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Form 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rules 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Dated July 27, 2007
VODAFONE GROUP
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
VODAFONE HOUSE, THE CONNECTION, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE RG14 2FN, ENGLAND
(Address of principal executive offices)
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INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER
GROUP REVIEW
REGIONAL RESULTS
EMAPA
MOBILE CUSTOMERS(1) - 1 APRIL 2007 TO 30 JUNE 2007
MOBILE CUSTOMER CHURN
MOBILE VOICE USAGE VOLUMES
MOBILE NON-VOICE SERVICE REVENUE AS A PERCENTAGE OF SERVICE REVENUE(1)
AVERAGE MONTHLY MOBILE REVENUE PER USER IN THE QUARTER
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This Report on Form 6-K contains Vodafone Group Plc’s (“Vodafone”) interim management statement for the quarter ended 30 June 2007.
All of the financial information presented in this document is unaudited.
This document contains forward-looking statements which are subject to risks and uncertainties because they relate to future events. In particular, such forward-looking statements include statements with respect to Vodafone’s expectations as to expected savings from cost reduction initiatives, including the IT AD&M programme; expectations as to levels of capital expenditure and operating expenditure; targeted revenue from the Group’s total communications initiatives; and the Group’s expectations for revenue, adjusted operating profit, capitalised fixed asset additions and free cash flow for the 2008 financial year contained within the outlook statement on page 5 of this document. Some of the factors which may cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements can be found by referring to the information under the headings “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in Vodafone Group Plc’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 March 2007.
Vodafone, the Vodafone logos, Vodafone live!, Vodafone At Home, Vodafone Office, Vodafone Passport and Vodafone Mobile Connect are trademarks of the Vodafone Group.
References to ‘the previous quarter’ are to the quarter ended 31 March 2007 unless otherwise stated.
Eliminations within the Europe results table represent intercompany revenue between the segments within the Europe region.
The Group’s outlook for the year ending 31 March 2008 is contained in Vodafone’s Group Plc’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 March 2007.
In presenting and discussing the Group’s reported operating results, certain information is derived from amounts calculated in accordance with IFRS but this information is not itself an expressly permitted GAAP measure. Such non-GAAP measures should not be viewed in isolation or as an alternative to the equivalent GAAP measure. An explanation as to the use of these measures and reconciliations to their nearest equivalent GAAP measures can be found beginning on page 10.

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INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER
Vodafone Group Plc announced on 19 July 2007 its interim management statement for the quarter ended 30 June 2007.
The key highlights of the quarter are:
  Group revenue of £8.3 billion, representing 7.5% growth on last year, with organic growth of 4.0%
  Group service revenue growth of 8.0% with growth of 4.2% on an organic basis. Service revenue growth of 0.3% for Europe and 41.9% for EMAPA, or 1.4% and 18.2% on an organic basis, respectively.
  9.1 million proportionate organic net mobile additions for the quarter compared with 4.8 million for the same quarter last year. Total proportionate mobile customer base at 30 June 2007 of 232.0 million
  Group mobile customer base for subsidiaries and joint ventures of 200.4 million at 30 June 2007, including 30.8 million in Vodafone Essar in India. Organic net mobile additions of 9.3 million in the quarter
  Further strong growth in retail net customer additions of 1.6 million at Verizon Wireless
  2.6 million 3G devices added in the quarter, bringing the total 3G device base to 18.5 million. Growth of 35.3% in non-messaging data revenue, or 32.2% on an organic basis.
  Vodafone At Home now available in 11 markets and Vodafone Office in 12 markets
  Vodafone reiterates its current year outlook with the financial performance for the quarter in line with expectations
Arun Sarin, Chief Executive, commented:
“We have made a good start to the financial year, with a strong performance from the EMAPA region offsetting continued challenging markets in Europe. We continue to make progress in the execution of our strategic objectives. Our new Indian business has delivered strong growth in the quarter, with its integration into the Group progressing well. We are reiterating our guidance for the current financial year.”

