (see also Vodafone, others), 8, 43
ING, 31
Intel, 22
International Health Partners, 15
International Telecommunications Union, 10
K
KDDI, 11, 31
KGHM, 9
Kordia, 47
KPN, 31-32
L
LBM, 37
Lebara Group, 37
LG Electronics, 15, 23, 25
LiMo Foundation, 18
LVMH Group, 6
M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 27
MasterCard, 31
Maxis Communication, Malaysia, 7
METRO Group
- Makro Cash & Carry, 26
Microsoft, 10, 14, 22-23, 33-34, 45
- Exchange, 45
- KIN, 10, 22
- Office, 22, 45
- SharePoint, 45
- Windows Live, 47
- – Hotmail, 47
- Windows Mobile, 10, 12, 25
Middle East, 6-7, 12, 16, 19, 21, 24-25, 30, 36-37, 39, 41-42, 50
- Egypt, 6, 21, 37, 41-42, 50
- Iraq, 16
- Qatar, 16, 19, 24-25, 30, 36
- United Arab Emirates, 7, 25
Millicom International Cellular
- Tigo Ghana, 43
Mobinil (see also FT, Orascom), 42
Molson Coors International, 36
Montana Tudásmenedzsment Rendszerintegrátor és Szoftverfejleszt? Kft, 27
Motorola, 10, 23-25
mPay, 37
MTN
- Ghana (Scancom), 24
- South Africa, 16, 24
N
NASDAQ, 20
Naspers Limited (MIH Group)
- MultiChoice
- – DStv, 47
NBC, 5
NDS Limited, 33
Nedbank Group Ltd (Nedcor), 52
Netia SA, 9
News Corp.
- Sky, 47
Nokia, 6, 17-18, 25, 26, 47
Nokia Siemens Networks, 8, 16, 39, 44, 50
Novartis AG, 15
NTT
- DoCoMo, 11
NZ Communications
- 2degrees, 48
O
OnAir, 41
ONO, Spain, 33
Openwave Systems, 20
Opera Software, 14
Oracle, 20
P
P4 Sp. z o.o., 9
Palm, 12
Panasonic, 36
Pfizer Ltd., 15
Phones4U, 6
PKN Orlen, 5
Polkomtel, 5-6, 8-9, 31
- Bauc, Jaroslaw, 9
Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE), 9
- Exatel, 9
- Polskie Sieci Elek. (PSE), 9
Portugal Telecom, 28
Providence Equity Partners, 6
Q
Qatar Telecom (Qtel), 16
Quintica Group, 45
R
Rabobank Group, 31
Rackspace Managed Hosting, 19
Rakon, 19
Regional Fibre Group (RFG), 47
Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
- Reliance Communications (RCom), 22
Research In Motion, 7, 9, 12, 21, 23-25, 28
RouletteCricket Ltd., 7
S
Safaricom, 8, 12, 45-47, 50, 52
- Joseph, Michael, 12, 45-46
- One Communications Ltd (Onecom), 46
- Packet Stream Data Networks, 46
- Waita, Nzioka, 46
Samsung, 10, 23, 25, 26, 36, 50
SAP, 20
Sharp Electronics, 6
Singapore Telecom (see Temasek)
- India (Bharti Airtel, see separate), 5, 8, 15, 43-44
SK Telecom, 31
Skycity Foundations, 49
SMA Financial, 38
SoftBank Corp.
