30th Mar 2007 07:04
Vodafone Group Plc30 March 2007 30th March 2007 TELSIM COMPLETES TRANSITION TO THE VODAFONE BRAND Telsim-Vodafone rebrands to carry only the Vodafone name Company adds over 1 million new customers in Turkey in first quarter of 2007 Vodafone Turkey today held a press conference at the Esma Sultan Mansion inIstanbul where CEO Attila Vitai announced that from 31st March 2007Telsim-Vodafone would complete its brand transition and would be known only asVodafone. In addition, Vodafone Turkey announced that there had been a notable increase inthe number of customers since Vodafone's aquisition of Telsim in May 2006, withover 1 million new customers joining the network in Turkey in the first quarterof 2007 alone. Vodafone Turkey's total customer numbers now stand at 13.8million. Speaking at the press conference, Attila Vitai, CEO of Vodafone Turkey said: "Weare very pleased to be able to announce that we have added over 1 million newcustomers to the Vodafone Turkey network since the beginning of 2007. Thisincrease demonstrates that Vodafone is successfuly bringing its global standardsand expertise to the Turkish market and customers are responding by joining usin very significant numbers." ENDS For further information: Vodafone Group Investor RelationsTel: +44 (0) 1635 664447 Media RelationsTel: +44 (0) 1635 664444 Notes to Editors About VodafoneVodafone is the world's leading international mobile communications group withoperations in 25 countries across five continents and over 200 millionproportionate customers by the end of January 2007, as well as 36 partnernetworks. For further information, please visit www.vodafone.com. About Vodafone Turkey: Going into business in 1994 for the purpose of offering services in the GSM(Global Mobile Telecommunications) sector, Telsim was transferred to SDIF(Savings Deposit Insurance Fund) on February 14, 2004 and then became part ofthe Vodafone Group on May 24, 2006 as Vodafone Telekomunikasyon A.S., itscommercial title. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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