Vodafone Has 4.35 Million 3G Customers

Europe : Vodafone Group Plc is hosting an analyst and investor day at its headquarters in Newbury, England.

The day will principally consist of a series of presentations by senior management from Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and the UK giving an overview of each of these businesses. There will also be a focus on the Other Vodafone Subsidiaries and separate presentations on the following areas: Opportunities for Growth, Technology and One Vodafone.

Arun Sarin ( inset ), Chief Executive of Vodafone, will introduce the day's events by reiterating guidance for the current financial year as outlined at the Company's preliminary results announcement in May 2005. He will also emphasise the core messages running through the day's presentations;

The Group is clearly focused on revenue growth opportunities
3G is gaining increasing traction in the market
The implementation of One Vodafone is progressing well
Strong execution by the local management teams
Vodafone will report that the number of 3G devices has risen to approximately 4.35 million at 31 August 2005, comprising 3.95 million consumer devices and 400,000 Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS data cards. The Christmas Vodafone live! with 3G handset range, announced on 16 September 2005, promises to further increase the rising rate of 3G adoption across Vodafone's businesses.

Vodafone will also say that Vodafone Passport - the first step in the Vodafone Travel Promise initiative - has successfully launched in 12 countries and has already attracted over 2 million customers. Initial feedback highlights high levels of customer satisfaction, which has resulted in increased demand within the expanding roaming customer base.

In addition, Vodafone will announce the Group's deployment of HSDPA, beginning with friendly user tests and pre-commercial launches in the first half of 2006. A full commercial launch with end-to-end capabilities can be expected for mid-2006. This new technology will boost current 3G user download speeds by approximately 4 times. This enhancement of Vodafone's network will continue to improve customers' experience of converged mobile services; and from an investment perspective, the upgrade will be incremental as it requires no new infrastructure.

The event will be broadcast live via a webcast available on the Vodafone website (www.vodafone.com/investor) beginning at 10.00am (UK time). All presentations and related materials will be made available through the webcast.