Interim Results - Part 6
Vodafone Group Plc
18 November 2003
VODAFONE GROUP PLC
INTERIM RESULTS
PART 6
VODAFONE GROUP PLC - MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESSES
PROPORTIONATE NET CUSTOMERS - 1 APRIL 2003 TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2003
QUARTER TO 30 JUNE 2003
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COUNTRY(1) PERCENTAGE AT 1 APRIL NET STAKE AT 30 JUNE
OWNERSHIP(2) 2003 ADDITIONS CHANGES 2003
(%) (000s) (000s) (000s) (000s)
UK & IRELAND
UK 100.0% 13,300 13 - 13,313
Ireland 100.0% 1,740 25 - 1,765
TOTAL 15,040 38 - 15,078
NORTHERN EUROPE
Germany 100.0% 22,940 321 - 23,261
Hungary 87.9% 799 109 44 952
Netherlands 99.8% 3,183 45 84 3,312
Sweden 99.1% 1,313 18 - 1,331
Others 8,767 99 - 8,866
TOTAL 37,002 592 128 37,722
SOUTHERN EUROPE
Italy 76.8% 14,908 136 - 15,044
Albania 83.0% 322 39 3 364
Greece 65.4% 2,166 159 48 2,373
Malta 100.0% 130 (4) - 126
Portugal 100.0% 2,912 42 175 3,129
Spain 100.0% 9,096 88 - 9,184
Others 537 15 - 552
TOTAL 30,071 475 226 30,772
AMERICAS
United
States(5) 44.3% 14,792 540 - 15,332
Others 703 (28) - 675
TOTAL 15,495 512 - 16,007
ASIA PACIFIC
Japan 69.7% 9,702 333 - 10,035
Australia 100.0% 2,564 29 - 2,593
New Zealand 100.0% 1,289 60 - 1,349
Others 4,129 179 - 4,308
TOTAL 17,684 601 - 18,285
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
Egypt 67.0% 1,358 86 165 1,609
Others 3,059 154 - 3,213
TOTAL 4,417 240 165 4,822
GROUP TOTAL 119,709 2,458 519 122,686
VODAFONE GROUP PLC - MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESSES
PROPORTIONATE NET CUSTOMERS - 1 APRIL 2003 TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2003
Cont..
QUARTER TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2003
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COUNTRY(1) PERCENTAGE NET ADDITIONS STAKE AT 30 SEPT
OWNERSHIP(2) CHANGES(3) 2003 PREPAID(4)
(%) (000s) (000s) (000s) (%)
UK & IRELAND
UK 100.0% 170 - 13,483 59%
Ireland 100.0% 38 - 1,803 71%
TOTAL 208 - 15,286 60%
NORTHERN EUROPE
Germany 100.0% 519 - 23,780 52%
Hungary 87.9% 109 - 1,061 86%
Netherlands 99.8% 37 2 3,351 58%
Sweden 99.1% 37 - 1,368 32%
Others 198 - 9,064 49%
TOTAL 900 2 38,624 51%
SOUTHERN EUROPE
Italy 76.8% 301 - 15,345 92%
Albania 83.0% 29 - 393 97%
Greece 65.4% * - * *
Malta 100.0% - 32 158 91%
Portugal 100.0% 114 - 3,243 73%
Spain 100.0% 215 - 9,399 57%
Others * - * *
TOTAL 801 32 31,605 78%
AMERICAS
United
States(5) 44.3% 628 - 15,960 6%
Others (9) (666) - -
TOTAL 619 (666) 15,960 6%
ASIA PACIFIC
Japan 69.7% 105 - 10,140 8%
Australia 100.0% 34 - 2,627 53%
New Zealand 100.0% 80 - 1,429 78%
Others 194 (37) 4,465 63%
TOTAL 413 (37) 18,661 57%
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
Egypt 67.0% 120 - 1,729 82%
Others 183 - 3,396 87%
TOTAL 303 - 5,125 86%
GROUP TOTAL 3,244 (669) 125,261 54%
(1) At 30 September 2003, all subsidiaries operated under the Vodafone brand
with the exception of Japan (J-Phone Vodafone) which migrated to the single
brand on 1 October 2003. In the United States the Group's associated
business operates as Verizon Wireless.
(2) All ownership percentages are stated as at 30 September 2003 and exclude
options, warrants or other rights or obligations of the Company to increase
or decrease ownership in any venture. Ownership interests have been rounded
to the nearest tenth of one percent.
(3) Represents a stake increase of 0.05% in Vodafone Netherlands to 99.8%, a
stake increase in Vodafone Malta from 80.0% to 100.0%, the disposal of a
34.5% interest in Group Iusacell, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) and the disposal of
a 20.8% interest in RPG Cellular Services (India).
(4) Prepaid customer percentages are calculated on a venture basis. At 30
September 2003, there were 314.0 million total venture customers.
