Telecom operatorTier 1
Vodafone
Operator group headquartered in the UK. Its own statement: networks in nine European and eight African countries, investments in three more and partner markets in over forty.
- Headquarters
- Ownership
- Public (listed)2026source ↗
- Revenue
- EUR 40.461bnFY2026source ↗
- Employees
- 91,000FY2026source ↗
- Growth
- +8%FY26source ↗
- CAPEX
- EUR 7.3bnFY26source ↗
- Countries
- 152026-03-31source ↗
- Also
- managed services
- Customers
- ConsumerEnterpriseWholesale
- Domains
- MobileFixed & fibreIoTEnterprise connectivityITSM
- Markets
- VodafoneThreeVodafone GermanyVodafone AlbaniaVodafone Czech RepublicVodafone GreeceVodafone IrelandVodafone PortugalVodafone RomaniaVodafone TürkiyeVodacomVodafone EgyptVodacom CongoVodacom LesothoVodacom MozambiqueVodacom TanzaniaSafaricomSafaricom EthiopiaVodafoneZiggoVodafone IdeaTPG TelecomVodafone SpainVodafone Italia
- Website
- vodafone.com ↗
MVNOs on this network1
- — fast speeds and 98% coverage (runs on the Vodafone network)
Technology7
BSS
OSS
Cloud & infrastructure
People3
Leadership as the company names it; dates only where a source states them.
- Margherita Della Valle · Group Chief Executive↗since Apr 2023
- Scott Petty · Group Chief Technology Officer↗since Jan 2023
Co-leads Vodafone Technology with the Group Chief Network Officer.
- Alberto Ripepi · Group Chief Network Officer↗since Jan 2023
Network strategy, architecture and operations in Europe.
Relationships33
Owns
- ended
- 30 Jul 2026
Lands
Acquired
- 30 Jul 2026
Hosted MVNOs
Suppliers
- 24 Apr 2025
- 14 Oct 2025
- 14 Oct 2025
- 14 Oct 2025
- announced
- announced
Partners
- 16 Jan 2024
- 18 Dec 2025
- 7 May 2026
Uses
- announced
Investors
- 13 Nov 2023
- ended
- pending
Ventures & programmes
- 29 Jul 2025
Initiatives4
- Active
- Active
- Announced
- Active
Signals30
- 9 Oct 2026
- 8 Oct 2026
- 1 Oct 2026
- 28 Sept 2026
- 22 Sept 2026
- 22 Sept 2026
- 22 Sept 2026
- 17 Sept 2026
- 26 Aug 2026
- 30 Jul 2026
- 10 Jul 2026
- 30 Jun 2026
Ecosystem
owns
- ended · 31 May 2025 · Documented · 51%
- Announced
- active · Documented · 100%
- 100% from 30 July 2026 (51% from the May 2025 merger until then)active · 30 Jul 2026 · Documented · 100%
- Announced
- active · Documented · 65.1%
- active · Documented · 100%
- active · Documented · 100%
- active · Documented · 99.87%
- active · Documented · 100%
- active · Documented · 100%
- active · Documented · 100%
- active · Documented · 100%
- Subseaactive · Company statement
- Subseaactive · Reported
- Subseaactive · Reported
- Subseaactive · Reported
- Subseaactive · Reported
acquired
- Mobile · CK Hutchison’s 49% for £4.3bn; completed 30 Jul 2026active · 30 Jul 2026 · Documented
- Announced
hosts
- Mobile · fast speeds and 98% coverage (runs on the Vodafone network)active · Company statement
partners with
- Cloud · 10-year AI, cloud & IoT partnershipactive · 16 Jan 2024 · Documented
- Satellite · SatCo joint venture; exclusive reseller in Europe and the UKactive · 18 Dec 2025 · Documented
- Cloud · AWS European Sovereign Cloud for German enterprise and public sectoractive · 7 May 2026 · Documented
- Subsea · landing partyactive · Company statement
supplied by
- ITSM · AI-powered service management platform, five-year dealactive · 24 Apr 2025 · Reported
- Active
- RAN · strategic Open RAN vendor; Germany first, thousands of sitesactive · 14 Oct 2025 · Documented
- RAN · sole RAN vendor IE/NL/PT, major in DE/RO/EG; automation platform and rAppsactive · 14 Oct 2025 · Documented
- Active
- RAN · strategic RAN partner in Europe and Africa under the five-year programmeactive · 14 Oct 2025 · Documented
- OSS · Hybrid Operations Management (domain orchestration) for group-wide cloud transformationannounced · 26 Feb 2018 · Documented
- Charging & billing · Vodafone Business — group-wide Oracle BRM on OCI for IoT monetisationannounced · 28 Jun 2021 · Documented
uses
- Satellite · satellite backhaul for remote 4G/5G sitesannounced · 2 Mar 2026 · Documented
investor
- minority stake in Vodafone’s shared-operations partnership (~€150m)active · 13 Nov 2023 · Documented
- Active
- ~16.21% shareholding, sold to Vega in July 2026ended · Documented · 16.21%
- ~16.2% for ~£4.4bn; to become the largest shareholder on completionpending · 10 Jul 2026 · Documented · 16.21%
participates in
- adunaNetwork APIs · equity partneractive · 29 Jul 2025 · Documented