Product Launch

Vodafone Group PLC
5 June 2001


5 June 2001


        VODAFONE GROUP NETWORKS TO INTRODUCE INTERNATIONAL ROAMING FOR

                               PREPAY CUSTOMERS


Vodafone Group Plc today announces the introduction of international roaming
for its prepay mobile phone customers on its networks across Europe, enabling
them for the first time* to use their mobile phones whilst travelling abroad.
This service, already available to Vodafone Group's post payment mobile phone
users, means approximately 55 million Vodafone prepay customers across Europe
will be able to use their mobile phones Internationally.  Following the
successful launch of Vodafone Eurocall and Vodafone Home Services,
international prepay roaming is the third innovative Pan-European service
introduced in the last six months for Vodafone Group customers.



Introduced recently for Vodafone UK customers, the new international prepay
service will also be offered to D2 Vodafone (Germany) customers during June
2001.  The service will be extended to customers of other Vodafone Group
networks across Europe over the next few months with the ultimate aim of a
having a seamless prepay service for customers abroad, offering them the same
'look and feel' service that they already receive in their home country.



'The ability to use prepay mobile phones abroad is the latest innovative
pan-European service that we are introducing for Vodafone Group customers.
This marks another significant step towards bringing our customers the key
benefits of the Vodafone brand and the Group's presence throughout Europe,'
explained Vodafone Group's Thomas Geitner, Chief Executive, Group Products and
Services. 'Cross border travel is becoming ever more frequent, so the
introduction of seamless overseas service will make travelling abroad easier
and more enjoyable for our 55 million prepay customers in Europe.'



Vodafone UK's 7.9 million prepay customers will be among the first to benefit
from being able to use their prepay phones internationally.  Vodafone UK's Pay
as you Talk customers will not only be able to make and receive calls in the
normal way whilst abroad but will also have the ability to send and receive
text messages.

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For further information contact:

Vodafone Group Plc

Tim Brown, Group Corporate Affairs Director

Melissa Stimpson, Head of Group Investor Relations

Jon Earl, Investor Relations Manager

Darren Jones, Investor Relations Manager

Tel: [phone]



Tavistock Communications

Lulu Bridges/Sarah Landgrebe

Tel: [phone]





NOTES TO EDITORS:

1.    *An International Prepay Roaming service is already available to
customers of Vodafone Group networks, Airtel (Spain), Panafon Vodafone
(Greece), Omnitel Vodafone (Italy) and Telecel Vodafone (Portugal), however
the new International prepay roaming service will be rolled out to these
networks over the next few months.



2.    Europe is defined as: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Canary Islands, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar,
Greece, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.



A tri-band phone will be needed for prepay customers roaming internationally
in the USA and Canada



3.    Vodafone UK Call Charges:

Calls to the UK from Europe will cost as little as 99p while to send a text
message from mainland Europe will be charged at 49p. From outside Europe,
calls will cost £1.99 and sending a text message 99p.



UK CALL PRICES (irrespective of prepay tariff)

                                                If you are           If you are
                                                 in Europe       outside Europe


Calls to the UK                                        99p                £1.99

Calls within country                                   99p                £1.99
Calls to outside Europe                              £1.99                £1.99
Calls received whilst abroad                           99p                £1.99
Sending a text message                                 49p                  99p
Voicemail & help or credit line                        99p                £1.99
Premium rate calls                                  Barred               Barred


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4.    To register for the service, Vodafone Pay as you Talk customers in the
UK need only contact their mobile phone service provider prior to departure to
request that their International call bar is lifted.  Then to place a call
whilst abroad on the following networks; Panafon Vodafone (Greece), Airtel
(Spain) and from 8 June, Telecel Vodafone (Portugal), Omnitel Vodafone
(Italy), SFR and France Telecom (France) and D2 Vodafone (Germany), they
simply need to place + before the country code and then dial the required
phone number (minus the first 0 of the UK area code or mobile phone number).



5.    Initially, with the first phase introduction of the service, if a
Vodafone UK prepay customer wants to make a call on any other international
network, a short code will need to be used in front of the number they are
calling, e.g. *£123* (dependent on network). This needs to be followed by +
and then the country code and phone number (minus the first 0 of the area code
or mobile phone number).  The customer then needs to press £ and send.  A
network message will state that an attempt is being made to connect the
customer and the handset will then ring once the connection has been made.



6.    The service will later be upgraded, enabling Vodafone UK customers using
their prepaid phone on any other Vodafone Group network to enjoy a seamless
prepay service with the same functionality and ease of use that they receive
on their home network in the UK.