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GROUP REVIEW
Following the introduction of the Transparency Rules in the UK in January 2007, which implement the EU Transparency Directive, the Group is providing an interim management statement that provides details of the Group’s performance and financial position, together with any material events, for the quarter.
Operating review
                                                 
                            Impact of     Impact of        
    Quarter ended 30 June     Reported     acquisitions     foreign     Organic  
    2007     2006     growth     & disposals     exchange     growth  
Group revenue   £m     £m     %     %     %     %  
Total revenue
    8,253       7,679       7.5       (5.3 )     1.8       4.0  
                                       
 
                                               
Voice revenue
    5,934       5,599       6.0       (6.7 )     1.9       1.2  
Messaging revenue
    950       851       11.6       (3.1 )     1.0       9.5  
Data revenue
    452       334       35.3       (4.6 )     1.5       32.2  
Fixed line operators and DSL revenue
    372       358       3.9       5.5       1.4       10.8  
Other service revenue
    5                                        
                                       
Service revenue
    7,713       7,142       8.0       (5.6 )     1.8       4.2  
                                       
Group revenue increased by 7.5% to £8.3 billion. The net impact of acquisitions and disposals, principally due to Turkey and India, contributed 5.3 percentage points to revenue growth offset by 1.8 percentage points from adverse movements in exchange rates.
In the Europe region total revenue growth was flat year on year, but grew 1.1% on an organic basis, whilst the EMAPA region delivered growth of 40.7%, or 18.7% on an organic basis. The quarter showed continued strong performances in Spain and several of the Group’s emerging market operations, with sustained revenue growth in the UK. The overall competitive environment in Europe remains challenging.
Voice revenue grew by 6.0%, or by 1.2% on an organic basis, reflecting the continued strong growth in outgoing voice minutes offset by effective price declines, together with the expected impact from the Group’s European roaming price reductions and the cancellation of top up fees in Italy. Data revenue growth remains strong driven by business services and the increasing penetration of 3G devices, up over 100% since June last year to 18.5 million, supporting strong growth in connectivity revenue.
Group mobile customers in subsidiaries and joint ventures increased to 200.4 million at the end of the quarter from 163.0 million at 31 March 2007, with 30.8 million added through Vodafone Essar (formerly Hutchison Essar) in India. On a proportionate basis, the closing customer base reached 232.0 million, with 9.1 million organic proportionate mobile net additions in the quarter.
Review of strategic objectives
The Group continues to focus on executing against its strategic objectives.
Revenue stimulation and cost reduction in Europe
The Group’s focus in Europe is to drive additional usage and revenue from core voice and messaging services and to reduce the cost base.
Outgoing voice revenue declined 0.5% on the quarter in the Europe region, or grew by 0.5% on an organic basis, up slightly compared with the previous quarter. A 20.3% fall in effective price per minute has been offset by initiatives to stimulate additional usage, with 26.2% growth in total voice usage, including 15.6% growth on a per customer basis. Messaging revenue growth for the quarter was 7.5%, or 8.5% on an organic basis, up slightly on the previous quarter principally through successful propositions in Italy.
12.6 million Vodafone Passport customers are already benefiting from lower roaming prices. In addition, all European customers are benefiting from the Group having delivered on its commitment to reduce roaming prices by 40% in April 2007 compared with summer 2005.
The Group’s cost reduction programmes remain on track. The majority of operating companies have now started outsourcing IT application development and maintenance to EDS and IBM and the Group’s data centre consolidation programme is substantially complete. For the 2008 financial year, the Group expects for the total of the Europe region and common functions mobile capital expenditure to be 10% of mobile revenue and mobile operating expenses to be broadly stable when compared with the 2006 financial year.

