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| company_name = Vodafone Australia
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| company_logo = [[Image:Vodafone Logo.jpg|200px|Vodafone Logo]]
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| company_type = [[Subsidiary]] of [[Vodafone|Vodafone Plc]]
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| foundation = 1992 (awarded licence)<ref>[http://www.vodafone.com.au/UniversalFooter/AboutVodafoneAustralia/CompanyInformation/CompanyOverview/index.htm Vodafone Australia: Company overview]</ref>
| location =799 Pacific Hwy, Chatswood, NSW, 2067
| key_people = {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Russell Hewitt]], CEO
| industry = [[Telecommunication]]s
| products = [[Prepaid]] and [[postpaid]] [[mobile phone]]s
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| net_income =
| num_employees = 1400 (2005)<ref name=F&F>[http://www.vodafone.com.au/UniversalFooter/AboutVodafoneAustralia/CompanyInformation/FactsFigures/index.htm Vodafone Australia: Facts & Figures]</ref>
| homepage = http://www.vodafone.com.au/
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'''Vodafone Australia''' is a [[mobile telephone]] company, a subsidiary of [[Vodafone|Vodafone Plc]] operating in Australia. Vodafone Australia is a non-listed, wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone Plc, based in the UK, focusing solely on providing mobile telephony services.
Phone products include [[3G]] [[prepaid]] and [[postpaid]] mobile services, on the [[GSM]] mobile network. [[Vodafone live!]] is Vodafone's [[Mobile Web|mobile Internet]] service.

==Coverage==

Vodafone's [[Globalstar]] integrated satellite/digital service covers 100 percent of the Australian continent and up to 200 nautical miles from the mainland. The GSM mobile service covers 93 percent of the population. As of 31 December 2006, Vodafone has 3.276 million mobile telephone customers across Australia.<ref> [http://www.vodafone.com/start/investor_relations/vodafone_at_a_glance/where_we_are.html Vodafone: Global footprint]</ref>

Mobile phone saturation in Australia is at 90.1 percent, and mobile phones now far outnumber fixed lines. There is strong growth in pre-paid services - as of June 2005, 47% of mobile users were pre-paid, and is estimated to grow to 54.4% by 2008.<ref name=F&F/>

==Retail==
Vodafone phones are sold in almost 16,000 retail outlets across Australia, with 170 Vodafone-branded stores.<ref name=F&F/>

Different outlets include:

*Authorised service dealers
*Petrol and convenience stores
*Selected newsagencies
*[[Harvey Norman]]
*[[Tandy (Australia)|Tandy]]
*[[Dick Smith Electronics]]
*[[Kmart Australia|Kmart]]
*[[Woolworths Limited|Woolworths]]
*[[Video Ezy]]
*[[Priceline (Australia)|Priceline]]


== Sponsorship ==
Vodafone Australia is involved in sponsoring a number of Australian sports teams:
* '''Rugby union''': the [[Australia national rugby union team|Wallabies]] and all Australian [[Super 14]] teams
* '''AFL''': [[Brisbane Lions]], [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]], [[West Coast Eagles]], [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]
* '''Motorsports''': [[TeamVodafone]] ([[V8 Supercars]])

The company also holds the naming rights to [[Vodafone Arena]], a mixed-sports venue in [[Melbourne]].

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.vodafone.com.au/ Vodafone Australia]
* [http://www.globalstar.com.au/ Globalstar Australia]

{{Australian mobile phone companies}}
{{Vodafone}}
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[[Category:Vodafone]]
[[Category:Telecommunications companies of Australia]]
[[Category:Communications in Australia]]
[[Category:Mobile phone companies]]

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