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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 ...
In 2023, Vodafone sold its stake in Vodafone Ghana to Telecel Group, and Vodafone Magyarország (Vodafone Hungary) to the Hungarian state. [ 170 ] [ 171 ] Later in June 2023, Vodafone also announced that it intended to merge Vodafone UK with Three UK , which is owned by CK Hutchison Holdings . [ 172 ]
Three UK launched as the UK's first commercial video mobile network on 3 March 2003, the day that 3G services went live across the country, [51] and handsets went on sale later that month. On 9 December 2004, Three announced that it was the first network to meet its regulatory requirement of 80% population coverage in the UK. [52]
Vodafone and Three UK have pledged to cap their lowest-cost mobile plans at £10 for two years, as the companies hope to convince the UK’s competition watchdog to approve their £15 billion merger.
In 1999, Vodafone became the world's largest mobile telecommunications company, and the UK's third-largest public company. Vodafone decided to move to the site in 1997. In April 1999, the local council was going to refuse outline planning permission for Vodafone to build its headquarters on the site as it was a greenfield development.
In November 2011, Carphone Warehouse sold Talkmobile to Vodafone in a deal worth £20 million. [2] In July 2017, Talkmobile began rolling out 4G to its customers. [3] The Talkmobile pay-as-you-go (PAYG) product was withdrawn on 31 August 2017. [4] Talkmobile sells 30-day and 12-month SIM-only plans, which all have unlimited UK calls and texts. [5]
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Telefonica UK Limited, trading as O2 (stylised as O 2), is a British telecommunications services provider, headquartered in Reading, England which operates under the O2 brand. [3] It is owned by VMED O2 UK Limited , a 50:50 joint venture between Telefónica and Liberty Global .