(5) The Group's proportionate customer base has been adjusted for Verizon
Wireless's proportionate ownership of its customer base across all its
network interests of approximately 98.5% at 30 September 2003. In the
absence of acquired interests, this proportionate ownership will vary
slightly from quarter to quarter depending on the underlying mix of net
additions across each of these networks.
* Listed subsidiary still to report
VODAFONE GROUP PLC - MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESSES
CONTROLLED ACTIVE CUSTOMER INFORMATION AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2003
CONTROLLED ACTIVE(1)
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COUNTRY PREPAID CONTRACT TOTAL
(%) (%) (%)
UK & IRELAND
UK 88% 95% 91%
Ireland 100% 99% 100%
TOTAL 90% 95% 92%
NORTHERN EUROPE
Germany 90% 95% 92%
Hungary 92% 97% 93%
Netherlands 92% 99% 95%
Sweden 94% 95% 94%
TOTAL 91% 95% 93%
SOUTHERN EUROPE
Italy 94% 93% 94%
Albania 92% 98% 92%
Greece * * *
Malta 100% 99% 100%
Portugal 84% 99% 88%
Spain 94% 94% 94%
TOTAL 91% 94% 92%
ASIA PACIFIC
Japan 81% 99% 98%
Australia 93% 91% 92%
New Zealand 97% 99% 98%
TOTAL 90% 99% 97%
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
Egypt + 96% 100% 97%
TOTAL 96% 100% 97%
CONTROLLED GROUP TOTAL 91% 96% 93%
CONTROLLED ACTIVE CUSTOMER INFORMATION - HISTORY
CONTROLLED ACTIVE CUSTOMERS AS AT
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COUNTRY SEPTEMBER DECEMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER
2002 2002 2003 2003 2003
(%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
Germany 92 92 92 93 92
Italy 94 95 95 93 94
Japan 99 99 98 98 98
UK 93 92 91 91 91
Controlled Total 94 94 93 93 93
(1) Active customers are defined as customers who have made or received a
chargeable event in the last three months or, where information is not
available, defined as customers who have made a chargeable event in the
last three months (indicated by +)
* Listed subsidiary still to report
VODAFONE GROUP PLC - MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESSES
MONTHLY REGISTERED BLENDED ARPU FOR THE 15 MONTHS TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2003
Country Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002
Germany EUR 27.9 27.7 26.8 27.4 25.4 25.4
Italy EUR 31.9 28.6 29.0 29.3 28.0 29.5
Japan JPY 7,670 7,410 7,180 7,350 7,120 7,360
UK(2) GBP 24.9 24.7 24.9 25.5 24.3 23.5
Country Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003
Germany EUR 25.6 23.2 25.8 25.4 26.2 26.1 27.9 26.7 27.0
Italy EUR 29.3 26.5 29.1 29.4 30.1 30.7 32.2 29.7 31.1
Japan JPY 7,120 6,840 7,270 7,050 7,040 6,850 7,130 7,030 6,710
UK(2) GBP 24.7 23.4 25.6 24.4 25.2 25.5 25.7 24.2 25.6
ARPU INFORMATION FOR THE 12 MONTH PERIOD TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2003
ARPU(1)
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COUNTRY CURRENCY REGISTERED REGISTERED REGISTERED
PREPAID CONTRACT TOTAL
UK & IRELAND
UK(2) GBP 128 531 297
Ireland EUR 354 1,109 576
NORTHERN EUROPE
Germany EUR 130 502 312
Hungary HUF 43,032 177,913 59,522
Netherlands EUR 177 878 461
Sweden SEK 930 6,097 4,568
SOUTHERN EUROPE
Italy EUR 304 853 355
Greece EUR * * *
Malta MTL 93 892 158
Portugal EUR 180 674 323
Spain EUR 161 633 368
ASIA PACIFIC
Japan JPY N/A N/A 84,818
Australia AUD 286 879 587
New Zealand NZD 324 1,855 665
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
Egypt EGP 712 2,993 1,083
ARPU - HISTORY
REGISTERED TOTAL ARPU FOR THE 12 MONTH PERIOD TO
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COUNTRY CURRENCY SEPTEMBER DECEMBER MARCH JUNE SEPTEMBER
2002 2002 2003 2003 2003
Germany EUR 308 312 313 313 312
Italy EUR 345 347 347 351 355
Japan JPY 89,193 88,238 87,159 86,183 84,818
UK(2) GBP 282 287 292 297 297
(1) ARPU is calculated as total revenues excluding handset revenues and
connection fees divided by the weighted average number of customers during
the period.
(2) During the period from 1 October 2002 to 31 March 2003, Vodafone UK
operated under interim commercial terms with one of its service providers.
Final terms were agreed in April 2003. Recognising revenues on a consistent
basis during the interim period to the bases before and after this period
would result in additional service revenues of £74 million. For consistency
and comparability purposes, these revenues have been included in the
calculation of UK ARPU but have been excluded from Group turnover in
accordance with UK GAAP.
