Category Archives: Vodafone
Britain’s Three hints at volte-face on 4G rollout
May now bring it forward rather than lose customers
Britain’s fourth biggest mobile operator, Three (3UK), may bring forward its introduction of 4G networks in a bid to counter the headstart gained by rivals. The carrier had originally intended to introduce 4G by the end of 2013, but now CEO, David Dyson, has revealed its customers could have access to the ultra-fast networks by this Summer if thought necessary. Continue reading
Nokia Lumia 925 – Full Technical Specs
The latest addition to Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 powered Lumia range
Launched in London on May 14th 2013 as the follow up to the Nokia Lumia 920. In addition to Europe with Vodafone, the Nokia Lumia 925 will be introduced into the USA by T-Mobile and into China by China Mobile and China Unicom. Sales are expected to start in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and China in June 2013, followed by the USA and a number of other markets. The Nokia Lumia 925 will be priced around €469 before taxes and subsidies. Continue reading
Nokia introduces Nokia Lumia 925
New interpretation of world’s most innovative smartphone captures the best low light images
Press release
May 14th 2013. Nokia has introduced the Nokia Lumia 925 , a new interpretation of its award-winning flagship, the Nokia Lumia 920. TheNokia Lumia 925 introduces a metal design and showcases the latest PureView camera innovation, new features and third party applications coming to the Nokia Lumia range. Continue reading
Vodafone gets unexpected cash boost from stake in joint US venture
Shares poised to rise in London
Vodafone shares are expected to get a fillip when trading opens early today (14th May 2013), after the surprise news from New York last night that it has been handed a £2.1 billion windfall from its stake in joint US venture Verizon Wireless (VZW). The news came too late to impact the British operator’s stock price in London where shares had closed around a half per cent down on the day, settling at 193 pence. Continue reading
Verizon ‘mulling huge bond issue’ as fight to secure Vodafone stake in joint venture rages on
Verizon Communications could issue as much as $20 billion in the international bond market in a single transaction soon, eclipsing even Apple’s huge $17 billion bond sale last week.
That’s the prospect that has analysts salivating, convinced as they are that Verizon is putting together a war chest in its ongoing bid to buy out Vodafone’s stake in their joint venture, Verizon Wireless. Continue reading
Verizon boss hints at dividend drought as he piles the pressure on Vodafone
Verizon Communications CEO Lowell McAdam is again piling the pressure on UK operator Vodafone to sell its 45 per cent in their joint US venture, hinting that there will be no dividend forthcoming this year.
With Verizon Wireless (VZW) proving to be ever more a cash cow as its grows its mobile subscriber base, McAdam has repeatedly acknowledged that he’d like to get his hand on the entire operation either by buying Vodafone’s stake or the British carrier outright. Continue reading
May is month to get your adult web domain
We didn’t even know there was an adult search engine
It’s been brought to GoMo News‘ attention by ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) for online adult entertainment, that new .XXX domain registrations created during May 2013 will be available at discount prices. So, if you were intending to launch an adult mobile web site, now is obviously the time. ICM kindly alerted us to the fact that there is even an adult search engine which we’ve never encountered before. XXX.xxx and Search.xxx point to it. Continue reading
Mocana & VeliQ offer mobile app protection for BYOD
Mocana app security automation added to VeliQ’s mPaaS
In a partnership aimed at protecting mobile apps for BYOD (Bring-Your-Own-Device) installations, Mocana and VeliQ have announced a strategic partnership. They will integrate the Mocana Mobile App Protection (MAP) solution into VeliQ’s mobility Platform as a Service (mPaaS). The objective is to enable enterprise IT managers to secure mobile apps and their data in seconds, without having to write any code. It will be available from VeliQ as the snappily-named ‘Mobi Mobile App Protection by Mocana’, or MAP. The pair claim it will deepen the security offering of the VeliQ cloud-based mobility Platform as a Service (mPaaS) offering. Continue reading
Businesses impacted by poor indoor coverage
GoMo thinks it has something to do with operating frequencies
