History The evolution of ’Vodafone’ brand started in 1982 with the establishment of ’Racal Strategic Radio Ltd’ subsidiary of Racal Electronics plc - UK’s largest maker of military radio technology. The same year‚ Racal Strategic Radio Ltd formed a joint venture with Millicom called ’Racal Vodafone’‚ which would later evolve into the present day Vodafone. Evolution as a Racal Telecom brand (1980 to 1991) In 1980‚ Sir Ernest Harrison OBE‚ the then chairman of Racal Electronics plc. Agreed a deal
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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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Vodafone 4 Ps VODAFONE’S MISSION Driving a wireless world Vodafone is primarily a user of technology rather than a developer of it‚ and this fact is reflected in the emphasis of their work program on enabling new applications of mobile communications‚ using new technology for new services‚ research for improving operational efficiency and quality of our networks‚ and providing technology vision and leadership that can contribute directly to business decisions. VODAFONE’S STRATEGIES ¬ Revenue
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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 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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IMPLEMENTATION OF TOTAL QUALITY MANANGEMENT IN VODAFONE TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY TABLE OF CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION TO TQM 2. NEEDS OF TQM 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF TQM BY VODAFONE A. INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY B. CHARACTERISTICS C. ADVANTAGES D. PROBLEMS 4. CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION 5. ROLE OF TOP MANAGEMENT 6. MEASURING THE PROGRESS 7. FUNCTIONS PROVIDED BY THE TQM CONSULTANT 8. OPERATIONS 9. EMPOWERING/ MOTIVATING
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