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Innovate and deliver on our customers’ total communications needs
The Group is targeting an additional 10% of revenue from its total communications initiatives over the next three years.
Fixed location pricing plans have now been launched in six markets for consumers and 12 markets for business customers. The Group now has 3.5 million Vodafone At Home customers on fixed location tariffs and 2.5 million Vodafone Office customers.
Vodafone is now offering fixed consumer broadband services through its mobile operations in ten markets, with four markets launching services since the end of May. In addition, Arcor in Germany had 2.2 million DSL customers at 30 June 2007, up 47% compared with June last year.
During the quarter, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK refreshed their mobile internet offering and launched fixed price browsing tariffs to encourage greater data usage, benefiting from partnerships with industry leading partners such as Google, YouTube, MySpace and eBay.
Since July 2007, the Group’s European customers have been able to benefit from lower data roaming charges, with a daily fixed rate of 12 for unlimited usage.
Overall, Group data revenues have increased by 35.3%, or by 32.2% on an organic basis, compared with the same quarter last year.
Deliver strong growth in emerging markets
Further strong performances have been delivered during the quarter in the Group’s emerging markets, with service revenue growth of 32.9% in Egypt, 16.6% in Romania and 0.6% from Vodacom, which on an organic basis was growth of 42.8%, 26.8% and 20.6% respectively.
The Group’s more recent acquisitions in India and Turkey have delivered strong year on year total revenue growth in local currency of 50% and 32% respectively, calculated by assuming the Group owned these businesses for the whole of both quarters.
Actively manage our portfolio to maximise returns
On 8 May 2007, the Group completed its acquisition of companies with interests in Vodafone Essar in India for a cash consideration of US$10.9 billion and acquired debt of approximately US$2 billion. The Group has also granted Essar options to sell all or part of its shareholding for a maximum consideration of US$5 billion between the third and fourth anniversary of the completion of the acquisition.
Net debt at 30 June 2007 has increased significantly since 31 March 2007 with the contribution from free cash flow generated in the quarter more than offset by the increase in net debt of approximately £9 billion resulting from the transactions and agreements in India.
On 18 July 2007, the Group received $1.3 billion in respect of a 4.99% stake in Bharti Airtel following an irrevocable agreement by a Bharti group company on 9 May 2007 to purchase 5.60% of Bharti Airtel by November 2008.
Outlook
The overall performance for the quarter is consistent with expectations and the Group is therefore reiterating its outlook statement for the year ending 31 March 2008. The Group’s expectations for average foreign exchange rates for the 2008 financial year are unchanged from those announced on 29 May 2007.
Group revenue is expected to be in the range of £33.3 billion to £34.1 billion. Adjusted operating profit is expected to be in the range of £9.3 billion to £9.8 billion, with the Group EBITDA margin lower year on year. Total depreciation and amortisation charges are anticipated to be around £5.8 billion to £5.9 billion, higher than the 2007 financial year, primarily as a result of the Vodafone Essar acquisition.
The Group expects capitalised fixed asset additions to be in the range of £4.7 billion to £5.1 billion, including in excess of £1.0 billion in India.
Reported free cash flow is expected to be in the range of £4.0 billion to £4.5 billion. This is after taking into account £0.6 billion of expected tax payments and associated interest in respect of the potential settlement of a number of long standing tax issues, a net cash outflow of approximately £0.8 billion anticipated in respect of India and £0.5 billion from deferred payments and the reversal of certain timing differences that benefited the 2007 financial year. The outlook for free cash flow is stated including the impact of known spectrum or licence payments only.

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REGIONAL RESULTS
Europe
                                         
                  Impact of        
    Quarter ended 30 June     Reported     foreign     Organic  
    2007     2006     growth     exchange     growth  
    £m     £m     %     %     %  
Total revenue
    6,219       6,220             1.1       1.1  
                               
 
                                       
Voice revenue
    4,315       4,469       (3.4 )     1.0       (2.4 )
Messaging revenue
    764       711       7.5       1.0       8.5  
Data revenue
    398       312       27.6       1.3       28.9  
Fixed line operator and DSL revenue
    368       340       8.2       1.5       9.7  
Other service revenue
    5                                
                               
 
                                       
Service revenue
    5,850       5,832       0.3       1.1       1.4  
                               
                                                         
                            Impact of                    
    Quarter ended 30 June     Reported     foreign     Organic     Other     Underlying  
    2007     2006     growth     exchange     growth     Adjustments(1)     growth  
Service revenue   £m     £m     %     %     %     %     %  
Germany
    1,238       1,339       (7.5 )     1.2       (6.3 )     3.0       (3.0 )
Italy
    1,005       1,051       (4.4 )     1.3       (3.1 )     3.5       0.4  
Spain
    1,110       1,001       10.9       1.6       12.5       5.4       17.9  
UK
    1,209       1,153       4.9             4.9       0.7       5.6  
Arcor
    375       346       8.4       1.5       9.9                  
Other
    1,028       1,036       (0.8 )     1.4       0.6       4.1       4.7  
Eliminations
    (115 )     (94 )                                        
                                             
