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Board activities
Key areas of focus
for your Board
Board activities are structured to assist the Board in achieving its goal
to support and advise executive management on the delivery of the
Group’s strategy within a transparent governance framework.
Board activities in the 2015 nancial year
Set out below are the key areas which the Board focused on during the year.
Strategy development
Last year was a year of change for Vodafone
as we moved ahead in our strategy
to become a total telecoms provider.
We acquired the cable companies Ono
in Spain and Kabel Deutschland in Germany
and disposed of our interest in Verizon
Wireless. We also began our Project Spring
programme, investing in the quality
of our networks.
The 2015 nancial year was a year in which
the Board monitored our execution
of this strategy.
The Board:
a had a strategy day including presentations from executives about developments
in the Group’s markets and on the Group’s strategy, both organic and inorganic, in light
of these developments;
a received presentations from local management in Spain and Germany on Ono and
Kabel Deutschland and our plans in respect of them;
a received a presentation on the acquisition reviews that had been undertaken for
the earlier acquisitions of Cable & Wireless Worldwide in the UK and Telstraclear
in New Zealand;
a was updated at each Board meeting on the implementation of Project Spring;
a considered the Group’s portfolio of assets and whether, and how, these should
be developed;
a considered the Group’s requirements for spectrum as and when opportunities
became available;
a had a presentation on the Vodafone brand and how it is being developed and managed;
and
a received a digital strategy presentation.
KDG
We commenced integration of KDG in April 2014
and have made solid progress. We have started
to connect Vodafone base stations to KDG bre
backhaul, migrated broadband customers from
Vodafone’s broadband onto KDG’s cable infrastructure,
and launched our bundled xed and mobile
bundle product.
Project Spring
We have made strong progress on Project Spring,
which is designed to accelerate further our network
and service differentiation. We have substantially
increased European 4G population coverage, passed
many more homes with our own bre or cable next-
generation networks, and signicantly developed our
suite of Enterprise products and services.
More on KDG integration:
Page 39 More on Project Spring:
Pages 6 and 7
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