Vodafone Looks West For Mobile Ideas, Opens R&D Center In Silicon Valley

Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), Europe’s largest operator by revenues, is taking some decisive steps to keep pole position for the longer term: today it has opened a new R&D Center, Vodafone Xone, to try to seek out the best and brightest innovations in wireless technology and services. Yet despite Vodafone’s roots in Europe, and the UK specifically, Xone will not be based there, but in Silicon Valley,...