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Vodafone Greece, Hellas Online form strategic partnership

On 08.03.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Further to the announcement on 13 May 2009, Vodafone Group announces that Vodafone-Panafon Hellenic Telecommunications Company S.A. has entered into a strategic partnership with DSL provider, Hellas Online Electronic Communications S.A.. Vodafone Greece will acquire an 18.5% equity interest in HOL and in exchange Vodafone Greece will contribute its existing fixed line DSL assets into HOL’s business. Vodafone Greece and HOL will jointly market Vodafone’s mobile products and services and HOL’s fixed line DSL and telephony services on an exclusive basis.

HOL is one of the leading DSL providers in Greece and had 215,000 customers at 30 June 2009, giving it a market share of approximately 26%. HOL also has the largest fibre optic network in Greece, amongst alternative providers, spanning more than 4,000 km and covering around 75% of the population. HOL is listed on the Athens Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation on 31 July 2009 of €251m.

Due to regulatory approval and commercial implementation, the transaction is not expected to complete until the fourth quarter of Vodafone Greece’s financial year.

Vodafone Greece launches HSPA+ at up to 21.6 Mbps

On 07.14.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Greece has introduced mobile broadband services based on HSPA+ technology, providing theoretical maximum speeds of 21.6Mbps (download) and 5.7Mbps (upload). The operator claims that they are first in the Greek market to launch such services.

According to the press release, HSPA+ services are initially available in selected parts of Athens, exclusively to users of the Vodafone AAi4505 USB stick wireless modem, with expansion to other areas to be announced at a later, unspecified date.

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Vodafone Greece offers HSPA with 21.6Mbps download speed

On 07.13.09, In Mobile, By Editor

Vodafone Greece announces the launch of the most advanced mobile broadband services in Greece and among the first in Europe, using HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access) with theoretical peak speeds of 21.6 Mbps (download) and 5.7 Mbps (upload).

New upgraded services will initially be provided in selected areas of Athens, which will be continuously expanded.

Vodafone Mobile Broadband subscribers shall enjoy new high speeds via the exclusive new USB stick Vodafone ?4505, available in its commercial network as of Wednesday July 8th, in limited quantities.

Vodafone Greece, which constantly upgrades its networks, is playing a leading role in developing mobile broadband services. Earlier this year Vodafone Greece was the first and still is the only company in Greece to offer its customers mobile broadband speeds of a peak theoretical rate of 14.4 Mbps (download) and 2 Mbps (upload), through its upgraded HSPA network and the exclusive USB stick ONDA MV815UP.

Vodafone Greece, true to its commitment to provide its customers with quality services, offers actual mobile broadband speeds, which are considerably higher than those offered elsewhere in the market. The average download and upload speeds provided by Vodafone Greece network, are 20% and up to 90% higher than other providers’ networks, depending on cell usage according to independent trials across all operators commissioned by Vodafone and conducted in a wide range of metropolitan areas.

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Vodafone Greece introduces Flexible Business Tariff Plans

On 07.13.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone offers new Flexible Business Tariff Plans giving its business customers even more freedom to communicate

Vodafone Greece believes in the commitment it has made to professionals and companies of providing reliable, flexible, cost-effective, competitive communication solutions so it has developed new pre-pay Flexible Business Tariff Plans that offer even more valuable and flexibility.

The new Flexible Business Tariff Plans were designed based on the successful business plans of the past and now offer even more built-in air time and the option for users to put all their air time, sms and in-house communication needs under one fixed fee.

More specifically, the new Flexible Business Tariff Plans offer 1 additional hour of in-house communication per month completely FREE of charge and allow users to use up their plan by making calls and/or sending sms.

The new plans are available to new and existing Vodafone subscribers who renew their contract or want to join the plans.

