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Although smartphone ownership percentages continue to climb, western markets are clearly approaching saturation. At the same time, there are markets within those markets which do not so much resist the incursion of smartness as simply have little interest or opportunity to enjoy it.

Vivendi announced on Sunday that it has taken full control of SFR, the big French cellphone service provider, by buying Vodafone’s 44 percent stake in the company for $11.3 billion in cash.

Google Inc's Nexus One smartphone will be sold in Vodafone retail stores in Britain at the end of the month and the company said there are no longer plans to offer a version of the phone that uses the Verizon Wireless network in the United States.

A second phone based on Google's operating system Android is unveiled by Vodafone at the Mobile World Congress.