Vodafone's financial results for the first half of the current financial year show group revenue up 3.9% year-on-year to £22.6 billion, with adjusted operating profit up by 2.7% to £6.1 billion.
The company also unveiled a new strategy with the aim of "creating a more valuable Vodafone". Its growth strategy will be focused on Europe, Africa and India in the following areas:
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The European Commission has launched a 700,000 Euro app-related research project called MOSQUITO (MObile software and services, Standardisation, QUality, Interoperability, Testing, Open source).
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A total investment of over €22 million has been committed to the development of next-generation technologies for the Symbian platform. It follows Symbian's endorsement by the Artemis Joint Technology Initiative, which is an R&D project (sponsored by the European Commission) looking at embedded computer systems.
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Today's the official launch of Windows Phone 7, the Microsoft mobile operating system that was announced in February. The company says Windows Phone 7 devices will go on sale from 21st October in "select European and Asian markets", with the USA seeing WP7 smartphones from 8th November on AT&T. In total, more than 60 mobile operators in over 30 countries have committed to offering Windows Phones.
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Research company comScore has published a survey comparing mobile usage and behaviour in Japan, the United States and Europe. It found significant differences between the three regions, with almost twice as many Japanese mobile users using their mobiles to go online (browsing, accessing applications or downloading content) as European users.
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