Vodafone Group PLC chief executive officer Arun Sarin said Vivendi Universal SA's SFR Cegetel unit will ond day be a part of Vodafone.

Vodafone Group PLC has declined to comment on a newspaper report that chief executive Arun Sarin is expected to recommend a $30-35bn (€23.40bn-€27.30bn) bid for AT&T Wireless in the coming days.

SHARES in Vodafone Group Plc, the world’s largest cellular operator, fell to an 11-week low on Friday last.

Vodafone Group Plc has announced result of its public offer of shares in Vodafone-Panafon Hellenic Telecommunications Company SA (Panafon), which ended on January 22, 2004.

Vodafone Group PLC's German mobile unit Vodafone D2 GmbH is to launch tests for selected corporate customers of its third generation UMTS services in the coming weeks, although not with a mobile phone, but with a card that can be slotted into a laptop.

Vodafone Group Plc has announced that on December 3, 2003 it purchased 14,710,436 shares in Vodafone-Panafon Hellenic Telecommunications Company SA.

Vodafone Group Plc announced that due to the minimal amount of daily trading in the Company's shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, it has filed for delisting of its shares from that Exchange.

AMERICAN football tycoon Malcolm Glazer has increased his stake in Manchester United, prompting increased speculation of an imminent takeover.

Wall Street retreated again today, extending its losses into a fourth session despite better-than-expected earnings from The Home Depot and a brokerage firm upgrade for General Electric Co.

Chief executive of Vodafone Group PLC, Arun Sarin has said the group was preparing to launch third generation (3G) mobile phones in the middle of next year.

Vodafone Group Plc has announced that its 66.7% indirectly owned subsidiary Japan Telecom Holdings Co, Ltd. has agreed to the leveraged acquisition of its 100% owned fixed line business, Japan Telecom Co, Ltd., by an affiliate of RHJ Industrial Partners, a Ripplewood Holdings LLC fund dedicated to making investments in Japan.

Mobile phone company Vodafone Group PLC is rumoured to be on the verge of clinching a near £400m (€567m) deal to buy British based mobile phone seller Singlepoint.

Vodafone Group PLC will ultimately seek a 15-20% stake in China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd (941.HK), the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported, citing the company's head representative in China, Xia Hao.

Vodafone Group PLC will this week start selling it's own brand of handsets made by Sharp Corp and Matsushita Industrial Communication Co, reported the Wall Street Journal citing Vodafone chief executive Chris Gent and a spokesman.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its long-term single-A and short-term A-1 ratings on Vodafone Group PLC and said the outlook is stable, following Vodafone's announcement that it has agreed to acquire BT PLC's and SBC Communications Inc's stakes in French fixed-line and mobile telecommunications company Groupe Cegetel SA for €6.3bn.

Vodafone Group PLC is aiming to sell about one milion camera phones across Europe by March next year, the Guardian reported quoting the company's chief executive Chris Gent.

The future of Vizzavi - the £1bn (€1.56bn) internet joint venture between Vivendi Universal and Vodafone Group PLC - was uncertain this weekend as the cash crisis at Vivendi worsened and the online group was forced to appoint an emergency chairman, it was claimed today.

Vodafone to launch first UK mass market micro payment service in January.