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Summary of Group mobile telecommunications businesses at 31 March 2005
Registered
Venture Venture proportionate
Percentage customers(3) customer customers Registered Names of competitor
Country by region(1) ownership(2) (’000) growth (%)(4) (’000) prepaid (%)(5) network operators(6)
Germany 100.0 27,223 9 27,223 52 E-Plus, O2, T-Mobile
Italy 76.8 22,502 6 17,280 92 TIM, Wind, 3
UK 100.0 15,324 9 15,324 61 Orange, O2, T-Mobile, 3
Other EMEA
Spain 100.0 11,472 18 11,472 53 Amena, Telefónica Móviles
Albania 99.9 649 23 648 97 AMC
Egypt 50.1 4,136 44 2,072 85 MobiNil
Greece 99.8 4,004 9 3,996 66 Cosmote, Q-Telecom, TIM
Hungary 100.0 1,735 21 1,735 76 Pannon GSM, T-Mobile
Ireland 100.0 1,952 5 1,952 72 Meteor, O2,3
Malta 100.0 167 4 167 90 Go Mobile
Netherlands 99.9 3,793 11 3,789 56 KPN Mobile, Orange, T-Mobile, Telfort
Portugal 100.0 3,586 10 3,586 78 Optimus, TMN
Sweden 100.0 1,541 7 1,541 38 SpringMobil, Tele2, Telia, 3
Belgium 25.0 4,293 (1) 1,073 60 BASE (KPN), Mobistar (Orange)
Kenya 35.0 2,513 64 879 98 Kencell(12)
France(7) 43.9 15,969 11 7,011 45 Bouygues, Orange
Poland 19.6 7,360 28 1,443 53 Centertel, ERA
Romania 20.1 5,023 37 1,010 65 Orange, Cosmorom, Zapp
South Africa(8) 35.0 15,482 59 5,087 87 Cell C, MTN
Switzerland 25.0 3,971 3 993 36 Orange, Sunrise, Tele2
TOTAL 87,646 22 48,454 64
Americas
United States(9) 44.4 45,452 17 20,173 5 National operators(10):
Cingular Wireless,
Nextel(11), Sprint PCS(11), T-Mobile
Asia Pacific
Japan 97.7 15,041 1 14,692 11 au, NTT DoCoMo, Tu-ka
Australia 100.0 2,731 10 2,731 69 Optus, Orange, Telstra, 3
New Zealand 100.0 1,891 18 1,891 78 Telecom, TelstraClear
Fiji 49.0 155 36 76 93 –
China(13) 3.3 213,874 42 6,994 72 China Netcom, China Telecom,
China Unicom
TOTAL 233,692 38 26,384 68
GROUP TOTAL 431,839 27 154,838 61
Notes:
(1) All controlled networks operate under the Vodafone brand. Networks in which the Company does not have a controlling interest operate under the following brands: Belgium – Proximus; France – SFR; Poland – Plus GSM; Switzerland – Swisscom Mobile; Romania
– Connex; United States – Verizon Wireless; Fiji – Vodafone; China – China Mobile; South Africa – Vodacom; Kenya – Safaricom.
(2) All ownership percentages are stated as at 31 March 2005 and exclude options, warrants or other rights or obligations of the Group to increase or decrease ownership in any venture as detailed in “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects – Liquidity and
Capital Resources – Option agreements”and also exclude the conditional agreements to acquire controlling stakes in MobiFon and Oskar as detailed in “Business Overview – History and Development of the Company”. Ownership interests have been rounded to
the nearest tenth of one percent.
(3) See page 28 for a definition of a customer.
(4) Venture customer growth is for the twelve month period to 31 March 2005.
(5) Prepaid customer percentages are calculated on a venture basis.
(6) Table excludes MVNOs and other competitors who do not operate a mobile telecommunications network.
(7) At 31 March 2005, the Group’s associate in France had subsidiaries in La Réunion and La Mayotte. Customers in these subsidiaries have been included in the Group’s customer figures since September 2004. Hence, customer growth in the financial year includes
515,000 venture customers which had previously been excluded from the Group’s customer base. At 31 March 2005, the Group’s proportionate customers included 226,000 customers in respect of these subsidiaries.
(8) At 31 March 2005, the Group’s associate in South Africa had subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Mozambique and Tanzania. Customers in these subsidiaries have been included in the Group’s customer figures since September 2004. Hence,
customer growth in the financial year includes 2,645,000 venture customers which had previously been excluded from the Group’s customer base. At 31 March 2005, the Group’s proportionate customers included 594,000 customers in respect of these subsidiaries.
(9) The Group’s ownership interest in Verizon Wireless is 45.0%. However, the Group’s proportionate customer base has been adjusted for Verizon Wireless’s proportionate ownership of its customer base across all its network interests of approximately 98.6% at
31 March 2005. In the absence of acquired interests, this proportionate ownership will vary slightly from period to period depending on the underlying mix of net additions across each of these networks.
(10) This is not a full list of US network operators. In the United States, in addition to the national operators shown, there are several regional and numerous local operators.
(11) On 15 December 2004, Sprint PCS and Nextel announced their intention to merge. This merger is subject to US regulatory approval.
(12) The Kenyan Government has awarded a third licence but the operator had not commenced service at 24 May 2005.
(13) Customer growth in the financial year in China includes 26,831,000 venture customers from the acquisition of Chinese provincial network operators in the year.