Vodafone Investor Group Seeks Board Revamp
21st Jul 2010 13:49
LONDON (Dow Jones)--An investor group is calling for a revamp of Vodafone Group PLC's (VOD) board due to concerns about the mobile giant's strategy and track record on acquisitions. Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, or OTPP, which holds a 0.42% stake in the world's biggest mobile-network operator,
Read morePRESS RELEASE: Did You Know? Verizon Wireless Global Data Usage Alerts Help Travelers Monitor Costs Overseas
21st Jul 2010 13:30
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless' Global Data Roaming Usage Alerts help take the surprise out of global roaming. Verizon Wireless helps travelers manage roaming costs by alerting them via text message or e-mail, depending on their device type, when they reach thresho
Read moreFOCUS: For Motorola, Investors, Breaking Up Isn't Hard To Do
21st Jul 2010 12:35
(This article was originally published Tuesday.) By Roger Cheng Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--In the end, activist investor Carl Icahn got everything he wanted from Motorola Inc. (MOT). On Monday, the Schaumburg, Ill., company said it was selling its telecommunication
Read moreInvestor To Call For Vodafone Board Shakeup - FT
21st Jul 2010 11:00
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, which has a 0.42% stake in Vodafone PLC (VOD), will vote against the re-election of John Bond as Vodafone's chairman at its annual meeting Tuesday because of concerns about its "strategic weaknesses" and "disastrous" acquisitions record, the Financ
Read moreVodafone:Ericsson,Huawei Partners To Develop German 4G Network
21st Jul 2010 10:58
DUESSELDORF (Dow Jones)--Vodafone PLC's (VOD) German unit Wednesday said Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson (ERIC) and Huawei Technologies Co. are technology partners to develop its fourth generation long term evolution, or LTE, network in Europe's largest economy. Vodafone didn't provide financial detail
Read morePoland PGE CEO: Polkomtel Sale Likely To Start In 3Q
21st Jul 2010 08:37
WARSAW (Dow Jones)--Polish shareholders in mobile operator Polkomtel SA will be ready to start the sale process in the third quarter, Tomasz Zadroga, the chief executive of Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (PGE.WA), one of the shareholders in question, said Wednesday in a live interview for TVN CNBC Biz
Read moreUK Government Urged To Lay Basis For Low-Carbon Growth -FT
21st Jul 2010 07:45
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Business leaders from some of the U.K.'s leading companies have backed the government's drive to persuade the European Union to adopt tougher measures to cut carbon emissions, the Financial Times reports Wednesday. The chairmen and chief executives from 27 companies, includin
Read moreFOCUS: For Motorola, Investors, Breaking Up Isn't Hard To Do
21st Jul 2010 06:29
This story was originally published on Tuesday By Roger Cheng Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--In the end, activist investor Carl Icahn got everything he wanted from Motorola Inc. (MOT). On Monday, the Schaumburg, Ill., company said it was selling its telecommunications-eq
Read moreLightSquared's Upstart Network Takes Form, But Faces Hurdles
20th Jul 2010 18:30
By Roger Cheng Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Hedge fund manager Philip Falcone's ambition to create an upstart high-speed wireless network is slowly taking form. The newly formed venture--backed by Harbinger Capital Partners--has a name in LightSquared, a veteran managemen
Read moreLondon close: Flat finish for FTSE 100
20th Jul 2010 16:42
There was plenty of movement in both directions Tuesday, but Footsie closed just a few points lower. Government spending cuts and their effect on the profits on the big players in the public sector is the day's big story after Cable & Wireless Worldwide warned that the coalition government's emerge
Read moreFOCUS: For Motorola, Investors, Breaking Up Isn't Hard To Do
20th Jul 2010 16:00
By Roger Cheng Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--In the end, activist investor Carl Icahn got everything he wanted from Motorola Inc. (MOT). On Monday, the Schaumburg, Ill., company said it was selling its telecommunications-equipment arm to Nokia Siemens Networks, another ste
Read moreEARNINGS PREVIEW: European Telcos To Continue Improving In 2Q
20th Jul 2010 15:24
By Ruth Bender Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES TAKING THE PULSE: European telecom operators' mobile revenue trends are expected to continue to improve in the second quarter as growth in mobile data could offset declining voice revenue, while fixed telephony operations remain under pressure in many c
Read morePRESS RELEASE: Verizon Wireless Kiosks to Open in All hhgregg Florida Stores
20th Jul 2010 15:15
TAMPA, Fla., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless kiosks will open in all 21 Florida locations of hhgregg, providing customers the latest wireless products, services and other technology within the large appliance and consumer electronics stores. The kiosks will operate like full-service Ver
Read more2nd UPDATE: Nokia Siemens Gets $7 Billion US Network Deal
20th Jul 2010 15:11
(Adds analyst comments.) By Gustav Sandstrom Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Nokia Siemens Networks said Tuesday it won a $7 billion-contract to deploy and maintain a new U.S. mobile broadband network, cementing its presence in the North American market a day after agreeing to buy the majority of
Read moreLondon afternoon: Cautious note from De La Rue
20th Jul 2010 14:25
Footsie lost more ground over the lunch time session with barely a fifth of the blue-chip index's constituents remaining in the red, and many of those are miners. Government spending cuts and their effect on the profits on the big players in the public sector is the day's big story after Cable & Wi
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