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Vodafone Idea loses customers but should still find investors

Indian operator group Vodafone Idea is struggling for customers and for the cash it needs to keep its business afloat.

• 13 Jul 2021

Orange tries to put a positive spin on Belgium fiasco

Orange secured just over half the shares it aimed for in its recent tender offer to minority shareholders of Orange Belgium, but insists that’s a good result.

• 06 May 2021

Orange taps up pension fund to finance Poland fibre rollout

Orange Poland has become the latest major telecoms operator to seek out a joint venture partner to help it fund the rollout of fibre infrastructure.

• 12 Apr 2021

Vodafone Idea open to anything that might help it survive

Reports from India suggest beleaguered telco Vodafone Idea is considering a share sale and even investment from Verizon to keep it alive while it pays off the government.

• 03 Sep 2020

Credit rating agency gets moody over Dish financial foundations

Credit rating agency Moody’s has dampened enthusiasm for US wireless entrant Dish, downgrading its credit rating on the grounds it will need a major cash injection to be a valid competitor.

• 29 Jun 2020

TIM follows Orange into the finance fracas

Telecom Italia and Spanish bank Santander have entered into a joint venture to offer consumer banking products to Italian customers.

• 18 Feb 2020

World Bank continues mission to make Africa more investable

The World Bank has selected Progressus to head-up the second phase of its ambitious African Regulatory Watch Initiative (RWI).

• 04 Feb 2020

Europe says no to stablecoins until grey areas are gone

The European Commission and European Parliament have dealt a blow to the likes of Facebook’s Libra initiative until they can write the appropriate rules.

• 06 Dec 2019

UK’s Zen Internet gets a £20 million overdraft to take on the incumbents

Independent UK ISP Zen Internet wants to take on the big operators and has secured £20 million in credit from the NatWest bank to help with that.

• 04 Nov 2019

Samsung looks to wrestle back control of India with financing initiative

With India one of the few markets which is demonstrating positive growth for smartphone shipments, Samsung is reasserting itself in the space with the launch of financing plans.

• 27 Sep 2019

Apple credit card is up-and-running

As promised by CEO Tim Cook during the last earnings call, the Apple Card is set to debut this month, with the team already taking applications from consumers.

• 06 Aug 2019

BoJo’s 2025 fibre promise has no basis in reality

Being ambitious is all well and good, but most would hope the ambitious are living in the world of reality. Unfortunately, with Boris Johnson’s Fibre-to-the-Home objectives, he’s operating in dreamland.

• 17 Jun 2019

Apple announces original content, a credit card and a news subscription service

Apple’s big services event didn’t disappoint, with a bunch of potentially disruptive launches accompanied by new levels of hyperbole and clapping.

• 25 Mar 2019

SingTel saw Q4 profit drop by 14%

SingTel reported almost flat revenues and 14% decline in net profit in the quarter ending 31 December 2018, blaming negative influence from its investments in Australia and India.

• 14 Feb 2019

Orange plans banking profitability by 2023

With many commentators expressing doubt over Orange’s banking venture, it might come as somewhat of a surprise the team are planning to be profitable by 2023.

• 03 Dec 2018

Legere casts wild eyes over to the world of banking

SEC-filings have emerged suggesting T-Mobile US is looking into creating a banking product for its customers which could be launched in a matter of weeks.

• 18 Oct 2018

Orange puts bank on hold as it struggles to get it right

Orange has put the brakes on its ambitious plans to venture into the world of mobile banking after finding the proposition doesn’t quite meet the standards.

• 30 Jun 2017

Alcatel-Lucent partners with Voice Commerce for mpayment services

Financial services group Voice Commerce has struck a deal with Alcatel-Lucent to provide payment and mobile money services to mobile operators based on the vendor’s Mobile Wallet Service (MWS). Voice Commerce operates various financial services covering the provision of payments and e-money services, with a platform the company claims is well suited to mobile service providers in emerging markets.

• 29 Sep 2010

Orange moves into financial services space

Mobile operator Orange UK and Barclaycard have extended their relationship to introduce a contactless payment system, in the form of a credit card rather than a phone.

• 08 Jan 2010