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5G needs a “new mindset” towards Internet rules, telcos warn
Carriers have kicked off the world’s biggest mobile phone tradeshow with calls for an “investment friendly framework” to fund rollouts of next-gen 5G network technology and level the
SoftBank leads a $120 million round for insurance startup Lemonade
SoftBank's Vision Fund has finally made a good tech investment around real estate. After investing $4.4 billion in what is essentially a bespoke office space rental business (WeWork) and another $450
Safaricom launches innovation center to move beyond M-Pesa
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India’s OYO snags $10M strategic investment from hotel giant China Lodging
Indian budget hotel startup OYO pulled in a big $250 million round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund last week, but now it has topped that money up with a $10 million strategic investment from multi
Budget hotel network pioneer OYO raises $250M led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund
India-based OYO, a startup that pioneered and popularized the concept of budget hotel networks, has closed $250 million in new funding led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund. The startup was founded in 2
A running list of every company backed by the $93B SoftBank Vision Fund
When SoftBank announced the first close of its $93 billion Vision Fund back in May, it was hard to understand how the company would even manage to deploy so much capital in an already saturated ecosys
India’s top mobile operator Airtel is buying smaller rival Telenor India
Less than a month after Vodafone confirmed it is in talks to merge with Idea Cellular and create India’s largest mobile operator, one piece of M&A has been confirmed in that space. Bharti
Vodafone is in talks to merge with Idea and create India’s largest telco
Vodafone has confirmed that it is in discussions over a merger deal that could create India’s largest telecom operator. In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, the telecom giant said it i
Convergence crosses the pond
Imagine a world where you buy mobile phone, data, voice and television services from a single provider. A world where you don't worry about running out of wireless minutes, exceeding text message limi
Africa Roundup: Zuckerberg’s visit, IBM’s new research center
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Vodafone Publishes Highly Detailed Report Into State Surveillance Requests
Carrier Vodafone has published a report detailing the surveillance demands that were made on its users by government agencies and authorities in 29 of the different countries around the world in which
U.K. 4G Choice Ramps Up, As Vodafone Follows O2 With August 29 4G/LTE Launch
After U.K. carrier O2's announcement last week that it plans to launch a 4G/LTE network on August 29, Vodafone has confirmed it plans to launch its own LTE network on the same day -- albeit, the netwo
Verizon Reportedly Preparing $100B Bid For Vodafone’s Verizon Wireless Stake
Verizon Communications is preparing a $100 billion cash and stock bid to take full control of Verizon Wireless from Vodafone Group, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/25/u
Updated: Vodafone BlackBerry Users In Europe, Middle East And Africa Hit By Email Outage Caused By Vodafone Router Error
BlackBerry users on the Vodafone network in Europe, the Middle East and Africa have not been receiving emails today as RIM's network suffers another outage. Early this morning Reuters reported that em
EU Gives ‘Unconditional’ Clearance For UK Mobile Payment JV From Vodafone, O2 And Everything Everywhere
A mobile payment joint venture from the UK's biggest carriers, first announced <a target="_blank" href="http://paidcontent.org/2011/06/16/419-o2-vodafone-everything-everywhere-team-up-for-m-payment-p
Vodafone Buys Cable & Wireless For $1.7B, Gives Mobile Carrier Bigger Window On Enterprise, Broadband
Big news from the UK this morning: <a href="http://www.vodafone.com">Vodafone</a>, one of Europe's biggest mobile operators, has made a formal offer to buy up the assets of <a href="http://www.cw.com"
Vodafone and Canonical Release a Webbook in South Africa
Vodaphone and Canonical today announced the Vodacom "Webbook", the fruit of a joint effort to develop a low-cost mobile computing solution for South Africa. Most of the specs are about what you'd expe
Vodafone Launches Their First Silicon Valley R&D/Investment Center
Vodafone. It's a brand that most folks here in the states would, at first pass, almost certainly chalk up as "that one European company that puts their name on a bunch of <s>football</s> soccer jersey
Vivendi's $11.5B acquisition of Vodafone's 44% stake in SFR approved by EC
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The European Commission yesterday granted French entertainment and telecommunication services conglomerate <
Vodafone Releases Webbox $100 Web-Surfing Keyboard For Emerging Markets
Emerging markets need the Internet. Whether they’re looking up commodity prices or contacting loved ones overseas, users in developing countries like South Africa and Ghana need a way to get onl