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Should AT&T Think Twice Before Dialing Up Vodafone?

Would acquiring Vodafone be the cure for AT&T’s growth malady? Consider the patient. AT&T’s (T) Q3 revenue rose just 2%, missing views. Sales for its wireless services, its presumed growth engine, also missed, up 3.7%. AT&T’s annual revenue hasn’t risen more than 4% since 2007. Now mull the widely speculated prescription: buying Vodafone (VOD), after the U.K. company completes the sale of its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion to

Vodafone Struggles To Gain Share Against Turkcell, Avea In Turkey

Investors will seek signs of progress in Vodafone’s long-awaited turnaround in Turkey when the world’s biggest wireless firm by revenue reports latest results on Thursday. Vodafone (VOD) has struggled competing against Turkey’s biggest wireless firm, Turkcell (TKC), as well as small but feisty Avea. One emerging battleground, analysts say, has been 3G data services. All three wireless firms launched 3G services in mid-2009, aiming to hike