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Vodafone has always been a pioneer of mobile technology and it was the first telecommunications company in the UK to make a mobile phone call back in 1985. Since then they have grown exponentially and are one of the world’s leading mobile phone providers both in the UK and abroad.
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Vodafone UK has announced plans to launch a secure SMS messaging service, via a special reseller agreement with a company called Broca. Vodafone will integrated Broca’s patent SMS encryption technology - SAMS - with its existing portfolio of wireless text messaging services. SAMS will be offered as a value-added service for corporate customers, who will be billed on a per-message basis, with Broca receiving a portion of the revenues generated
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Vodafone K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of UK-based mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Plc, said on Tuesday it had created a separate unit to focus on winning wholesale deals in the cut-throat market. Bill Morrow, the president of Japan’s third-largest mobile phone group, told a news conference he believed there might be niche companies that would be interested in offering services over its network as mobile virtual network operators (MVNO). "The government has asked that we see a little bit more competition here in Japan, and we think this contributes," Morrow said. "There is a value that can be brought to the industry, local economy and specific customers by having certain MVNOs or service providers come into play." As an example of the kind of MVNO deals possible, Morrow mentioned plans by theme park and media company Walt Disney Co. to launch Disney-branded mobile services in the United States and Europe.
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Customers have voted with their phones to make Vodafone Group the world's #2 wireless phone services carrier (by number of subscribers) with more than 200 million customers (trailing only China Mobile). Vodafone does most of its business in Europe where it is a leader in wireless markets of the UK and Germany. In the US, the group holds a 45% stake in the #2 US wireless provider Verizon Wireless. Vodafone ... serves callers in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Pacific region through subsidiaries and joint ventures. The group also provides wireless data, broadband Internet, as well as fixed-line phone services through German subsidiary Arcor.
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Though Vodafone is based in the UK their influences extend across 27 countries and into 5 continents, it is estimated that their customer base exceeds 200 million globally. Since 2000 Vodafone has ... had stakes in the US telecommunications company Verizon Wireless, where they have been extremely successful.
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The Japanese unit of UK mobile phone firm Vodafone Group said Tuesday it added a net 125,200 subscribers to its mobile phone service in the October-December quarter. Vodafone K.K. had about 15.1 million users as of the end of December, the company said. "Vodafone K.K. benefited from the introduction of new flat-rate tariff plans and a steady improvement in the range and quality of its third-generation handsets," the company said in a statement. Subscribers to its third-generation cellular phone service rose a net 564,600 during the quarter to about 2.3 million (Dow Jones)
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