Vodafone
Vodafone left to fight its Rs20,000 retro tax burden
11 Jul 2014
Telecom major Vodafone will continue the international arbitration process in the Rs20,000-crore tax dispute after finance minister, after Arun Jaitley clarified that that the government has no plan to drop retrospective amendment in tax laws
Former Indian law official seeks SC order against Vodafone
27 Jun 2014
The public interest litigation seeks a court directive to restrain the government from going ahead with arbitration proceedings in the tax dispute
Vodafone names India among top interceptors of phone, mail services
07 Jun 2014
Vodafonedid not disclose the number of requests as Indian laws do not allow disclosure of information on interception and communications data
Vodafone reopens talks with new govt over Rs20,000 cr tax demand
31 May 2014
Led by external affairs director Matthew Kirk, the Vodafone team also discussed its future investment plans in India with senior officials
Tata Communications to sell SA arm Neotel to Vodacom for $676 mn
19 May 2014
Neotel, South Africa’s second-biggest fixed-line phone operator, is 68.5 per cent owned by Tata Comm
Vodafone opted out of conciliation and adjudication, says govt
13 May 2014
The government says it decided to withdraw the conciliation process after Vodafone conveyed it was not ready to wait for the decision of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
Vodafone seeks arbitration as tax talks with government collapse
08 May 2014
Vodafone Group Plc has served a fresh international investment arbitration notice to India over the long-running tax dispute now said to be worth around Rs20,000 crore
Vodafone, Airtel, Idea resume 3G services in all circles except Odisha
06 May 2014
All the three telecom service providers will resume 3G services in circles where they don’t have spectrum through intra-circle roaming pacts with other operators
Retrospective tax on Vodafone was a mistake: Pitroda
20 Mar 2014
Sam Pitroda, the prime minister’s technology advisor, on Wednesday admitted that the UPA government did “mess up” and took some wrong decisions, including the one to impose a retrospective tax on Vodafone
Vodafone to buy Spain's largest cable operator ONO for €7.2 bn
18 Mar 2014
Vodafone, which last month completed the $130-billion sale of its stake in US mobile network Verizon Wireless, is strengthening its hold over the European market through the ONO deal
India suspects Vodafone of passing user records to UK spy agency
10 Mar 2014
The issue assumes significance in light of a proposal by Vodafone India’s British parent to buy out the remaining minority stake in the Indian subsidiary for about Rs10,000 crore
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