Road map Introduction Majority Holding Financial results Vodafone India

introduction comparison and SWOTWorldwide MarketImpact of Rupeeinvestmentif not this co, then which?

Conclusion

Introduction of Vodafone Group

Founded1983 as Racal Telecom,

independent 1991. Headquarters

Newbury, England, UK Word Vodafone Means

Voice data fone Present CEO

Mr Vittorio Colao

Majority Holding

Country   Network

Name (former)  

Ownership   Customers1   Market Share  

Rank   Main Local Competitor(s)

GermanyVodafone

(D2)100% 33,920,000 34.10% 2/4

T-Mobile, E-Plus, O2

Hungary Vodafone 100% 2,304,000 20.77% 3/3T-Mobile, Pannon

United Kingdom

Vodafone 100% 18,447,000 23.6% 2/5

O2, T-Mobile, Virgin Media,

Australia Vodafone 100% 3,573,000 16.8% 3/4Telstra, Optus, 3

New ZealandVodafone

(BellSouth)100% 2,309,000 52.3% ½

Telecom, TelstraClear

Egypt Vodafone 55% 13,333,000 44.3% 2/3Mobinil, Etisalat

Financial resultsYear ended 31 March

Turnover £m

Profit before tax

£m

Profit for the year £m

Basic eps (pence)

Proportionate customers

(m)

2008 35,478 9,001 6,756 12.56 260

2007 31,104 (2,383) (5,297) (8.94) 206.4

2006* 29,350 (14,835) (21,821) (35.01) 170.6

2005 34,073 7,951 6,518 9.68 154.8

2004 36,492 9,013 6,112 8.70 133.4

Vodafone India

Growth of Telecom Sector

Year GSM Subscribers (millions)

GSM Annual growth

CDMA Subscribers (millions)

CDMA Annual growth

2002 10.5 91% 0.8 -

2003 22.0 110% 6.4 700%

2004 37.4 70% 10.9 70%

2005 58.5 57% 19.1 75%

2006 105.4 80% 44.2 131%

2007 180.0 71% 85.0 92%

Vodafone India

Acquire

Hutchison Essar in US$11.1 billion.

Ownership

Vodafone 67% & Essar group 33%.

Telecom Circles

16 of the country's 23 licence areas.

Telecom Circles

Before Acquisition

52,758,792 or 23.35% of the total 225,982,810 GSM mobile connections in India till Aug 2008.

Till Aug 2008Till Jan 2008

SWOTStrengths

Vodafone has more than 53 million customers (Aug 2008). It is the 2nd largest cellular provider in India.

The company has covered the entire Indian nation with its network.

Opportunities

Vodafone Essar is embarking on another joint venture with Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular to create a new independent tower company called Indus Towers.

Vodafone launched the Apple iPhone 3G to be used on its 17 circle 2G network.

Weaknesses

Until recently Vodafone did not own its own towers, which was a particular strength of some of its competitors such as Airtel. Towers are important if your company wishes to provide wide coverage nationally.

Threats

Its new in the market and have lots of competitors.

Worldwide Market

Impact of Rupee

What would be the impact of a strong Rupee on this co.; what if it is Rs 39/USD.

& What would be the impact of a weak Rupee

on this co.; what if it is Rs 49/ USD.

If I were to invest all my wealth in this co.’s shares would I? Why?

If not this company which company would I like to join? Why?

Conclusion