Sir John Bond (John Bond (banker)) (Chairman)nowrap endnowrap beginVittorio Colao (CEO)nowrap endnowrap beginJohn Buchanan (Deputy Chairman (Chairman))nowrap endnowrap beginAndy Halford (CFO (Chief Financial Officer))nowrap end industry = Telecommunications products = services = Telecommunications revenue = increase � (Pound sterling)44.47 billion (2010) operating_income = increase �9.480 billion (2010) net_income = increase �8.645 billion (2010) aum = assets = increase �156.98 billion (2010) equity = increase �90.38 billion (2010) owner = num_employees = 79,000 (March - 2009) parent = divisions = subsid = Collapsible list Vodafone U.K.Vodafone Essar (India)Vodafone IrelandVodafone AustraliaVodafone GreeceVodafone RomaniaVodafone New ZealandVodafone EgyptVodafone IcelandVodafone ItalyVodafone SpainVodafone PortugalVodafone Czech RepublicVodafone TurkeyVodafone AlbaniaVodafone GermanyVodafone NetherlandsVodafone Faroe IslandsVodafone GhanaVodafone MaltaVodafone HungaryVodafone SwedenVodafone Qatar homepage = Vodafone.com footnotes = intl = yes

Vodafone Group plc (lseVOD, nasdaqVOD) is a British multinational mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury (Newbury, Berkshire), England. Vodafone is the worlds largest mobile telecommunication network company, based on revenue, and has a market value of about �71.2 billion (November 2009). It currently has operations in 31 countries and partner networks in a further 40 countries. Based on subscribers, it is the worlds second largest mobile phone operator (List of mobile network operators) behind China Mobile and over Telef�nica, with over 427 million subscribers in 31 market (Vodafone market share)s across 5 continents as of 2009 lc = on. In the UK, its home ground, Vodafone has badly underperformed in the last few years due to brisk change in administration. It has slipped from first to third largest telecom operator generating a revenue of �4.9 billion from its 18.7 million customers in 2008-09. As of20090331df=US, the company employs more than 79,000 people worldwide.

The name Vodafone comes from voice data fone, chosen by the company to "reflect the provision of voice and data services over mobile phones".

Vodafone owns 45% of Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on number of subscribers.

It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, where it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index. Previously Vodafone was listed on New York Stock Exchange, but later it indented to transfer the listing of its American Depositary Receipts, each representing ten ordinary shares of its company, from NYSE to NASDAQ. However, it would keep listing its debt securities on NYSE.