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  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    Vodafone’s India unit staves off collapse after record $2.2bn fundraising

    Country’s largest share sale draws investors including GQG Partners and Fidelity

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  • Monday, 1 August, 2022
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  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    Indian government to take stake in Vodafone Idea

    Board of struggling telecoms operator approves rescue plan that will make New Delhi its largest shareholder

    A woman speaking on her mobile phone walks past an advertisement for Vodafone Idea
  • Thursday, 16 September, 2021
    Vodafone Idea shares boosted by Indian government’s relief package

    Telecoms venture avoids imminent collapse as decision to defer fee payments spurs sector

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  • Sunday, 12 September, 2021
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    Vodafone and Birla fight to salvage Indian telecom joint venture

    Lobbying intensifies as fate of Vodafone Idea rests in government’s hands

    An employee, right, serves a customer at a Vodafone Idea Ltd. store in Mumbai, India, on Sunday, January 19 2020
  • Friday, 6 August, 2021
    Vodafone’s India venture near ‘point of collapse’ as shares plunge

    Departing chair warns crisis-ridden telecoms group will fail without government intervention

    A worker replaces fluorescent lights on a Vodafone billboard in New Delhi
  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
    Indian Supreme Court hands reprieve to Vodafone Idea in fee battle

    Mobile operator given up to 10 years to pay an estimated $7bn in retrospective fees and penalties

  • Thursday, 28 May, 2020
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    Google explores Vodafone Idea stake as part of India push

    Investment in struggling venture could pit search group against Facebook and Reliance

  • Thursday, 16 April, 2020
    LexIndian business & finance
    Indian telecoms/Vodafone: don’t call us Premium content

    Operators grapple with fierce competition in their battle to boost profits

  • Wednesday, 18 March, 2020
    Pressure grows on Vodafone’s India venture after court ruling

    Judge scathing of government move to give telecom groups 20 years to pay historic fees

    A pedestrian using a mobile phone walks past an advert for Vodafone Group Plc, in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Vodafone Group Plc, the world’s largest mobile-phone company, posted a 14 percent increase in third-quarter sales, helped by the drop of the pound against the euro and the dollar and higher revenue from India. Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg News
  • Monday, 16 March, 2020
    Vodafone’s India venture boosted after government plea for payment extension

    New Delhi asks Supreme Court to allow telecoms groups 2 decades to repay $13bn in retrospective charges

    India's Supreme Court Scraps Mobile Licenses Amid 2G Probe...People passing by a Vodafone India Ltd. advertisement at local mobile store in Mumbai, India, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2020
    Indian business & finance
    Can Vodafone survive in India?

    Alarm bells ring after tax ruling that could lead to big debt defaults and job losses

    FILE PHOTO: A rickshaw puller speaks on his mobile phone in front of advertisement billboards belonging to telecom companies in Kolkata, India, February 3, 2014. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo
  • Friday, 14 February, 2020
    Telecoms
    Vodafone’s India venture on brink of collapse after court ruling

    Decision means telecoms company must pay billions of dollars in fees by next month

  • Friday, 17 January, 2020
    Shares in Vodafone’s India venture plunge after court ruling

    Vodafone Idea hit after Supreme Court upholds decision on repayment of retrospective spectrum and licence fees

  • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
    Indian business & finance
    India mobile storm blows in Reliance Jio’s favour

    Remaining rivals of Mukesh Ambani’s group face struggle to survive after $13bn levy

    Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, gestures as he answers a question during a media interaction in New Delhi, India, June 15, 2017. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi - RC1F07FFAEE0
  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    Vodafone warns it may ‘shut shop’ in India over $4bn charge

    Joint venture calls on government to step in following Supreme Court ruling

    A pedestrian using a mobile phone walks past an advert for Vodafone Group Plc, in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Vodafone Group Plc, the world’s largest mobile-phone company, posted a 14 percent increase in third-quarter sales, helped by the drop of the pound against the euro and the dollar and higher revenue from India. Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg News
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Indian business & finance
    India offers welcome relief to its stressed telecoms sector

    New Delhi deferral of $5.8bn in spectrum dues aims to avoid Reliance establishing monopoly

    A woman checks her mobile phone as she walks past a mobile store of Reliance Industries' Jio telecoms unit, in Mumbai, India, July 11, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade
  • Monday, 28 October, 2019
    Telecoms
    Vodafone’s India venture under threat after court ruling

    Telecom group’s local unit left facing bilions of dollars in retrospective fees, interest and fines

    A pedestrian using a mobile phone walks past an advert for Vodafone Group Plc, in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Vodafone Group Plc, the world’s largest mobile-phone company, posted a 14 percent increase in third-quarter sales, helped by the drop of the pound against the euro and the dollar and higher revenue from India. Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg News
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2019
    Telecoms
    Indian telecoms groups plunge on levies ruling

    Vodafone Idea drops 26% after court decision points to billions of dollars in charges

    FILE PHOTO - A man packs goods on the back of his bicycle as he stands next to the wall of a grocery shop painted with an advertisement for Bharti Airtel in the southern Indian city of Kochi May 5, 2011. REUTERS/Sivaram V/File Photo
  • Friday, 31 August, 2018
    Telecoms
    Vodafone India completes merger with Idea Cellular

    Deal to generate annual cost savings of about £1.7bn and create entity of 408m users

  • Wednesday, 16 May, 2018
    Indian business & finance
    India’s Reliance Communications to face bankruptcy proceedings

    Court order threatens deal with Jio and sends shares down by a fifth

  • Tuesday, 15 May, 2018
    News in-depthEuropean companies
    Vodafone chief bows out after ‘remarkable transformation’

    Successor has tough act to follow after Colao turned group into European champion

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									Vittorio Colao, chief executive officer of Vodafone Group Plc, gestures while speaking during a panel session on day three of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. World leaders, influential executives, bankers and policy makers attend the 48th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos from Jan. 23 - 26. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 25 April, 2018
    Telecoms
    Indian telcos agree to $14bn tower merger

    Deal a stepping stone for Vodafone in Europe

  • Tuesday, 14 November, 2017
    Telecoms
    Vodafone lifts full-year guidance after European sales pick up
  • Monday, 13 November, 2017
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