NEW YORK-Vodafone Group plc, based in Berkshire, England, announced it signed up its 10
millionth proportionate customer March 1.
Vodafone, which is acquiring AirTouch Communications Inc., said the
subscriber count includes 5.37 million customers in the United Kingdom and 4.63 million proportional customers from
its international operations. The British wireless carrier has interests in mobile phone networks in 13
countries.
“The spectacular growth of the mobile phone industry around the world shows no signs of
abating,” said Chris Gent, chief executive officer of Vodafone.
“Ultimately, we expect penetration rates
to reach 65 percent to 70 percent of the population in every sophisticated market in the developed world, excluding new
applications in media information and telemetry.”
