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Annual Report and Accounts 1998 - Review of Operations - Value Added Service Companies
British Gas uses the Vodafone Network
for data transmission and in so doing
have been able to significantly reduce its
administrative staff levels and increase
productivity.
These companies continued to expand their business
activities which complement Vodafone'sother UK
network and service activities through provision of
specialist value added and data services.
These companies, Vodafone Value Added Services, Vodafone Data Network and Vodafone Paging,
continued to expand their business activities which complement Vodafone's other UK network and
service activities through the provision of specialist value added and data services.
Thames Water uses Radio-Pads supplied by
Vodafone Data Network set inside street
bollards to monitor pressure and flow as part
of its ongoing investment programme.
Vodafone Value Added Services expanded its highly
successful 'Recall' voice messaging service, which now
has approximately 2 million users, making it one of the
UK's leading providers of voicemail and a significant
contributor to network traffic. Data and messaging calls
have nearly trebled in the last year. Data Direct, the
specialist mobile data operation, won a number of
important new accounts and is well positioned for further
growth as a result of its innovative approach to the
delivery of mobile data solutions into the corporate sector.
Vodafone Data Network extended its business into new
market segments, achieving breakthroughs in the water
industry with a number of major contracts. This was in
addition to the growth of traditional business in the
retailing, security and electricity sectors. The company's
user base was over 60,000 at the year end.
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