In the world Market, Vodafone is ranked second in terms of connections almost 390 Mn(After China mobile) and 4 th in revenue,$

55 Bn. Top 3 in India (Market share by Revenue) 1. 2. 3. Bharti Airtel - 30.9% of the total revenue generated by all telecom operators Vodafone - 23.4% share of the market Idea 16.2% These top 3 accounts for 70% of the total revenue from India Mobile market Top 3 shared almost 90% of the total incremental revenue in last quarter.

Vodafone India (Based in Mumbai) Vodafone India, formerly Vodafone Essar and Hutchison Essar, is the third largest mobile network operator in India after Airtel and Reliance Communication by subscriber base. It has approximately 150 million customers as of December 2012. In July 2011, Vodafone Group agreed terms for the buy-out of its partner Essar from its Indian mobile phone business. The UK firm paid $5.46 billion to its Indian counterpart to take Essar out of its 33% stake in the Indian subsidiary. Now Vodafone owns 74% of the Indian business, while the other 26% will be owned by Indian investors, in compliance with Indian law Vodafone India launched 3G services in the country in the JanuaryMarch quarter of 2011 On 19 May 2010, the 3G spectrum auction in India ended. Vodafone paid 11617.86 million (the second highest amount in the auctions) for spectrum in 9 circles On 16 March 2011, Vodafone launched 3G services in Uttar Pradesh (East) in the city of Lucknow. Vodafone Angel Store, is a first of its kind retail concept store, that is completely managed and run by women employees, including security, pantry staff, customer service resources and management level personnel According to Marten Pieters, Managing Director and CEO, Vodafone India, "The Angel Stores are a part of Vodafones commitment to provide our women employees with one of the most secure and productive work environment Top 4 states by subscriber base (with above 1 Mn users) Gujrat, UP, Maharashtra, WB

Latest News Vodafone to acquire 100% in Indian arm Set to apply to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) to raise its stake in its Indian arm to 100% from the current 74% at an estimated cost of $2.8 billion The government had in August approved 100% foreign direct investment in Telecom Vodafone, which entered India in 2007 by acquiring Hutchison Whampoas local cellular assets in a $11-billion deal, owns 74% in the nations second-biggest telecoms company by number of users. Piramal Group is Vodafones largest Indian investor with close to 11% stakes in the company Vodafone India registered a 24.5% jump in operating profit to `10,641 crore in 2012-13. Revenues also rose 10.2% to `35,886 crore The UK telecom major has encountered numerous challenges, from the high cost of radiowave spectrum to a continuing `11,000-crore plus tax dispute Vodafone India Chief Executive Marten Pieters told ET in an interview. "The problem is asset trading is not allowed under current rules. Spectrum can't be traded, but the most value is in the spectrum.

Under current regulations, a telecom operator can't sell the spectrum back to the government or to another telecom operator TRAIs proposal for next bandwidth auction Trade allowed upto 50% of total spectrum in band and 25% of total spectrum in service area. It will facilitate mergers and Acquisitions.

Services ICICI Bank and Vodafone India have jointly announced the launch of `M-Pesa' - a unique mobile money transfer. Vodafone India today launched talk time transfer service from post-paid customers to prepaid customers Secure Device Manager for corporate clients which will allow enterprises secure company data on mobile handsets and tablet PCs