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Contents

1 Japan Telecom
- 1.1 1984–1994
2 J-PHONE
- 2.1 1994–2003
3 J-PHONE–Vodafone
- 3.1 2003
4 Vodafone Japan
- 4.1 2003–2006
5 SoftBank Mobile
- 5.1 2006–present; 2006-2010
- 5.2 2010-present

Japan Telecom

1984–1994

J-PHONE

1994–2003

J-PHONE–Vodafone

2003

Vodafone Japan

2003–2006

SoftBank Mobile

2006–present; 2006-2010

2010-present

V • T • E

Bridge Alliance

Asia-Pacific members: Australia: Optus¹ | Hong Kong: csl. | India and Sri Lanka: Bharti Airtel¹ | Indonesia: Telkomsel¹ (Timor-Leste: Telkomcel) | Japan: SoftBank Mobile | Macau: CTM | Malaysia: Maxis Communications | Philippines: Globe Telecom¹ | Singapore: Singtel¹ | South Korea: SK Telecom | Taiwan: Taiwan Mobile | Thailand: AIS¹ | Vietnam: MobiFone

Middle Eastern members: Saudi Arabia: stc (Bahrain | Kuwait) | Turkey: Türk Telekom

African member: Airtel¹ (Chad, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Rep. Congo, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia)

¹Wholly- or partly-owned subsidiaries of Singtel.

V • T • E

eAccess (E MOBILE) | SB Creative | SBI Group | SoftBank Mobile | SoftBank Telecom | T-Mobile US (Tidal) | Willcom | GoTo (Gojek | Tokopedia) | Grab | Ovo | Z Holdings (Line | Yahoo! Japan)

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | NASCAR Cup Series

V • T • E

Subsidiaries, joint ventures and licensees:

Europe: Albania | Channel Islands (Airtel-Vodafone)¹ | Cyprus (Cytamobile-Vodafone) | Czech Republic (Oskarta) | Germany | Greece | Hungary | Ireland | Italy | Netherlands² (50%) (Vodafone | Ziggo) | Northern Cyprus (Telsim Vodafone) | Portugal (Yorn) | Romania | Spain (Lowi | yu) | Turkey | United Kingdom (Talkmobile | Voxi)

Middle East and Africa: Egypt | Ghana | Kenya (40%) (Safaricom)
South Africa (Vodacom) (60%) (Tanzania | DR Congo | Mozambique | Lesotho)

Asia-Pacific: Vi (India)³ (45.2%) | Australia (TPG Telecom) (25%)⁴

Authorized licensees (not owned):
Europe: Iceland | Ukraine | Middle East: Qatar | Oceania: New Zealand | Fiji | French Polynesia (Pacific Mobile Telecom SAS)

Partnerships:
A1 (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia) | Celcom (Malaysia) | China Mobile (China) | Dialog Axiata (Sri Lanka) | Entel (Chile) | Hey (Faroe Islands) | KT (South Korea) | MTS (Armenia, Russia, Uzbekistan) | NTT docomo (Japan) | Proximus (Belgium) | Rogers (Canada) | SFR (France) | Smart Communications (Phillipines) | StarHub (Singapore) | Swisscom (Switzerland) | Zain (Middle East)

Former operations:
Defunct: Arcor (Germany) | Cable & Wireless Worldwide (United Kingdom) | Kabel Deutschland (Germany) | Mannesmann (Germany) | Indygen (Romania) | AirTouch (United States) | Ono (Spain) | TelstraClear (New Zealand) | UPC (Czech Republic | Hungary | Romania) | Unitymedia (Germany) | India (Vodafone | Idea)

Divested: SmarTone (Hong Kong) | Verizon Wireless⁵ (United States) | J-PHONE–Vodafone (Japan) | SFR (France) | Si.mobil–Vodafone (Slovenia) | Europolitan–Vodafone (Sweden) | MTC–Vodafone (Bahrain) | Orange (United Kingdom)

Sponsorships
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes (2007–13) | Team Vodafone (2007–12) | Vodafone Warriors (1999–present)

¹Joint venture with Bharti Airtel.
²Joint venture with Liberty Global.
³Joint venture with Aditya Birla Group.
⁴Joint venture with CK Hutchison Holdings.
⁵Joint venture with Verizon Communications.

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