Vodafone chief executive Chris Gent was quoted as saying on Monday that he saw a 50 percent chance of buying control of French mobile phone operator SFR but the ball was in the court of fellow SFR shareholder Vivendi.

Thin Multimedia, which provides an end-to-end platform for wireless video, has announced a trial aimed at US users. The web-based system will enable users to compose and send video messages direct to the handsets of subscribers in South Korea. Thi…

Orange, the pan-European network operator controlled by France Telecom, has reported strong first half results, with revenues up 13.8 percent at EUR 8.1b and EBITDA advancing 41.0 percent to EUR 2.3b. For the first time there was a net profit, bef…

France Telecom’s huge losses – and resulting resignation of its top man – have sent shockwaves through the European telecoms industry and claimed a big victim. The casualty is German mobile phone company MobilCom – which has now confirmed it is fi…

For the first time in its extensive history of publishing, The World Almanac has published much of its 1,000-page reference source for viewing on handhelds. Town Compass, LLC has created the 2002 World Almanac databases for Palm OS handhelds to he…

Vodafone Group Chief Executive Chris Gent cast fresh doubt on Thursday about whether French media group Vivendi would sell its stake in Cegetel in the current depressed telecoms market. Sources said last week that Vivendi Universal and Europe’s la…

Consumers who do not yet have a mobile phone can benefit this Christmas from a range of ultra-low prices, but investors are wondering what a price war would do to profit margins in the battered handset industry. Handset prices have come down sharp…

Network operator Orange has won a three year contract to supply mobile telephony services to British public sector organisations. Government bodies such as the National Health Service had previously been restricted to purchasing such services from…