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Vodafone Group F2Q07 (Qtr End 9/30/07) Earnings Call TranscriptTue, Nov 13, 2007
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Vodafone Group FY 2006 Earnings Call TranscriptTue, May 29, 2007
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Vodafone Group F1H06 (Half Year End 9/30/06) Earnings Call TranscriptTue, Nov 14, 2006
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at CNBC.com (Tue, 10:33AM)
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VOD vs. ETF Alternatives
Company Description
Vodafone is one of the world's largest mobile communications companies
by revenue with approximately 404 million customers in its controlled
and jointly controlled markets as at 31 March 2012. Vodafone currently
has equity interests in over 30 countries across five continents and
more than 40... More
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- Sunday, January 6, 2:20 AM India stokes the fires a bit on its long-running tax dispute with Vodafone (VOD), sending the cell-phone operator a notice that it owes over $2B on its $11.2 acquisition of a 67% stake in the Indian operations of Hutchison Whampoa in 2007. Vodafone continues to maintain that it owes the government zilch and says that the notice doesn't contain a deadline. 3 Comments [Tech, Consumer]
- Wednesday, January 2, 1:10 PM Vodafone (VOD) is hoping to win smartphone converts (and thereby grow its data revenue) in the U.K. prepaid market by launching Nearly New, a program that offers discounts on lightly-used devices. The service launches at a time when European carriers are seeing big declines in voice and text revenues, making smartphone data plan adoption a crucial matter. Comment! [Tech]
- Monday, December 31, 2012, 6:00 PM The latest stats show mobile data traffic growth isn't slowing down in developed countries, observes Tero Kuittinen: booming sales of tablets and large-screen Android phones seem to be responsible. It might be just a matter of time before all this traffic forces carriers to raise their capex - there are some signs it's already happening. That's good news for the likes of Ericsson (ERIC), Procera (PKT), and Ruckus Wireless (RKUS), but less so for European telcos struggling with giant debt loads and declining voice/text revenue. Comment! [Tech, Quick Ideas]
- Thursday, December 20, 2012, 11:42 AM Spanish regulators have fined carriers Telefonica (TEF), Vodafone (VOD), and Orange (FTE) a combined €120M ($159M) for overcharging consumers for text messages from 2000-2009 via excessive termination rates. The fine comes as text messaging revenue nosedives in Spain and other European markets thanks to the rising popularity of WhatsApp, Skype, and other Web-based messaging solutions. Comment! [Tech]
- Thursday, December 20, 2012, 4:55 AM Vodafone (VOD), BT (BT), and Telefonica's (TEF) O2 are among seven bidders who will take part in the U.K. government's auction of 4G spectrum, which is due to kick off next month. Ofcom, the regulator, has put a £1.3B reserve price on the sale, although the there are estimates that it could bring in £3.5B. Holland's auction on Friday raised £3.1B. Comment! [Tech, Consumer]
- Monday, December 17, 2012, 5:55 PM America Movil (AMX -0.6%), which owns 28% of Dutch carrier KPN, joined Vodafone (VOD -0.8%) in finishing lower following news the Dutch government raised a hefty €3.8B ($5B) via 4G spectrum auctions. European carriers Telefonica (TEF -0.8%), Telecom Italia (TI -0.8%), and France Telecom (FTE -0.7%) were also off. Meanwhile, Vodafone has decided to pull out of an Australian 4G auction that's expected to raise AU$4B ($4.2B), stating it will instead rely on existing holdings to deploy 4G. Comment! [Tech]
- Monday, December 17, 2012, 6:37 AM Vodafone (VOD) shares sink 2.9% in London after the company agreed to pay €1.4B for Dutch 4G spectrum in an auction that raised €3.8B in total from KPN, T-Mobile and Tele2, as well as from Vodafone. Investors are concerned about the amount operators are going to have to shell out in auctions across Europe, although cash-strapped governments are probably delighted. 1 Comment [Tech, Consumer, On the Move]
- Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 10:52 AM Any acquisitions made by Verizon (VZ) will be in the "tens of millions of dollars" range, says CEO Lowell McAdam at a UBS conference - the fact regulators might frown on a large mobile purchase could be a reason why. McAdam also states Verizon is seeing its Q3 momentum extend into Q4, and that stock buybacks could arrive in 12-18 months. Unlike AT&T, Verizon has held off on making buybacks, in part because of the giant cash distributions made by Verizon Wireless. Comment! [Tech, M&A]
- Monday, December 3, 2012, 2:47 PM Like many other carriers, Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD) continues to stumble in its efforts to create popular home-grown Internet services. Less than a month after announcing it would shut down its Android/BlackBerry app store, Big Red says it's shuttering its V Cast mobile video service, provided in a variety of paid subscription service bundles. Instead, Verizon will promote its new Viewdini video search service, which aggregates content from Netflix, Hulu, and other third parties. 2 Comments [Tech]
- Friday, November 30, 2012, 11:01 AM Vodafone (VOD +0.6%) is creating an enterprise unit that will be headed by the CEO of recently-acquired Cable & Wireless. The unit will handle Vodafone's deals with enterprises and other carriers, as well as its Web hosting, cloud, and machine-to-machine services. A variety of C&W businesses will be integrated. Vodafone expects to record integration costs of £500M related to the C&W acquisition by 2016, and sees these efforts delivering cash flow benefits of £150M-£200M by then. Comment! [Tech]
