Vodafone

Vodafone Group is one of the world's top wireless phone services carriers with some 340 million customers in more than 20 countries. In terms of subscribers, Vodafone trails only China Mobile. The company does around two-thirds of its business in Europe, where it is a leader in the wireless markets of the UK and Germany. It also provides data, broadband Internet, and fixed-line phone services; in Germany, these services are overseen by subsidiary Arcor. Vodafone increasingly serves callers in the Asia/Pacific, Africa, and Middle East regions through subsidiaries and joint ventures. In the US, the group holds a stake in leading US wireless provider Verizon Wireless.