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1. Introduction2. History (Mergers & Acquisition)3. List Of CEO’s4. Organizational Structure5. Number of Vodafone Employees Worldwide6. Financial Reporting7. Trading Block (EU)8. Subsidiaries9. Product & Services

VODAFONE GROUP PLC is a British Multinational Telecommunications Company

Headquartered in LONDON

It is the WORLD's 2nd-LARGEST mobile telecommunications company

Vodafone owns and operates networks in “21 COUNTRIES”and has partner networks in over “40 additional countries.” Also provides I.T services to corporate clients in over “65 countries”.

The Third-largest of any company listed on the London Stock Exchange. It has a secondary listing on NASDAQ.

The Name VODAFONE comes from ”VOice DAta FONE”, chosen by the company to "reflect the provision of voice and data services over mobile phones"

'Vodafone' brand started in 1982 with the establishment of 'Racal Strategic Radio Ltd‘ subsidiary of Racal Electronics plc.

1980 Racal Electronics plc vs General Electric Company plc

September 1988 company renamed as Racal Telecom.

16 September 1991 Racal Telecom was demerged from Racal Electronics as Vodafone Group

29 June 1999 purchase of AirTouch Communications, Inc. and named as Vodafone Airtouch plc

21 September 1999 merge with Bell Atlantic Corp to form Verizon Wireless

28 July 2000, the Company reverted to its former name, Vodafone Group plc.

2001 acquisition of Eircell(largest co. of ireland) acquisition of J-Phone(Japan's third-largest mobile operator) which had introduced camera phones first in Japan

17 December 2001 introduced the concept of "Partner Networks“

28 October 2005 acquisition of a 10 per cent stake in India's Bharti Enterprises

Cont.....

2007 sponsorship deal with the McLaren Formula One "Vodafone McLaren Mercedes“

21 September 2007, Hutch was rebranded to Vodafone in India.

3 July 2008, Vodafone agreed to acquire a 70% stake in Ghana Telecom for $900 million.

Cont......

April 2012, acquisition of Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWW) for £1.04 billion.

24 June 2013 acquisition of German cable company Kabel Deutschland.

October 2013 began 4G in New Zealand

February 2014 offer to acquire Spain’s largest cable operator, ONO

List of CEO’s

Sir Gerald Whent

• October 1988 – December 1996

Sir Christopher Gent

• January 1997 – July 2003

Arun Sarin

• July 2003 – July 2008

Vittorio Colao

• Since July 2008

Number of Vodafone Employees Worldwide from 2009 to 2014

Year ended 31 March

• 2013

• 2012

• 2011

• 2010

• 2009

• 2008

• 2007

• 2006*

• 2005

• 2004

Turnover £m

• 44,445

• 46,417

• 45,884

• 44,472

• 41,017

• 35,478

• 31,104

• 29,350

• 34,073

• 36,492

Profit for the year £m

• 3,255

• 9,549

• 9,498

• 8,674

• 4,189

• 9,001

• (2,383)

• (14,835)

• 7,951

• 9,013

Trading Block (EU)

EU

IT IS A FAMILY OF DEMOCRATRIC EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.

COMMITED TO WORKING TOGETHER FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY.

ITS HISTORICAL ROOTSLIE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

IDEA OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION WAS CONCEIVED TO PREVENT SUCH KILLING AND DESTRUCTION FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN.

Member states of the EU:

1) Austria,

2) Belgium,

3) Bulgaria,

4) Cyprus,

5) Czech Republic,

6) Denmark,

7) Estonia,

8) Finland, France,

9) Germany, Greece,

10) Hungary,

11) Ireland,

12) Italy, Latvia,

13) Lithuania,

14) Luxembourg,

15) Malta,

16) Netherlands,

17) Poland,

18) Portugal,

19) Romania,

20)Slovakia,

21) Slovenia,

22)Spain, Sweden,

23)United Kingdom

The Euro: Our Currency The euro is the currency of 13 European Union countries:

Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia and Finland.

Euro banknotes and coins have been in circulation since 1 January 2002 and are now a part of daily life for 315 million Europeans living in the euro area

The Eurosystem, which consist of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the national central banks of the 13 countries belonging to the euro area, has the exclusive right to issue euro banknotes. All decisions on the designs, the denominations, etc. of the euro banknotes are taken by the ECB.

Handsets/ Smartphone's

66 new models released in the 2010 financial year.

A handset offering advanced capabilities including access to email and the internet.

24% of handset sales in Europe.

All leading brands represented including iPhone in 14 countries.

Launched two tailor-made Vodafone 360 handsets: Samsung H1 and Samsung M1.

Data Devices

Four netbook models with built-in 3G broadband launched.

Peak download speeds of up to 28.8 Mbps.

13m Smartphone users in Europe, representing 11% of customers.

First to launch a 21 Mbps USB stick in several markets in Europe.

Voice & messaging services

• Voice services incorporate revenue for national, international and roaming calls.

• SMS services include text messages as well as multiple media, such as pictures, music, sound, video and text.

Vodafone RED - Best Postpaid - http://youtu.be/tfGWo-gDt6s

Vodafone Network - http://youtu.be/SdQtLzkt1b4

Vodafone International Roaming -http://youtu.be/4cDRHfsBPi0

Pay Bills from anywhare - http://youtu.be/mrMl59m7AKs

Vodafone Music - http://youtu.be/LLB-Tj6KQXg

Find a Job - http://youtu.be/aq71EoRz8vk

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