Its products and services include voice services, short messaging service, Vodafone live!, and mobile connect card, as well as roaming services.
Vodafone live! is a messaging and multimedia content service that offers music tones, video messaging, and video streaming services.
The mobile connect card enables customers to connect to email and business applications from a range of access devices.
As of June 30, 2005, the company had a customer base of approximately 155 million.
Vodafone distributes its products and services through various direct and third party channels.
The company was formed in 1984 under the name Racal Telecom Limited and changed its name to Vodafone Group Plc in 1991.
Later, it changed its name to Vodafone AirTouch Plc in 1999 and then to Vodafone Group Public Limited Company in 2000.
Vodafone is headquartered in Newbury, the United Kingdom.
