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![]() Vodafone's headquarters in Milan, Italy. | |
Formerly | Omnitel Pronto Italia S.p.A. (1994-2002) Vodafone Omnitel S.p.A. (2002-2002) Vodafone Omnitel N.V. (2002-2013) Vodafone Omnitel B.V. (2013-2015) |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | January 1994 |
Founder | |
Headquarters | , Italy |
Area served | Italy |
Key people | |
Products | Mobile and fixed telephony, XDSL, FTTX and FWA communications, Internet |
Brands | Ho Mobile |
Revenue | 6,209,000,000 euro (2017) ![]() |
348,000,000 euro (2017) ![]() | |
Owner | Swisscom |
Number of employees | 6,768 (2017) ![]() |
Parent | Fastweb (Fastweb + Vodafone) |
Website | www |
Vodafone Italy is an Italian telecommunications company part of Fastweb + Vodafone, as a subsidiary of Italian telecommunications group Fastweb.[2] The company's headquarters are in Ivrea (TO) and Milan.
Founded in 1994 as Omnitel, in 2001, following the acquisition by the Vodafone Group, it changed its name to Omnitel Vodafone, in 2002 it changed again to Vodafone Omnitel, and then in 2003 it took on its current name.[3]
On December 31, 2024, it was acquired by Swisscom. At the same time, the integration process with Fastweb began, and both companies started being managed by a single Executive Committee under the corporate brand Fastweb + Vodafone.[4]
It has 30,153,000 mobile phone customers and 3,182,000 fixed phone lines, with respectively a market share of 28.5% and 16%.[5]
Since taking over the company, Vodafone has introduced in Italy services like Vodafone live!, the 3G, 4G and 5G mobile networks, DSL, fiber-optic and FWA services, and Mobile Virtual Network Operators for other corporations.
Vodafone's main competitors are Iliad, TIM and Wind Tre.[5]