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People in Retail Awards 2007 – The Winners

Posted by | Oct 5, 2007 | |

Over 600 retailers gathered on Wednesday night to celebrate the 2007 People in Retail Awards, held in association with LaSer UK.

After a glittering champagne reception, comedian Dominic Holland entertained guests with his wry take on the retail industry. Following a sumptuous meal and a lively awards ceremony the crowd danced the night away until the small hours.

Team Player of the Year – Heather McDonald- Lloydspharmacy
Environmentally Friendly Retailer of the Year – ASDA
Support Team of the Year – COMET
Store Manager of the Year North – Diane Brassington ELC
Store Manager of the Year South – Adrian Page – Homebase.
Year – Passion for Perfume – Dundee
Employee of the Year – Claire Barron – Vodafone
Online Customer service team of the year – Figleaves
Customer Initiative of the Year. – Lloydspharmacy
Training and Career Development award. – Homebase.
Frontline customer service team – Coast
Employer of The Year – Vodafone

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TomTom and Vodafone UK To Introduce the World’s Most Advanced Travel Time Information System for Superior Navigation in the UK

Posted by | Jun 26, 2007 | |

TomTom, the world’s largest navigation solutions provider, and Vodafone UK today announce that they will jointly develop a new traffic information system that will deliver superior travel time information.

This exclusive agreement will see TomTom’s in-house patented technology use information from the Vodafone UK network to provide accurate, real-time information on the speed and direction of cars travelling on all major roads across the UK. As a result customers will have a better understanding of the exact traffic situation and be able to plan and change their route instantly to avoid traffic congestion.

Details of the service will be made available at launch which is expected to be in the first half of 2008. All current and future TomTom users will be able to benefit from the service, once it is available. The solution will also be available for road authorities and businesses, who may use it for dynamic traffic control measures and improved fleet management.

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Vodafone virtual mobile commitments accepted by Italy's antitrust authority

Posted by | May 29, 2007 | |

Italy’s antitrust authority said it has accepted commitments made by Vodafone Group PLC to open its network to virtual mobile operators, ending its probe into Vodafone without imposition of sanctions.

The authority said its decision follows contracts signed by Vodafone with BT Group PLC and Carrefour enabling them to set up Italian virtual mobile operations, plus a similar preliminary contract with Poste Italiane.

‘The authority has considered the contract signed by Vodafone with BT Italia for wholesale access services to its network to be a decisive element,’ the authority said in a statement.

BT will be able to offer a wide range of mobile services including GSM, GPRS and UMTS as well as offering integrated fixed-mobile and mobile-mobile services for company customers, it said.

‘In addition, the contract’s conditions on termination fees allow BT Italia to make a fixed-mobile offer to company clients that competes with the one offered by Vodafone,’ it said.

On the Italian post office preliminary contract, the authority said this is particularly important because of the extensive sales network the post office has available.

The authority launched its investigation into mobile sector competition in February 2005, with Telecom Italia SpA and Wind Telecommunicazioni SpA also being probed.

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Italy's post office aims for 2 mln mobile customers in Vodafone virtual link-up

Posted by | May 14, 2007 | |

Poste Italiana is aiming for 2 mln mobile telephone customers from its recent virtual mobile network deal with Vodafone Group PLC, said post CEO Massimo Sarmi.

In an interview with La Repubblica, Sarmi said studies predict that there will be 20 mln new mobile users in the next five years in Italy.

‘We plan to gain 10 pct of these new users. Let’s say we count on gaining 2 mln new users. With 2 mln users our mobile phone operation will be in profit. So it is sensible move,’ he said.

In April, Vodafone and Poste Italiana announced a virtual mobile operator deal, giving Poste Italiana access to Vodafone’s mobile network.

Sarmi said he hopes to launch the mobile service by Christmas.

Poste Italiana sees scope to link up its mobile customers with electronic payment cards, for which the post has 9 mln customers, allowing customers to make payments using their mobile phones, he said.

‘We are working a lot around the question of micro-payments with the mobile phone, with our mobile phone naturally,’ he said.

Mobile phones can be filled up with 200 or 500 euro of credit, which can then be spent in retail outlets, he said, citing Japanese experience.

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Vodafone seals handset supply deal with Poste Italiane

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

Vodafone will today announce a wholesale deal on mobile telephony with Poste Italiane as part of efforts to counter slowing revenue growth in its Italian business, the Financial Times reported.

The Italian postal service, which has 14,000 branches, will offer mobile phones and related services to its customers. They will be branded Poste Italiane while running on the Vodafone network, the newspaper said.

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