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Articles Written by: ALEX ARMITAGE
SHARES in Carphone Warehouse Group Plc, Europe's largest mobile phone retailer, yesterday fell the most since its initial public offering in London in 2000 after the company said broadband revenue growth this year may be lower than forecast. ...
From ALEX ARMITAGE,
Shanghai Daily,
12 Jun 2008
BEST Buy Co, the largest US electronics retailer, will pay 1.1 billion pounds (US$2.15 billion) for a 50-percent stake in a venture with Carphone Warehouse Group Plc, allowing it to expand in the European retail market.
The venture will comprise ...
From ALEX ARMITAGE,
Shanghai Daily,
8 May 2008
BT Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Ben Verwaayen will step down after six years at the United Kingdom's largest telephone company amid the slowest sales growth since 2004.
Ian Livingston, who heads the retail division, will succeed Verwaayen on ...
From ALEX ARMITAGE,
Shanghai Daily,
8 Apr 2008
VODAFONE Group Plc, the world's biggest mobile phone company by sales, said third-quarter revenue from wireless services rose 4.2 percent, beating analyst estimates on growth in India and Turkey.
Growth in the quarter ended December 31 decelerated ...
From ALEX ARMITAGE,
Shanghai Daily,
31 Jan 2008
CARPHONE Warehouse Group Plc, Europe's largest mobile-phone retailer, said revenue increased 14 percent in the third quarter, falling short of analysts' estimates as it added fewer pre-pay customers than anticipated.
Sales rose to 1.23 billion ...
From ALEX ARMITAGE,
Shanghai Daily,
18 Jan 2008
DEUTCHES Telekom AG and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd have agreed to combine their high-speed wireless networks in the UK to extend reach and reduce investment costs.
T-Mobile, the unit of Germany's biggest phone company, and Hutchison's 3 UK set up a 50-50 ...
From ALEX ARMITAGE AND KENNETH WONG,
Shanghai Daily,
18 Dec 2007
BRITISH Sky Broadcasting Group Plc, the United Kingdom''s biggest pay-television broadcaster, has said first-quarter profit fell 28 percent on costs to win broadband subscribers from Virgin Media Inc.
Net income dropped to 84 million pounds (US$175 ...
From ALEX ARMITAGE,
Shanghai Daily,
3 Nov 2007
CARPHONE Warehouse Group Plc, the United Kingdom's third-biggest broadband provider, added 89,000 broadband subscribers in the second quarter.
Clearly more customers have moved from BT Group Plc's lines to Carphone's network, Bloomberg News reported. ...
From ALEX ARMITAGE,
Shanghai Daily,
10 Oct 2007
VODAFONE Group Plc, the world's biggest mobile-phone company, agreed to buy Tele2 AB's Italian and Spanish units for 775 million euros (US$1.1 billion) to add broadband to its wireless services in those countries.
The acquisition will be made in ...
From CHIARA REMONDINI AND ALEX ARMITAGE,
Shanghai Daily,
7 Oct 2007
BRITISH Sky Broadcasting Group Plc Chief Executive Officer James Murdoch received a 3.91-million-pound (US$7.78 million) bonus for meeting performance requirements last year, Bloomberg News said.
Murdoch received 671.5 pence for each of the 582,750 ...
From ALEX ARMITAGE,
Shanghai Daily,
15 Aug 2007