SingTel says premature to comment on Vodafone talks
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Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. , Southeast Asia's largest phone firm, said on Thursday it was unsure if Vodafone plc's  stake in India's Bharti  was up for sale and that it was premature to comment on possible talks. "It is our objective to increase our stakes in existing associates at the right terms and conditions, and Bharti is certainly one associate we are interested to increase our shareholding in," Chief Financial Officer Chua Sock Koong told a media briefing.
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Investors in mobile phone giant Vodafone were rattled today by speculation the company could be drawn into a 40 billion US dollars (Â£20.8bn) bidding war.
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Vodafone has increased the competition ahead of Christmas with plans to launch 10 handsets before the festive season. The Newbury-based group said it will begin selling the phones in November.
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The telecommunications company is said to be in negotiations, in what may be the latest round of deal making in its industry.
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Or any of the other biggies, for that matter AT&amp;T chief executive Randall Stephenson has told the Financial Times that despite speculation it's not planning to buy Vodafone.â¦
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Shares in Vodafone Group Plc, the world&#39;s largest mobile-phone operator, dropped after The Wall Street Journal said the company is considering bidding with US partner Verizon Communications Inc.
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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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Company hasn't said when the device will be available.
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European legislators hope that aÂ compromise agreementÂ to cap mobile phone roaming charges will become law before Europeans take their summer holidays. But a network operators' group warned to expect delays because even if the law takes effect as planned July 1, network operators won't have to offer the new tariffs until September.
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Nortel Networks on Monday declined to comment on a news report that the company is negotiating with Motorola to...
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Vodafone spent billions on acquiring 3G licenses throughout Europe and in Japan four years ago, but as it repeatedly delayed the launch date of high-speed services, investors started to wonder
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Mobile network giant Vodafone Group declined to comment today on a report that it was backing a bid by US partner Verizon Communications to buy Sprint.
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AFX reports from London that the bank said talks are at an early stage and that it would not issue new equity to fund the potential purchase.
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900MHz of static Google has refused to comment on "speculation" in today's papers that it will bid to provide mobile broadband in Ofcom's mooted auction of radio spectrum in 2009.â¦
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Neuf Cegetel provided traders with a focus for attention on Tuesday after shares in France's second-largest fixed-line phone company were suspended amid market talk that major shareholders were in talks to prepare the groundwork for a possible merger.
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Vodafone seems to be lining up a November launch of its 3G mobile phone service for the consumer user. To date the operartor has only offered next generation mobile serivces on a selective basis to business users.
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LONDON: Talk about a Middle East peace conference in London early next year is &quot;premature,&quot; a spokesman for British Prime Minister Tony Blair said last night.