BNET Industries
Market Cap:$121.2B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$51.0B
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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
+44 (0) 1635 33251
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Offices of Other Holding Companies: 551112
Recent Events
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'Northamptonshire police use BlackBerry service from Vodafone'
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Australia - Telecoms Industry - Statistics And Forecasts - New Report Published
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'Tesco Mobile to offer iPhone before Christmas'
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Operator News in Brief - 24th Nov 2009
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UPDATE: Telkom To Launch Mobile Service To Stem Customer Loss
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SmarTone extending HSPA+ to Macau
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'Vodafone Germany launches Motorola Milestone'
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'Vodafone brings Sony Ericsson Naite handset to Romania'
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'Vodafone, Deutsche Bank launch mobile banking services'
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Operator News in Brief - 20th Nov 2009
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Dell Officially Enters The Smartphone Market
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Operator News in Brief - 16th Nov 2009
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'Vodafone Portugal launches Vodafone 360 Samsung M1'
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Vodafone and RIM Introduce the BlackBerry Storm2 Smartphone
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Vodafone and Chunghwa Telecom Announce Partnership
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Vodafone, Chunghwa Team Up
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Vodafone More Than Doubles Earnings
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Vodafone's profit up 15 percent
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'Vodafone Italia launches 10 Autoricarica tariff'
News & Analysis
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India takes its toll on Vodafone
Financial Times
- 2009-11-10
Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone operator by revenue, warned of a sharper than expected reduction in its profit margin in 2009-10 and said that competition in India was taking its toll.The UK group tried to reassure investors by revealing a by Financial Times
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...
O2 may enter T-Mobile bidding war
Strategy Eye
- 2009-07-05
O2 is likely to join the bidding war for T-Mobile, the UK mobile operator owned by Deutsche Telekom which has been valued at between EUR3bn (USD4.2bn) and EUR4bn (USD5.6bn). O2 currently owns 27% of the UK market, and may be looking to strengthen its position as the mobile market...
Vodafone considers T-Mobile acquisition
Strategy Eye
- 2009-06-28
Vodafone is considering making a bid for rival T-Mobile’s UK operations, which are said to be worth roughly USD5bn. However, regulators are likely to carefully scrutinise a deal, which would give Vodafone control of 40% of the UK market. The...
Twitter SMS returns to UK
Strategy Eye
- 2009-03-27
Twitter is partnering with mobile operator Vodafone to allow UK users to receive tweets via SMS, resurrecting the service that it halted last year. Twitter was forced to abandon the service after is revealed that a single UK user could cost up to USD1,000 a year. ...
Vodafone and Telefonica sign huge network-sharing deal
Strategy Eye
- 2009-03-25
Vodafone and Telefonica are signing a far-reaching deal to share network infrastructure in Spain, Germany, Ireland and the UK, potentially saving the mobile operators hundreds of millions in capital and operating costs over the next ten years. The two firms are also discussing extending the arrangement to the Czech...
MySpace, bank of America and others get behind Symbian
Strategy Eye
- 2009-02-13
Another 14 companies, including Bank of America, Hewlett-Packard, MySpace and Qualcomm, have lent their support to plans to turn Symbian into an open-source, mobile operating system. The system now has more support than Google’s mobile software competitor Android. The Symbian...
Vodafone CEO calls for collaboration
Strategy Eye
- 2009-01-27
Vodafone, China Mobile and Verizon Wireless could deliver ?unbeatable? customer experience if they collaborated more closely, according to Vodafone CEO, Vittorio Colao. Vodafone already owns a 45% stake in Verizon, the second-largest phone company in the US, and a small...
Vodafone Ventures Invests In Mobile Medical Technology Provider t+Medical
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- 2008-12-17
Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) Ventures has invested an undisclosed sum in t+Medical, a British provider of mobile technology used to transfer patient biometric data. The funding from the corporate VC arm of the global telecoms group will be used to help the mobile medical platform firm roll outs its mPRO...
Picsel Technologies Appoints Former Vodafone Exec Chief Operating Officer
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- 2008-12-17
Former Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) executive Ted Katagi is joining Picsel Technologies as global chief operating office. Katagi, who served as chief marketing officer at Vodafone Japan, will be in charge of the mobile platform provider's global sales and marketing divisions. Katagi also served as Vodafone Group's commercial strategy director,...
| Volume | 2,746,869 |
| Shares Outstanding | 5.2B |
| Market Cap | 121.2B |
| Year High | 23.85 |
| Year Low | 15.46 |
| Earnings Per Share | 1.00 |
| P/E Ratio | 23.050 |
| Dividend | 1.2911 |
| Yield | 5.60 |
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