ATHENS, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - The telecoms regulator on Thursday fined the Greek unit of British mobile giant Vodafone 19.1 million euros (27 million dollars) for violating network regulations in a wire-tapping scandal that rocked the country last year.

The fine is the second handed to Vodafone Hellas over the case after a 76-million-euro penalty levelled by Greece's communication privacy watchdog last December.

MADRID, Oct 15, 2007 (AFP) - Spain's competition authority opened a probe Monday into mobile telephone operators Movistar, Orange and Vodafone on suspicion they had reached an agreement to raise their fees, consumer rights group OCU said.

The probe by the CNC authority will look into a 'presumed infraction of rules defending competition through the coordinated increase of telephone rates on March 1,' the consumer group said in a statement.

NEW DELHI, Oct 8, 2007 (AFP) - The Indian subsidiary of British mobile giant Vodafone has doubled its capital spending to two billion dollars as it seeks to ramp up network coverage in the world's fastest-growing cellular market.

The capital expenditure rise follows Vodafone Plc's purchase in March of a majority stake in Hutchison Essar from Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecommunications International for 11.1 billion dollars.

NEW DELHI, Sept 21, 2007 (AFP) - Global mobile provider Vodafone began using its own name across India Friday following its purchase of an Indian firm, rolling out what the company called one of the world's biggest rebrandings.

Vodafone Plc's media saturation blitz follows its purchase in March of a majority stake in Hutchison Essar from Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecommunications International for 11.1 billion dollars.

NEW DELHI, Sept 19, 2007 (AFP) - Leading global mobile operator Vodafone will begin using its own name in India this Friday following its 11.1-billion- dollar purchase of an Indian cellular firm, a company official said Wednesday.

The move to rename its new Indian cellular unit will involve one of the world's biggest-ever rebranding campaigns, the official said.

LONDON, Aug 8, 2007 (AFP) - Vodafone, the British mobile phone giant, said Wednesday it had decided against exercising an option to sell part of its stake in US mobile operator Verizon Wireless to Verizon Communications.

In a statement, Vodafone said it continued to believe that retaining its full 45-percent interest in Verizon Wireless was in the best interests of shareholders. Verizon Communications owns 55 percent of Verizon Wireless.