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"Japan has been a peculiar place where things haven't worked Vodafone's way. The company was slow to realize that, gee whiz, Japan is really different from Europe."1 - Makio Inui, Telecom Analyst, UBS Securities2, Japan, in 2005. "This (exit from Japan) makes sense. Vodafone had struggled with its Japanese unit for some time and attempts to turn it around had met with limited success. The marriage of a willing buyer and seller at a sensible price means that Vodafone can walk away as positively as it can have expected to."3 - Robin Hearn, Principal Analyst, Ovum, in 2006. "The board has arrived at the decision to withdraw our capital from the Japanese market based on several key criteria. It has become increasingly clear that the greatest operational benefits come from strong local and regional scale."4 - Arun Sarin, CEO, Vodafone Group Plc., in 2006 Vodafone Bids Sayonara
Vodafone Exits Japan - Next Page>> 1] Martin Fackler, "A Major Backfire in Japan
Deflates Vodafone's One-Size-Fits-All Strategy,"www.nytimes.com, September 05, 2005.
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