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With the iPhone 5, Verizon Wireless is expected to gain a long-awaited level playing field in its battle with AT&T over iPhone sales. But the carrier is apt to aim for a solid hit rather than a home run with Apple's iPhone 5, analysts say. And for investors, that's a good thing.

Vodafone Group (VOD) was ordered by an Indian court to put up a deposit of 25 billion rupees ($554 million) while it challenges an Indian tax bill. Vodafone, the world's largest mobile-phone company, has to set aside 25 billion rupees with the court within three weeks and submit bank guarantees...

Early Monday, telecom giant Verizon Communications (VZ) named Lowell McAdam president and COO, which would put him in line to eventually succeed longtime CEO Ivan Seidenberg. McAdam currently serves as the CEO of Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between the U.S. company and Vodafone.

British mobile phone operator Vodafone (VOD) was ordered by an Indian court to pay $2.6 billion in taxes on a 2007 transaction that gave it a major presence in the country's mobile phone market. The court ruled that Vodafone was liable for Indian taxes on the deal, which involved Vodafone buying...

Vodafone Group, the world's largest mobile communications company by revenue, has agreed to sell its entire 3.2% stake in China Mobile for $6.5 billion, close to doubling its original investment in the company.

As the hype mounts for Verizon (VZ)'s launch of its Google (GOOG) Android-powered phone, investors have started anticipating what a hit could mean for Google's and Verizon's bottom lines. Shares of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIMM) got hammered yesterday after analysts said that the Droid...

At the GigaOm Mobilize conference in San Francisco Thursday, a panel of CEOs and consultants seeking to monetize the mobile Internet had a clear message for big carriers: Please get out of the way. "There are huge numbers of users who desperately want to use mobile but the right data plan is not...

Reports surfacing from London this morning suggest that Vodafone Group (VOD) is mulling over a bid for T-Mobile UK in hopes of creating a new UK mobile-phone giant. Reportedly, T-Mobile has been put on the sales block by Deutsche Telekom (DT) with the Times of London reporting that DT has hired...

Each month, you shell out real, green dollars for unlimited web access. And one day, you log on, only to see a big blank screen, courtesy of your provider. Why? You used the web too much with that unlimited account. It happens all the time. One Comcast customer was dumped for using too much web...