The new Flexible Business Tariff Plans are as follows:

National calls /video calls or SMS In-house calls Monthly Charge

Flexible Business 90     90 talk minutes or 170 SMS         60 minutes            17 €
Flexible Business 180   180 talk minutes or 340 SMS       60 minutes            27 €
Flexible Business 300   300 talk minutes or 570 SMS       60 minutes            40 €
Flexible Business 420   420 talk minutes or 800 SMS       60 minutes            54 €
Flexible Business 540   540 talk minutes or 1030 SMS     60 minutes            67 €
Flexible Business 720   720 talk minutes or 1300 SMS     60 minutes    86 €
Flexible Business 960   960 talk minutes or 1740 SMS     60 minutes          111 €

To cover modern business-people’s need to communicate freely Vodafone has also designed the following unlimited communication options which are available with all pre-pay

Flexible Business Tariff Plans:

Unlimited in-house calls for a monthly charge of € 11.90 offering the option to make unlimited calls to other numbers within the company.
Unlimited fixed phones for a monthly charge of € 5 allows users to freely call all fixed numbers in Greece (local and national calls) from their mobile phone at no additional cost.
Fair usage policy: 1,000 minutes/month per connection.

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Vodafone Greece introduces roaming service dubbed as ‘Vodafone Europe’

On 06.18.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Greece, has introduced a new roaming service dubbed as Vodafone Europe. The offer comprises of the Vodafone Europe Voice or Vodafone Europe Data subscriptions. Priced at EUR 18 per month, the package offers national rates for outgoing calls from EU to Vodafone networks in 11 countries in the EU as well as for international calls from Greece to EU networks. Moreover, receiving calls in Vodafone networks is free. Vodafone Europe Data is priced at EUR 70 per month and offers 1 GB of data transfer in Greece and 11 Vodafone networks in EU. The 11 Vodafone networks where the two services can be used include Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Great Britain, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Portugal, and Spain.

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Vodafone Greece introduces new mobile broadband plans

On 06.05.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Greece has launched three new mobile broadband tariff plans, namely VMB Time 30, VMB Time 100 and VMB Unlimited. Unlike the previous volume-based plans, the new tariffs are based on the amount of time a user is connected to the Vodafone network. Priced at EUR 20, VMB Time 30 includes 30 hours of usage per month, an hourly charge of EUR 2 for over-the-limit traffic, SMS to Greek mobile phones for EUR 0.1071 per unit and SMS to foreign networks for EUR 0.2023. VMB Time 100 and VMB Unlimited are priced at EUR 30 and EUR 49, respectively. The former comes with a monthly usage of 100 hours (EUR 2 for over-the-limit traffic), whereas the latter offers unlimited traffic.

For more information, please visit www.vodafone.gr/

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Vodafone Greece reveals Vodafone Unlimited Weekends & Vodafone 500 minutes

On 05.26.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Greece has introduced two new add on packages, namely Vodafone Unlimited Weekends and Vodafone 500 minutes for VF. For EUR 5 month (VAT included), Vodafone Unlimited Weekends offers 1,000 minutes of national voice calls and video calls to Vodafone Greece numbers during weekends. Also priced at EUR 5, Vodafone 500 minutes to VF offer 500 minutes of national calls and on-net video-calls. Both packages can be activated between 23 May and 23 June and come with a 30-day minimum duration.

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Vodafone Greece & HOL negotiate over mobile/broadband merger

On 05.19.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Greece and Hellas On Line (HOL) (major stakes owned by Greek ICT group Intracom and a minority stake held by Luxembourg-based World Equities Investments) have confirmed mobile and broadband merger plan. They are in negotiations to combine their respective operations to jointly market mobile, fixed line and DSL services on an exclusive basis. As per the plan, Vodafone Greece would acquire a minority stake in HOL in exchange for its existing DSL operations.

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Vodafone Greece appoints Damianos Charalambidis as COO

On 05.15.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Greece has appointed Damianos Charalambidis as its Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective from 20 May. Charalambidis will be in charge if Vodafone’s enterprise business, consumer commercial and customer operations divisions. Charalambidis has earlier worked with Wind Hellas as COO.

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Vodafone Greece launches Microsoft Outlook Mobile service

On 03.25.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Greece has introduced Microsoft Outlook Mobile service targeting its business subscribers, offered with Surf & Mail tariff plans. The service will be offered to subscribers over devices which support Windows Mobile, including the Vodafone 1231. Microsoft Outlook Mobile enables subscribers to organise their information into folders, send and receive emails from web based services, calendar and contact synchronisation, send meeting requests, track attendance and detailed responses.

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