“There's relief around the industry that the final 3G auction is over, ... The next sale of licenses is in France next year and that has been factored into company spending because it's a fixed-fee beauty contest.”
“But the same issues are still lingering, particularly the constraints on capital for companies such as British Telecommunications; but we're fans of Vodafone, which has a stronger balance sheet, has doubled its size over two years and is debt free.”
“The desire to participate in the material growth being generated in the Indian mobile market should come as no surprise and has been well flagged by Vodafone,”
“What we're looking to establish is a 24-hour operation that is doing proactive analysis in the interest of looking for criminal activity and potential terrorist activity, so we can prevent it from happening.”
“These are potentially the two companies with the most synergies, the most to gain from bringing O2's businesses into their fold, and yet they have walked away from the current share price level.”
“We are supportive of the transaction because it moves Vodafone closer to taking control of what we believe to be an undervalued operator in a key market.”
“We are beginning the contest on the heels of the AMBER Alert Awareness Day Proclamation issued by Governor Blunt on January 13. It is our hope that by partnering with schools throughout the state, this contest and awareness campaign will help protect Missouri children.”
“I don't know if we ran out of gas or they just decided to get after it harder there at the end. We're a 70 percent free throw shooting team that must have shot 50 percent tonight.”