Hanover, 3 March 2008. Vodafone is showcasing mobile office, mobile sales, mobile services and telemetrics/M2M applications on "Application Avenue" at this year's CeBIT. These innovative solutions enable the mobile use of everyday company data or processes for companies in all kinds of industries. They also boost the efficiency of business pro-cesses, which has a positive impact on time and costs.

Perfectly functioning communications are the key to efficient business processes. In other words, important information has to be available at short notice - otherwise it would be im-possible to make fast business decisions. What's more, every company has very specific communication system requirements. In order to be able to provide customised mobile communication solutions to all customers, Vodafone is partner to system providers with different specialisations. This enables the implementation of IT applications based on Vodafone data solutions for the permanent optimisation of business processes.

At CeBIT 2008, Vodafone will be demonstrating to businesses how they can boost the efficiency of their mobile applications on "Application Avenue". The range of applications being showcased there extends from data digitisation, through order processing to mobile time registration, and there will also be applications for notebooks, BlackBerrys and Win-dows Mobile Handsets, as well as GSM-capable BlackBoxes.

The applications satisfy a comprehensive range of business requirements enabling

• the mobile use of data and applications in the company network on the user's notebook or handheld,
• the viewing and update of customer data and sales documents, and stock status queries by mobile users,
• the greater efficiency of customer service personnel, engineers and service staff through the use of mobile data communications,
• the use of telemetrics & M2M applications for remote machine maintenance, meter reading or data comparisons. They can also be used for vehicle location detection and fleet management solutions.

All Application Avenue partners at CeBIT 2008

Advanced Solutions GmbH, Böblingen
Alatis GmbH & Co. KG, Heilbronn
Carano Software Solutions GmbH, Berlin
DIALOGS Software GmbH, Dortmund
Integer Solutions, Bad Homburg
ISEC7 GmbH, Munich
KAMMACHI Consulting GmbH, Bühl
konzeptpark GmbH, Lahnau
Ontaris GmbH & Co. KG, Wuppertal
Schiffl Mobile GmbH, Hamburg
Sycada Deutschland GmbH, Munich

If you have any queries, please contact:

Marion Stolzenwald, External Communications, T: +49 211 533-6653
Press hotline: +49 211 533-5500

Vodafone Germany is one of the largest and most modern telecommunications providers in Europe. It serves almost 34 million customers, realises turnover of more than EUR 8 billion and has 9,000 employees. Vodafone Germany is an innovative technology and service enterprise, offering a comprehensive range of mobile communication services from one provider. The portfolio includes mobile communications and fixed network telephony, as well as data services for business and private customers. Continuous development, numerous patents and investments in new products, services and the modern network have made Vodafone an innovation leader in the German telecommunications market. The company is headquartered in Düsseldorf. Eight branch offices and a chain of 1600 Vodafone shops keep us close to our customers. The Vodafone Germany group of companies also includes a majority shareholding in the Arcor telecommunications group, which is headquartered in Eschborn, Germany. Vodafone Germany is committed to CSR and it additionally supports numerous projects through the German Vodafone Foundation.

The company is part of the Vodafone Group. Visit the website at www.vodafone.de for further information.