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| Formerly |
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|---|---|
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 7 January 1980[1] |
| Founder | Vodafone |
| Headquarters | Newbury, England |
Number of locations | 400 stores |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Max Taylor (CEO)[2] |
| Services | |
| Parent | Vodafone Group |
| Website | vodafone |
Vodafone Limited, (stylised as vodafone), trading as Vodafone UK, is a British telecommunications company, owned by Vodafone Group, the world's eighth-largest telecommunications company.[3] Vodafone is the third-largest mobile network operator in the United Kingdom, with 18.4 million subscribers as of November 2024,[4] after O2 and EE, followed by Three.[5] The country's first cellular phone call was made on the Vodafone network in 1985.
In June 2023, it was announced that subject to regulatory approval Vodafone UK and Three UK will merge to create Britain's biggest mobile network. The merger was approved by the Competition and Markets Authority in December 2024.
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- ^ "10 Biggest Telecommunications (Telecom) Companies". Investopedia. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Vodafone Group Q1 Report 2025" (PDF). Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Best And Worst UK Mobile Networks 2020: GiffGaff, EE, O2, Vodafone And More". Which?. Retrieved 18 April 2020.