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ISIN code: GB00BH4HKS39
Sector: Communication
Industry: Wireless telecommunications
Le actions of Vodafone are listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker VOD.
View the share's historical listing on the LSE
Company Description
Vodafone Group is a British fixed and mobile telecommunications company. It is based in London.
Vodafone is one of the main operators in the sector and among the global market leaders.
It operates and owns networks in 22 countries and through partnership agreements is active in 42 other countries; with fixed network services it is present in 17 markets.
The division Vodafone Global Enterprise provides telecommunications and IT services to corporate customers in 150 countries.
It operates mainly in Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Most of the activity takes place in Germany and the UK.
Its customers are around 362 million worldwide. It has 93.000 employees.
Vodafone has its primary listing at London Stock Exchange and is also part of the FTSE 100 Index. It has a secondary listing at Nasdaq.
Among the main shareholders we find:
- BlackRock Fund Advisors 4,30%
- Norges Bank Investment Management 3,03%
- The Vanguard Group, Inc. 2,70%
- Société Générale Gestion SA 2,57%
Among subsidiaries or associated companies we find:
- Vantage Towers AG 81,1%
- Kabel Deutschland Holding AG 93,8%
- Vodacom Group Limited 60,5%
- Safaricom PLC 39,9%
- Inwit SPA 33,2%
- Indus Towers Limited 28,1%
- TPG Telecom Limited 11,1%
- Vodafone Idea Limited 24,4%
Turnover in 2020 was 44.974 billion euros.
Vodafone shares are currently trading at £117,42.
The tagline is «The future is exciting. Ready?”.
Economic and financial analysis of the company
Vodafone was founded in 1984 as a subsidiary of Racal Electronics Plc from which he broke away in 1991, when he began to operate independently; born like this Vodafone Group Plc.
On 30 June 1999 Vodafone joins the American company AirTouch Communications Inc. giving birth to Vodafone AirTouch Plc.
In 2000 he acquired the German company Mannessman and the mobile operator D2. Vodafone Group Plc name is restored.
In the following years Vodafone expanded its worldwide network, acquiring mobile operators and through shareholdings around the world. In Italy it acquired the operator in 2002 Omnitel.
In October 2007 he buys Tele2 Italy e Tele2 Spain for a cost of 775 million euros.
Acquired in 2014 the Cobra Automotive Technologies, Italian company, renamed Vodafone Automotive, which deals with the design and production of electronic devices for vehicle safety and for the development of services based on geolocation based on Machine to Machine technologies.
In May 2018 he acquired from the American company Liberty Global the cable telecommunications activities of its subsidiary Unitymedia in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania for a cost of 18,4 billion euros, making it the largest acquisition of the English company.
Vodafone is also very active in sponsorships. His partnership with Mclaren Formula One was historic.
The latest news on Vodafone
Swisscom acquires Vodafone Italia for 8 billion. A new TLC giant is born with Fastweb
A binding agreement worth 8 billion euros has been signed. The operation will revolutionize the telecommunications landscape in our country. The merger with Fastweb will create a leading operator in the Italian market
Vodafone Italia and Fastweb merger in sight? This is why Swisscom is putting 8 billion in cash on the table
An operation that could revolutionize the telecommunications landscape in our country. Swisscom's goal? Merge Vodafone Italia with its subsidiary Fastweb. Here are the details
Stock Market February 28: Vodafone gives up on TLC in Italy, Apple bids farewell to the electric car
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Fastweb focuses on the network and invests in the supercomputer for AI. 2023 wholesale revenues +5%
Fastweb aims to create the first linguistic model (Llm) trained natively in the Italian language, supported by the recent purchase of the powerful NIVIDIA Supercomputer dedicated to GenAI. It is expected to become operational by mid-year.
Vodafone exceeds estimates: revenues of 11,3 billion in the third quarter. “Active discussions” on Italian consolidation
CEO Margherita Della Valle returns to talk about the prospects in Italy after the rejections from Iliad, with rumors of a merger with Fastweb: "We are in active negotiations, but without certainties on a final agreement"