A study conducted by market research firm YouGov in the USA, Germany, Spain and Britain on behalf of SpiderCloud reveals the extent to which businesses are suffering from poor indoor coverage and capacity. The study finds that businesses in the USA are the most likely to suffer from poor indoor coverage and capacity with 61 per cent of IT decision makers reporting that they struggle with this issue. Whilst in Europe, Germany tops the tables with 50 per cent reporting this issue compared to 43 per cent in Spain and 39 per cent in Britain. Continue reading
Vodafone/Mahindra claim first truly connected car
Rating: Vodafone provides M2M for India’s revolutionary e2o car
Talk about radio controlled cars. This isn’t a model – it is the real thing thanks to Vodafone’s M2M (machine-to-machine) communication service. The UK based operator is providing this capability to recently launched e2o electric vehicle. The e2o is built by Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles, part of the$15.9 billion Mahindra Group. “The e2o is the first and only Indian car, and among the few worldwide, to have telematics based features that enable ‘anytime, anywhere connectivity’ between our customers and their cars,” observed Chetan Maini, founder of Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles. Continue reading
Verizon sets up ‘war council’ in new bid to seize Vodafone’s US stake
Kissing could soon stop
Yet more rumours that Verizon Communications is about to buy out Vodafone’s stake in their joint US venture have surfaced. This time suggesting it has already hired both banking and legal advisers for a possible bid. It’s reckoned the deal could cost Verizon £100 billion though, according to Reuters, if Vodafone doesn’t want to play ball then the bid could turn hostile rather than being agreed amicably. So far the UK carrier has played coy whenever the subject of selling its 45 per cent stake in Verizon Wireless surfaces, with Vodafone claiming it doesn’t need the cash for its own expansion ambitions. Continue reading
BT hunts new mobile partner in wake of £200m 4G splurge
Former subsidiary O2 could even be in the frame
BT‘s surprise entrance in Britain’s recent 4G auction may have had a hidden agenda, it has emerged, with news that it wants to team up with a mobile partner in a renewed drive into the sector. What’s more it may even join forces with O2, the operator it sold to Spain’s Telefónica 12 years ago. When Ofcom put the super-fast spectrum up for sale earlier this year [2013], BT paid almost £200 million for its chunk of the airwaves, bidding aggressively and ending up with more than it needed to boost just its Wi-fi coverage. Continue reading
New pressure on Vodafone to sell stake in joint US venture
Partner Verizon says deal could be structured to avoid huge tax bill
The cat-and-mouse game between Vodafone and Verizon Communications over their joint US venture has taken another twist, with claims that the British operator will not suffer a huge tax bill if it did sell off its 45 per cent stake. For months speculation has been rife that Vodafone was about to dispose of its lucrative share in Verizon Wireless (VZW), sending the UK firm’s share price soaring. But Vodafone’s CEO, Vittorio Colao, has sought to play down the suggestions that he needs the money to expand elsewhere, claiming that his company has a healthy balance sheet and could invest where and when it wants to. Continue reading
EE promises to raise its 4G speeds to 20 Mbit/s
Rating Has Ofcom handed EE too big an advantage?
Less than six months after it launched the UK’s first 4G mobile service (using 1800 MHz), EE has announced that it intends to double the speed and capacity of its 4G network in Q2-Q3 2013. At present, the average download rate of EE’s 4G service is around 10Mbit/s. The average download rate will therefore rise to around 20Mbit/s in 10 UK cities, starting with Cardiff. Industry reaction to this move has been pretty positive. It does raise the question of why Ofcom gave permission to EE to go ahead with 4G over 18 MHz – handing the Franco/German operator a massive advantage over its Hong Kong; British and Spanish rivals. Continue reading
OpenCloud selected by Vodafone Netherlands to support launch of LTE Services
Rhino deployed by Vodafone Netherlands to ensure continuity of operator services across Legacy and LTE standards
Press release
April 9th 2013. Telecoms software innovator, OpenCloud, has announced that Vodafone Netherlands has chosen its open-standards based Rhino products to support the forthcoming launch of Vodafone’s LTE services. OpenCloud’s support of the deployment of LTE services follows an agreement that was signed in December 2012. OpenCloud will supply Vodafone with its Rhino SIS service-broker/SCIM and Rhino Sentinel to help converge services between legacy GSM and LTE domains in order to ensure continuity of service for all Vodafone’s subscribers regardless of handset capabilities and LTE coverage. Continue reading