 
    5,850       5,832       0.3       1.1       1.4       3.2       4.6  
                                               
                                                 
Key performance indicators   Germany     Italy     Spain     UK     Other     Europe  
Organic growth   %     %     %     %     %     %  
Closing mobile customers
    7.4       17.3       8.8       9.0       8.3       10.0  
Mobile voice usage
    30.0       16.2       22.2       24.4       9.0       20.5  
 
(1)   Estimated impact of revenue arrangements now presented net of associated direct costs and termination rate reductions
Customers
The Europe region recorded 2.3 million net customer additions in the quarter compared with 0.9 million in the same quarter last year, with year on year growth in both contract and prepaid net additions.
Strong net additions in Italy and the UK reflect changes in commercial strategies implemented after the June quarter last year. In Germany, the increase in net additions is partly attributable to wholesale contract arrangements started in the quarter.
The total customer base reached 103.5 million at the end of the quarter, up 10.0% on an organic basis since the same quarter last year.
Usage
Total voice usage increased by 20.5% on an organic basis compared with the same quarter last year. Outgoing call volumes increased by 26.2% on an organic basis resulting from a 9.2% growth in average customers and a 15.6% growth in outgoing usage per customer, reflecting similar overall trends to the previous quarter.
Total outgoing voice usage growth remained strong in the region’s major markets, with improved growth in Italy from various successful commercial initiatives offsetting lower growth in Spain arising from lower promotional activity than in the prior year.
Revenue
Service revenue growth was 0.3% for the quarter, or 1.4% on an organic basis, compared with 0.2% growth in the previous quarter, or 1.9% growth on an organic basis. The lower growth rate principally reflects the impact in the current quarter from the cancellation of top up fees in Italy and the Group’s reduction of European roaming prices by 40% between summer 2005 and April 2007, with particular impact this quarter in Germany and the UK, offsetting other underlying improvements. Spain continued to sustain strong local currency growth in service revenue, primarily through the year on year increase in the customer base.

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Voice revenue
Voice revenue declined by 3.4%, or by 2.4% on an organic basis, compared with the same quarter last year, having declined by 2.7%, or 0.9% on an organic basis, in the previous quarter. Outgoing voice revenue remained broadly stable year on year for the region, with the negative impact in Italy from the cancellation of top up fees, offset by successful commercial initiatives in Italy and improved trends in Spain and the UK. Incoming voice revenue continues to decline, with a 4.9% fall, or 3.8% fall on an organic basis principally due to the impact from termination rate reductions in Germany together with an additional impact this quarter from termination rate reductions in Spain. Roaming and international visitor revenues declined 12.7% year on year, or by 11.9% on an organic basis, as expected, from the impact of the Group’s initiatives on retail and wholesale roaming.
Messaging revenue
The Europe region recorded 7.5% growth in messaging revenue, or 8.5% on an organic basis, compared with the same quarter last year, slightly higher than the growth recorded in the previous quarter. Strong growth in messaging usage and revenue was recorded in Italy from the continued success of propositions launched in the previous quarters.
Data revenue
Data revenue growth remained strong, increasing by 27.6%, or by 28.9% on an organic basis, similar to the growth in the previous quarter. Data revenue continues to benefit from growth in business services and the increasing penetration of 3G devices, which have nearly doubled since June 2006 to 17.1 million. Handheld business devices increased by 87% since June last year, with Vodafone Mobile Connect data cards up 70%. Increasing device penetration has improved significantly the rate of growth in the UK and Italy, offsetting lower but nonetheless strong growth in Germany and Spain.
Fixed line operator and DSL revenue
Arcor generated 8.4% growth in service revenue, or 9.9% measured in local currency, compared with the same quarter last year, driven by a 47% year on year increase in DSL customers to 2.2 million.
Associates and investments
The Group’s interests in France are now managed by the Europe region. SFR recorded 31,000 proportionate net additions in the quarter, bringing the proportionate mobile customer base to 7.9 million. Vivendi will report further financial information for SFR on 25 July 2007.

