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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada 3

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the area, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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Vodafone to promote shift to 3G mobile phone handsets

TOKYO, Japan - Vodafone K.K. President Shiro Tsuda speaks at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 22. Tsuda said that the Japanese unit of British mobile phone service company Vodafone Group PLC will encourage its customers to shift to third-generation handsets for faster data communications. ''Vodafone will offer its last 2G handset next year and no more 2G later,'' Tsuda said in an interview with Kyodo News.

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Softbank to acquire Vodafone's Japan unit for 1.75 tril. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 17, with Yahoo Japan President and Chief Executive Officer Masahiro Inoue (C) and Vodafone Group Plc's Japan unit Vodafone KK President Bill Morrow listening.

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Softbank to acquire Vodafone's Japan unit for 1.75 tril. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Bill Morrow (L), president of Vodafone Group Plc's Japan unit Vodafone KK, and Masayoshi Son (C), chief executive officer of Softbank Corp., and Yahoo Japan President and Chief Executive Officer Masahiro Inoue join hands during a press conference in Tokyo on March 17.

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Vodafone K.K. returns to black mainly on 89.9 bil. yen tax relief

TOKYO, Japan - Vodafone K.K. Chiarman speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on May 24. The mobile phone service provider said its group net balance returned to the black in the 2004 business year as it booked 89.87 billion yen in future tax relief as a one-time gain.

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(1)Shiro Tsuda, ex-NTT DoCoMo exec, to become Vodafone Holdings CEO

TOKYO, Japan - Shiro Tsuda (L), former senior executive vice president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., shakes hands with J. Brian Clark, board chairman of Vodafone Holdings, at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 16 after being appointed president and chief executive officer of Vodafone Holdings K.K., the Japan arm of the British mobile phone company Vodafone Group Plc. Tsuda takes over the post, now concurrently held by Clark on a temporary basis.

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(2)Shiro Tsuda, ex-NTT DoCoMo exec, to become Vodafone Holdings CEO

TOKYO, Japan - Shiro Tsuda, former senior executive vice president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 16 after being appointed as president and chief executive officer of Vodafone Holdings K.K., the Japanese arm of British mobile phone company Vodafone Group Plc.

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Clark becomes president of Vodafone's Japanese arm

TOKYO, Japan - Vodafone Holdings K.K. said Brian Clark (in file photo), chief executive of Vodafone Group PLC's Asia Pacific Region, was appointed June 23 as president and chief executive officer of the Japanese arm of the British mobile giant. Clark, a 55-year-old South African native, took over from Darryl Green for immediate effect. Clark also succeeded Green as president of Vodafone K.K., which operates under the umbrella of Vodafone Holdings.

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Jones named chief operating officer of Vodafone K.K. (Japan)

TOKYO, Japan - Vodafone K.K. (Japan) said March 10 that David Jones (in file photo), chief executive officer of Vodafone Netherlands, will assume the newly created post of chief operating officer on April 1. A native of Britain, Jones joined British mobile phone company Vodafone Group PLC in 1986 and has been in his current post since 2001. Vodafone K.K. (Japan) is a unit of Vodafone Group.

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Ripplewood announces acquisition of Japan Telecom

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Telecom Holdings President William Morrow (L) and Ripplewood Holdings LLC Managing Director Jeffrey Hendren shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21 after signing an agreement on Ripplewood's acquisition of Japan Telecom Co., the fixed-line carrier arm of Japan Telecom Holdings Co., which operates under the wing of British mobile giant Vodafone Group PLC.

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J-Phone to launch 3G mobile service

TOKYO, Japan - J-Phone Co. President Darryl Green shows his firm's new third-generation (3G) mobile phone at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 3. J-Phone, a mobile phone company affiliated with Britain's Vodafone Group PLC, will launch its 3G mobile phone service on Dec. 20, featuring globally used functions to allow users to make calls in 50 countries.

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Vodaphone's Morrow to head Japan Telecom

TOKYO, Japan - William Morrow (L), vice president of Vodaphone-Japan, and Haruo Murakami, the company's president, meet the press Nov. 28 in Tokyo to announce that Morrow will replace Murakami next month. Murakami will assume the post of chairman. Japan Telecom is owned 66.7% by British mobile phone giant Vodafone Group PLC.

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Vodafone to boost stake in Japan Telecom

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Sakata (L), chairman of Japan Telecom Co., and Chris Gent, president of Vodafone Group PLC, shake hands at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 2. They announced that Vodafone will raise its stake in Japan's third largest telecom carrier to 45% from the present 25% with the purchase of the 20% stake held by British Telecommunications PLC (BT).

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Vodafone to acquire 15% stake in Japan Telecom

TOKYO, Japan - Haruo Murakami, president of Japan Telecom Co., meets reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 20 after British Telecom carrier Vodafone Group PLC said it will acquire a 15.01% stake in Japan Telecom. Vodafone will purchase Japan Telecom shares from West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) and Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) for 249.2 billion yen.

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Vodaphone's Morrow to head Japan Telecom

TOKYO, Japan - William Morrow (L), vice president of Vodaphone-Japan, and Haruo Murakami, the company's president, meet the press Nov. 28 in Tokyo to announce that Morrow will replace Murakami next month. Murakami will assume the post of chairman. Japan Telecom is owned 66.7% by British mobile phone giant Vodafone Group PLC.

