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About Vodafone

Vodafone Group is a mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK. It is the largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world by turnover and has a market value of about £100 billion (December 2007). Vodafone currently has equity interests in 25 countries and Partner Networks (networks in which it has no equity stake) in a further 39 countries. The name Vodafone comes from Voice data fone, chosen by the company to "reflect the provision of voice and data services over mobile phones."

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At 31 January 2007 Vodafone had 200 million proportionate customers in 25 markets across 5 continents. ("Proportionate customers" means, for example, that if Vodafone has a 30% stake in a business with a million customers, that is counted as 300,000). On this measure it is the second largest mobile telecom group in the world behind China Mobile. The eight markets where it has more than ten million proportionate customers are the United Kingdom, Germany, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Egypt and the United States. In the U.S., these customers come via its minority stake in Verizon Wireless, and in the other seven markets Vodafone has majority-controlled subsidiaries.

On 30 May 2006, the company announced a loss before tax of £14.9 billion for 2005, the biggest loss in British corporate history. The loss for the year from continuing operations was £17.2 billion and the bottom line loss for the financial year was £21.8 billion. The company was pushed into loss by impairment charges of £23.5 billion, which related to the acquisition of Mannesmann several years earlier, and losses of £4.6 billion in relation to its discontinued business in Japan. At an operating level it remained highly profitable, with an operating profit on continuing operations of £9.4 billion before impairment costs.

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  2. Mobile Fees Under Pressure With Network Rollout - NYTimes.com

    Explore Article The New York Times (Mar 16 2010)

    ...or VoLTE, by March 2011. The group includes Verizon Wireless and AT&T; in the United States, Vodafone, Telefónica, Deutsche Telekom and Orange in Europe, NTT Docomo in Japan, and China Mobile. The stan... (Read Full Article)

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  3. Juicing Up the Networks | Wireless Week

    Explore Article Wireless Week (Mar 9 2010) Operator Services

    Juicing Up the Networks | Wireless Week ...hin its ILEC footprint as possible with fiber, using Ethernet for transport. Verizon’s co-parent, Vodafone, plans to use microwave technology that will carry high-speed Ethernet traffic. Clearwire is using ... (Read Full Article)

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  4. For Your Eyes Only - the three levels of customer behavior based data

    Explore Article Communities Dominate Brands (Mar 8 2010) SMS

    ...e giants like Google and Apple and Nokia want to get into this space. The big mobile operators like Vodafone, China Mobile, Telefonica etc are slow to capitalize on it but are trying to. And the various ad ag... (Read Full Article)

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  5. Mobile Content Bits: Vodafone/Foursquare, FoneStarz/Disney; 3UK/Warner Bros

    Explore Article mocoNews (Mar 4 2010) Mobile Applications , Operator Services , EMEA

    Mobile Content Bits: Vodafone/Foursquare, FoneStarz/Disney; 3UK/Warner Bros ...E: TWX) TV shows such as “Two and a Half Men,” “The Mentalist,” and “Friends.” Mobile Content Bits: Vodafone/Foursquare, FoneStarz/Disney; 3UK/Warner Bros * Comments Comments (View) * Text Size: A A * Print P... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Disney   Vodafone

  6. Reality Check: Shifting dynamics in mobile application distribution and monetization

    Explore Article Mobile Technology (Mar 2 2010) Mobile Applications , Operator Services

    Reality Check: Shifting dynamics in mobile application distribution and monetization ...ext generation of app-stores. As evidenced through deployment of advanced operator services such as Vodafone 360 as well as the formation of strategic consortia such as LiMo, the Wholesale Applications Commun... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Technology   Android   Vodafone

  7. Three new mobile apps hit Vodafone 360 from WIN plc

    Explore Article gomonews.com (Mar 2 2010) Mobile Applications , Operator Services

    Three new mobile apps hit Vodafone 360 from WIN plc Vodafone 360 is the service that the operator uses to try and tie all of your communications into the networ... (Read Full Article)

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  8. Back from Barcelona

    Explore Article Mobile Messaging 2.0 (Feb 25 2010) Operator Services

    Back from Barcelona ... at MWC in refuting that. The WAC collaboration was the most visible announcement in this regard. Vodafone challenging Google was another example.As I’m sure readers saw from David Murphy’s posts and videos... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Vodafone   David Murphy   Google

  9. Mobile World Congress 2010 - A review by Strand Consult

    Explore Article gomonews.com (Feb 23 2010) Mobile Applications , Smartphones

    ...heir predecessors’ presentations before addressing this year’s almost 4000 participants. This year, Vodafone’s CEO Vittorio Colao spoke, replacing Arun Sarin who spoke 2 years ago. Strand Consult is well-know... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   iPhone   Android   Vodafone

  10. 10 Reasons Why Big Telecoms Want to Crush Google Before It's Too Late

    Explore Article eweek.com (Feb 18 2010)

    ... search and Web services giant will go. In a recent discussion at an industry conference in Spain, Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao said the industry should be wary of Google. He cited the fact ... ( Page 1 of 2 ... (Read Full Article)

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  11. Mobile Offload: It’s So Hot Right Now

    Explore Article GigaOM (Feb 17 2010) Smartphones

    Mobile Offload: It’s So Hot Right Now ...ixed network we try to offload directly.” Swantee’s remarks were echoed this week by CEOs from both Vodafone and RIM, who used the event to warn that smartphone users will soon demand more data than networks ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Vodafone   Orange   RIM

  12. Verizon, ATandT, Other Operators Bond In Wholesale Applications Community

    Explore Article eweek.com (Feb 17 2010) Americas , Congress & FCC

    ...le to a wide range of mobile devices. Among those operators are AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, Vodafone, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, and China Unicom. The alliance bills itself as the Wholesale Appli... (Read Full Article)

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  13. Guest Post: David Murphy on Wholesale Applications Alliance

    Explore Article Mobile Messaging 2.0 (Feb 16 2010) Mobile Applications

    Guest Post: David Murphy on Wholesale Applications Alliance ...ding AT&T, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, Softbank Mobile, VimpelCom and Vodafone to name but a few. The Alliance´s stated intention is to build an open platform that delivers appl... (Read Full Article)

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  14. Vodafone launch 'world's cheapest phone'

    Explore Article textually.org (Feb 16 2010) Smartphones , EMEA

    Vodafone launch 'world's cheapest phone' Mobile phone operator Vodafone has launched what it says is the "lowest-cost mobile phone on Earth", selling "belo... (Read Full Article)

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  15. MWC: First Bada phone from Samsung – the Wave

    Explore Article gomonews.com (Feb 15 2010) Smartphones

    MWC: First Bada phone from Samsung – the Wave ...atest version of Samsung’s own UI – TouchWiz 3.0. GoMo News wonders how well that will go down with Vodafone which made TouchWiz an essential part of its Vodafone 360 platform with the H1 and M1. Defending its position as the world’s Number Two handset vendor, S... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   iPhone   Android   Vodafone

  16. Two Dozen Carriers Worldwide Unite Against Apple’s App Store

    Explore Article textually.org (Feb 15 2010) Mobile Applications , Smartphones , Americas , APAC

    ...one companies, including Verizon Wireless, AT&T, NTT DoCoMo, Deutsche Telekom, China Mobile and Vodafone, are teaming up to create an “open international applications platform,” which is obviously in dire... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   iPhone   AT&T   Vodafone

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