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EMAPA
                                                 
                            Impact of     Impact of        
    Quarter ended 30 June     Reported     acquisitions &     foreign     Organic  
    2007     2006     growth     disposals     exchange     growth  
    £m     £m     %     %     %     %  
Total revenue
    2,021       1,436       40.7       (27.9 )     5.9       18.7  
                                       
 
                                               
Voice revenue
    1,638       1,144       43.2       (32.7 )     6.5       17.0  
Messaging revenue
    189       142       33.1       (18.1 )     0.6       15.6  
Data revenue
    55       25       120.0       (60.8 )     5.3       64.5  
Fixed line operator and DSL revenue(1)
    4       18       (77.8 )     77.5       0.3        
                                       
Service revenue
    1,886       1,329       41.9       (29.4 )     5.7       18.2  
                                       
                                                 
                            Impact of     Impact of        
    Quarter ended 30 June     Reported     acquisitions &     foreign     Organic  
    2007     2006     growth     disposals     exchange     growth  
Service revenue   £m     £m     %     %     %     %  
Eastern Europe
    714       477       49.7       (36.9 )     0.1       12.9  
Middle East, Africa & Asia
    837       559       49.7       (40.3 )     19.5       28.9  
Pacific
    335       293       14.3             (4.8 )     9.5  
                                     
 
    1,886       1,329       41.9       (29.4 )     5.7       18.2  
                                       
                                 
            Middle East,              
            Africa &              
Key performance indicators   Eastern Europe     Asia     Pacific     EMAPA  
Organic growth   %     %     %     %  
Closing mobile customers
    24.2       39.9       8.9       29.2  
Mobile voice usage
    25.8       45.9       14.4       32.1  
 
(1)   Includes the Group’s joint venture interest in the fixed line operations of Bharti Airtel in the prior year
The EMAPA region recorded 6.9 million organic customer net additions in the quarter compared with 2.9 million in the same quarter last year, with India and Turkey accounting for 3.3 million of the year on year increase. Customer growth remained particularly strong in Egypt and South Africa.
The total customer base reached 96.9 million compared with 53.5 million at June last year, including a net additional 28.4 million customers in India year on year.
Reported revenue growth of 40.7% included 27.9 percentage points benefit from acquisitions and disposals, primarily relating to the timing of the acquisitions in Turkey and India, offset by 5.9 percentage points adverse impact from exchange rate movements, particularly in South Africa.
Growth in service revenue in the quarter was 41.9% compared to 25.9% in the previous quarter, whereas organic growth in service revenue in the quarter was 18.2% compared with 19.6% in the previous quarter, primarily reflecting an incremental impact from termination rate reductions in the quarter across several markets. Customer growth remains the key driver of the organic increase in service revenue, with average customers up 27.2% on an organic basis.
Eastern Europe
In Eastern Europe growth in service revenue of 49.7% was achieved compared with 65.7% in the previous quarter. Organic growth in service revenue of 12.9% in the quarter was achieved compared with 16.3% growth in the previous quarter, with the inclusion of the Czech Republic in the organic calculation for the first time and an incremental impact from termination rate reductions accounting for substantially all of the difference.
The principal driver of the organic growth in Eastern Europe continued to be Romania, where the customer base has reached 8.2 million. Service revenue growth was 16.6% in Romania, or 26.8% when measured in local currency, similar to growth in the previous quarter, with 22.8% growth in average customers and 3.3% growth in ARPU from a focus on higher value contract customers.
Customer growth in Turkey remains strong with 1.0 million net additions in the quarter following the rebranding of the business to Vodafone on 31 March 2007, bringing the closing customer base to 14.9 million, up 32.0% on the same quarter last year. Year on year total revenue growth for the quarter was 32%, assuming the Group owned the business for the whole of both quarters.
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In Middle East, Africa and Asia growth in service revenue of 49.7% was achieved compared with 10.0% in the previous quarter. Organic service revenue growth was 28.9%, similar to growth in the previous quarter, with 37.3% organic growth in average customers.
Service revenue growth in Egypt was 32.9% compared to 22.6% in the previous quarter, whereas local currency growth in service revenue of 42.8% compared with 35.9% growth in the previous quarter. Organic customer net additions were 1.0 million, with a positive reaction to the introduction of lifetime validity for prepaid customers. Average customers have increased by 50.0% compared with the same quarter last year.
Vodacom Group, the Group’s joint venture with principal operations in South Africa, reported service revenue growth of 0.6%, compared to local currency growth in service revenue of 20.6%, slightly lower than the previous quarter reflecting lower average customer growth as market penetration rises. The Group’s share of net additions was 1.1 million, bringing the share of the closing customer base to 16.2 million. Data revenue growth remains very strong at around 70% in local currency, with rapid growth in mobile broadband connectivity devices.
The Group’s new business in India has registered 3.0 million customer net additions from completion of the acquisition until the end of the quarter, bringing the closing customer base to 30.8 million, up 75% on June last year. Year on year total revenue growth for the quarter was 50%, assuming the Group owned the business for the whole of both quarters.
Pacific
The Pacific area delivered 14.3% service revenue growth, or 9.5% growth on an organic basis, similar to the previous quarter, with improved underlying trends from a focus on higher value contract customers in Australia and non-voice services in New Zealand, offset by an incremental impact from termination rate reductions in the quarter in both countries.
Associates and investments
Verizon Wireless
In the US, Verizon Wireless maintained strong growth in retail customers, with 1.6 million retail net additions, the same as the previous quarter. Total net customer additions were 1.3 million, after 0.3 million reseller net disconnections, with the Group’s proportionate share at 0.6 million.
The closing proportionate customer base reached 27.9 million, up 13.2% on June last year. Verizon Communications will report its June quarter results, including those of Verizon Wireless, on 30 July 2007.
Other
The Group’s investments registered 0.9 million proportionate organic customers in the quarter.

