Vodafone Group news releases

• Board appointment

  

  Jean-Francois Van Boxmeer to join Vodafone's board as a non-executive director and to succeed Gerard Kleisterlee as chairman in November 2020.

  22 May 2020 General

• Vodacom Group simplifies structure; creates Vodacom South Africa as standalone

  

  Vodacom Group has simplified its structure following the recent expansion of its African portfolio and accelerated growth ambitions on the continent, including financial and digital services, positioning it as a leading Pan African technology company.

  21 May 2020 General

• OPPO and Vodafone announce partnership agreement to bring a broad range of OPPO products to Vodafone’s European markets

  

  Partnership agreement will enable OPPO and Vodafone to accelerate 5G adoption and expand availability of OPPO products to more Vodafone markets and customers.

  18 May 2020 General

• FY20 Preliminary results

  

  Vodafone has delivered a good financial performance - growing revenue, adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow - whilst building strong commercial momentum through the year and executing at pace on our strategic priorities.

  12 May 2020 Technology

• Vodafone joins Open RAN Policy Coalition to advance vendor diversity in global supply chains

  

  Vodafone has become a founder member of the Open RAN Policy Coalition, which will promote policies to advance the adoption of open and interoperable solutions in the Radio Access Network (RAN) as a means to create innovation, spur competition and expand the supply chain for mobile technologies including 5G.

  05 May 2020 General

• Vodafone successfully places 41.7 million INWIT shares

  

  Further to the announcement on 22 April 2020, Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") announces that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Vodafone Europe B.V., it has successfully completed the placement of 41.7 million shares of Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane S.p.A. (“INWIT”), equal to approximately 4.3% of INWIT's share capital, at a price of €9.60 per share (the “Sale”), resulting in gross proceeds to Vodafone of approximately €400 million, which will be used to reduce leverage.

  23 Apr 2020 General

• Proposed offering of up to 8% of existing share capital of INWIT by Vodafone and TIM

  

  Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone"), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Vodafone Europe B.V., announces its intention to sell, jointly with Telecom Italia S.p.A. (“TIM”), on a pro-rata basis, approximately 80 million existing ordinary shares (the “Shares”) of Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane S.p.A. (“INWIT” or the "Company"), corresponding to approximately 8% of the outstanding ordinary share capital of the Company (the “Sale” or the “Offering”).

  22 Apr 2020 General

• Vodafone Group makes accelerated payment to Vodafone Idea under the Contingent Liability Mechanism

  

  Vodafone Group announces that it has accelerated a payment of US$200 million to Vodafone Idea, which was due in September 2020 under the terms of the contingent liability mechanism (“CLM”) with Vodafone Idea.

  22 Apr 2020 General

• Vodafone announces new employee fundraising initiative to help local charities

  

  Employee donations will be matched by Vodafone and Vodafone Foundation and will support charities – selected by our local Foundations – who are helping the most in need

  16 Apr 2020 Vodafone Foundation

• Vodafone Foundation and scientists at Imperial College London team up to use crowdsourcing app to help in the fight against Coronavirus

  

  Vodafone Foundation and Imperial College London scientists deploy DreamLab app to speed up coronavirus research

  08 Apr 2020 Vodafone Foundation