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Vodafone: T-Mobile US Not a Good Buy

By Ed Oswald | Published July 25, 2005, 12:28 PM

Vodafone told the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag over the weekend that it is not a good time to buy T-Mobile USA. The sale has been rumored since the beginning of the month. At issue is whether the company wants to spend the money to upgrade its network to 3G, or sell it to whoever is willing to do so.

Arun Sarin, CEO of Vodafone said, "This would not be a good time. T-Mobile is the last of four competitors and it does not have a third generation mobile network. This is a difficult situation." Sarin also said his company was satisfied with its current mobile phone partner in the United States, Verizon, which is much larger than T-Mobile USA.

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animecabbit
Jul 26, 2005 - 3:18 PM

Misleading titles and personal expressions, maybe?

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Neoprimal
Jul 25, 2005 - 3:43 PM

For the record, he didn't say T-mobile is not a good buy...he said it's not a good TIME to buy T-mobile because of X, Y, Z factors. If you're going to do news, do it right.

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netwiz562
Jul 25, 2005 - 9:13 PM

Recently I've been noticing a trend in misleading titles on Betanews....

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Galway
Jul 26, 2005 - 8:34 AM

Your right, they didnt make it caps like you did, thanks for the heads up.

I think ill stick to the Sun or the sunday sport for my news.

Shame on you Betanews.

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