(keitai-l) Re: Is H3G's poor performance killing the partnerships and handsets?

Um...
Vodafone don’t really have any debt. Check the figures. 

Vodafone didn't buy ATTW. Omnitel came partly with Airtouch and partly with Mannesmann, both of which were all-share transactions. And how many billion dollars in cash did they sell Japan Telecom for?

The truth is that Vodafone has far less debt and far more spending power than anyone else in the industry... including DoCoMo

BGE


-----Original Message-----
    From: "Darren Luckett"<darren@www.ukmedia.us>
    Sent: 11/03/04 12:06:50
    To: "keitai-l@appelsiini.net"<keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
    Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Is H3G's poor performance killing the partnerships and handsets?
    
    
    > I was wondering about H3G capability of having exclusive phones in 
    > teh future in a moment when the suppliers will have to satisfy all 
    > the major operators entering the 3G market.
    
    not much chance i would say. a sure sign off of a weak product is constant 
    price drops - they are the bargin-bin of operators.
    
    > 
    > Anyway it is really clear that DoCoMo is moving very badly with 
    > their investments.
    
    They are "moving" a lot less badly than Vodafone and its debt. how quickly 
    can one forget the massivley overpriced mannesmann purchase? or indded the 
    at&t, Omnitel, J-phone ... the list goes on. check the figures - see hoew 
    much debt vodafone have.
    
    > 
    > They should have adopted a certified WAP instead of the stupid 
    > choice of pushing for their proprietary technology. A "superiority 
    > sin".  
    
    Adopted WAP, you must be joking. its only now after 4 years of relentless 
    development that wap can even stand in the same league as docomo and ihtml. 
    oh yes, vodafone live, isnt that brillant - i dont think so. what about the 
    

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