Verizon, Vodafone work toward common platform
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Verizon Communications Inc  and  Vodafone Group Plc  aim to develop a common technology  for their future mobile networks that would allow their cell  phone users to roam on each others' services.
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Vodafone recently considered making a full offer for Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) in an attempt to break the impasse over the future of its stake in US mobile phone operator Verizon Wireless.
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Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon  Communications Inc.  and Vodafone Group Plc  said  on Thursday it has been working with five communications  technology providers on developing the next generation of  wireless Internet services.
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LONDON -- Cell phone giant Vodafone Group PLC, which has spent years struggling to recoup billions spent on 3G licences, finally launched the cutting-edge service Wednesday in much of Europe and introduced or beefed up its operation in a dozen other
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The companies want to create more consistent platforms that can be used with any handset.
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U.S. communications regulators gave  AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc the go-ahead on Friday  to more closely combine their local and long-distance  businesses without being subject to additional regulations.
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VoIP service will be available using traditional handsets.
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Facebook has officially launched its platform for cellular operators, and the U.K.'s Vodafone is the first to adopt it.
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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&#39;s biggest cell phone company spent billions for new wireless licenses at the height of the
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Nokia and Vodafone have begun a mobile service architecture initiative to help define the next generation of mobile Java standards.
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Nokia and Vodafone are teaming up to develop a mobile Java-services architecture designed to deliver the long-awaited reality of mobile networks that support many applications on a wide variety of devices.
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The widely expected merger between Sprint Corp and Nextel Communications has been agreed in a $36 billion deal likely to end Vodafone&#39;s chance of gaining an independent foothold in the American market.
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Seven mobile operators spanning both the GSM and CDMA worlds have teamed up to create a common set of requirements from network and handset providers for when they evolve to fourth-generation technology and beyond.
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One network to rule them all Orange and Vodafone are to combine their radio access networks, effectively allowing customers of each to roam between the networks in the UK.â¦
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Nokia Corp. and Vodafone Group Plc on Thursday said they have launched a standards initiative to make it possible for software makers to develop Java applications that can run across cellular phones built by different manufacturers.
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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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Broadcom and Verizon Wireless have reached a deal that will allow Verizon to continue to import and sell phones involved in continuing litigation.