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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
Organic growth
The Group believes that “organic growth”, which is not intended to be a substitute, or superior to, reported growth, provides useful and necessary information to investors and other interested parties for the following reasons:
  it provides additional information on underlying growth of the business without the effect of factors unrelated to the operating performance of the business;
  it is used by the Group for internal performance analysis; and
  It facilitates comparability of underlying growth with other companies, although the term “organic” is not a defined term under IFRS, and may not, therefore, be comparable with similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
Reconciliations from reported growth can be found on pages 4, 6 and 8. Additional reconciliations are shown in the table below:
Reconciliations from reported growth can be found of pages 4, 6 and 8. Additional reconciliations are shown in the tables below:
                                 
            Impact of     Impact of        
    Reported     foreign     acquisitions and     Organic  
    growth     exchange     disposals     growth  
    %     %     %     %  
Quarter ended 30 June 2007 compared to quarter ended 30 June 2006
                               
 
                               
Europe
                               
Outgoing voice revenue
    (0.5 )     1.0             0.5  
Incoming voice revenue
    (4.9 )     1.1             (3.8 )
Roaming and international visitor revenue
    (12.7 )     0.8             11.9  
 
                               
EMAPA
                               
Additional service revenue disclosure
                               
Egypt
    32.9       9.9             42.8  
Romania
    16.6       10.2             26.8  
South Africa
    0.6       20.0             20.6  
 
                               
Quarter ended 31March 2007 compared to quarter ended 31 March 2006
                               
 
                               
Europe
                               
Service revenue
    0.2       1.7             1.9  
Voice revenue
    (2.7 )     1.8             (0.9 )
 
                               
EMAPA
                               
Service revenue
    25.9       14.9       (21.2 )     19.6  
Eastern Europe – service revenue
    65.7       8.5       (57.9 )     16.3  
Egypt – service revenue
    22.6       13.3             35.9  
Other
Certain of the statements within the section titled “Outlook” on page 5 contain forward-looking non-GAAP financial information which at this time there is no comparable GAAP measure and which at this time cannot be quantitatively reconciled to comparable GAAP financial information.

