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| company_name = Vodafone Australia
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| company_logo = [[File:Vodafone.png|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/personal/aboutvodafone/companyinfo/companyoverview/index.htm Vodafone Australia: Company overview]</ref>
| location =799 Pacific Hwy <br>[[Chatswood, New South Wales|Chatswood]], [[New South Wales|NSW]], 2067
| key_people = {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Russell Hewitt]], CEO
| industry = [[Telecommunication]]s
| products = [[Prepaid]] and [[postpaid]] [[mobile phone]]s
| revenue =
| net_income =
| num_employees = 1400 (as of 2005)<ref name=F&F>[http://www.vodafone.com.au/personal/aboutvodafone/companyinfo/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 (which is based in the [[United Kingdom|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 per cent of the Australian continent and up to {{convert|200|nmi|km|-1}} from the mainland. The GSM mobile service covers 93 per cent of the population. In a media release issued on the [[27th May]] [[2008]], Vodafone claimed 4.031 million mobile telephone customers connected across Australia (including 0.341 million connected to [[MVNO|MVNOs]]).<ref> [http://vodafone.com.au/stelprd/groups/webcontent/documents/webcontent/dev_005675.pdf Vodafone Australia exceeds 4 million customers and counting]</ref>

Mobile phone saturation in Australia is at 90.1 per cent, 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 was 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 (2005 figures).<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]]
*[[Target (Australia)|Target]]
*[[Woolworths Limited|Woolworths]]
*[[Video Ezy]]
*[[Priceline (Australia)|Priceline]]
*Voda in Myer Stores

== 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]], [[North Melbourne FC]]
* '''Motorsports''': [[TeamVodafone]] ([[V8 Supercars]])

The company previously held the naming rights to [[Hisense Arena|Vodafone Arena]] (now Hisense Arena), a mixed-sports venue in [[Melbourne]].

== Merger of operations with Hutchison Telecoms ==
On [[February 9]], [[2009]] Vodafone and Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited (owner of [[Hutchison 3G|3]] Australia) announced that they would be merging their operations into a 50-50 joint venture called VHA Pty Ltd. All products and services offered by VHA would be marketed under the Vodafone brand, as well as holding exclusive rights to the 3 brand during and after the transition process. The merger is expected to be completed by mid-2009, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.vodafone.com.au/stelprd/groups/webcontent/documents/webcontent/merger.pdf
|title = Hutchison and Vodafone agree to merge Australian Telecom operations
|accessdate = 2009-02-09}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.vodafone.com.au/ Vodafone Australia]
* [http://www.skolob.co.uk/skolob/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=7&blogId=1 Vodafone Australia GPRS Settings]

{{Australian mobile phone companies}}
{{Vodafone}}

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[[Category:Vodafone|Australia]]
[[Category:Mobile phone companies of Australia]]
[[Category:Companies based in Sydney]]

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