The impact of the inclusion of these amounts has been to increase ARPU for
the 12 months to 31 December 2002, 31 March 2003, 30 June 2003 and 30
September 2003 from £284, £286, £291 and £292 to £287, £292, £297 and £297
respectively.
* Listed subsidiary still to report
VODAFONE GROUP PLC - MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESSES
NON-VOICE SERVICES AS A PERCENTAGE OF SERVICE REVENUES
PROPORTIONATE BASIS
12 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 2003
30 SEPTEMBER 2003 (MONTH ONLY)
COUNTRY MESSAGING DATA TOTAL MESSAGING DATA TOTAL
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UK & IRELAND
UK(1) 13.8% 1.2% 15.0% 13.1% 1.6% 14.7%
Ireland 19.2% 0.9% 20.1% 19.1% 1.2% 20.3%
TOTAL 14.6% 1.2% 15.8% 14.0% 1.5% 15.5%
NORTHERN EUROPE
Germany 15.8% 1.2% 17.0% 14.6% 1.7% 16.3%
Others 8.4% 0.9% 9.3% 8.2% 1.4% 9.6%
TOTAL 12.4% 1.1% 13.5% 11.6% 1.6% 13.2%
SOUTHERN EUROPE
Italy 11.5% 0.7% 12.2% 11.6% 0.8% 12.4%
Others 9.7% 0.6% 10.3% 9.5% 0.7% 10.2%
TOTAL 10.6% 0.6% 11.2% 10.5% 0.7% 11.2%
AMERICAS
United States 0.8% 0.9% 1.7% 1.2% 1.3% 2.5%
Others 0.1% - 0.1% - - -
TOTAL 0.8% 0.9% 1.7% 1.2% 1.3% 2.5%
ASIA PACIFIC
Japan 7.5% 13.8% 21.3% 7.3% 13.9% 21.2%
Others 10.0% 1.0% 11.0% 9.7% 1.7% 11.4%
TOTAL 8.1% 10.9% 19.0% 7.9% 11.1% 19.0%
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA 4.3% - 4.3% 4.3% 0.1% 4.4%
PROPORTIONATE GROUP TOTAL 9.5% 2.7% 12.2% 9.3% 2.9% 12.2%
STATUTORY BASIS
CONTROLLED GROUP TOTAL 11.6% 3.9% 15.5% 11.2% 4.0% 15.2%
NON-VOICE SERVICES AS A PERCENTAGE OF SERVICE REVENUES - HISTORY
12 MONTHS TO
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COUNTRY SEP 2002 DEC 2002 MAR 2003 JUN 2003 SEP 2003
Germany 15.4% 16.1% 16.4% 16.7% 17.0%
Italy 10.1% 10.7% 11.3% 11.8% 12.2%
Japan 18.1% 19.3% 20.3% 20.9% 21.3%
UK(1) 13.2% 13.9% 14.4% 14.7% 15.0%
Proportionate Total 10.1% 10.7% 11.3% 11.7% 12.2%
Statutory Total 13.2% 13.9% 14.6% 15.0% 15.5%
MONTH ONLY
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COUNTRY SEP 2002 DEC 2002 MAR 2003 JUN 2003 SEP 2003
Germany 16.2% 19.2% 16.6% 16.9% 16.3%
Italy 10.4% 12.9% 11.8% 12.5% 12.4%
Japan 20.2% 20.6% 21.7% 21.8% 21.2%
UK(1) 13.8% 16.0% 15.2% 14.6% 14.7%
Proportionate Total 10.9% 12.5% 12.3% 12.1% 12.2%
Statutory Total 14.3% 16.0% 15.6% 15.3% 15.2%
(1) During the period from 1 October 2002 to 31 March 2003, Vodafone UK operated
under interim commercial terms with one of its service providers. Final
terms were agreed in April 2003. Recognising revenues on a consistent basis
during the interim period to the bases before and after this period would
result in additional service revenues of £74 million. For consistency and
comparability purposes, these revenues have been included in the calculation
of non-voice services as a percentage of service revenues.
The impact of the inclusion of these amounts was to decrease UK non-voice
services as a percentage of service revenues for the months of December 2002
and March 2003 from 16.1% and 15.3% to 16.0% and 15.2% respectively.
VODAFONE GROUP PLC - MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESSES
TOTAL COST TO CONNECT (1)
6 MONTHS TO 12 MONTHS TO
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COUNTRY CURRENCY SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER MARCH MARCH
2002 2003 2002 2003
Germany EUR 73 79 81 81
Italy EUR 26 21 35 25
Japan JPY 31,540 28,508 34,145 32,519
UK GBP 63 53 67 56
(1) Total cost to connect is the total of connection fees, trade commissions and
equipment margins divided by gross customer additions in the period.
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