With a $120bn merger with Liberty Global off the table, Vodafone boss Vittorio Colao needs his strategy of higher network investments and acquisitions of European cable companies to start paying off, quickly.

Talks between Vodafone and Liberty Global about exchanging assets to better compete in Europe’s converging mobile, broadband, and TV markets collapsed yesterday because they could not agree on the value of their businesses.

Vodafone reported an acceleration in its main quarterly sales growth yesterday as a cable television acquisition in its biggest market, Germany, helped to lift sales and consolidate an overall return to growth for the British firm.

Business leaders pushing for frictionless free trade have something new to worry about: the potential break-up of the internet.

Vodafone Ireland has continued to haemorrhage customers, according to its latest interim report, with 29,000 mobile users moving away from the world’s second largest mobile operator in the last three months.

Vodafone and Telefonica have used a technology conference in Spain to call for the EU to focus less on new rules for phone companies and more on Facebook and Google to reduce their dominance.

Vodafone Ireland saw its Irish mobile customer base fall by 34,000 in the second quarter of the year, bringing its total to slightly more than 2.1m mobile customers in the Irish market.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone has reported a “mixed” year after its annual earnings fell in the face of continued pressure on European revenues.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone stepped up its expansion in Europe today by unveiling a £6bn deal to buy Spanish cable operator Ono.

Shareholders in Vodafone say they support chief executive Vittorio Colao’s plan to rebuild the company with pricey European broadband assets, even though it could complicate a lucrative bid from AT&T.

Vodafone Group Plc completed the biggest sale of the past decade yesterday, leaving the wireless carrier about half the size it was, as chief executive Vittorio Colao embarks on a new expansion strategy.

Vodafone Ireland gained 400 customers a day in the last quarter, according to the company’s interim management statement, despite the group describing Europe as difficult.

Vodafone Ireland has announced that it is going to invest £30m (€35.51) in its Irish mobile network following the sale of its US business.

Vodafone topped up its investment plans by another £1bn today as it reaps the benefit from one of the biggest corporate deals in history.

Kabel Deutschland Holding AG shareholder Elliott Management Corp is holding out as Vodafone Group Plc attempts to convince investors to cash out so it can complete its takeover of the German cable company.

Investors in Vodafone will receive a £54 billion cash and shares windfall after the telecoms giant sold its share in Verizon Wireless for £84 billion.

The boards of Verizon Communications and Vodafone were expected to vote this weekend on a $130 billion (€98bn) deal, funded by about $65bn (€49bn) of debt, to give the US telecom giant complete ownership of Verizon Wireless.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone was today poised to buy Germany's biggest cable operator in a deal worth €10.7bn.

Europe’s economic woes were felt by Vodafone today after the mobile phone giant reported its first drop in annual revenues for seven years.

Chinese telecoms group Huawei has unveiled what it believes to be the fastest smartphone in the world.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone has teamed up with defence firm BAE Systems to develop new technology to protect businesses against cyber attacks.

Ireland provided one of the few growth stories in Vodafone group’s disappointing results as an unexpected slowdown in emerging markets forced the company to launch cost-cutting measures.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone today revealed it was losing out to rivals offering “unlimited” deals as it posted a fall in UK revenues.

Vodafone has reported a 1.2% rise in full-year group revenues, but has rowed back on medium-term growth targets due to constricting consumer spending patterns across Europe.

A bid to scrap all mobile phone “roaming” charges by 2014 was defeated today, as a war of words broke out between the European Commission and Vodafone over a continued crackdown on the sector.

Vodafone upped it guidance on full-year profits today as emerging markets and the UK and Ireland helped it overcome tougher conditions in southern Europe.

VODAFONE has retained its position as Ireland’s leading telecommunications network company, in terms of customer numbers, by growing its subscriber base nearly 3% in its last quarter.

Vodafone shares were boosted today after the telecoms giant unveiled the €7.94bn sale of its 44% stake in SFR, France’s second largest mobile phone company.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone is planning to sell its shares in China Mobile - the world’s biggest mobile-phone operator – for more than €4.9bn, it was reported today.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone today said service revenues had grown for the first time since the global recession hit.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone today said it exceeded targets for the year after growth in data and broadband usage helped annual profits hit £8.7bn (€10.16bn).

Turnaround hopes at Vodafone’s under-pressure European division were lifted today after signs of improved sales trends in the UK and Germany.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone today said it lost 46,000 Irish mobile customers in the three months to the end of June.

Vodafone is considering a bid to buy T-Mobile UK in a deal that would create Britain’s biggest mobile phone operator, it was reported today.

Britain's FTSE 100 Index plunged into the red today as economic worries overshadowed positive corporate news from blue-chip firms.

Vodafone shares jumped another 7% after a post-results bounce for the mobile phone giant continued today.

A strategy update by new Vodafone chief executive Vittorio Colao got a warm welcome today after shares in the mobile phone company jumped 10%.

The new boss of Vodafone signalled a different strategy for the mobile phone giant today after announcing plans to cut costs by £1bn (€1.22bn) a year.

A busy week for UK blue-chip results sees figures from Vodafone, BT and Sainsbury’s, while the Bank of England’s latest economic forecasts are likely to make grim reading.

Vodafone has today announced several changes to its organisational structure and new senior management appointments.

Rattled investors gave Vodafone a stock market hammering today after the mobile phone giant warned of revenues at the bottom end of hopes.

Wall Street advanced in uneven trading today after a drop in oil prices and an unexpected gain in new home sales encouraged investors to put money back into the market.