One rising candidate is Arun Sarin, who was chief executive officer of Vodafone Group until he resigned this past summer.

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They got talking when Mittal was searching for an alliance to expand Bharti's roaming services in Europe and met Vodafone's chief executive, Arun Sarin, a fellow Indian.

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Arun Sarin , the embattled chief executive of British mobile phone giant Vodafone, put on a brave face Monday as he responded to calls for his resignation.

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Arun Sarin , the embattled chief executive of British mobile phone giant Vodafone (nyse: VOD - news - people ), put on a brave face Monday as he responded to calls for his resignation.

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If you want to see a chief executive who has come back from the brink one of corporate history's most vitriolic shareholder revolts and lived to tell the tale, look no further than Arun Sarin .

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After plugging in millions of dollars into third generation (3G) mobile services, cellular chief executives like Vodafone's Arun Sarin have been looking for revenue sources outside of phone calls, which have themselves seen prices driven down by competition.

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Rather than the big strategic acquisitions made by predecessor Arun Sarin several years ago in emerging markets, Vodafone has recently done little more than increase its stake in a South African telecoms company and merge with Hutchison's 3 Australia.

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