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Vodafone wins bidding war for AirTouch

...Inc. is being acquired by Britain's Vodafone Group PLC in a $56 billion cash-and-stock...largest cellular phone company and giving Vodafone access to the U.S. market. The announcement...By buying AirTouch, London-based Vodafone gets access to the $30 billion U.S...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/01/17/bus_250534.shtml
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Bell Atlantic and Vodafone create giant U.S. wireless company

...the U.S. mobile telephone network of Vodafone AirTouch PLC in a deal that will create...network with the West Coast network of Vodafone, Britain's largest wireless company...calls, executives said. In exchange for Vodafone's $15 billion wireless network, Bell...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/09/22/tec_270870.shtml
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Vodafone confirms interest in AT&T Wireless Services

LONDON -- Vodafone Group PLC confirmed Monday it may bid to...its suitors have said the suitors include Vodafone, Cingular Wireless, NTT DoCoMo of Japan and Nextel Communications. Vodafone is only the second of those would-be buyers...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/02/11/bus_404136.shtml
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Vodafone enters bidding for wireless giant AirTouch

...it might make more sense for Bell Atlantic and Vodafone to split up AirTouch. Vodafone Group PLC has its eye on AirTouch's fast-growing...Sweden to Egypt, but analysts questioned whether Vodafone wants to compete in the already-crowded U...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/01/06/bus_249355.shtml
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Verizon to extend phone-upgrade waiting period

...venture of New York-based phone company Verizon Communications Inc., which owns 55 percent, and British cellphone company Vodafone Group PLC.Customers at No. 2 carrier AT&T Inc. are eligible for upgrades after 20 months.Breaking with industry practices...

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Takeover attempts possible

...LONDON -- Speculation mounted Monday that Vodafone AirTouch PLC was preparing to launch...an unsolicited $77 billion offer from Vodafone, the world's No. 1 mobile phone business...its chief executive, Klaus Esser, and Vodafone's chief, Chris Gent. Meanwhile...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/11/16/bus_274449.shtml
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MCI WorldCom may bid for AirTouch

...were hosting their first meeting with Vodafone Group PLC, Britain's largest cellular phone operator. Vodafone made a $55 billion offer last weekend...declined comment, as did Bell Atlantic. Vodafone's executives met Thursday with their...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/01/08/bus_249540.shtml
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AT&T Wireless board meets to discuss latest bids

...phone provider in a bidding war with Vodafone PLC of Britain, two sources familiar...closed Monday. Each step of the way, Vodafone has matched Cingular's offers, sources...buyer. AT&T Wireless, Cingular and Vodafone all declined to comment. "We're pretty...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/02/17/bus_404838.shtml
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Stocks rise on bargain-hunting, Motorola outlook

...three days of declines. Upbeat forecasts from Motorola and Vodafone gave Wall Street another incentive to buy. Analysts said the...and earnings forecasts, according to Dow Jones Newswires. Vodafone rose $2.49 to $17.94 after the mobile phone company...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/11/13/bus_358131.shtml
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Wireless developers want machines conversing

...redesigned," Vittorio Colao, the CEO of Vodafone Group PLC, said in a keynote speech at...OnStar's network provider.Colao, the Vodafone CEO, gave an example of a "smart...emissions of India and the U.S. today.Vodafone provided one example of how this might...

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