... group. 2.4 Contact the company for their annual report. 2.5 Internet searches on mobile industry particularly Vodafone. 3. History of Vodafone The mobile phone industry did not exist 20 years ago. In the late 1980s exceptionally few people possessed a mobile phone. Now nearly two thirds of the UK's population own mobile phones. Vodafone was formed in 1984 as a subsidiary of Racal Electronics plc; at the time it was known as Racal Telecom Limited. In 1982 Racal was awarded UK's first mobile licence. The company made the first mobile call at midnight on the 1st of January 1985. Here are just a few of the high points in Vodafone's history: 1987: Launch of Vodapage 1990: Vodafone Customer base reaches 0.5 million 1991: The world's first international roaming call through a link up between Vodafone and Telecom Finland 1993: Vodafone's intercontinental reach extends with licences and partnerships in Germany, South Africa, Fiji, Australia and Greece. 1994: Vodafone joined the Globalstar ...

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