How serious is India about foreign investment as an engine for growth?
I will be spending next week in Mumbai and Delhi (with @singarbitration), and in preparation have been contemplating the impact of the recent budget proposals on foreign …
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Indian Supreme Court decision in Vodafone tax case good news for international investors in India
The judgement of India’s Supreme Court on 20 Jan in the Vodafone tax case, removes (at least for now) some of country-specific risk that has …
UK mobile operators create m-commerce joint venture
Last week, three of the UK’s four mobile network operators announced a mobile marketing and payments joint venture. The venture is subject to regulatory approval, …
Internet regulation: building consumer trust?
Today’s FT article by Vittorio Colao, CEO of Vodafone, highlights the importance of regulation for all the players in the on-line ecosystem – those building the pipes …
O2 applies for first UK e-money licence whilst Everything Everywhere and Barclaycard announce contactless payment service
Mobile money is a recurrent theme for the watcher. See the mobile money overview post and Apple’s incorporation of NFC into iPhone post. As anticipated, …
Regulatory uncertainty casts shadow over otherwise positive results from BT and Vodafone
Positive results out yesterday from both Vodafone and BT. One fact that caught my eye was the news from BT that (for the first time …
Vertical integration the industrial logic for M&A: Vivendi / SFR and Comcast / NBC Universal
My eye was caught last night by a story in the Financial Times this morning reporting analyst speculation that in the wake of the approvals of …