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Vice-chairman of the recently renamed mobile service provider Vodafone-Essar and CEO of UK-based Vodafone Group, Arun Sarin, addresses the media after arriving in the city Friday evening. Flanked by Vodafone-Essar’s chairman Ravi Ruia, Sarin said that his firm is seeking more spectrum to meet...

It’s official now. Along side the Nokias, Samsungs, Motorolas and Sony Ericssons there’ll be a new mass cellphone brand in India - Vodafone! Vodafone Essar, which will spend nearly Rs 250 crore on a high-profile brand transition from Hutch to Vodafone being unveiled on Thursday, is poised to...

Vodafone, the world's second-biggest mobile operator in terms of customers, said it added 9.1 million subscribers in three months ended June – including nearly one-third from India where it entered through a 10.9 billion dollar acquisition of Hutch-Essar. In its first quarter of the current...

Having constituted a new Board to administer India's third-largest mobile firm Hutch-Essar, Vodafone said it would invest two billion dollars in the country this year for expanding its business. "The meeting was excellent... we will invest two billion dollar this year in India," Vodafone CEO...

NEW DELHI: Vodafone Essar (earlier Hutch Essar) has moved up to the No 2 rank in the global systems for mobile communications (GSM) category, according to the latest subscriber numbers. So far, it was the third-largest GSM operator, after Bharti Airtel and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)...

LONDON, MAY 29: British giant Vodafone's plans to invest one billion pounds (over Rs 8,000 crore) in India this year is nearly one-fifth of its global expenditure, reflecting the importance the world's largest mobile player attaches to expand in the fastest-growing telecom market. Vodafone...

British mobile giant Vodafone's two nominees on the Board of Bharti Airtel have resigned following its takeover of Hutch-Essar and stake sale in the Sunil Mittal-led company. Bharti Airtel chairman and managing director Sunil Mittal informed about the decision at a CII meeting. He said that...

British giant Vodafone and Indian conglomerate Essar group reached an agreement on Thursday for jointly running India's fourth largest mobile firm -- Hutch-Essar, which would be rechristened Vodafone Essar. The two companies said in a joint statement that they have agreed on partnership terms...

New Delhi: The long-drawn ‘bid battle’ for Hutch-Essar finally came to an end on Sunday as UK telecom giant Vodafone acquired India's fourth largest mobile venture for an estimated enterprise value of US $19 billion (Rs 85,000 crores). Essar welcomed the offer and said it is indeed “good...

LONDON: Vodafone and a consortium of private equity funds led by the Texas Pacific Group (TPG) have forged ahead in talks for acquiring Hutchison Telecom International Ltd’s (HTIL’s) 67% stake in India’s fourth largest mobile operator, Hutchison Essar, sources close to HTIL said on Sunday. This...