May be being an Indian Himself he knew VodaFone India did terribly poor services and most of the subscribers are an unhappy lot.
Well thats not the reason why Arun is stepping down. Arun Sarin is Old He is 53 which is not quite old if he is working in India. Well Arun Sarin informed that [...]

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I posted about iPhone being launched in India in the month of September 2008. There were lots of speculations about who will be the service provider for this feat. Most of the people including me felt that it would be AirTel and not Vodafone. But now this one comes from the horse’s mouth, according to [...]

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Iphone has finally released their pricing details via their exclusive indian carrier Vodafone. The 8GB model would cost around Rs.15960 and the 16GB model would cost around Rs.19960, both available only on exclusive 2 year contract with Vodafone. No exact details about the launch dates are available as of now.
UPDATE : Checkout our latest post [...]

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The Global Mobile Service Providers starts operations in India, the 2nd largest mobile market in the world. The Vodafone logo is synonymous with the Global Red Branding strategy of Vodafone.

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We had hinted earlier the Hutch might change colors again in What will Vodafone do with Hutch
Looks like Vodafone wants to spread its brand image in India soon. So its going to be the the Battle of the Reds (Vodafone vs Airtel) as Hutch and Airtel are the largest mobile operators in India. Hutch has [...]

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Vodafone Essar will be the new name of the old Hutch venture in India. This move comes after Vodafone’s acquistion of HTIL.
Asim Ghosh, Hutchison Essar’s current chief executive, will be chairman and chief executive officer.
Arun Sarin will be the Vice Chairman.
Ravi Ruia will  non-executive chairman

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Hutch has changed colors since it started operations in India.
I remember seeing Hutch first in the Orange. They then changed to pink and blue.
Now after Vodafone has taken over Hutch , will Hutch move to Red synonymous with India’s other largest telecom provider Airtel.
It would be interesting to see what Vodafone does with Hutch.

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The battle’s finally over ? Atleast IBN Live says so.
The long battle amongst the Telecom biggies for the aquisition of Hutch India might be over.
Vodafone has won the bid for $19 Billion.Essar is happy about the deal and the price. Vodafone is said to have even offered Essar to become a partner firm.
Hutch is expected [...]

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The rumors have started again. Reports suggest that the Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa group is believed to be considering a sale of its telecom business. The sale might include Hutchison Essar as well. Hutch has postponed its IPO in India so many times.
Vodafone has shown interest in taking over Hutchison Essar. Its willing to offer [...]

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Vodafone and Nokia work together to increase the use of S60 as a standard software platform collaboration between Nokia and Vodafone expands the potential market for S60

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