Conference Call: Distribution Power And Network Capabilities Will Help Vodafone App Store Compete

image Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) announced earlier today that it was providing developers with software this summer that will allow them to create applications that will work across all of the phones their customers use, regardless of operating system or manufacturer.

In its conference call today giving more detail on its plans, Vodafone Europe head Michel Combes said he believed the carrier could compete against the app stores from handset vendors by being agnostic in terms of the operating systems it supported, and by offering developers the ability to bill customers on their phone bills, and access to location-based data that could help them create more tailored applications. He also singled out its distribution power, which would give developers access to 289 million customers. More details from the call after the jump.

Other details from the call:

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