It’s a really complex business but a household and business name. Having read the H1 report everything looks pretty positive, even though there has been an obvious hit by COVID.
I’m assuming price will dip a bit following ex-dividend.
Interesting to see major changes in their geographical plays, disposing of New Zealand, Malta and Egypt with mergers and acquisitions elsewhere. A serious business with lots of change.
Revenue down YoY, but profitable as opposed to loss making.
I haven’t followed the movements closely regarding telecommunication businesses but things have clearly changed a lot over 10~20 years.
Consumers have moved from text and speech to data. Remember the days when one would be buying text packages and minutes, Stone Age in the tech world.
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Chief executive
16 November 2020
Delivering our strategic priorities at pace to reshape Vodafone
Resilient financial performance during the first half of FY21, in line with our expectations
Deepening customer engagement, with mobile contract customer loyalty improved year-on-year for an 8th
successive quarter
Launched 5G in 127 cities across 9 of our European markets; 52 million marketable homes passed with Gigabit speeds
Reaffirming FY21 free cash flow guidance of at least €5 billion (pre-spectrum and restructuring) and adjusted EBITDA expected to be between €14.4 – €14.6 billion
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Chief executive:
COVID-19 and the reduction in roaming revenues, through the significant reduction in international travel, is currently obscuring our underlying commercial progress, with Q2 service revenue growing by 1.5% excluding roaming.