Welcome to the Corporate Website of Vodafone Group Plc - Vodafone. Vodafone. Vodafone Group plc /ˈvoʊdəfoʊn/ is a British multinational telecommunications company headquartered in London and with its registered office in Newbury, Berkshire.[2] It is the world's 2nd-largest mobile telecommunications company measured by both subscribers and 2013 revenues (in each case behind China Mobile), and had 453 million subscribers as of June 2013.[3][4] Vodafone owns and operates networks in 21 countries and has partner networks in over 40 additional countries.[5] Its Vodafone Global Enterprise division provides telecommunications and IT services to corporate clients in over 65 countries. Vodafone has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
It had a market capitalisation of approximately £89.1 billion as of 6 July 2012[update], the third-largest of any company listed on the London Stock Exchange.[6] It has a secondary listing on NASDAQ. Name[edit] History[edit] Evolution as a Racal Telecom brand: 1980 to 1991[edit] Adverts[edit] BTplc.com. BT Group. BT Group plc, trading as BT,[3] is a British multinational telecommunications services company[4] with head offices in London, England, Great Britain. It has operations in around 170 countries.[5] Through its BT Global Services division it is a supplier of telecoms services to corporate and government customers worldwide.[6] Its BT Retail division is a supplier of telephony, broadband and subscription television services in GB, with circa 18 million customers.[7] BT's origins date back to the founding of the Electric Telegraph Company in 1846 which developed a nationwide communications network.
In 1912, the General Post Office, a government department, became the monopoly telecoms supplier in GB. The Post Office Act of 1969 led to the GPO becoming a public corporation. British Telecom was formed in 1980, and became independent of the Post Office in 1981. British Telecom was privatised in 1984, with some 50 per cent of its shares sold to investors.
History[edit] 1878 to 1969[edit]