User:Shashikant Soni/sandbox

YEAR	COUNTRY	CONTINENT	BRAND NAME	PARTNER/ ALLIANCE	PREVIOUS NAME	MRKT. SHARE	INTERNATIONALIZATION STAGES 1991	UK	Europe	Vodafone Group Plc. O2 (Signed a deal Jun, 2012)	Racal Telecom	100%	Home Country 1992	AUSTRALIA	Oceania	Vodafone Australia	AQUISITION	_	100%	FDI 2009	‘’	‘’	Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Ltd	Hutchison Telecommunic-ations Australia	Vodafone Australia	50%	‘’ 1994	FIJI	Oceania	Vodafone Fiji	_	_	Major	FDI 1994	SOUTH AFRICA	Africa	Vodacom	Telkom	_	65%	FDI 1998	EGYPT	Africa	Vodafone Egypt	Telecom Egypt	Click GSM	55%	FDI 1998	NEW ZEALAND	Oceania Vodafone NZ, Purchased ihug- 3rd largest Internet Service Provider in NZ (Oct, 2006)	Telecom NZ & Two Degrees Mobile, Acquired TelstraClear from Telstra (Oct, 2012)	BellSouth New Zealand Ltd.	47.8%	FDI 1999	HUNGARY	Europe	Vodafone Hungary	_	_	Major	FDI 1999	USA	North America	Verizon Wireless	Verizon Communications Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile	45%	FDI 2000	GERMANY	Europe	Vodafone D2	AQUISITION	D2 Mannesmann	100%	FDI 2000	SPAIN	Europe	Vodafone Spain	Airtel Móviles	Airtel Móviles	Major	FDI 2001	JAPAN	Asia	Vodafone KK	Japan Telecom	J-Phone	69.7%	FDI 2006	‘’	‘’	SoftBank	SoftBank Mobile Corp.	Vodafone KK	Sold	_ 2001	ITALY	Europe	Vodafone Italy	Verizon Wireless	Omnitel Pronto-Italia	76.86%	FDI (Subsidiary) 2002	FINLAND (Previously signed a roaming agreement in 1992)

Source: 2012, Vodafone Mobile Telecom Organisation Private Limited Europe	Elisa	Radiolinja	Radiolinja	_	Joint Venture (Partner Network) YEAR	COUNTRY	CONTINENT	BRAND NAME	PARTNER/ ALLIANCE	PREVIOUS NAME	MRKT. SHARE	INTERNATIONALIZATION STAGES 2002	KUWAIT	Asia	MTC-Vodafone	Zain Group	_	_	Joint Venture (License) 2003	BAHRAIN	Asia	MTC-Vodafone	Zain Group	_	_	Joint Venture (License) 2003	PORTUGAL	Europe	Vodafone Portugal	AQUISITION	Telecel Vodafone	100%	FDI (Owned Subsidiary) 2003	AUSTRIA Europe	Mobilkom Austria	Mobilkom Austria	_	_	Joint Venture (Partner Network) 2003	CROATIA Europe	VIPnet	Mobilkom Austria	_	_	Joint Venture (Partner Network) 2003	SLOVENIA	Europe	Si.Mobil	Mobilkom Austria	_	_	Joint Venture (Partner Network) 2003	ICELAND	Europe	Vodafone Iceland	Tal, Íslandssími and Halló	Og. Vodafone	_	Joint Venture (Partner Network) 2004	CYPRUS	Europe	Cytamobile-Vodafone	Cyta	Cyta	_	Joint Venture (Partner Network) 2004	LUXEMBOURG	Europe	LuxGSM	_	_	_	Joint Venture (Partner Network) 2005	ROMANIA	Europe	Vodafone Romania	Mobifon	Connex GSM	79%	FDI 2005	TURKEY	Europe	Vodafone Turkey	AQUISITION	Telsim	100%	FDI (Owned Subsidiary) 2005	MEXICO	North America	America Movil	Telcel and others	_	_	Joint Venture (Associate) 2005	HONG KONG	Asia	SmarTone Vodafone	SmarTone Telecommunic-ations Holdings Limited	Rebranded as SmarTone (Dec, 2011)		Joint Venture (License) 2006	INDONESIA MALAYSIA SRI LANKA Asia	TM	Telekom Malaysia	_	_	Joint Venture (Associate) YEAR	COUNTRY	CONTINENT	BRAND NAME	PARTNER/ ALLIANCE	PREVIOUS NAME	MRKT. SHARE	INTERNATIONALIZATION STAGES 2006	CZECH REPUBLIC	Europe	Vodafone Czech Republic	Oskar	Oskar-Vodafone	Major	FDI 2006	BULGARIA Europe	Mobiltel	Mobilkom Austria	_	_	Joint Venture (Partner Network) 2006	SWEDEN	Europe	Telenor Sverige AB	Telenor	Vodafone Sweden	Most Shares sold later	Joint Venture (Partner Network) 2007	SAMOA	Oceania	Digicel	Digicel	_	_	Joint Venture (Associate) 2007	JAMAICA PANAMA BARBADOS & Others	North America	Digicel	Digicel	_	_	Joint Venture (Associate) 2007	INDIA	Asia	Vodafone Essar	Other Indian Investors	Hutchison Essar	67% to 74% (Nov, 2011)	FDI 2008	GHANA	Africa	Vodafone Ghana	Ghanaian Government	Ghana Telecom	70%	FDI 2008	AFGHANISTAN	Asia	Roshan	Roshan	_	_	Joint Venture (Associate) 2008	CHILE	South America	Entel	Entel PCS	_	_	Joint Venture (Partner Network) 2009	U.A.E	Asia	Du	EITC	EITC	_	Joint Venture (Associate) 2009	TAIWAN			Asia	Chunghwa Telecom	Chunghwa Telecom	_	_	Joint Venture (Associate) 2009	AZERBAIJAN	Asia	Nar Mobile	Nar Mobile	_	_	Joint Venture (Associate) 2010	Libya	Africa	Almadar	Almadar			Joint Venture (Associate)