Vodafone
British multinational telecommunications company
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| 2025 | Vodafone starts sponsorship of Borussia Dortmund football club, continuing to the present time. |
| March 2025 | Vodafone implemented a return to office mandate for UK-based head office staff, requiring employees to attend the office two to three days per week or at least eight days per month. Employees who fail to comply face potential disciplinary proceedings and would be ineligible for a bonus in the financial year. |
| December 31 2024 | Swisscom, through Fastweb, completed the acquisition of Vodafone Italia, creating Fastweb + Vodafone. |
| December 5 2024 | Vodafone and Three's $19B merger was cleared by UK regulators, with conditions. |
| November 2024 | Announced plans to sell remaining 3.1% stake in Indus Towers to Bharti Airtel for approximately $166 million. |
| July 3 2024 | Extended network-sharing deal with Virgin Media O2 into the mid-2030s to support the merger with Three UK. |
| June 2024 | Sold 18% stake in Indus Towers, raising $1.82 billion to reduce debt, reducing stake from 21.5% to 3.1%. |
| May 31 2024 | Zegona Communications completed the acquisition of Vodafone España, separating it from Vodafone Group. |
| March 15 2024 | Swisscom signed a binding purchase proposal to acquire 100% of Vodafone Italia for €8 billion, with plans to merge it with Fastweb. |
| June 2023 | Announced merger with Three UK, with Vodafone to own 51% of the combined company. |
| April 2023 | Vodafone New Zealand completed its rebranding to One New Zealand, estimated to save NZ$20-30 million annually in licensing fees. |
| February 2023 | Vodafone Group concluded the sale of its 70% stake in Vodafone Ghana to Telecel Group, exiting the Ghanaian market. |
| January 2023 | Margherita Della Valle becomes CEO of Vodafone, taking over from Nick Read. |
| 2022 | Vodafone sold its shares in Vodafone Egypt to its majority-owned African arm Vodacom. |
| September 2022 | Vodafone New Zealand announced plans to change its name to One New Zealand in early 2023. |
| 2021 | Vodafone adopted a new global advertising slogan 'Together We Can', reflecting the company's evolving communication strategy. |
| September 2021 | Vodafone signed an agreement with Netcracker Technology to deploy Netcracker Digital Business Support System (BSS) in Oman. |
| September 2021 | Vodafone in Oman signed an agreement with Ericsson to deploy, operate, and maintain 4G and 5G core and radio access (RAN) greenfield network. |
| January 2021 | Vodafone obtained a telecommunications service license to establish and operate public telecommunications services in Oman. |
| 2020 | Vodafone signed on as naming rights partner for Australia national cricket team home tests, including scheduled tours by India and England. The company also partnered with the Australia women's national cricket team and the Women's Big Bash League. |
| 2020 | Vodafone ended sponsorship of Beşiktaş J.K. football club |
| December 21 2020 | Vodafone announced it failed to reach an agreement with STC regarding the sale of its stake in Vodafone Egypt. |
| September 2020 | An international arbitration tribunal sided with Vodafone, ruling that India's efforts to claim past taxes violated the bilateral investment protection pact between India and the Netherlands, and asked India to stop its tax collection attempts. |
| September 7 2020 | Vodafone Idea unveiled its new brand identity 'Vi', integrating the previously separate Vodafone and Idea brands into a unified brand. |
| July 13 2020 | VHA merged with TPG to create TPG Telecom Limited, marking the end of Vodafone's independent operations in Australia. |
| June 2020 | Vodafone began rolling out its 5G NR network in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, and Perth, with plans to progressively expand to more than 650 sites from mid-2020. |
| June 30 2020 | TPG Telecom Limited (formerly Vodafone Hutchison Australia Limited) was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. |
| February 2020 | The Federal Court of Australia overturned the ACCC's decision, allowing TPG and VHA to merge. |
| January 2020 | Confirmed withdrawal from Diem Association (formerly Libra Association), Facebook's global digital currency initiative. |
| January 29 2020 | Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Vodafone Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the sale of Vodafone's 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt. |
| 2019 | Vodafone reunited with Triple Eight Race Engineering as the primary sponsor of the team's Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the Bathurst 12 Hour race. The company also became the title sponsor of the Supercars safety car and the Gold Coast 600. |
| 2019 | Vodafone sold its New Zealand division to a consortium of investors, making it independent from the parent company. |
| 2019 | Vodafone was rated as the worst mobile network provider in the UK for the eighth consecutive year in the annual survey by consumer lobby group Which?. |
| November 25 2019 | Vodafone collaborated with Inseego Corp. to introduce the first commercially available 5G mobile hotspot (M1100) in the Qatar region. |
| May 2019 | The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) blocked the proposed merger with TPG. |
| April 8 2019 | The Supreme Court of India scheduled a hearing for the CBI's plea against Vodafone regarding the Saradha chitfund scam investigation. |
| March 2019 | The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a legal plea in the Supreme Court of India against Vodafone and Airtel, alleging non-cooperation in the Saradha chitfund scam investigation. |
| October 2018 | Nick Read becomes CEO of Vodafone, succeeding Vittorio Colao. |
| August 31 2018 | Vodafone Idea became a legal entity and the largest telecom service provider in India. |
| August 30 2018 | VHA announced plans to merge with TPG, with Vodafone Group and Hutchison Telecommunications Australia to own 50.1% of the combined group. |
| July 9 2018 | The Telecom ministry (DoT) cleared the Vodafone–Idea merger. |
| February 2018 | Vodafone Europe agreed to sell their stake in the Qatar joint venture. |
| 2017 | Vodafone returned to sports sponsorship by becoming the title sponsor of Super Rugby in Australia. Additionally, the company sponsored a BMW M6 GT3 in the Bathurst 12 Hour race. |
| 2017 | Vodafone introduced a new advertising slogan: 'The future is exciting. Ready?', signaling a shift in the company's brand messaging. |
| October 2017 | Citizens Advice conducted a mystery shopping investigation revealing that Vodafone, along with EE and Three, were not reducing customers' bills after fixed deals ended, resulting in customers paying an average of £22 extra per month. |
| September 2017 | Vodafone's partnership in Cameroon ceased to operate after its license was withdrawn by the government. |
| June 2017 | Took measures to prevent advertising from appearing on platforms sharing hate speech and fake news. |
| April 2017 | Vodafone successfully bid for 4G spectrum on the 700 MHz band at auction. |
| March 20 2017 | Vodafone announced a merger with Idea Cellular to create India's third-largest telecom operator, with Vodafone owning 45.1% and Aditya Birla Group owning 26% of the new operator. |
| December 31 2016 | Vodafone Group's Dutch operations merged with Liberty Global's Ziggo brand, creating VodafoneZiggo Group Holding B.V. |
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