Los Angeles - Wireless carrier Vodafone's Australian unit on Monday announced the launch of its MusicStation unlimited mobile music service, the first such offering to be made available in the country. The service offers unlimited access to a catalog of over one million tracks from all the major labels and a range of independents for a flat fee of $2.75 per week. Vodafone has also launched Omnifone's MusicStation service in the U.K., South Africa and New Zealand.

London - Mobile network operator Vodafone UK (NYSE: VOD) has announced the launch of a new mobile music store, Vodafone Music, which allows users to download songs a la carte over-the-air to their phones. The service lets users add songs from the Vodafone live! Music Shop, which is powered by RealNetworks. Vodafone also still operates MusicStation, a subscription service powered by Omnifone that it is pre-loading on its customers' phones.

Redwood City, Calif. - Amobee Media Systems, a provider of mobile ad delivery technology, announced on Wednesday that it has raised an undisclosed sum of new funding, from investors including Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Cisco Systems (NASD: CSCO), Telefonica, Vodafone, Accel Partners, Globespan and Sequoia Capital.

London - European wireless carrier Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) on Monday announced a partnership with News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace that will see video footage from Vodafone-sponsored music events placed on MySpace sites in Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.K. Vodafone sponsors events including TBAs in the U.K. and Music Unlimited Cologne in Germany.

London - Omnifone announced on Friday that its MusicStation unlimited mobile music download service on Vodafone's (NYSE: VOD) network is now the largest digital music subscription service in the U.K., overtaking even PC-centric services in terms of subscriber numbers. The company did not break out subscriber tallies for the service, which allows subscribers to download an unlimited number of tracks to their mobile phones for about $3.92 per week.

Amsterdam - International wireless carrier Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) announced on Friday that it has acquired Denmark-based mobile social network ZYB, for about $50 million in cash.

Los Angeles - Apple (NASD: AAPL) has signed deals with international wireless carrier Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) to distribute its iPhone in 10 countries, and with Telecom Italia to distribute the device in Italy. Vodafone will offer the iPhone in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey. Apple recently partnered with Rogers Communications to distribute the iPhone in Canada, and is already offering the device in the U.K., France, Germany and Spain.

Basking Ridge, N.J. - Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) and international mobile network Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) announced on Tuesday that they will team to offer what they say is the "first ever live global mobile simulcast" tomorrow, when they provide live streaming of Madonna's concert at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City.

London - Mobile network operator Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) announced that it has reached a deal with Warner Music International (NYSE: WMG), that will give its subscribers access to tracks from Madonna's forthcoming album "Hard Candy" a week before it goes on sale. Beginning on April 21, one of seven tracks from the album will be released each day, and remain available for download for 24 hours before being replaced by the next track. Vodafone subscribers in Spain, Portugal, Germany and Belgium additionally get exclusive mobile access to the new single "4 Minutes" immediately.

Frankfurt, Germany - A local court in Hamburg, Germany has sided with Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and issued a preliminary injunction on the sale of Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone, over objections to the company's exclusive distribution deal with rival mobile network T-Mobile, Reuters reported.

London - U.K. wireless carrier Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) on Thursday launched MusicStation, an unlimited mobile music download service offering from Omnifone. The service allows unlimited downloads, from a library of 1.2 million tracks from all four major labels and many independents, to a wide range of Vodafone handsets for a weekly fee of about $4.13. Apple is set to release its iPhone with wireless carrier O2 in the U.K. later this month.

London - Wireless carrier Vodafone Group has announced plans to offer an unlimited mobile music download service in the U.K., powered by Britain-based Omnifone.

Two companies yesterday, Vodafone and First Direct, pulled their advertising from Facebook after they were randomly placed on a page giving information about the British National party.