@ CTIA: Day Two: Keynote: Vodafone CEO Sarin: ‘Don’t Allow Carriers To Become Bit Pipes’

In this morning’s keynote, Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) CEO Arun Sarin said he has the ability to see trends worldwide in the mobile industry because Vodafone covers 30 countries and 250 million customers, from America, through its ownership position in Verizon (NYSE: VZ), to Britain, Romania and Turkey.

He said the difference between today and three years is the development of the mobile Internet: “Internet on the mobile is the new new thing in the industry, and it