- Thursday, November 15, 2012, 4:47 AM Vodafone (VOD) CEO Vittorio Colao says that the company regularly reviews what to do with its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless and that he can't rule out a sale of the asset. Such a move would tie in with Vodafone's global strategy of divesting minority stakes that it holds in carriers, but Verizon contributes over half the U.K. group's adjusted operating profit and is a major growth engine. Comment! [Tech, Consumer]
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 3:39 AM More on Vodafone (VOD) H1: Organic service revenue growth -0.4%: N. Europe +1.5%, S. Europe -9.8%, AMAP +5.2%. To buy back £1.5B in shares. Expects to receive £2.4B dividend from Verizon Wireless by the end of the year, as per the latter's $8.5B payout to Verizon and Vodafone. Declares interim dividend of 3.27 pence, +7.2% from a year earlier. Shares -3% in London. (PR) Comment! [Tech, Consumer, Earnings]
- Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 3:27 AM Vodafone Group (VOD): Swings to H1 loss of £1.98B from a net profit of £6.68B last year, hit by impairments of £5.9B for Spanish and Italian ops due to tough conditions and increased discounts. Adjusted operating profit +8.5% to £6.2B. Revenue -7.4% to £21.78B vs consensus £21.82B. Says FY adjusted op profit should reach "upper half" of £11.1B-£11.9B range. (PR) 1 Comment [Tech, Consumer, Earnings]
- Monday, November 12, 2012, 4:11 PM Verizon Wireless says it will distribute an aggregate $8.5B to 55% owner Verizon (VZ) and 45% owner Vodafone (VOD) by year's end. A $10B distribution was made last year, but Verizon had been non-committal until now about a follow-up. VOD +2.2% AH. VZ +0.2%. (PR) 7 Comments [Tech, On the Move, Breaking News, Top Stories]
- Thursday, November 8, 2012, 11:41 AM Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD) plans to finish its 4G LTE rollout by the middle of 2013, says CFO Fran Shammo. That's 6 months ahead of Verizon's original plan, and 18 months ahead of AT&T (T), which wants to offer LTE to 300M Americans by the end of 2014. Verizon plans to cover 260M people by year's end, well above AT&T's 150M. Shammo adds 13% of Verizon's customers now use its expensive shared data plans, and that he'd "love to see [Windows Phone 8] be a successful platform. (AT&T capex) Comment! [Tech]
- Monday, November 5, 2012, 6:47 PM The EU is opening up 120 MHz. of spectrum currently used for 3G services for deploying 4G services. European carriers such as Vodafone (VOD), France Telecom (FTE), Telefonica (TEF), and Telecom Italia (TI), who have generally dragged their feet on deploying 4G, should be glad to hear that. Earlier this year, the EU signed off on freeing up spectrum used for analog TV services for 4G purposes by Jan. '13. 2 Comments [Tech]
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Energysystems: I own VOD, and like it more than either. Global exposure, very little landline exposure, 45% stake of VZ wireless.
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Average_Joe_Finance: Thanks guys! I think..missed the bus. It is now $27. Pullback is expected ?
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Energysystems: You should be able to get it for less than that. Patience is a helluva virtue.
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SKS1586: andyk80: Mr Market is listening to you & following your thought of bounce, with uptick in all the Futures @ this moment.
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REIT: its worth 27 so it wont go lower selling something that wont go any lower but it could possibly go much higher and it pays good divy is bom
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neobliviscar: I studied into VOD today. I rem it now from *long* ago arbitrage I did pre hedgefund. Still dissecting it. I added 40% more RAI yesterday.
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Energysystems: When both Kraft and PM/MO were split up, not only did investors recieve shares, but there were shares also open to the public.
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briandiplacido: Thought about it Tuesday; it's lower now. Not sure I'll get the TVIX mileage to make it happen. Watching. Thanks.
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Might start saving my pennies so I'm ready for this potential January sell. ULTA CLMT VOD perhaps? - View all 2 replies
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WheresTheDough: Wierd that I wouldn't even know about it except through pure chance. Cramer loves Verizon with its debt and AT&T.
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Energysystems: It's one of my largest holdings in my IRA. Great company, diversified, low debt, high yield, and low PE to boot.
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Clayton Rulli: You are not linked directly to one person. There is a pool of buyers and sellers and each are randomly selected for assignment.
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Ocean Man: I agree with making sure on the Nov's before selling the Dec's. Nothing is for sure ahead of time in this crazy market.
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realornot: Looking ok to stay above 27. It can rebound to 29 or higher if mkt permits.
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johnnyBuz: Ocean is right. Bernanke's statements have caused the markets to sell the past few months.
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golfitobob: No, we grabbed Rimm and doing nice. if we thought the rumor was . No rimm.