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Vodafone Group Plc
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Vodafone Group Plc is the world's leading mobile telecommunications company, providing a wide range of services including voice and data communications.
Vodafone Group Plc provides an extensive range of mobile telecommunications services, including voice and data communications, and is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company, with a significant presence in Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Far East through the Company's subsidiary undertakings, 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.
At 30 June 2004, based on the registered customers of mobile telecommunications ventures in which it had ownership interests at that date, the Group had approximately 139.2 million customers, excluding paging customers, calculated on a proportionate basis in accordance with the Company's percentage interest in these ventures.
Following the completion of a number of major business transactions during the last three years, the Group acquired controlling interests in certain non-mobile telecommunications businesses, including Arcor AG & Co KG ('Arcor'), following the acquisition of Mannesmann AG ('Mannesmann'), and Japan Telecom Co., Ltd. ('Japan Telecom'), following a tender offer in October 2001.
The Company's ordinary shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Company's American Depositary Shares ('ADSs') are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company had a total market capitalisation of approximately £86 billion at 23 May 2003, making it the second largest company in the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 index, or FTSE 100, and the eleventh largest company in the world based on market capitalisation at that date.
Contact Details:
Vodafone Corporate Communications
Mike Caldwell
Vodafone House
The Connection
Newbury
RG14 2FN
England
T: +44 (0) 1635 33251
W:
http://www.vodafone.com
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