Vodafone Group Plc is a public limited company incorporated in England, headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK.

It is the world's leading mobile telecommunications company, with a significant presence in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and the United States, where it owns 45% of Verizon Wireless, the largest American mobile telecommunications company.
It is the second largest mobile telecom group in the world behind China Mobile.

Vodafone was born in 1984 as a subsidiary of Racal Electronics Plc, the third-largest British electronics firm. Then known as Racal Telecom Limited, in October 1988 approximately 20% of the company's capital was offered to the public. In September 1991 it became an independent company, at which time it changed its name to Vodafone Group Plc.

At 31 December 2008, the Group had 289 million customers in 25 markets across 5 continents.

The core business of the Group is mobile, but now they are moving into integrated mobile and PC communication services. It is doing that in two ways - wirelessly through 3G and HSDPA (High-Speed Download Packet Access), but also using fixed line broadband services like DSL (Digital Subscriber Line).

The Company's ordinary shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Company's American Depositary Shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company had a total market capitalisation of approximately £74 billion at 31 December 2008.

The present Ceo is Vittorio Colao, a Bocconi University graduate.

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