- SoftBank Mobile, 11, 19, 31
Sonaecom
- Optimus, 23
Sony Ericsson, 25, 26
Sprint Nextel, 23
SWIFT, 38
Swisscom
- Fastweb, 28
Symbian Foundation, 18, 25
Syngenta AG, 45
T
TalkTalk Telecom Group plc, 6
Tata Group
- Tata Consultancy Services, 39
Tech Mahindra, 39
Technology
- 2G, 7, 9, 14, 18, 27, 36, 45
- – CDMA, 9
- – EDGE, 7
- – GSM, 14, 18, 27, 36, 45
- 3G, 8-9, 21, 23-25, 27, 36, 43-44, 48, 50
- – CDMA2000, 9
- – Evolved HSPA (HSPA+/I-HSPA), 28, 50
- – HSPA/HSDPA, 8-9, 21, 23-25, 27-28, 36, 43-44, 48, 50
- – UMTS, 27
- – WCDMA, 9
- 4G, 11, 21, 48
- – 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE), 10-11, 17, 21, 24, 26, 47-48, 50
- – WiMAX, 45, 47
- Billing, 14, 16, 33, 39, 46, 51
- DSL, 9, 30, 33
- Femtocell, 19
- Fibre, 28, 47-48
- GPS, 9, 12, 23-24
- IM, 28, 47
- IN, 33
- IP, 33
- Java, 26
- microSD, 23
- NFC, 31
- NGN, 28
- Personal computer, 17, 47-48
- – Netbook, 48
- Push-to-talk, 9
- R&D, 21-22
- RAN, 20
- SIM, 31, 37, 51
- Smartphone, 9, 11, 14, 17, 23-25, 26-27, 37, 48
- SMS, 8, 15, 30, 32, 51
- Spectrum, 10-11, 27, 36, 43, 47-48, 50
- – 700 MHz, 10-11
- – 800 MHz, 23, 36
- – 900 MHz, 9, 27, 36
- – 1000 MHz, 36, 43, 50
- – 1800 MHz, 27
- Symbian OS, 18, 25
- TV, 6, 33, 47
- – IPTV, 33
- W-LAN, 30
- Web Services, 14, 16
- Widgets, 9, 14, 18
- Windows, 10, 12, 25, 47
- – Windows Mobile, 10, 12, 25
Telecom Egypt, 6, 41-42
Telecom Italia, 17, 28
- Telecom Italia Mobile, 17
Telecom New Zealand, 47-48
Telecommunication de Mozambique (TDM Group)
- Mozambique Cellular (mCel), 52
Teleena, 33
Telefónica Group, 6, 14-15, 17-18, 26, 33, 35-36
- Telefónica España, 14-15, 33
- Telefónica Europe (O2)
- – Czech Republic, 15
- – Germany, 17, 26, 33
- – Ireland, 15
- – UK, 6, 15, 26, 35-36
Telenor ASA, 7, 25, 41-42
- AeroMobile (see also seperarate and Carlyle/ARINC listings), 41
- Telenor Sverige AB (Vodafone Sweden), 15
- Total Access Communication PLC (dtac), 7
- VimpelCom (see also Alfa/separate), 42
TeliaSonera
- Turkcell (see also Alfa/Curkurova/seperate), 5-6, 16
Telkom Kenya Ltd (Orange Kenya), 45
Telmap, 9
Tiscali, 28
Trio, 43
Turkcell, 5-6, 16
Twitter, Inc., 14, 21
U
Unilever, 7
United Nations, 15
United States Cellular Corp. (US Cellular), 10
V
Verizon Communications, 5-6, 10-12, 16, 21-25, 31
- Killian, John, 6, 12
- Seidenberg, Ivan, 6, 11
- Verizon Wireless, 5-6, 10-12, 21-25, 31
- – Droid, 10-11, 24
- – McAdam, Lowell, 11-12
- – Mead, Daniel, 11
- – Stratton, John, 11
- – TALKS, 6, 21-23
- Vodafone Omnitel, 12, 28, 30, 32-33
VimpelCom, 42
ViryaNet, Inc., 36
Visa, 31
Vivendi, 5-6, 9, 33, 37
- SFR (Société Française de Radiotéléphone), 5, 33, 37
Vodacom Group, 8, 12, 20-21, 24, 50-52
- Congo (DRC), 8
- Gateway Communications, 8
- The GRID, 51
- Group, 12, 52
- Joosub, Shameel, 50
- Mozambique, 51-52
- South Africa, 12, 20-21, 24, 50-52
