Vodafone Group Plc Vodafone Expands Partnership Programme to Movicel
27 Marzo 2019 - 1:01AM
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Vodafone Group Plc
27 March 2019
27 March 2019
Vodafone Expands Partnership Programme to Movicel in Angola
Vodafone and Movicel Angola today announced a strategic
consultancy agreement as part of Vodafone's Partner Markets
programme in Africa.
Under the non-equity agreement, Vodafone will provide strategic
and operational support in a range of areas, including consumer
marketing, technology, and business operations. This strategic
engagement will see both companies collaborate on further potential
opportunities to benefit their customers.
Vodafone Partner Markets Chief Executive Diego Massidda said: "I
am delighted to start this strategic engagement with Movicel, and I
look forward to bringing the best of Vodafone's innovation,
services and expertise to Angola to further develop the business
and the wider digital economy. I hope that this will build into a
strong, lasting relationship that will benefit customers of both
companies."
Gianvittorio Maselli, CEO of Movicel Angola, commented: "We are
delighted to start our strategic relationship with Vodafone, as
part of our transformation journey in Movicel in Angola. This
engagement will provide Movicel with technical and marketing
expertise that will improve the quality of services we offer to our
customers, and accelerate the expansion of digital services across
Angola. I am excited to be working with a global leader in
telecommunications, and leveraging their experience and
expertise."
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About Vodafone Group
Vodafone Group is one of the world's largest telecommunications
companies and provides a range of services including voice,
messaging, data and fixed communications. Vodafone Group has mobile
operations in 25 countries, partners with mobile networks in 43
more, and fixed broadband operations in 19 markets. As of 31
December 2018, Vodafone Group had approximately 700 million mobile
customers and 21 million fixed broadband customers, including all
of the customers in Vodafone's joint ventures and associates. For
more information, please visit: www.vodafone.com.
About Vodafone Partner Markets
Vodafone's Partner Markets team works to form strategic
alliances with operators all over the world, partnering to offer a
range of global products and services that extend Vodafone's reach
into local markets. Vodafone Partner Market agreements vary from
roaming and service resale to full partner branding. Established in
2002, Vodafone Partner Markets now partners with 29 companies in 43
countries.
About Movicel
Movicel was the pioneer of mobile telephony in Angola starting
its operations in the year of 1992 and having adopted its current
name in 2004, still as a division of Angola Telecom. In 2008 it
became an autonomous company, being 80% of its capital owned by
private companies and the remaining 20% by the Angolan State. With
about 2 million subscribers, Movicel is currently the second mobile
operator in the country with 20% of the market share and has
coverage in all 18 Angolan provinces. In recent years, Movicel has
focused on benefiting the customer with advantages in voice, SMS,
data services and access to social networks. With Vodafone's
Partnership Movicel intends to offer its customers a new whole
range of innovative and modern services, focused on comprehensive
products, seeking to meet the communication requirements of retail
and corporate customers.
For further information:
Vodafone Group
Media Relations Investor Relations
www.vodafone.com/media/contact Telephone: +44 (0) 7919 990 230
Movicel
Media Relations
deolinda.teixeira@movicel.co.ao Telephone: +244 912 51 00 42
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