- The framework agreement will have an initial three-year duration and includes the supply of 600 voice lines and mobile mail services
- The modernisation of its mobile communication services will enable the GLA Group to increase productivity and focus on its plans for expansion and business diversification
Madrid, 19th February 2008. The GLA Group, which covers all phases of construction, from raw materials to the end product, has chosen Vodafone Spain to update and modernise its mobile communication services.
The GLA Group has selected Vodafone to optimise its current systems, address future needs and improve the company’s functionality. The objective of this agreement is to make use of Vodafone’s leading position in mobile communications and to design services which enable it to be more competitive.
The agreement, which has a duration of three years, includes the initial supply, by Vodafone Spain, of 600 voice lines and mobile mail services via 25 BlackBerry smartphones, and data transmission via 40 3G cards.
With its headquarters in Madrid, the GLA Group currently has 54 concrete factories, as well as 12 gravel pits and quarries, mobile plants and gravel-cement and mortar plants in various parts of the country. The group strategy involves diversifying its current business in order to consolidate its growth, moving towards new development areas such as mineral exploitation. Its short-term objective is to expand in the north of Spain and Catalonia and replicate the success achieved in the provinces of Madrid, Ciudad Real and Zaragoza, and on the east coast.
“Our work is based upon thorough and professional management, aimed at offering our customers top quality products where they need them. Without any doubt, Vodafone’s mobile communication services will help us to be more efficient”, states Cesar Nohales, General Manager of the GLA Group.
“Vodafone Spain is firmly committed to replacing fixed line communication with mobile communication, so that companies like the GLA Group can access the Internet, e-mail and their corporate intranet anywhere at broadband speed, in order to increase their productivity and be more efficient in their business”, states Rafael Urgel, Director of the Corporate Business Unit for central Spain at Vodafone Spain.
About the GLA Group
Established as a Group in 1999, the GLA Group is made up of companies with over 30 years’ experience in the sand and cement, concrete, factory-produced mortar, prefabricated cement and construction sectors.
Furthermore, the group has gradually diversified its activities by incorporating new companies from the mining, property development and brokerage, logistics, forging and building insulation sectors.
The group companies regularly carry out internal and external quality audits attested by international certifications such as the CE Mark and ISO 9001 and 9002, making a firm commitment to environmental protection, continuous employee training and the prevention of occupational hazards.
The GLA Group philosophy is reflected in its slogan: "we create value".
For further information, please contact:
Vodafone Corporate Communications
Carmen de Alvear
610514334
Carmen.alvear@vodafone.com