UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rules 13a-16 or 15d-16 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Dated June 17, 2021
Commission File Number: 001-10086
VODAFONE
GROUP
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
VODAFONE HOUSE, THE CONNECTION, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE, RG14 2FN,
ENGLAND
(Address of principal executive offices)
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This Report on Form 6-K contains a Stock Exchange Announcement
dated 17 June 2021 entitled ‘Vodafone Group Plc ⫶ Vodafone
Technology briefing’.
RNS Number : 1462C
Vodafone Group Plc
17 June 2021
Vodafone Group
Plc ⫶ Vodafone Technology briefing
17 June 2021
Vodafone Technology ⫶ Connecting people, places &
things for a better future
Vodafone Group Plc is holding a virtual briefing for investors and
analysts today for Vodafone Technology, which will be hosted by
Johan Wibergh (CTO), Alberto Ripepi (Networks Director), Scott
Petty (Digital and IT Director), and John Otty (Group Financial
Controller). The event provides an overview of Vodafone Technology,
and our transformation into a new generation connectivity and
digital services provider.
Through a series of video presentations and case studies (available
at investors.vodafone.com), we outline how we are efficiently
meeting accelerating customer demand and transforming to deliver
growth. In addition, a live video Q&A webcast will
commence at 2.00pm BST on 17 June 2021.
Key highlights from the event:
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Our customer demand continues to
accelerate ⫶ Customer usage of our networks is
growing rapidly and has accelerated over the last year. Our
networks are delivering fast and reliable connectivity, which is
critical for our society. We expect growth to continue, driven by
the cloudification of communications and the proliferation in
devices and services across IoT, cloud, media streaming, cloud
gaming, big data and low latency connectivity. |
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We have a strong technology
roadmap ⫶ In each of our markets we provide
one of the leading mobile networks and are evolving to 5G 'built
right' to efficiently serve future demand. We are a leader in 5G
private networks, have established new network sharing models, and
are driving innovation in network technology as a founding partner
of the Open RAN Telecom Infra Project. We are targeting >51
million self-built gigabit capable fixed homes passed by FY23,
underpinned by our broad hybrid fibre cable footprint, which has a
strong upgrade path beyond one gigabit speeds. We're moving to a
scalable cloud native digital architecture and using advanced
analytics to drive efficiency, speed, and reliability. |
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We allocate capital to drive
returns ⫶ We are investing efficiently in
connectivity infrastructure, partnering with global technology
leaders, and allocating capital effectively to drive returns and
growth. We take a forensic approach to capital allocation to
support our mid-term ambition of delivering return on capital above
WACC. We are leveraging the scale of the Group to drive structural
efficiency savings through our shared operations model. |
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We are transforming to deliver
growth ⫶ We have implemented a new single technology
organisation in Europe in April 2021 to support our ambition of
being the most efficient and simplified operator. Our new product
operating model will drive agile development and enhance our shared
platform approach, industrialise high ROCE product creation, and
support our growth ambitions by drastically reducing product lead
times. |
Our transformation into a new generation connectivity and digital
service provider will support our strategy and our medium-term
financial ambitions.
Johan Wibergh, Vodafone CTO,
commented:
"We are delivering one of the leading network experiences in our
markets, and our strong technology roadmap will continue to support
this. We are laser focused on being the most efficient technology
factory in our industry, delivering the lowest cost per gigabit and
leveraging the scale of the Group for structural efficiency
savings. We are transforming into a new generation connectivity and
digital service provider to accelerate innovation, serve our
customers' digitalisation needs and support the Group's growth
ambitions, with scaled architectures and reusable technology that
we can repurpose across the Group".
For more information, please contact:
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Investor
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Media
Relations |
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Investors.vodafone.com |
Vodafone.com/media/contact |
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ir@vodafone.co.uk |
GroupMedia@vodafone.com |
Registered Office: Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury,
Berkshire RG14 2FN, England. Registered in England No. 1833679
About Vodafone
Vodafone is a leading telecommunications company in Europe and
Africa. Our purpose is to "connect for a better future"
enabling an inclusive and sustainable digital society. Our
expertise and scale gives us a unique opportunity to drive positive
change for society. Our networks keep family, friends, businesses
and governments connected and - as COVID-19 has clearly
demonstrated - we play a vital role in keeping economies running
and the functioning of critical sectors like education and
healthcare.
Vodafone is the largest mobile and fixed network operator in Europe
and a leading global IoT connectivity provider. Our M-Pesa
technology platform in Africa enables over 48m people to benefit
from access to mobile payments and financial services. We operate
mobile and fixed networks in 21 countries and partner with mobile
networks in 49 more. As of 31 March 2021, we had over 300m mobile
customers, more than 28m fixed broadband customers, over 22m TV
customers and we connected more than 123m IoT devices.
We support diversity and inclusion through our maternity and
parental leave policies, empowering women through connectivity and
improving access to education and digital skills for women, girls,
and society at large. We are respectful of all individuals,
irrespective of race, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual
orientation, gender identity, belief, culture or religion.
Vodafone is also taking significant steps to reduce our impact on
our planet by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2025
and becoming net zero by 2040, purchasing 100% of our electricity
from renewable sources by 2025 and by July 2021 in Europe, and
reusing, reselling or recycling 100% of our redundant network
equipment.
For more information, please
visit www.vodafone.com, follow us on Twitter at
@VodafoneGroup or connect with us on LinkedIn
at www.linkedin.com/company/vodafone.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
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VODAFONE GROUP |
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PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY |
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(Registrant) |
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Dated: June 17, 2021 |
By: |
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RESMARTIN |
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Name: Rosemary
E S Martin |
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Title: Group
General Counsel and Company Secretary |
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