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Wireless giant Vodafone added 4.1 million new users--that’s the population of New Zealand--in its strongest quarter for the past five years. The company now boasts 165 million subscribers across the globe, its numbers bolstered by burgeoning markets such as Spain, Italy and Romania. Now it will focus its efforts on improving its Japanese business, according to Chief Executive Arun Sarin. Average revenue per customer have slipped in that country, as well as in the U.K. and Germany. Sarin’s not averse to the idea of selling underperforming operations in Japan, where Vodafone languishes behind NTT DoCoMo (nyse: DCM - news - people )and KDDI: "We’re not married to any asset. If an asset loses its usefulness to us…we’d be willing to look at (a disposal)," he was quoted as saying by AFX News.
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Working in conjunction with Vodafone, Toshiba will be releasing the 903T. This phone features a 2.4" 240 x 320 screen that can display full color maps for some hot navigation. This phone will used by Vodafone for their new NAVI service. Right now this phone is only available in Japan, but the GPS system does support maps worldwide. The phone itself ... features a 1.92 megapixel camera, and 64mb of internal memory. more
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Vodafone has begun unilaterally terminating services for prepaid mobile phones that have been used in fraudulent billing and other crimes. As the largest prepaid mobile phone service operator in Japan, Vodfaone has received information about 200 such phone numbers and has already canceled several of them. Company officials said most users of prepaid mobile phones in fraudulent cases are unidentifiable. It sent e-mail messages to those mobile phones warning that the phone service will be shut down unless the users provide personal identification documents. Vodafone shut down services for some of those numbers after their users failed to submit personal identification documents after a few weeks. The prepaid mobile phone service, which does not require basic monthly charges, has been popular among such users as parents giving mobile phones to their children and foreigners staying in Japan for a short time.
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Vodafone just released two new phones today in Japan. The V903T and V803T 3G phones. The V903T is the first phone from the company to have a GPS function with maps and guidance. It ... packs a 2.4" QVGA display with a 1.92MP auto focus camera. more
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Vodafone will release the first mobile phone in Japan capable of receiving terrestrial analog television broadcasts in early December. Vodafone uses the NEC V601N which will have an earpiece with a built-in TV antenna, and its battery will permit about an hour of watching TV. The phone measures approximately 48×95 and weighs 119g. The Phone features 2 screens.
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SoftBank is interested in acquiring the unit, according to Vodafone. "Vodafone confirms it is in discussions regarding a potential sale of a controlling interest in Vodafone Japan to SoftBank," Vodafone said in a statement. The telecom operator is not providing further details of the possible deal at this time.
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