- Tanzania, 8, 51-52
- Taylor, Mark, 52
- Vodacom Business, 51
- Vodacom Ventures, 50
Vodafone Group
- Africa, Middle East, and Asia Pacific Region (AMAP)
- – Africa, 4, 6-8, 12, 15-16, 19-21, 24, 39, 43, 46, 49-52
- – Australia, 5-6, 16, 15-16, 39, 41, 51
- – - VHA Pty. Ltd (see also Hutchison Whampoa), 16, 39, 41
- – Congo, 8
- – Egypt, 6, 21, 37, 41-42, 41-42, 41-42, 41-42, 50
- – - Vodafone International Services, 37
- – Fiji, 6, 51-52
- – Ghana, 7-8, 24, 30, 42-43
- – India, 5-8, 11-12, 14-17, 24, 26, 31, 37, 43-44, 43-44
- – - Indus Towers, 8, 43
- – Kenya (see also Safaricom), 8, 12, 21, 44-47, 50, 52
- – Middle East, 7, 12, 39
- – Mozambique, 51-52
- – New Zealand, 6, 15-16, 19, 24-25, 47-49
- – - First Mobile (New Zealand), 25
- – Pacific, 6, 12, 16
- – Qatar (see also Vodafone and Qatar Foundation and Vodafone Qatar), 16, 19, 24-25, 30, 36
- – South Africa (see also Vodacom), 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 19-21, 24, 49-52, 51-52
- Asia Pacific & Middle East Region (APME, see successor regions), 12
- Europe Region
- – Czech Republic, 15, 26
- – Germany, 4, 17, 24, 26-28, 31-33, 37
- – Greece, 19, 27
- – Hungary, 24, 27
- – Ireland, 15, 27-28, 33, 38
- – Italy, 4, 12, 28, 30, 32-33
- – Malta, 21, 27, 30
- – Netherlands, 26-27, 31-33
- – Portugal, 7, 28, 32-33
- – Romania, 23, 27, 31-32, 36
- – Spain, 15, 19-20, 23, 25, 28, 31-33
- – Sweden, 15
- – Turkey, 6, 11, 24-25, 33-34
- – - Borusan Telekom, 34
- – UK, 4, 6-7, 11, 15, 19-20, 23, 25, 26, 32-38, 42
- Ex-executives
- – Correa, Steve, 15
- – Davies, Mike, 16
- – Erixon, David, 15
- – Reeves, Andy, 16
- – Sarin, Arun, 14
- – Windle, Alex, 15
- Executives
- – Alamouti, Siavash, 22
- – Baird, Tony, 48
- – Becker, Wendy, 4, 14
- – Bertoluzzo, Paolo, 12
- – Bond, Sir John, 34
- – Brearley, Matthew, 37
- – Colao, Vittorio, 5-6, 14, 17-18, 21, 34-35
- – Davies, Andrew, 11-12
- – Harper, Alan, 42
- – Jeffery, Nick, 16
- – Kelly, Peter, 35
- – Knook, Pieter, 14
- – Lacor, Philip, 32
- – Laurence, Guy, 34-35
- – Lundal, Morten, 12, 14
- – Read, Nick, 12
- – Schellekens, Ronald, 12
- – Snow, Richard (Goldman Sachs secondee), 12
- – Stanners, Russell, 48
- – Timuray, Serpil, 34
- – Townsend, John, 11-12
- – Tunnicliffe, Ken, 16
- – Whitehill, Kyle, 43
- Group, 4-6, 9, 11-12, 14-23, 26-27, 30-31, 34, 37, 41-44, 46
- – Headquarters, 15-16, 20, 37
- – Investments & Associates, 5-6, 8-12, 21-25, 31
- – - Americas (see also Verizon Wireless), 5-6, 10-12, 15-16, 21-23, 22-25, 31
- – - China (see also China Mobile), 4-5, 16, 20-21
- – - France (see also Vivendi/SFR), 5-6, 9, 33, 37
- – - Japan, 11, 19, 31
- – - Poland (see also Polkomtel), 5-6, 8-9, 31
- – Marketing, 4, 6-7, 15, 19-20, 26-28, 31, 35, 51
- – - Group Marketing, 4
- – - Vizzavi (Vodafone live!), 33
