Vodafone Group Plc
News and overview for Vodafone Group Plc
Vodafone Group first-half net profit surges - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 48 minutes ago
InterContinental Hotels quarterly profit drops 26%
Vodafone books first-half profit rise, doubles cost-saving target - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 49 minutes ago
Chief Executive Vittorio Colao said the group's GBP1 billion cost reduction program is expected to be delivered a year ahead of plan, and extended it by an additional GBP1 billion by 2012.
Vodafone profit leaps as it lifts savings view - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 23 hours 18 minutes ago
Also, Vodafone had taken a 1.7 billion pound impairment in the prior-year period due to a tougher market in Turkey.
Oil majors, Vodafone Group help U.K. shares gain - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 23 hours 12 minutes ago
The U.K. FTSE 100 index /quotes/comstock/23i!i:ukx (UK:UKX 5,220, +58.02, +1.12%) rose 0.7%, or 38.40 points, to 5,200.68. It's the first time the index has traded over 5,200 since September last year.
Vodafone, Telefonica could show Spain improvement - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 16 hours 54 minutes ago
Sales at their Spanish units collapsed rapidly as fearful or unemployed subscribers reduced their phone usage to save money, while many immigrant workers employed in the construction sector went home with the collapse of the housing market and gave up their contracts. Margins took a massive hit, forcing both companies to make drastic cost cuts and review their investment plans.
Vodafone initiated a buy at ING - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 28 days 23 hours 58 minutes ago
Vodafone initiated a buy at ING
Motorola, Vodafone, other telecoms drop; Nokia up - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 43 days 17 hours 53 minutes ago
Gold taps fresh record above $1,050
Motorola, Vodafone lower; Nokia rises - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 43 days 17 hours 5 minutes ago
On the upside, Nokia Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!nok/quotes/nls/nok (NOK 14.51, +0.13, +0.90%) climbed 1%.
Vodafone to move to Nasdaq from NYSE - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 40 days 1 hour 52 minutes ago
Vodafone to move to Nasdaq from NYSE
Research and Markets: 4Q 09 Australia Mobile Operator Forecast 2009 - 2013 Report Reveals Total Wireless Subscribers in Australia to Reach 31.2 Million in 2013 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 2 days 10 hours 25 minutes ago
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b54c9a/4q09_australia_mob) has announced the addition of IE Market Research Corp.'s new report "4Q09 Australia Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2013" to their offering.
European shares struggle to extend gains - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 23 hours 18 minutes ago
The pan-European Dow Jones Stoxx 600 index /quotes/comstock/22c!sxxp (ST:SXXP 246.20, +0.46, +0.19%) edged up 0.1% to 245.92. On Monday it rose 1.9% to its highest close since Oct. 22.
InterContinental Hotels quarterly profit drops 26% - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 48 minutes ago
InterContinental Hotels quarterly profit drops 26%
Vodafone H1 profit up 15 pct
Boston Globe, The | 10 days 19 hours 8 minutes ago
LONDONTelecommunications company Vodafone Group PLC on Tuesday reported a 15 percent increase in first-half net profit. Results were boosted by favorable currency movements, lower taxes and expansion at its Verizon Wireless venture in the U.S.
Traders split on U.K. banks after updates - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 20 hours 51 minutes ago
One highlight was that in the U.S., where HSBC is winding down its consumer finance portfolio, loan impairments declined, the first quarterly fall since 2006. Apart from the Middle East, loan impairment charges were "notably lower" than the second quarter. See full story.
Vodafone 1st half profit up 15 pct, boosted by currency movements, acquisitions and lower tax
Sun (Baltimore), The | 10 days 21 hours 2 minutes ago
Telecommunications company Vodafone Group PLC on Tuesday reported a 15 percent increase in first-half net profit. Results were boosted by favorable currency movements, lower taxes and expansion at its Verizon Wireless venture in the U.S.
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Company Overview
| Company: | Vodafone Group Plc |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Wireless Network Operators |
| Website: | http://www.vodafone.com |
Customers have voted with their phones to make Vodafone Group one of the world's top wireless phone services carriers with about 300 million customers in more than 20 countries. In terms of subscribers, Vodafone trails only China Mobile. The company does most of its business in Europe, where it is a leader in the wireless markets of the UK and Germany. It also provides data, broadband Internet, and fixed-line phone services; in Germany, these services are overseen by subsidiary Arcor. Vodafone increasingly serves callers in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Pacific region through subsidiaries and joint ventures. In the US, the group holds a 45% stake in the #2 US wireless provider Verizon Wireless.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 58,281.102 (2009) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | -17.6 (2009) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 4,376.4 (2009) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | -67.5 (2009) |
| Number of Employees | 79,097 (2009) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 9.9 (2009) |
| Fiscal Year-End | March |