Vodafone Group Plc is a British multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Newbury, England, founded in 1984 as a subsidiary of Racal Electronics under the name Racal Telecom before being spun off and renamed Vodafone in 1991. It grew through extensive international expansion into one of the largest mobile network operators in the world, though it sold its 45 percent stake in the American joint venture Verizon Wireless back to its partner Verizon Communications in 2014.
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Company TypeBritish multinational telecommunications company 2 Founded Year HeadquartersNewbury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom 3 Company Type
Company Type (category) Connections
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Vodafone was among the telecommunications companies exploring superdistribution through OMA DRM based content licensing on mobile handsets.
Vodafone was the acquirer in this 2000 hostile takeover of Mannesmann AG, at the time the largest corporate merger in history.
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A major telecommunications carrier; classified in the atlas telecommunications-industry.
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1. Wikidata: Vodafone Group Plc
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is a British multinational telecommunications company.
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91,000 (2026)
View the Source 3. UK Companies House, Vodafone Group Plc Company Overview
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Incorporated on 17 July 1984. Registered office address: Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2FN.
4. StockAnalysis.com: Vodafone Group Public Limited Company (LON:VOD) company profile
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Vodafone Group Public Limited Company (LON:VOD) United Kingdom · Delayed Price · Currency is GBP · Price in GBX
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Vodafone Group Public Limited Company (VOD) NASDAQ: VOD · Real-Time Price · USD
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