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Vodafone Group Plc.

Market Cap:$121.2B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$51.0B

Public

Dow Jones Description

Vodafone Group Plc is the world's leading mobile telecommunications company, with a significant presence in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and the United States through the Company's subsidiary undertakings, joint ventures, associated undertakings and investments. The Group's mobile subsidiaries operate under the brand name 'Vodafone'. In the United States the Group's associated undertaking operates as Verizon Wireless. During the last two financial years, the Group has also entered into arrangements with network operators in countries where the Group does not hold an equity stake. Under the terms of these Partner Network Agreements, the Group and its partner networks co-operate in the development and marketing of global services under dual brand logos.

Number of Employees 61,672

Contact Information

Vodafone House

The Connection

Newbury

Berkshire RG14 2FN

www.vodafone.co...

+44 (0) 1635 33251

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Offices of Other Holding Companies: 551112

Company News

Recent Events

'Northamptonshire police use BlackBerry service from Vodafone'

11/27/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Australia - Telecoms Industry - Statistics And Forecasts - New Report Published

11/26/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
'Tesco Mobile to offer iPhone before Christmas'

11/26/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Operator News in Brief - 24th Nov 2009

11/24/09 - Site Opening - View Story
UPDATE: Telkom To Launch Mobile Service To Stem Customer Loss

11/24/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
SmarTone extending HSPA+ to Macau

11/23/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
'Vodafone Germany launches Motorola Milestone'

11/23/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
'Vodafone brings Sony Ericsson Naite handset to Romania'

11/23/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
'Vodafone, Deutsche Bank launch mobile banking services'

11/19/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Operator News in Brief - 20th Nov 2009

11/20/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Dell Officially Enters The Smartphone Market

11/18/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Operator News in Brief - 16th Nov 2009

11/16/09 - Site Opening - View Story
'Vodafone Portugal launches Vodafone 360 Samsung M1'

11/18/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Vodafone and RIM Introduce the BlackBerry Storm2 Smartphone

11/13/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Vodafone and Chunghwa Telecom Announce Partnership

11/13/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Vodafone, Chunghwa Team Up

11/12/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Vodafone More Than Doubles Earnings

11/10/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story
Vodafone's profit up 15 percent

11/10/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
'Vodafone Italia launches 10 Autoricarica tariff'

11/10/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

finance and vodafone group plc. - All News and Analysis

T-Mobile and Orange merger could face concessions

Strategy Eye - 2009-11-22

Mobile operators T-Mobile and Orange may be asked to make concessions to competition regulators in order to get approval for their UK merger. Ed Richards, CEO of UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom, says regulators are likely to ask the mobile operators to relinquish radio spectrum. Regulators may also scrutinise how...

Tags: Mobile Operator, Regulator, Merger, T-Mobile, Concession, U.K., Spectrum, Mergers & Acquisitions, Manufacturing, Investment, Finance, Orange, O2, Ofcom, Editorial, France Telecom, Vodafone Group Plc.
Vodafone Doubles Cost Cut Target

ReutersUK - 2009-11-10

By Kate HoltonLONDON (Reuters UK) - Vodafone VOD, the world's largest mobile phone operator by revenue, has doubled its cost cutting target to 2 billion pounds by 2012, after a successful start to the programme boosted cashflow.Vodafone's decision to raise its target by 1 billion pounds surprised analysts and came...

Tags: Revenue, Vodafone Group Plc., Analyst, Operational Accounting, Finance, France Telecom, Oukbs
Vodafone prepares fresh round of cost cutting as revenues fall

Financial Times - 2009-11-08

Vittorio Colao, Vodafone's chief executive, is preparing a fresh round of cost cutting as he tries to offset falling revenue at the mobile phone operator.Vodafone's shares have underperformed the FTSE 100 by 16 per cent this year, partly because of concern at how the UK company's underlying revenue at...

Tags: Revenue, Vodafone Group Plc., Operational Accounting, Finance, Equities, Market News, Market Reports, Markets, Financial Times
T-Mobile to merge with Orange

Strategy Eye - 2009-09-07

T-Mobile and Orange seem set to merge their UK operations after the companies confirmed they were in "exclusive talks" about partnering on a 50-50 venture. The deal will establish the merged firm as the biggest single mobile operator in the UK, with some 37% of the market. The new...

Tags: Network, T-Mobile, U.K., Orange, Mergers & Acquisitions, Networking, Investment, Finance, O2, Deutsche Telekom, Andrew McDonald, France Telecom, Vodafone Group Plc.
Ybrant Digital Continues Acquisition Spree; Buys Australian Ad Network Max Interactive

PaidContent - 2009-08-03

Hyderabad-based digital marketing firm Ybrant Digital is continuing its acquisition spree. Close on the heels of its purchase of Argentinian ad network Dream Ad, the company today said it has acquired Australia-based ad network Max Interactive. The deal marks Ybrant's entry into the wider Asian and Pacific market. The...

Tags: Acquisition, Advertisement, Email Marketing, Ad Network, E-mail, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Marketing Research, Online Communications, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Marketing, Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Countries, Australia & New Zealand, Asia, India, Sruthijith KK, Nokia Corp., Vodafone Group Plc.