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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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Vodafone and Hutchison merge Australian operations
Strategy Eye
- 2009-02-10
Vodafone and Hutchison Whampoa are merging their Australian telecoms operations in a move which will help the third and fourth largest providers in terms of market share make up ground lost to market leader Telstra and second-placed Singapore Telecommunications. The...
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Approached Ex-Vodafone Chief Arun Sarin
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- 2008-12-15
Arun Sarin's name is being floated again, this time for a job at private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Last week, reports surfaced that the ex-Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) chief executive, who left the telecoms giant in July, was being considered for the role of ceo of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO)....
Former Vodafone Head May Be Interested In Yahoo Post
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- 2008-12-10
Arun Sarin, the former head of Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), is showing strong interest in succeeding Jerry Yang as Yahoo's CEO, according to The Financial Times, which quotes people who are close to Sarin. Yesterday, the WSJ reported that Sarin's name was the latest being floated for the job. The...
Former Vodafone Head May Be Interested In Yahoo Post
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- 2008-12-10
Arun Sarin, the former head of Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), is showing strong interest in succeeding Jerry Yang as Yahoo's CEO, according to The Financial Times, which quotes people who are close to Sarin. Yesterday, the WSJ reported that Sarin's name was the latest being floated for the job. The...
Vodafone Keeping Hold of Verizon Stake
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- 2008-11-21
Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) CEO Vittorio Colao said the company's board had an "open mind" about a sale of its 45 per cent stake in Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ), but emphasized that he thought that currently the "best thing" for the global telecoms firm was "to stay where we are,"...
Vodafone completes purchase of Ghana Telecom stake
- 2008-08-18
LONDON AFP — British mobile phone giant Vodafone said Monday it had completed the purchase of a 70-percent stake in state-run Ghana Telecommunications. "Further to the ... approval from the Ghanaian Parliament, Vodafone announces today that it has completed the acquisition of a 70 percent stake in Ghana Telecom...
Vodafone Executive Joins Wavesat Board of Directors
- 2008-07-09
Wavesat Inc., a leading supplier of Broadband Wireless semiconductor solutions, announced today that Professor Michael Walker, Group R&D Director at Vodafone has been appointed to the Board of Directors, effective immediately. "We welcome the addition of Mike to our Board," said Pat Smith, Chairman of the Board, Wavesat. "As...
Seven companies that are changing telecom
- 2007-12-01
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2007 is notable as the year of the most-anticipated product released in industry history. But Apple isn't the only one rewriting the telecom playbook. Telecom Asia editors have identified half a dozen other firms who are changing the rules of the business. Not all are from...
European Commission clears Vodafone's takeover of Tele2 Italy and Spain.(ACROSS THE REGION)
- 2007-12-01
The European Commission has cleared UK mobile operator Vodafone Group PLC's $1.142 billion takeover of Tele2 Telecommunication Services SLU (Tele2 Spain) and Tele2 Italy SpA. The commission asserted that this deal would not hamper competition, as the activities overlap only in the retail market for telephony...
Vodafone eyes full control at South African venture Vodacom
- 2007-11-29
LONDON AFP — British mobile phone giant Vodafone said Thursday it was interested in winning full control at South African unit Vodacom. Vodafone has repeatedly declared its interest in raising its stake in Vodacom, which is a 50-50 joint venture operated with Telkom of South Africa. On Wednesday...
| 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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