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#REDIRECT [[Vodafone Australia]]
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| company_name = Vodafone Australia
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| company_logo = [[File:Vodafone logo.svg|200px|Vodafone Logo]]
| company_type = Vodafone Australia Limited, [[Subsidiary]] of Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Ltd
| slogan =
| 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]]
| key_people = {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Nigel Dews]], CEO
| industry = [[Telecommunication]]s
| products = [[Prepaid]] and [[postpaid]] [[mobile phone]]s
| revenue =
| net_income =
| num_employees = 5000 (as of 2011)<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 Hutchison Australia]]. Vodafone Australia was formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone Plc (which is based in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]).

On 10 June 2009, after [[Australian Competition and Consumer Commission|ACCC]] approval, Vodafone Australia merged with the Australian subsidiary of [[Hutchison 3G]] (known by its '3' brand) to become Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Ltd, owned by Hutchison Telecommunications Australia (a subsidiary of [[Hutchison Whampoa]]) and [[Vodafone Group PLC]] on a 50-50 basis.<ref>Hutchison Telecommunications Australia release to Australian Securities Exchange, 10 June 2009</ref>

Phone products include [[prepaid]] and [[postpaid]] mobile services, on [[GSM]] and [[3G]] [[UMTS]] mobile networks. [[Vodafone live!]] is Vodafone's [[Mobile Web|mobile Internet]] service.

==Coverage==

The GSM mobile service on 900&nbsp;MHz and 1800&nbsp;MHz covers 94.52% of the country. The 3G 2100&nbsp;MHz [[UMTS]] network is available in metro areas of major cities and some larger regional centres covering 10% of the population. Expansion of the 3G UMTS network using 900&nbsp;MHz to equal or surpass the GSM coverage is due to be completed by 31 August 2009 [http://www.vodafone.com.au/personal/services/coverage/maps/index.htm] [http://maps02.pdslive.com.au/VCATPublic/Kiosk.html]. 21 October Vodafone publicly announced their plans to improve Coverage in all major capital cities across Australia by building another 1,150 new 900MHz Network Towers on top of the 350 900MHz Towers already existing. [http://www.vodafone.com.au/stelprd/groups/webcontent/documents/webcontent/vfa2_media_release_network.pdf]

In a media release issued on 27 May 2008, Vodafone claimed 4.031 million mobile telephone customers connected across Australia (including 0.341 million connected to [[mobile virtual network operator|virtual network operators]]).<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 100.76 per cent (June 2008). [http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/telecom/2008-04-28-australia-cell-people_N.htm]

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.

== 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
*[[Allphones]]
*[[Harvey Norman]]
*[[Tandy (Australia)|Tandy]]
*[[Dick Smith Electronics]]
*[[Kmart Australia|Kmart]]
*[[Target (Australia)|Target]]
*[[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
* '''Motorsports''': [[TeamVodafone]] ([[V8 Supercars]])
* '''Cricket''': [[Australia national cricket team]]

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 9 February 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 was expected to be completed by mid-2009, and has been approved by the ACCC, although this as not yet taken place.<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 = 9 February 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</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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