Tag Archives: Vodafone

Mobile Miscellany: week of May 13th, 2013

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If you didn’t get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we’ve opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This week brought a new handset from Sony to the US and UK, updates to Nokia Creative Suite and three new (and very inexp…


Reuters: Verizon lining up $100 billion bid to buy out Vodafone’s share of VZW

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Word that Verizon would like to buy out Vodafone’s 45 percent share of Verizon Wireless is hardly new, but Reuters reports it may finally be financially ready to take that step. According to unnamed sources, it’s hired bank and legal advisers to p…


Virgin Media outlines Galaxy S 4 pricing, starts at £31 per month with £99 down

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We’ve seen a few UK carriers show their cards ahead of the Galaxy S 4 launch this weekend, but MVNO Virgin Media has been slightly coy with details compared to bigger peers like EE and Vodafone. Better late than never, we suppose: the provider has…


Refresh Roundup: week of April 15th, 2013

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Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy f…


Huawei G510 heads to Vodafone UK, puts Jelly Bean on a budget

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Huawei’s G510 isn’t what you’d call a screamer. In fact, the handset’s more of what the Chinese market refers to as a “1,000 yuan” phone, or as we so benignly call it: a budget device. Formerly available in Asia-only, the G510′s now making the trek t…


Vodafone launching 4G services in Australia from June

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In the race to bring 4G services to Australia, Vodafone’s been the sweaty kid with the stitch for far too long. Fortunately, the puppy fat seems to be shedding, as the company has announced it’ll finally launch its own LTE in June. The bulk of the ne…


O2 customers get free pass on Virgin Media’s tube WiFi, last 12 stations go online this week

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Unless you’re a Virgin Media, EE or Vodafone customer, you’ve either been shelling out for subterranean internet, or bid the London Underground’s WiFi network a solemn farewell when free access ended in January. If you’re with O2, however, your free …


Could AT&T and Verizon team up to buy Vodafone?

This latest acquisition rumor concerning the fate of Vodafone and Verizon is a doozy. While it was initially believed that Vodafone would sell back its 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless to the carrier’s parent company, the deal could go the other way with the help of a surprising partner. According to a report from [...]


Verizon reportedly looking to ‘resolve’ relationship with Vodafone this year

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Verizon is reportedly looking “resolve” its relationship with Vodafone, its European counterpart that holds a 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless. According to Bloomberg, Verizon hopes to either end its relationship with Vodafone or …


Intel’s creepy face-tracking takes cues from ‘Minority Report’ ads (hands-on)

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Face and eye tracking is slowly turning into a reality that could make it into malls and stores in the near future. At Mobile World Congress this week, Vodafone is demonstrating a vision of that reality in the form of an Intel…