Vodafone is the largest telecommunication company in Europe and the second largest after China Mobile in the world. The company did the first mobile call at UK at the beginning of 1985. Since that time‚ company user base grown to 453 million subscribers as of June 2013. “Vodafone owns and operates networks in 21 countries and has partner networks in over 40 additional countries. Its Vodafone Global Enterprise division provides telecommunications and IT services to corporate clients in over 65 countries
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Vodafone in 2012: Rethinking International Strategy The case calls for an analysis of the potential benefits from international scope in wireless telecommunications and the development of strategy recommendations for Vodafone. This case offers an opportunity to how to analyze the costs and benefits of international scope in an industry where global scale economies do not mandate an international presence. the benefits of a presence in multiple countries are far from self-evident—some of the most
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Background of Vodafone 3 4. Theoretical review 4 4.1 PESTE Analysis 4 4.1.1 Political forces 4 4.1.2 Economic forces 4 4.1.3 Technological forces 4 4.1.4 Social forces 5 4.1.5 Environmental forces 5 4.2 SWOT Analysis 5 4.2.1 Strengths 5 4.2.2 Weakness 5 4.2.3 Opportunities 5 4.2.4 Threats 6 5. The analysis of Vodafone 6 5.1 The analysis of Vodafone based upon the PESTE framework 6 5.1.1 Political forces on Vodafone 6 5.1.2 Economic forces on Vodafone 6 5.1.3 Technological
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"Vodafone AirTouch’s bid for Mannesmann" (Harvard Business School 9-201-096 - revised on August 22‚ 2003). First of all‚ one has to mention that it is always difficult to evaluate a company. There is no single measure/calculation who can give you the valuation of a company. The value of a company can be different for every single human being. For instance‚ Vodafone Air Touch will try to calculate a very low valuation of the company because it wants to pay as less as possible‚ and Mannesmann
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industry respectively. The report will also analyse critically‚ the strategic capability of Vodafone‚ also applying appropriate strategy tools resulting in the identification of key strengths and weaknesses of the firm. The aim here will be to identify and discuss the core competences the firm possesses. To aid the analysis‚ the report will draw on information from various sources such as: The Vodafone case study on page 557 in the main textbook by Johnson‚ Scholes and Whittington‚ Exploring Strategy
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INTRODUCTION The headquarters ofVodafone Romania in Bucharest in above figure. The evolution of ’Vodafone’ started in 1982 with the establishment of the ’Racal Strategic Radio Ltd’ subsidiary of Racal Electronics plc – UK’s largest maker of military radio technology‚ which formed a joint venture with Millicom called ’Racal’‚ which evolved into the present day Vodafone Vodafone Group plc is a British multinational telecommunications company headquartered in London and with its registered
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Segmentation Strategies Vodafone is the world’s largest mobile telecommunication network company‚ based on revenue‚ and has a market value of about £71.2 billion (November 2009). It currently has operations in 31 countries and partner networks in a further 40 countries. [pic] [pic] Vodafone owns 45% of Verizon Wireless‚ the largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States‚ based on number of subscribers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone Vodafone has significant presence
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Vodafone segmentation A Global segmentation has been developed and applied across all markets in the last 5 years. It covers consumer and business user segments‚ and in addition they have a chooser segmentation. The key challenge when doing the global segmentation was using variables which they are confident are applicable across all markets. Hence segmentation is predominantly age/lifestage‚ with some variables linked to attitudes to technology. A couple of segments that have been quoted
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Vodafone is one of the largest international cellular carriers in the world. They are also one of the best. They were formed in 1984 as a subsidiary of Racal Electronics Plc. Racal Electronics Plc‚ went public in October 1988. Vodafone separated from Racal Electronics Plc and became an independent company in September 1991‚ at which time it changed its name to Vodafone Group Plc. Vodafone has dedicated itself to international phone service. Vodafone merged with AirTouch Communications‚ Inc. a USA
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The Times 100 Business case studies ‘Creating a winning marketing mix’. Available from www.thetimes100.co.uk The article discusses how JD sports‚ the Britain’s leading sportswear retailer uses the ‘4Ps’ to outgrow itself. 4Ps includes ‘product’‚ a good or service’s function and feature. JD works with suppliers worldwide to create their own-brand products. ‘Price’ can be the money that costs to manufacture or create the products. It can also be the profit that products bring. JD buys a large
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