Vodafone India Current Affairs, GK & News
Vodafone India appoints Naveen Chopra as new COO
Vodafone India has appointed Naveen Chopra as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Prior to this appointment, Chopra was Director of Vodafone Business Services (VBS). He will succeed Sunil Sood, who earlier was elevated to post of CEO in the company. His appointment will come into effect from April 1, 2015. Naveen Chopra had joined Vodafone in ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • Naveen Chopra • Sunil Sood • Vodafone Business Services • Vodafone India
Vodafone appoints Sunil Sood as India CEO
Vodafone has appointed Sunil Sood as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for its India operations. He will be first Indian CEO of Vodafone. He will replace Martin Pieters will step down on 1 April 2015. Presently, he is Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company Martin Pieters was the longest serving CEO of a telecom ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • Martin Pieters • Sunil Sood • Vodafone CEO • Vodafone India
Airtel, Vodafone hurriedly allocated excess spectrum, Rs 508 cr loss to exchequer: CBI
As per Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), current telecom operators Bharti Airtel (earlier known as Bharti Cellular) and Vodafone India (earlier known as Hutchison Max & Sterling Cellular) were sold additional spectrum beyond 6.2 MHz, up to 10 MHz, in unnecessary hurry in January 2002. As per its report of the then communication minister Pramod ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Topics: Airtel Africa • Airtel Bangladesh • Bharti Airtel • BSE SENSEX • CNX Nifty • Companies • Pramod Mahajan • Telecommunications • Telecommunications in India • Vodafone • Vodafone Idea Limited • Vodafone India
Piramal acquires 5.5% in Vodafone
Recently, Ajay Piramal of Piramal Healthcare has purchased 5.5% stake in India’s third largest mobile service provider Vodafone Essar for Rs 2900 crore, or $640 million. Piramal Healthcare struck the deal at a discount valuing British telecom giant Vodafone’s India unit at Rs 52,000 crore ($11.6 billion). With this, Vodafone has now complied with regulations ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Topics: Ajay Piramal • Companies • Essar Group • Hutch • Piramal • Piramal Group • Vodafone • Vodafone India