Vodafone Germany

Vodafone GmbH
Company typePrivate
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1990; 34 years ago (1990) (as Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH)
2002; 22 years ago (2002) (as Vodafone D2 GmbH)
HeadquartersDüsseldorf, Germany
Key people
Marcel de Groot (CEO)
ProductsPrepaid and postpaid mobile phones, DSL, IPTV, cable internet, cable television
Revenue11,616,000,000 Euro (2022) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
16,000[1]
ParentVodafone Group Plc
Websitevodafone.de

Vodafone GmbH is a telecommunications operator in Germany owned by Vodafone Group Plc and headquartered in Düsseldorf. It provides mobile phone, LTE, 5G, cable internet, landlines, cable TV, and IPTV services. As of the third quarter of 2021, Vodafone GmbH has more than 31 million mobile customers in Germany, making it the third-largest provider of mobile phone services in Germany.[2] The company's headquarters are in the suburb of Heerdt in Düsseldorf, with regional offices throughout Germany. Vodafone Germany's main competitors are 1&1 Mobilfunk, Telekom Deutschland (Deutsche Telekom's German private customer unit) and Telefónica Germany.

Vodafone Germany's network serves both prepaid and postpaid customers on GSM and LTE (Long Term Evolution). In July 2019, Vodafone started providing 5G services.[3] At the end of 2010, Vodafone had 36.676 million mobile phone or mobile internet customers and 3.945 million customers with a DSL / VDSL connection.[4]

  1. ^ "Portrait Vodafone Deutschland Wir sind die Gigabit-Company". Vodafone. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Vodafone Deutschland Finanzkennzahlen Quartal 03/2021" (PDF). Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. ^ "5G-Handy-Netz von Vodafone: Jetzt auf Deinem Smartphone". 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Vodafone in Deutschland auf Wachtstumskurs / + 238000 DSL Kunden". Vodafone-angebote-news.de. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2012.