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Driving network and
service differentiation
Project Spring is our two-year, £19 billion investment programme designed
to place Vodafone at the forefront of growth in mobile data and the increasing
trend towards the convergence of xed and mobile services. We are now just
over one year through the programme and are making great progress.
Total build since September 20132March 2014 March 2015 March 2016 target
New 2G sites 7,000 33,000 47,000
New 3G sites 13,000 42,000 73,000
New 4G sites 7,000 35,000 77,000
New single RAN installations 20,000 73,000 106,000
New high capacity backhaul sites 17,000 63,000 87,000
Project Spring
Progress so far
In Europe, we have increased 4G coverage
to 72% and aim to get this to over 90%
by next year. We have further modernised
our network to improve voice and data
quality, with 83% of our radio sites connected
with high capacity backhaul and 81%
with Single Radio Access Network (‘RAN’)
technology. All this means a signicantly
improved experience for our customers,
including more reliable connections, faster
data speeds, greater coverage and fewer
dropped calls.
We now reach 28 million homes with
our owned cable and bre infrastructure
as a result of acquisitions and bre builds
in Italy, Spain and Portugal.
In our Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacic
(’AMAP’) region, we have increased 3G
and 4G coverage (excluding India) to 82%
and aim to grow this further next year.
In India we now cover 90% of the population
in targeted urban areas with 3G and aim
to increase this to 95% by next year.
More on Project Spring:
Pages 22 to 27
Total capital expenditure £ billion
5.3
2013 2014 2015
6.3
9.2
0
5.0
2.5
7.5
10.0
European 4G population coverage
20%
2013
46%
2014
72%
2015
Over 90%
2016 – target
Note:
1 Next-generation network (‘NGN’)
technology, which includes bre-to-
the-home, cable and very-high-bit-rate
digital subscriber lines from the cabinet
or central ofce.
2 Data shown to the nearest thousand.
88% of data sessions in Europe are now delivered
at the speeds required to enjoy a high denition
video experience
European households million
passed with owned cable/bre1
0
10
20
30
Data
not
available
2013 2014 2015
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