Vodafone, the world's leading mobile network operator, today announces it has signed a ground-breaking, group wide Co-operation Agreement with América Móvil, the leading mobile operator in the Latin American region, covering 53 countries* across the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia. Under the terms of the agreement América Móvil and Vodafone will deliver international roaming services to customers, together with dual-branded market communications.

As part of the agreement, the companies will also seek to extend their co-operation to offer harmonized customer service to their Multinational Corporate clients.

The mutually beneficial partnership will provide Vodafone, its subsidiaries, affiliates and Partner Network customers' with seamless access to Vodafone's international mobile services whilst travelling in Latin America. Similarly, América Móvil customers will enjoy the benefits of Vodafone's roaming services across its extensive global footprint. Initial services available will include Voice and GPRS Roaming services, Preferred Roaming and Virtual Home Environment. In a second stage, Prepaid Roaming and Prepaid Roaming Top-Up services will be made available.

"Our strategic partnership with América Móvil significantly increases our roaming footprint, for the first time enabling our customers to access their favourite Vodafone services whilst travelling in Latin America", said Arun Sarin, Chief Executive at Vodafone. "It is our intention to work together to introduce enhanced offerings to our Multinational customers and where possible to work on joint product development opportunities."

Notes to editors

* The 53 countries covered under the Co-operation agreement between América Móvil and Vodafone are as follows:-

América Móvil wireless operations in 13 Latin American countries, namely: Argentina (CTI Móvil), Brazil (Claro), Colombia (Comcel), Ecuador (Porta), El Salvador (CTE Personal), Guatemala (PCS Guatemala), Honduras (PCS Honduras), Mexico (Telcel), Nicaragua (Enitel) and Uruguay (CTI Móvil Uruguay), in a first stage. To follow: Chile (Smartcom), Peru (Claro Peru) and Paraguay (CTI Móvil Paraguay)

Vodafone's 17 subsidiaries (Albania, Australia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and the UK), five joint ventures (Italy, Fiji, Kenya, Poland and South Africa), three associates (Belgium, France and Switzerland), one investment (China) and 14 existing Partner Networks (Austria, Bahrain, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hong Kong, Iceland, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Singapore and Slovenia).

The agreement does not include Tracfone or Verizon Wireless in the United States.

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About América Móvil
América Móvil is the leading provider of wireless services in Latin America. It has more than 83 million wireless subscribers in the Americas.

For more information, please visit www.americamovil.com

About Vodafone
Vodafone provides a full range of mobile telecommunications services, including voice and data communications. Vodafone has equity interests in 27 countries and Partner Networks in a further 14 countries, with a proportionate customer base of over 171 million.