International Business News - VOD http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Verizon Wireless has offered to sell cellular operations in North Dakota, South Dakota and parts of 16 other states to win regulatory approval of its proposed purchase of Alltel Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/verizon-wireless-offers-divestitures-to-buy-alltel.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:34:11 EDT Vodafone Group PLC said Wednesday it has launched a program to buy back 1 billion pounds ($2 billion) worth of its own shares--a day after the stock plummeted when the mobile phone company scaled back its full-year sales forecast. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/vodafone-says-it-will-buy-back-shares.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:43:46 EDT Cell phone service provider Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it added 1.5 million net new subscribers during the second quarter, bringing its total to 68.7 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/verizon-wireless-adds-1-5m-new-subscribers-in-2q.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:27:53 EDT Vodafone Group PLC shares plummeted 20 percent on Tuesday after the mobile phone company scaled back its full-year sales forecast as tough economic conditions led consumers to refrain from buying and using new handsets. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/95492-vodafone.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/vodafone-sounds-warning-over-revenue.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/vodafone-sounds-warning-over-revenue.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:57:39 EDT European regulators are nearing a decision on whether to impose price caps on text messaging and mobile Internet use while traveling. Any caps would be similar to one the EU imposed last summer on crossborder voice calls and would cover usage while roaming outside a subscriber's home country. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/eu-to-rule-on-roaming-price-caps-for-mobile-data.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:50:19 EDT For apple growers like Abby Jacobson, making or losing money depends as much on what they don't do as what they do. So when data from Michigan State University's high-tech weather monitoring network helped her decide to skip four costly chemical sprayings this spring, she considered it an unqualified success. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89681-farm-scene-wireless-technology.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/remote-weather-stations-give-farmers-timely-advice.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/remote-weather-stations-give-farmers-timely-advice.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:22:10 EDT When Verizon Wireless announced in November that it would open up its network to any company that wanted to make a device for it, industry watchers had visions of innovative features like cheap international calls and Google applications. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89359-verizon-wireless-open-development.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/verizon-open-network-gets-first-unsexy-device.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/verizon-open-network-gets-first-unsexy-device.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:18:54 EDT President Bush on Tuesday will talk with clients who have sought help from a nonprofit agency that offers housing counseling as he visits Arkansas--a state that has seen an uptick in foreclosures but hasn't been hit as hard by the mortgage crisis as other states. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/bush-to-visit-ark-to-talk-housing-raise-gop-cash.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:46:59 EDT Vodafone Group PLC is teaming up with social networking site MySpace to create an interactive music platform. Vodafone said Monday the service will make available footage from Vodafone-sponsored music events to MySpace users in Germany, Italy, Spain and Britain. Financial details were not disclosed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/vodafone-in-myspace-music-deal.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:08:10 EDT Cell phones are becoming more useful devices for listening to music. Verizon Wireless is introducing Rhapsody's subscription music service Monday, allowing its customers to download as much music as they want to their phones for $15 per month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/verizon-wireless-gets-rhapsody-music-subscriptions.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:30:09 EDT Nokia Corp. is buying the consortium that makes the software for its phones and making it available for free to other manufacturers, in hopes of blunting the influence of competing software providers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/nokia-to-buy-rest-of-symbian-free-its-software.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:46:01 EDT Virgin Mobile USA is introducing a plan with unlimited calling for $79.99 per month, helping feed the price-cutting frenzy that has washed over the cellular carriers this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/virgin-mobile-introduces-unlimited-calling-plan.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:45:03 EDT Virgin Mobile USA is introducing a plan with unlimited calling for $79.99 per month, helping feed the price-cutting frenzy that has washed over the cellular carriers this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/virgin-mobile-introduces-unlimited-calling-plan.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:17:55 EDT For the first time, Verizon Communications Inc. is set to give discounts to wireless customers who don't have landlines but order Internet or TV service from the phone company. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/71851-verizon-wireless-lg-decoy-tm.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/verizon-to-give-discounts-for-landline-less-bundles.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/verizon-to-give-discounts-for-landline-less-bundles.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:45:57 EDT Palm Inc.'s popular Centro smart phone is launching on Verizon Wireless, the companies said Thursday. A blue model of the Centro will be available from Verizon Wireless' stores and Web site for $99 starting Friday, the companies said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/palm-centro-launches-on-verizon-wireless.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:21:10 EDT Verizon Wireless must sell assets in six markets in Vermont, New York and Washington state to complete its $757 million acquisition of Rural Cellular Corp., the Justice Department said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/doj-requires-verizon-wireless-to-sell-assets.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:52:58 EDT For the past year, Kennedy Agai has stopped sending money home to his mother. He has walked instead of spending 50 cents on the bus. He has skipped meals whenever he could bear it, all so he could buy shares in East Africa's biggest initial public offering. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/kenyan-mobile-phone-companys-ipo-get-warm-debut.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:22:15 EDT Verizon Wireless grabbed headlines this week after it agreed to buy Alltel Corp. for $5.9 billion in a deal that would oust AT&T Inc. as the largest U.S. cell phone service provider. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/tech-roundup-verizon-wireless-buying-alltel.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:39:18 EDT A Senate committee on Thursday agreed to a proposed ban on the use of hand-held telephones while driving, though the idea faces competition from other, less restrictive bills. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/louisiana-senate-panel-approves-cell-phone-ban.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:59:45 EDT Verizon Wireless' deal to buy Alltel Corp. for $5.9 billion was applauded by investors and should mean a greater range of choices for Alltel subscribers, but some worried that Alltel's commitment to rural coverage will get lost. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/64836-verizon-wireless-alltel.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/verizon-wireless-agrees-to-buy-alltel-for-5-9b.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/verizon-wireless-agrees-to-buy-alltel-for-5-9b.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:36:44 EDT