Vodafone is the brand name belonging to the
Vodafone Group Plc. It was started in 1984 as the subsidiary of a company named Racal Electronics Plc, known then as Racal Telecom Ltd. Vodafone became a truly independent company and took the name of Vodafone Group Plc in 1988. The company on merging with AirTouch Communications Inc in 1999 adopted the name
Vodaphone AirTouch Plc. They took back the name Vodafone Group Plc on 2000. Vodafone now have a precedent position in the world’s mobile telecommunications sector. Vodafone is a leading force to be reckoned in Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and Middle East. In United States, they use the name Verizon Wireless to operate their subsidiary and associated undertakings, investments and their joint ventures. By the end of the last year, there were 252 millions of members in their
Mobile telecommunications network. They also have other paging customers as well. Moreover, their entire market capitalisation was then around £ 99 billion. The company has made arrangements with many network operators in different countries, even if they have no hold on the equity stake.
Vodafone Services:
Although
Vodafone is mainly into mobile, they also have spread out into PC communication and integrated mobile services. This is done via wireless arrangement like High-Speed Download Packet Access (HSDPA) and 3G and also through Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) broadband services through fixed line. Vodafone devices, as well as services can be easily used for excellent prices so that the customers get value for their money. They are trustworthy and straightforward in their dealings. Vodafone give customers access to their family, work, information, entertainment and friends.
Vodafone products include voice calls, push email for consumers, instant messaging, sharing images and also videos, which can be caught on the customers’ handsets, enhanced business applications, high speed access to Internet, integrated PC and also mobile offerings. All their products are so conceived as to give consistent and reliable experience. Other products include
Vodafone Passport to enable customers to take abroad their home tariff. It will also allow them to find about roaming charges. On business focused devices, customers will get real-time use of calendar, e-mail and many applications including information to contact customers. For entertainment, customers can access news, information, sports, ringtones and games on multimedia portal and on-handset communications. Furthermore, customers can even reach the website of vodafone for getting information about latest press releases, share prices of
Vodafone group and key dates like dividend payment. Vodafone has agreement with Microsoft and the search engine Yahoo for providing customers with seamless and Instant Messaging (IM) last year. Besides the company reached an agreement with YouTube to offer specially rendered pages for their customers. In India Vodafone has taken over Hutch.
Vodafone And Environment:
The trend today is to sell phones to replace them with newer models after one year, even if they are in good condition, especially among high-income group.
Vodafone accumulates them along with their accessories including chargers, headsets, and batteries and refurbish them for reuse or else breaks them up into useful components to get raw materials and energy required for making newer cheaper phones.
