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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.vodafone.com.au/ Vodafone Australia]
* [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}}
{{Australian mobile phone companies}}

Revision as of 05:25, 3 June 2008

Vodafone Australia
Company typeSubsidiary of Vodafone Plc
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1992 (awarded licence)[1]
Headquarters799 Pacific Hwy
Chatswood, NSW, 2067
Key people
Australia Russell Hewitt, CEO
ProductsPrepaid and postpaid mobile phones
Number of employees
1400 (as of 2005)[2]
Websitehttp://www.vodafone.com.au/

Vodafone Australia is a mobile telephone company, a subsidiary of Vodafone Plc operating in Australia. Vodafone Australia is a non-listed, wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone Plc (which is 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 Internet service.

Recently the company announced it would be selling the iPhone in Austalia, however details were vague and would not say whether the iPhone would be sold exclusively by Vodafone or not. However, it has now been revealed that both Vodafone Australia and Optus will carry the iPhone in Australia.[3]

Coverage

Vodafone's Globalstar integrated satellite/digital service covers 100 per cent of the Australian continent and up to 200 nautical miles (370 km) from the mainland. The GSM mobile service covers 93 per cent of the population. As of 31 December 2006, Vodafone has 3.276 million mobile telephone customers across Australia.[4]

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 is estimated to grow to 54.4% by 2008.[2]

Retail

Vodafone phones are sold in almost 16,000 retail outlets across Australia, with 170 Vodafone-branded stores.[2]

Different outlets include:

Sponsorship

Vodafone Australia is involved in sponsoring a number of Australian sports teams:

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

References

  1. ^ Vodafone Australia: Company overview
  2. ^ a b c Vodafone Australia: Facts & Figures
  3. ^ Optus announces iPhone: Australia officially multicarrier for Apple (APC Magazine)
  4. ^ Vodafone: Global footprint
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