Mobile telecommunications
Vodafone is a major telecommunications group providing mobile, broadband, fixed-line and digital services across Europe and Africa. The portfolio has been reshaped around larger core markets, including the enlarged VodafoneThree business in the UK and African exposure through Vodacom.
Mobile and fixed telecommunications, broadband, business connectivity, digital services, IoT and financial services in selected African markets.
Germany, the UK, Italy and other European markets, together with Africa through Vodacom and Safaricom exposure.
Service-revenue growth, pricing, customer retention, network investment, VodafoneThree synergies, German recovery, African growth, cost savings and capital allocation.
Intense telecom competition, regulation, high network investment, debt, weak German trading, integration of major transactions, currency movements and rapid technology change.
27 July 2026: Vodafone raised FY2026/27 expectations after incorporating control of Safaricom, guiding to adjusted EBITDAaL of €13.0-13.3bn and adjusted free cash flow of €2.6-2.9bn, with results expected toward the upper end. Q1 organic service revenue grew 5.2%, while integration of VodafoneThree and recovery in Germany remain key 2027 issues.
Vodafone pays dividends twice yearly in euros. The FY2026 final dividend was 2.3625 euro cents per share, ex-dividend 4 June 2026 and paid on 30 July; the sterling equivalent was about 2.013p. The FY2026 interim was 2.25 cents, paid in February.
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