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Vodafone Group Plc.

Market Cap:$122.7B

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

'Vodafone completes merger with Arcor'

12/16/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
'Vodafone, Alcatel to offer smart metering service in Germany'

12/11/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
BSM driving school signs deal with Vodafone partner AMC Communications

12/11/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
'Vodafone Germany launches Microsoft Online Services'

12/10/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Vodafone Chooses Clarity FSR for External Reporting Needs

12/08/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
'Vodafone Spain launches BlackBerry Bold 9700'

12/08/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
'Vodafone Germany unveils VDSL tariffs'

12/08/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Vodafone and Huawei Open Core Network Innovation Centre in Milan

12/04/09 - Site Opening - View Story
How will Vivendi spend spoils from NBCU sale?

12/03/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Europe tentatively extends rally as Vodafone rises

12/02/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
'Vodafone launches Samsung M1 in Italy'

12/01/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
'Vodafone CR introduces Samsung Blue Earth'

11/30/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
'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
Qtel in talks with Apple to launch iPhone in 2010

12/10/09 - 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

News & Analysis

personal technology and vodafone group plc. - All News and Analysis

Vodafone Eyes Pension Closure - Report

ReutersUK - 2009-11-25

LONDON (Reuters UK) - Britain's Vodafone VOD is planning to close its 755 million pounds final salary pension scheme to around 4,000 of it's employees, the Financial Times reported in its Thursday editions.Vodafone is following several other high profile employers in blocking current workers from earning further retirement benefits that...

Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Benefits, Video On Demand (VoD), Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Personal Technology
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

Tags: India, Vodafone Group Plc., Cell Phone, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Financial Times
Vodafone also gets the iPhone in UK

Strategy Eye - 2009-09-28

Vodafone will join Orange and O2 in selling the iPhone in the UK, paving the way for intense competition between the UK’s three largest operators. Vodafone’s announcement follows news earlier this week that Apple is breaking its exclusive contract with O2 to offer the phone with Orange. The events show that Apple is moving away from its...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Vodafone Group Plc., Apple Inc., U.K., Orange, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jasper Jackson
Twitter signs SMS deal with O2

Strategy Eye - 2009-07-13

O2 is to become the latest mobile operator to partner with Twitter to allow users to receive tweets via SMS, resurrecting a service that Twitter abandoned last year. O2 customers will be able to receive @replies and direct messages for free, under a 600-a-month fair usage limit. ...

Tags: O2 Plc., SMS, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, O2, Editorial, Vodafone Group Plc.
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. ...

Tags: Mobile, U.K., SMS, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Advertising & Promotion, Telephony, Manufacturing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Networking, O2, T-Mobile, Hutchison 3G UK Limited, Jasper Jackson, Vodafone Group Plc.