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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Vodafone is currently in expansion mode in India. According to a Wall Street Journal report
Vodafone is planning Joint Venture to speed Indian Expansion.
Theres a lot of rivalry between telecom operators in India but when it comes to cutting costs they seem to be joining hands. Setting up towers is a very costly deal for the [...]

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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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The Hutch pug and the Hutch pink will soon not be seen on Indian screens and hoardings as Vodafone is going to roll out its Global branding in India from September.
Arun Sarin, CEO of Vodafone will unleash the Vodafone logo later this week in India
Vodafone has made bulk bookings on Star and Sony Television for [...]

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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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The Government has alloted low power 3G spectrum to MTNL, BSNL, Hutch and Bharti for testing.TRAI will finalize pricing and allocation details by end of this month.Sources say that 3G spectrum allocation will be made available for less than a month. Strength of spectrum allocation will be 1,000 times less than the actual 3G spectrum.
TATA [...]

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