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(1)Shiro Tsuda, ex-NTT DoCoMo exec, to become Vodafone Holdings

TOKYO, Japan - Shiro Tsuda (L), former senior executive vice president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., shakes hands with J. Brian Clark, board chairman of Vodafone Holdings, at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 16 after being appointed president and chief executive officer of Vodafone Holdings K.K., the Japan arm of the British mobile phone company Vodafone Group Plc. Tsuda takes over the post, now concurrently held by Clark on a temporary basis. (Kyodo)

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(2)Shiro Tsuda, ex-NTT DoCoMo exec, to become Vodafone Holdings

TOKYO, Japan - Shiro Tsuda, former senior executive vice president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 16 after being appointed as president and chief executive officer of Vodafone Holdings K.K., the Japanese arm of British mobile phone company Vodafone Group Plc. (Kyodo)

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Morrow to lead Japan unit of Vodafone

TOKYO, Japan - Vodafone K.K., the Japanese unit of major British mobile phone operator Vodafone Group PLC, said Feb. 7 it has appointed William Morrow (file photo), president of Vodafone U.K., as its new president. Morrow, 45, will replace Shiro Tsuda, 59, who will become board chairman of the Tokyo-based unit. (Kyodo)

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Vodafone K.K. returns to black mainly on 89.9 bil. yen tax relie

TOKYO, Japan - Vodafone K.K. Chiarman speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on May 24. The mobile phone service provider said its group net balance returned to the black in the 2004 business year as it booked 89.87 billion yen in future tax relief as a one-time gain. (Kyodo)

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Softbank to acquire Vodafone's Japan unit for 1.75 tril. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 17, with Yahoo Japan President and Chief Executive Officer Masahiro Inoue (C) and Vodafone Group Plc's Japan unit Vodafone KK President Bill Morrow listening. (Kyodo)

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Softbank to acquire Vodafone's Japan unit for 1.75 tril. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Bill Morrow (L), president of Vodafone Group Plc's Japan unit Vodafone KK, and Masayoshi Son (C), chief executive officer of Softbank Corp., and Yahoo Japan President and Chief Executive Officer Masahiro Inoue join hands during a press conference in Tokyo on March 17. (Kyodo)

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Vodafone to promote shift to 3G mobile phone handsets

TOKYO, Japan - Vodafone K.K. President Shiro Tsuda speaks at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 22. Tsuda said that the Japanese unit of British mobile phone service company Vodafone Group PLC will encourage its customers to shift to third-generation handsets for faster data communications. ''Vodafone will offer its last 2G handset next year and no more 2G later,'' Tsuda said in an interview with Kyodo News. (Kyodo)

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Clark becomes president of Vodafone's Japanese arm

TOKYO, Japan - Vodafone Holdings K.K. said Brian Clark (in file photo), chief executive of Vodafone Group PLC's Asia Pacific Region, was appointed June 23 as president and chief executive officer of the Japanese arm of the British mobile giant. Clark, a 55-year-old South African native, took over from Darryl Green for immediate effect. Clark also succeeded Green as president of Vodafone K.K., which operates under the umbrella of Vodafone Holdings. (Kyodo)

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GREGORY MILLER, JOSHUA (JOSH) STEINMAN, MATT BEAL

Special Assistant to the President USA for Cyber security JOSHUA (JOSH) STEINMAN (centre) speaks with MATT BEAL, (right) Director, Technology Strategy and Architecture for Vodafone Group and GREGORY MILLER (left) First Assistant Secretary at Australian Department of Home Affairs during the final day of two-day international conference of reps of more than 30 countries and NATO on common steps in providing cyber security in Prague, Czech Republic, May 2, 2019. According to media, U.S. representatives want to call for restriction of influence of China and Huawei firm on development of 5G mobile networks. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Jones named chief operating officer of Vodafone K.K. (Japan)

TOKYO, Japan - Vodafone K.K. (Japan) said March 10 that David Jones (in file photo), chief executive officer of Vodafone Netherlands, will assume the newly created post of chief operating officer on April 1. A native of Britain, Jones joined British mobile phone company Vodafone Group PLC in 1986 and has been in his current post since 2001. Vodafone K.K. (Japan) is a unit of Vodafone Group. (Kyodo)

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Ripplewood announces acquisition of Japan Telecom

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Telecom Holdings President William Morrow (L) and Ripplewood Holdings LLC Managing Director Jeffrey Hendren shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21 after signing an agreement on Ripplewood's acquisition of Japan Telecom Co., the fixed-line carrier arm of Japan Telecom Holdings Co., which operates under the wing of British mobile giant Vodafone Group PLC. (Kyodo)

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J-Phone to launch 3G mobile service

TOKYO, Japan - J-Phone Co. President Darryl Green shows his firm's new third-generation (3G) mobile phone at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 3. J-Phone, a mobile phone company affiliated with Britain's Vodafone Group PLC, will launch its 3G mobile phone service on Dec. 20, featuring globally used functions to allow users to make calls in 50 countries. (Kyodo)

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Vodafone to boost stake in Japan Telecom

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Sakata (L), chairman of Japan Telecom Co., and Chris Gent, president of Vodafone Group PLC, shake hands at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 2. They announced that Vodafone will raise its stake in Japan's third largest telecom carrier to 45% from the present 25% with the purchase of the 20% stake held by British Telecommunications PLC (BT).

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Vodafone to acquire 15% stake in Japan Telecom

TOKYO, Japan - Haruo Murakami, president of Japan Telecom Co., meets reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 20 after British Telecom carrier Vodafone Group PLC said it will acquire a 15.01% stake in Japan Telecom. Vodafone will purchase Japan Telecom shares from West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) and Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) for 249.2 billion yen.