1. Transnational Corporations Sophie Leteve Vodafone Group Plc Mitsubishi Corporation

2. Vodafone Group Plc Vodafone is the largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world. Vodafone has equity interests in 27 countries and Partner Networks in a further 33 countries. At 31 December 2005, Vodafone had approximately 179.3 million proportionate customers worldwide.

3. What Does Vodafone Group Plc Do? What Is Its Trade? Vodafone Group Plc is a mobile telecommunication corporation. It supplies customers with mobile voice, paging and mobile data and Internet services. In the UK it is a well known mobile phone network.

4. Who Does Vodafone Group Plc Employ? How Many Employees? Where? Vodafone Group Plc had an average of 60,000 employees during the year ending 31 st March 2005. Jobs are currently being advertised in Belgium, China, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA. These countries are all MEDCs.

5. Vodafone’s Partner Networks CountryOperator ArgentinaCTI Móvil (through America Móvil) AustriaA1 BahrainMTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) BrazilClaro (through America Móvil) BulgariaMobiltel ChileSmartcom (through America Móvil) ColombiaComcel (through America Móvil) CroatiaVIPnet CyprusCytamobile-Vodafone DenmarkTDC Mobil EcuadorPorta (through America Móvil) El SalvadorCTE Personal (through America Móvil) EstoniaElisa FinlandElisa GuatemalaPCS Guatemala (through America Móvil) HondurasPCS Honduras (through America Móvil) Hong KongSmarTone-Vodafone

6. Main Markets http://www.vodafone.com/article_wide/0,304 1,CATEGORY_ID%253D306%2526LANG UAGE_ID%253D0%2526CONTENT_ID% 253D230772,00.html Shows information about main markets…

7. Figures Proportionate revenue:£43,602 million (year ended 31 March 2005) £39,446 million (year ended 31 March 2004) Market capitalisation:Approximately £80 billion at 15 November 2005 http://www.vodafone.com/article_wide/0,3041,C ATEGORY_ID%253D40104%2526LANGUAGE _ID%253D0%2526CONTENT_ID%253D230832,00.htmlhttp://www.vodafone.com/article_wide/0,3041,C ATEGORY_ID%253D40104%2526LANGUAGE _ID%253D0%2526CONTENT_ID%253D230832,00.html

8. Impact Social Vodafone and the Vodafone Foundations made total contributions of £34.6 million to social projects in the 2004/05 financial year, an increase of 50% from the previous year. This includes our contributions to relief work after the Asian tsunami in 2004. The majority of this total, £33 million, is cash donated by Vodafone to a range of charities, including the Vodafone Group Foundation and local Vodafone foundations. Environmental Committed to reducing waste from network through reuse and recycling. Implementing a strategy to limit impact on global warming. Encourage reusing old handsets. Economic Vodafone Group Plc and other transnational corporations are having a global economic impact, changing the way we trade for ever.

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