Vodafone Global Enterprise

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Vodafone Global Enterprise Limited
Type
Subsidiary
(Private limited company)
Industry Information and communication technology
Founded 2007
Headquarters London, England, UK
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Erik Brenneis (CEO)[1]
Services IT services, IT consulting, Telecommunications services
Revenue 1.3 billion (2011)[2]
Parent Vodafone
Subsidiaries Bluefish Communications
Vodafone Automotive
Website enterprise.vodafone.com
Vodafone Global Enterprise Limited is a multinational company which provides
telecommunications and information technology services to large corporations, and a
wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc.[3] It is headquartered in London,
England and was established in April 2007.[4]
Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Operations
3 Services
4 Major customers
5 References
6 External links
History[edit]
Vodafone Global Enterprise was established in April 2007 by Vodafone, to serve as a
provider of IT and telecoms services to large corporate customers.[5]
In October 2010 Vodafone Global Enterprise acquired two telecom expense management
companies, paying US$6.9 million for Australia-based Quickcomm and US$2.8 million
for United States-based TnT Expense Management.[6]
On 1 December 2011, Vodafone Global Enterprise acquired the Reading-based ICT
consultancy company Bluefish Communications Ltd.[7] The acquired operations will
form the nucleus of a new Unified Communications and Collaboration practice within
VGE,[8] which will focus on implementing strategies and solutions in cloud
computing, and strengthen its professional services offering.[9]
On 23 April 2012, Vodafone announced an agreement to acquire Cable & Wireless
Worldwide for 1.04 billion.[10][11] The deal was completed on 30 July 2012.[1] The
acquisition will give Vodafone Global Enterprise access to CWW's fibre network for
businesses,[12] enabling it to take unified communications solutions to large
enterprises in UK and globally; and expand its enterprise integration service
offerings in emerging markets.[13][14]
In June 2012 Vodafone Global Enterprise was granted supplier status to the US
Federal Government under GSA Schedule 70, becoming the first non-US mobile provider
to achieve such status.[15] As part of the award Vodafone Global Enterprise will be
listed as an approved supplier to provide mobile voice, data and M2M services to
the US Government in eight European countries including the United Kingdom, Germany
and Italy.[15]
In July 2012 Vodafone Global Enterprise announced that it was conducting trials of
dual persona mobile client, an emerging technology capable of enabling business
customers to wholly compartmentalise their personal and business applications on a
single device, and had plans to launch the service later in 2012.[16][17]
Operations[edit]
A map showing the countries where Vodafone Global Enterprise has operations
(coloured in red)
Vodafone Global Enterprise is organised into the following geographical divisions:
[18]
Northern Europe (headquartered in London, United Kingdom)
Central Europe
Southern Europe and Africa
Asia Pacific & Sub-Saharan Africa (headquartered in Singapore)[19]
Americas
Services[edit]
Vodafone Global Enterprise's services include domestic and international voice and
data, Machine to Machine services, mobile email, mobile broadband, managed
services, mobile payment and mobile recording.[20] It offers integrated
communication strategies and solutions in cloud computing, unified communications
and collaboration.[3][4]
Major customers[edit]
Vodafone Global Enterprise's major customers include:
Deutsche Post - Vodafone Global Enterprise provides a fully managed Multiprotocol
Label Switching network for Deutsche Post which connects around 400 sites across 67
countries, as part of a contract signed in March 2010.[21]
The Linde Group - Vodafone Global Enterprise provides mobile voice and data
services to The Linde Group in 27 countries, as part of a four-year contract which
was signed in October 2011.[22][23]
Unilever - Vodafone Global Enterprise manages devices, connectivity and managed
mobile services for Unilever in 63 countries, and advises Unilever on the
management of consumer devices and applications, as part of a three-year contract
which was signed in December 2010.[24]
Volkswagen Group - Vodafone Global Enterprise provides mobile communications
services for around 90,000 Volkswagen Group employees, as part of an exclusive
four-year contract which was signed in July 2012.[25]