Vodafone names former rival as new head of Japanese unit
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British mobile phone operator Vodafone said it has brought in an executive from Japanese rival NTT DoCoMo to head up its struggling Japanese unit, Vodafone K.K.
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Nokia (NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday the head of its networks unit had resigned and another top networks executive left, in the second major shake-up
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Dell has hired the former head of Motorola's cell phone division to head its new global consumer division beginning on Monday. Ron Garriques will resign immediately from the cell phone manufacturer.
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Vodafone says some UK users have been temporarily cut off after a text message service upgrade went wrong.
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Vodafone Group PLC launched high-speed Internet services for mobile phones across much of Europe on Wednesday, ending a wait of several years since the world's biggest cell phone company spent billions for new wireless licenses at the height of the technology bubble.
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Vodafone finally launched its long awaited third-generation (3G) mobile phone services yesterday, prompting rival 3 to immediately dismiss them as a threat.
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TOKYO,  - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has appointed new party executives to his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), hours ahead of an expected cabinet reshuffle aimed at pushing a reform package.
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(InfoWorld) - The former head of LG's Korean mobile carrier, LG Telecom, will become the new chief executive officer of LG Electronics, the company said Monday. The appointment of Yong Nam will be effective from Jan. 1, 2007, and will give him control of a vast consumer electronics company that ranks among the world's largest manufacturers of mobile phone handsets, televisions, and air conditioners. Through its stake in LG.Philips LCD Co., the company is also a major producer of LCD (liquid crystal display) panels. Nam is currently head of strategic business at LG Corp. and led LG Telecom from October 1998 to May this year. Prior to those positions he has also served as president of LG's former multimedia division. LG Electronics also promoted Simon Kang from head of Korea sales and marketing to CEO of its digital display division and Skott Ahn from head of mobile handset research and development to CEO of its entire mobile communications division. The company also appointed Dominique Oh to head of European mobile communications and John Herington and Eric Surdej as the marketing heads of the U.S. and France divisions, respectively.
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Japan's Softbank Corp. announced a new line-up of cellphone handsets as well as free mobile access to Yahoo web content as it prepares to relaunch the acquired Vodafone business here this weekend.
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New European Chief Executive is company vet Vodafone have appointed Vittorio Colao as its new Chief Executive for Europe.â¦
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Global mobile provider Vodafone began using its own name across India Friday following its purchase of an Indian firm, rolling out what the company called one of the world&#39;s biggest rebrandings.
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Vodafone appoints its second head of Japanese operations in two months as the business continues to struggle.
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TeliaSonera, the Nordic regionâs largest telecommunications operator, pushed its chief executive, Anders Igel, left, from his post, saying it wanted to make room for a more growth-oriented leader. Mr. Igel will leave on July 31 and will be succeeded temporarily by Kim Ignatius, the chief financial officer. The company said the decision was made at a board meeting a day earlier, where members concluded that TeliaSonera was entering a new phase and would benefit from a leader who could raise its âspirit and commercial drive.â.
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Britain's Vodafone Group Plc   will outsource application development and maintenance services  globally to U.S.-based tech firms EDS  and IBM ,  the mobile phone giant said on Thursday.
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Nokia NOK1V.HE said on Friday the  head of its networks unit had resigned and another top networks  executive left, in the second major shake-up of top management  in two weeks at the world's top mobile phone maker.
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(InfoWorld) - Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB has selected Hideki Komiyama to succeed Miles Flint as CEO of the Japanese-Swedish joint venture, the company said Tuesday. Komiyama will take over the helm of the mobile phone manufacturer on Nov. 1. He is currently a chairman of the board of Sony Electronics Inc. and executive vice president of electronics marketing and sales strategies at Sony Corp. Flint, who has been with Sony for nearly 17 years, has served as CEO of Sony Ericsson since June 2004. He will remain an executive advisor to Komiyama until the end of the year. Under Flint, Sony Ericsson introduced the Walkman music phone and the Cybershot camera phones, which helped the company establish a position in the market for high-end handsets. The company said Flint is leaving to pursue new personal and business opportunities. Sony Ericsson is the world's fourth-largest maker of mobile phones, after Finland's Nokia Corp., South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Motorola Inc. of the U.S.
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The former head of LG's Korean mobile carrier, LG Telecom, will become the new chief executive officer of LG Electronics, the company said Monday.