Vodafone Group plc says Sir Crispin Davis OBE has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 28th July.
Sir Crispin was Chief Executive of Reed Elsevier until 2009, having previously been Chief Executive of Aegis Group and Group Managing Director of Guinness Group (now Diageo plc).
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Podcast - 9th April 2014
This week's podcast starts with news from Microsoft about an update to its Windows Phone platform and a cost-free OS offer to hardware manufacturers.
There's also a new flagship smartphone from Nokia, a roaming announcement from the European Parliament, a UK virtual mobile network from The Co-operative Group, a change at the top for Mozilla, retail expansion for Vodafone and an awkward end to BlackBerry's relationship with T-Mobile in the USA.
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Vodafone UK says it plans to open 150 new shops in the next 12 months, with 1,400 new retail jobs being created as part of the process.
The company is describing it as a “£100 million boost to the UK’s high street”.
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Vodafone has brought its M-Pesa mobile money transfer and payment service to Europe today.
The service, which was launched in Kenya seven years ago, is now being offered in Romania.
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The new iPhone no-one was expecting
Mark Bridge writes:
New Apple products! New Android smart watches!
You’d be forgiven for not having noticed either of those news stories last week. Apple did indeed announce a new iPhone – but it was simply a new iPhone 5c with just 8MB of memory.
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