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January 03
8 July, 2007
You ain't seen nothing yet: Vodafone 3rd January, 2005 If mobile phone customers thought the past decade was exciting, the New Year's message from Vodafone is they ain't seen nothing yet. Vodafone Fiji customers should prepare themselves for a series of mobile adventures as the company gets set to release an avalanche of new products and services over the next few years. Chief executive Aslam Khan says while the last 10 years were challenging and exciting, they "were nothing lik...
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January 18
8 July, 2007
Vodafone upgrades Prepay system 18 January, 2005 Vodafone Fiji is upgrading its Prepay system to enable it to provide better service to customers. The installation of the new upgrade will take place from tomorrow (Wednesday) night to Thursday morning. Unfortunately this will mean that Vodafone Prepay customers will not be able to access voice, SMS, voicemail and PXT services between 11pm Wednesday to 6am Thursday. The upgrade is just one of the $35 million worth of projects by Vod...
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January 27
8 July, 2007
Vodafone reaches 150 million customers 27 January, 2005 Vodafone's global subscriber base rose to 151.8 million in the three months to the end of December, the group announced today. The 150-million mark comes on the back of the group's strongest quarter of net additions since December 2000, with over 5.4 million net customers signed on in the quarter to December. In Fiji, Vodafone Fiji also broke all connection records, with 6,473 net subscriber connections in December 2004, taking ...
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March 14
8 July, 2007
Mobiles bring economic, social benefits to Africa 14 March, 2005 New research shows that Africa has seen faster growth in mobile telephone subscriptions than any other region of the world over the last five years. The report also highlights the consequent economic and social benefits in terms of per capital GDP growth, foreign direct investment and life satisfaction. Africa: The Impact of Mobile Phones was launched at a meeting in London last week hosted by the Centre for Economic P...
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March 15
8 July, 2007
Vodafone & Toshiba in 3G handset deal 15 March, 2005 Vodafone and Toshiba have announced a strategic partnership to market a range of exclusive 3G handsets in Europe, Australia, Japan and New Zealand. Building on their partnership in Japan, where Toshiba is one of the leading suppliers of handsets to Vodafone KK, this expanded relationship marks Toshiba's entrance into the European mobile phone market. The companies will work together to market a range of exclusive 3G handsets st...
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March 30
8 July, 2007
Add 3 more to your FamilyFone group, access cheaper calls 30 March, 2005 Vodafone Fiji has made it even easier for Vodafone Prepay customers to stay in touch with family and friends. From April 11, customers can increase the number of family and friends in their private FamilyFone group to 8, allowing three more people to enjoy the benefits of FamilyFone. Previously only 5 people were allowed in any group, but the installation of new technology means Vodafone can extend the number of...
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May 27
8 July, 2007
Vodafone quality circle team to compete at international expo 27 May, 2005 A Vodafone Fiji Quality Circle team is set to join teams from all over the world to compete at the 2005 International Expo on Innovation and Quality in Singapore next week. Vodafone Fiji's Nilesh Chandra, the deputy team leader, will lead the 9-member Team Teiri which was one of two quality circles judged the best projects within Vodafone Fiji. The other team, Fort Knox, competed last year at another quality meet...
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June 24
8 July, 2007
Vodafone Fiji customers can now Txt 800 million people 24 June, 2005 Vodafone Fiji customers now have Txt access to 824 million mobile phone subscribers around the world, all for 20 cents a Txt. This follows Vodafone Fiji's linking up with service provider Mobile 365, effectively increasing the company's Txt footprint from 38 countries and 54 networks to 100 countries and over 200 networks. Vodafone Fiji's 3G program manager Mayur Narsey says one of the biggest achievements was the i...
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July 07
8 July, 2007
Vodafone goes one better 07 July, 2005 Vodafone Fiji has successfully brought GPRS or General Packet Radio Service services to Fiji. To celebrate the launch of GPRS, Vodafone Fiji is currently allowing its customers PXT or picture messaging free of charge over its GPRS network. This has seen the number of PXT messages sent increase from 3000 PXT a month to 19,000 a day. And that number continues to increase. GPRS has also meant that the PXT or Multi-Media Messaging service has bec...
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January 3
28 June, 2007
You ain't seen nothing yet: Vodafone 3rd January, 2005 If mobile phone customers thought the past decade was exciting, the New Year's message from Vodafone is they ain't seen nothing yet. Vodafone Fiji customers should prepare themselves for a series of mobile adventures as the company gets set to release an avalanche of new products and services over the next few years. Chief executive Aslam Khan says while the last 10 years were challenging and exciting, they "were nothing li...
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