Vodafone Group Plc

Vodafone Group

Type	Public limited company
Traded as	:  NASDAQ: VOD NASDAQ-100 Component
Industry	Telecommunications
Predecessor	Racal Millicom (1982 to 1991)
Founded	1991; 26 years ago (1991)
Headquarters	London, England, UK (Head office) Berkshire, England, UK (Registered office)
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Gerard Kleisterlee (Chairman) Vittorio Colao (CEO)
Products	Fixed line and mobile telephony, Internet services, digital television
Revenue	£40.973 billion (2016)
Operating income	£1.377 billion (2016)
Profit	£(4.024) billion (2016)
Total assets	£133.713 billion (2016)
Total equity	£65.885 billion (2016)
Number of employees	107,667 (2016)
Divisions	Vodafone Global Enterprise
Subsidiaries	List Vodacom Group Vodafone Albania Vodafone Australia Vodafone Czech Republic Vodafone Egypt Vodafone Faroe Islands Vodafone Germany Vodafone Ghana Vodafone Greece Vodafone Hungary Vodafone Iceland Vodafone India Vodafone Ireland Vodafone Italy Vodafone Malta Vodafone Netherlands Vodafone New Zealand Vodafone Portugal Vodafone Romania Vodafone Spain Vodafone Turkey Vodafone Qatar Vodafone UK Vodafone Ukraine
Website	vodafone.com

Vodafone Group plc /ˈvoʊdəfoʊn/ is a British multinational telecommunications company, with headquarters in London. It predominiantly operates services in the regions of Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. Among mobile operator groups globally, Vodafone ranked fifth by revenue and second (behind China Mobile) in the number of connections (435.9 million) as of 2014^[update].

Vodafone owns and operates networks in 26 countries and has partner networks in over 50 additional countries. Its Vodafone Global Enterprise division provides telecommunications and IT services to corporate clients in 150 countries.

Vodafone has a primary listing on the and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £52.5 billion as of 10 February 2016^[update], the eighth-largest of any company listed on the London Stock Exchange. It has a secondary listing on NASDAQ.

The name Vodafone comes from voice data fone (the latter a sensational spelling of "phone"), chosen by the company to "reflect the provision of voice and data services over mobile phones".