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4G growth pushes EE closer to London float

Markets brace for £10bn float of surging mobile giant EE this year

Tough times taking their toll on Vodafone

World’s second-biggest mobile operator is feeling pinch as punters tighten belts

Mobile phone giant Vodafone was today poised to buy Germany's biggest cable operator in a deal worth £9.1 billion.

Vodafone blames European competition for quarterly decline

World's second-largest mobile phone operator continues to see key service sales drop in reversal of fortunes since growth just 12 months ago

Mobile by Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's launches mobile network in partnership with Vodafone

Supermarket chain will target older end of the mobile market with simple deals and Nectar points

Mobile phone giant Vodafone was today poised to buy Germany's biggest cable operator in a deal worth £9.1 billion.

Vodafone to buy Germany's biggest cable operator Kabel Deutschland in £6.6bn deal

Deal positions the mobile phone giant to become a 'triple play' provider

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Bid war looms over Germany's Kabel

Shares in the German telecoms company Kabel Deutschland jumped nearly 4 per cent yesterday on the prospect of a €7.5bn (£6.4bn) bidding war after US giant Liberty Global entered the fray against Vodafone.

Vodafone confirmed approach to Germany's biggest cable company Kabel Deutschland

Euro telecoms battle hots up as Vodafone targets German firm

Mobile phone giant confirms approach to Germany's biggest cable company Kabel Deutschland

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This is not a premium smartphone but it is certainly a good-looking, capable and highly affordable alternative, says David Phelan

In its annual report published today the company revealed it made an operating profit of £294 million.

Vodafone pays no UK corporation tax for second year running despite earning £5 billion in sales

In its annual report published today the company revealed it made an operating profit of £294 million but paid no corporation tax

EE launched their 4G network in late 2012

EE is the best network for London, whilst Vodafone drops to last place

New reports from independent tester RootMetrics measures network downloads, coverage, and reliability across the capital.

A notice on Three's website apologised for the outage

Outages leave Three network customers without internet

Subscribers to mobile network 3 have been hit by a network outage this morning, leaving many without internet, though voice and text services remain unaffected.

Dave Hartnett, who resigned as Permanent Secretary for Tax at Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, will work one day a week for Deloitte, the auditor of Vodafone and Starbucks

'Sweetheart deal' taxman Dave Hartnett joins accountancy firm Deloitte

The former tax executive criticised for making "sweetheart deals" with multinational companies has been appointed as a specialist adviser for a leading accountancy firm.

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