Top 20 stories from RCRNews.com in 2006: Part 1 of 2.(News)(Company overview)

RCR Wireless News, December, 2006

Editor's Note: Following are the most-read stories from RCRNews.com this year. They have been edited to fit in paper format. 1. Vodafone records $41B loss, reworks strategic plans May 30 Vodafone Group plc posted a massive $41.1 billion loss for 2005, mainly from impairment charges over assets it acquired during the telecom boom days, but promised its investors an even larger than expected payout, which sent its stock up slightly in early trading in London and New York.

Excluding the asset impairment charge, the European-based operator's revenues witnessed 7.5-percent organic growth and Vodafone added 21.5 million proportional customers during the past year. The company promised to return $17 billion to its shareholders, one-third more...

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