Company Profile

Type

Public limited company

(LSE: VOD, NASDAQ: VOD)

Industry

Telecommunications

Predecessor

19831991 Racal Telecom

Founded

1984

Headquarters

Newbury, United Kingdom

Area served

Worldwide

Key people

Sir John Bond (Chairman) Vittorio Colao (CEO) John Buchanan (Deputy Chairman) Andy Halford (CFO)

Services

Telecommunications

Revenue

44.47 billion (2010)[1]

Operating income

9.480 billion (2010)[1]

Profit

8.645 billion (2010)[1]

Total assets

156.98 billion (2010)[1]

Total equity

90.38 billion (2010)[1]

Employees

79,000 (March - 2009)[1]

Subsidiaries

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Website

Vodafone.com

Vodafone Group plc (LSE: VOD, NASDAQ: VOD) is a global telecommunications company headquartered in Newbury, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers (behind China Mobile), with around 332 million proportionate subscribers as at 30 September 2010. It operates networks in over 30 countries and has partner networks in over 40 additional countries. It owns 45% of Verizon Wireless, the largest mobile telecommunications company in the United States measured by subscribers.

The name Vodafone comes from voice data fone, chosen by the company to "reflect the provision of voice and data services over mobile phones". Its primary listing is on the London Stock Exchange and it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately 92 billion as of November 2010, making it the third largest company on the London Stock Exchange. It has a secondary listing on NASDAQ.