Vodafone UK have today announced that their 4G Roaming network is now available in 17 additional countries around the world. The new countries brings the total included in the superfast roaming network up to 40 countries and makes Vodafone the largest 4G Roaming network in Europe. Continue reading “Vodafone UK’s 4G Roaming expanded to 17 more countries”
O2’s Chief Executive Officer, Ronan Dunne, has claimed that reports of a takeover of the operator by rival Three UK is unlikely. Earlier this week, reports surfaced that Three could join both BT and Vodafone in eyeing up either EE or O2 for an acquisition but O2’s CEO says that a Three takeover is the least likely of all scenarios. Continue reading “O2 CEO: Three takeover is unlikely”
Vodafone Ireland has begun rolling out its next-generation 4G+ LTE-Advanced network in Waterford City with further plans to roll out the service in the cities of Cork, Dublin and Limerick by the end of December. The 4G+ technology offers theoretical speeds of up to 300Mbps with actual real world speeds approaching up to 150 Mbps on the go. Continue reading “Vodafone Ireland launches 4G+ (LTE Advanced)”
Vodafone could be set to increase the convergence of communications providers in the EU with a blockbuster takeover of Virgin Media owner Liberty Global in a deal worth a reported £80 billion. Following BT’s pursuit of O2 and EE in the UK, Vodafone have been eyeing a major ISP in response and the acquisition of/merger with Liberty Global would represent a real challenge to BT’s supposed dominance (once their deal completes). Continue reading “Vodafone could acquire Virgin Media owner Liberty Global in £80bn deal”
Vodafone is reportedly in talks with Sky to base its upcoming TV service around the broadcaster’s internet streaming set-top box service, Now TV. The deal is likely to result in further enhanced collaboration between the two companies and add further fuel to the rumours that Sky will launch its own mobile network based on Vodafone’s network. Continue reading “Vodafone could bundle Now TV with its Broadband”
TalkTalk has announced that it is dropping its partnership with Vodafone in favour of a similar deal with O2’s parent company Telefonica. In an announcement, TalkTalk said that the deal will allow it to access O2’s 2G, 3G and 4G network and the change represents a blow for Vodafone as the telecoms operator war rises another few degrees. Continue reading “TalkTalk drops Vodafone for O2 4G”
EE may have just launched their own fixed broadband and TV service in the UK but chief rival Vodafone is close behind. Whilst talking about the Group’s fixed service income, Vodafone Group CEO Vittorio Colao noted that the company was set to launch its own residential broadband and TV service in the UK in Spring 2015.
Continue reading “Vodafone to launch UK broadband and TV services next Spring”
Vodafone UK have added Sky’s NOW TV service to the list of content that Vodafone 4G customers can opt for as part of their contract. NOW TV will join Spotify, Sky Sports Mobile TV and Netflix as options available to customers in the UK.
Continue reading “Vodafone UK bundles NOW TV with 4G contracts”
You know the feeling – where you’re in an unfamiliar area with nothing but your mobile device for guidance and you’re in a mobile ‘black spot’. The term refers to an area where there is absolutely zero coverage on a particular mobile network and this long-standing problem (especially in rural areas of the UK) could soon be a thing of the past.
Continue reading “UK government could introduce law to fix mobile ‘black spots’”
Let the rumour mill begin yet again as Sky is reportedly nearing a trial launch of its own mobile network in partnership with UK operator Vodafone.
Continue reading “Sky could launch mobile network in partnership with Vodafone in the UK”
Vodafone has teamed up with Bharat BPO to facilitate railway ticket booking via M-Pesa. Bharat BPO is the official Rail Sampark partner of Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) .
Continue reading “Vodafone M-Pesa users can now book railway tickets”
Vodafone India has launched Vodafone R206Z, that company’s latest 3G Mobile Wi-Fi dongle that offers data transfer speed of up to 21.1 Mbps. It lets you share the connection with up to 10 users through Wi-Fi, has microSD card support up to 32GB. Continue reading “Vodafone R206Z 3G Mobile Wi-Fi dongle launched for Rs. 2399”
Vodafone India has launched Vodafone Tuesdays, a new offer for its customers in Delhi-NCR region. This lets Vodafone customers in the region enjoy buy one get one offer from some exciting brands every Tuesday. This ranges from restaurants, salons and entertainment theme parks. Vodafone has tied-up with Costa Coffee, Pizza Hut, Geetanjali Salon, Vaango, Mad Over Donuts, Bikanerwala, World of Wonders & Splash Water Park for this offer. Continue reading “Vodafone Tuesdays Buy one Get One Free offer launched in Delhi & NCR”
Vodafone India has launched Vodafone RED, all-in-one plans exclusively for its postpaid retail and enterprise customers. This eliminates the need for multiple rentals for voice and data, since it comes with voice, data and SMS benefits. The Vodafone RED plans are available starting from Rs. 499 and the Vodafone RED4Business plans are available from Rs. 666. The Vodafone RED4Business is segmented into two user groups of IOIP (Individual Owned Individual Paid) and COCP (Corporate Owned Corporate Paid). Benefits vary depending on the plan. Check out the details below. Continue reading “Vodafone RED postpaid all-in-one plans with voice, data and SMS launched”
Micromax has partnered with Vodafone India to launch Canvas Knight with 2GB of free data for customers not active on a data pack. The pack would be activated in 48 hours on first Vodafone SIM inserted in the Canvas Knight before October 31, 2014. This offer would be extended to a wider portfolio of Micromax devices soon, says the company. Micromax started selling Canvas Knight A350 with Android 4.4 (KitKat) since last month. It is not clear when current Canvas Knight users would get the Kitkat update. Continue reading “Micromax teams up with Vodafone to offer 2GB of free data with Canvas Knight”