- – - Vodafone Internet Services (VIS), 14-15, 17, 32-33
- – - Vodafone Mobile Clicks, 7
- – - Wayfinder Systems, 14
- – Partner Markets, 7, 17, 21, 35
- – - Caribbean (Digicel), 17
- – - Chile (Entel), 17
- – - Japan (SoftBank), 11, 19, 31
- – - Malaysia (Celcom), 7
- – - Sri Lanka (Dialog), 9
- – - Sweden (Telenor), 25
- – - Thailand (dtac), 7
- – - United Arab Emirates (du), 7
- – R&D, 14, 18, 20-22, 31
- – - Joint Innovation Lab (with China Mobile, SoftBank Corp., and Verizon Wireless), 14, 18
- – Strategy, 6, 14-16, 20, 27-28, 33-34
- – - One Vodafone, 12
- – - Total Communications, 6, 9, 28, 33
- – Vodafone Foundation, 15, 22
- – - Americas, 15
- – - – Wireless Innovation Project, 15
- – Vodafone Global Enterprise, 5, 12, 15-17, 19
- – - mHealth, 15
- Products and services
- – 360, 14, 36
- – Anytime, 48
- – Business, 20
- – Casa, 33
- – Europe, 26
- – Family, 16, 21, 23-24
- – Freedom, 14
- – International (UK), 37
- – Internet Plus, 25
- – Mobile Broadband, 48, 50
- – Mobile Email, 11
- – Mobile Internet (UK), 25, 27
- – MobileTV, 47
- – Money Transfer, 19, 52
- – MyWeb, 15
- – Navigator, 9
- – Night Radio, 43
- – OneNet, 32, 34
- – Red, 30
- – Red Alert, 30
- – SIM Only (UK), 37
- – Station (Italy), 30
- – Telecoms Management, 5
- – - BlackBerry, 6-7, 9, 12, 21, 23-25, 28
- – - Vodafone 135, 45
- – Vodafone TV, 33
Vodafone Qatar Q.S.C., 24, 30
Volánbusz, 27
W
WDSGlobal, 39
Weather Investments
- Orascom Telecom, 5, 27-28, 41-42
- – Mobinil (see also FT, seperate), 42
- – WIND Hellas, 27
- – Wind Telecomunicazioni, 28
Western Europe
- Channel Islands, 38
- France, 5-6, 9, 14, 16, 18, 33, 37, 45
- – Autorite de Regulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes (ARCEP), 9
- Germany, 4, 17, 24, 26-28, 31-33, 37
- Greece, 19, 27
- – Government, 27
- – Hellenic Telecoms and Post Commission (EETT), 27
- Ireland, 15, 27-28, 33, 38
- – Government, 15, 33
- Italy, 4, 12, 28, 30, 32-33
- – Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM), 28
- Luxembourg, 30
- Malta, 21, 27, 30
- Netherlands, 7, 26-27, 31-33
- – Government, 31-32
- – Tweede Kamer, 32
- Portugal, 7, 28, 32-33
- Spain, 7, 15, 17, 19-20, 23, 25, 28, 31-33
- Sweden, 15, 26
- Turkey, 6, 11, 25, 34
- United Kingdom (UK), 4, 6-7, 11, 15, 19-20, 23, 25, 26, 32-38, 42
- – Competition Appeal Tribunal, 36
- – Government, 15, 33-34, 42
- – Legal, 38
- – Mayor of London’s Office, 34
- – Office of Communications (Ofcom), 36
- – Office of the Information Commissioner, 38
WPP, 20, 28
- Partners, The, 28
- TNS, 20
Wyplay, 33
X
Xintec S.A., 30
Y
Yahoo!, 47
Z
Zain Group
- OpCos (Zain/Celtel/MTC)
- – Africa, 8
- – Iraq, 16
- – Kenya, 8
ZTE Corporation, 9
About Vodafonewatch
Report: #86
Covering: September/October 2010
Published: October 2010
Next report: November 2010
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