Vodafone wins Hutch Essar, valuing it at $19 bln
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BARCELONA/MUMBAI  - Britain's Vodafone Group Plc  has won the battle for a controlling stake in Hutchison Essar with a bid that values India's fourth-biggest mobile firm at around $19 billion, including debt.
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Wireless telecommunications company  Vodafone Group Plc  has been considering a $160 billion  takeover bid for Verizon Communications Inc. , the  Financial Times reported on Monday on its Alphaville Web site.
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VODAFONE posted what chief executive Arun Sarin described as &quot;a robust set of half year results&quot; on Tuesday. * Group turnover of Â£16.8 billion.
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InfoWorld - India&#39;s Essar Group will remain as a key shareholder in Indian mobile services provider Hutchison Essar, but will likely negotiate stronger minority shareholder rights with Vodafone Group, which Sunday announced it was&#160;acquiring a controlling 67 percent stake&#160;in the company.
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Vodafone recovered from early weakness to close higher Monday amid talk that it could land an exclusive deal to sell Apple&#39;s iPhone in Europe.
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US telecoms firm Verizon is reported to have won the backing of mobile partner Vodafone for a bid for US rival Sprint.
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Vodafone reports a Â£14.9bn loss - a record for a UK firm - after writing down the value of assets.
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Telkom South Africa may sell the rest of a mobile-phone venture, the nationâs biggest, to Vodafone Group and dispose of its fixed-line unit to the MTN Group. Telkom South Africa said in a statement that it was in talks with Vodafone and MTN over âmobile strategy.â Telkom, which has a market value of about 103.4 billion rand ($14.4 billion), declined to give details. MTN and Vodafone confirmed the discussions in separate statements. The sales would effectively dismantle what was until last year a monopoly over fixed-line phone services in South Africa. They also would give the government an exit from its investment in Telkom. South Africa owns about 38 percent of the company.
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Britain's Vodafone Group PLC has agreed to buy a 67 percent controlling interest in Hutchison Essar Ltd., one of India's leading cell phone companies, for $11.1 billion, Vodafone said in a statement Sunday.
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By agreeing to pay $11.1 billion for a majority stake in Hutchison Essar, Vodafone of Britain faces the challenge of running the fast-growing Indian cellphone business with the cost discipline that is custom in that country.
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Well, it looks like things are getting a bit more interesting regarding the Sprint/Nextel deal. It seems that Vodafone, which owns 45% of Verizon Wireless in the US, is supporting a move by Verizon to potentially buy Sprint PCS.
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HONG KONG/BARCELONA  - Shares in Vodafone are expected to open higher on Monday after it beat rival suitors with an $11.1 billion bid for a controlling stake in Hutchison Essar, India's fourth-biggest mobile phone firm.
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LONDON -- Britain's Vodafone Group PLC has agreed to buy a 67 percent controlling interest in Hutchison Essar Ltd., one of India's leading cellphone companies, for $11.1 billion, Vodafone said yesterday.
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The misinformation and confusion over whether or not the US mobile phone company Verizon Wireless, part owned by Vodafone, is going to muscle in on the $35bn (Â£18bn) merger of rivals Sprint and Nextel continued yesterday with hedge funds playing both
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Swisscom  has agreed to repurchase a 25 percent stake in Swisscom Mobile from British mobile phone company Vodafone  for 4.25 billion Swiss francs ($3.48 billion), in a long-awaited deal.
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British mobile phone giant Vodafone, grappling with intense competition in Europe, tapped into the booming Indian economy after winning control of Hutchison Essar for 11.1 billion dollars.
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Vodafone  shares  climbed on Monday after the British mobile phone giant beat  rival suitors with an $11.1 billion bid for a controlling stake  in Hutchison Essar, India's fourth-biggest cellphone firm.