Tag: Vodafone

• Friday, November 30th 2018 - 23:01 UTC

  Macri holds trust-building side meeting with PM May during G-20 Summit

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri Friday held a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May in what turned out to be the first one-on-one encounter between heads of government of the two countries after the 1982 Falklands War.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2013 - 01:00 UTC

  Third largest deal in corporate history: 130bn dollars for 45% stake in Verizon Wireless

  

  Vodafone has sold its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless to US telecoms group Verizon Communications in one of the biggest deals in corporate history. The 130bn dollars deal was announced by Vodafone after the close of trading on the London Stock Exchange.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2012 - 02:39 UTC

  Vodafone Group takes over Cable & Wireless for £ 1.04bn cash

  

  Vodafone Group Plc agreed to acquire Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc for 1.04 billion pounds (1.7 billion dollars) in cash, adding a UK fixed-line network to its mobile-phone system and gaining business customers.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 20:46 UTC

  C&W Worldwide soars 30% after Vodafone said it was interested in takeover

  

  Vodafone Group, the world's largest mobile operator by revenue, is considering a bid for Britain's Cable & Wireless Worldwide, whose fixed-line network could boost bandwidth for its Internet-hungry customers.

• Thursday, February 3rd 2011 - 22:05 UTC

  Vodafone forced to send pro-Mubarak mobile-phone text messages

  

  UK’s Vodafone was ordered to send mobile-phone text messages by the Egyptian government, urging people to confront “traitors and criminals” as demonstrators demanded the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.