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KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS – MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESSES
MOBILE CUSTOMERS(1) – 1 APRIL 2007 TO 30 JUNE 2007
                                         
    AT 1 APR     NET     OTHER     AT 30 JUN        
COUNTRY (in thousands)   2007     ADDITIONS     MOVEMENTS(2)     2007     PREPAID(3)  
Europe:
                                       
Germany
    30,818       800             31,618       54.4 %
Italy
    21,034       729             21,763       91.9 %
Spain
    14,893       286             15,179       44.2 %
UK
    17,411       236             17,647       60.3 %
                   
 
    84,156       2,051             86,207       65.3 %
                   
Other Europe:
                                       
Albania
    956       48             1,004       96.3 %
Greece
    5,057       180             5,237       69.7 %
Ireland
    2,177       10             2,187       72.9 %
Malta
    186       2             188       89.5 %
Netherlands
    3,880       10             3,890       44.1 %
Portugal
    4,751       24             4,775       79.3 %
                   
 
    17,007       274             17,281       68.8 %
             
Europe
    101,163       2,325             103,488       65.8 %
                   
EMAPA:
                                       
Eastern Europe:
                                       
Czech Republic
    2,475       50             2,525       47.4 %
Romania
    7,954       269             8,223       65.9 %
Hungary
    2,163       1             2,164       58.9 %
Turkey
    13,900       1,025             14,925       89.1 %
Poland
    2,483       50             2,533       58.8 %
                   
 
    28,975       1,395             30,370       70.6 %
                   
Middle East, Africa & Asia:
                                       
Egypt
    9,652       975       356       10,983       94.5 %
Kenya
    2,433       332             2,765       98.6 %
South Africa(4)
    15,075       1,129             16,204       89.4 %
India
          3,049       27,703       30,752       87.9 %
                   
 
    27,160       5,485       28,059       60,704       90.3 %
             
Pacific:
                                       
Australia
    3,367       16             3,383       72.9 %
New Zealand
    2,244       24             2,268       75.2 %
Fiji
    139       7             146       95.4 %
                   
 
    5,750       47             5,797       74.9 %
                   
EMAPA
    61,885       6,927       28,059       96,871       83.3 %
                   
Group customers
    163,048       9,252       28,059       200,359       75.2 %
                   
Reconciliation to proportionate:
                                       
Minority interests in above:
                                       
Europe
    (7 )                 (7 )        
EMAPA
    (5,897 )     (1,617 )     (9,346 )     (16,860 )        
                   
 
    (5,904 )     (1,617 )     (9,346 )     (16,867 )        
                   
Associates & investments:
                                       
United States
    27,322       602             27,924       5.3 %
Other
    21,927       879       (2,185 )     20,621       79.0 %
                   
 
    49,249       1,481       (2,185 )     48,545          
             
Proportionate customers(5)
    206,393       9,116       16,528       232,037       71.1 %
                   
Europe
    109,032       2,356             111,388       65.8 %
EMAPA
    97,361       6,760       16,528       120,649       72.1 %
 
Notes: 
 
(1)   Group customers are now presented on a controlled (fully consolidated) and jointly controlled (proportionately consolidated) basis in accordance with the Group’s current segments.
 
(2)   Other movements principally relate to the acquisition of Vodafone Essar.
 
(3)   Prepaid customer percentages are calculated on a venture basis. At 30 June 2007, there were 691.9 million venture customers.
 
(4)   South Africa refers to the Group’s interests in Vodacom Group (Pty) Limited and its subsidiaries, including those located outside of South Africa.
 
(5)   Proportionate customers are based on equity interests as at 30 June 2007. The calculation of proportionate customers for Vodafone Essar also assumes the exercise of call options that could increase the Group’s equity interest from 51.95% to 66.98%. These call options can only be exercised in accordance with Indian law prevailing at the time of exercise.

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KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS – MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESSES
MOBILE CUSTOMER CHURN
                                                 
            ANNUALISED CHURN INFORMATION IN THE QUARTER ENDED  
            30 JUN     30 SEP     31 DEC     31 MAR     30 JUN  
COUNTRY           2006     2006     2006     2007     2007  
 
Germany(1)
  Total     20.7 %     22.1 %     20.1 %     24.2 %     20.7 %
 
  Contract     14.6 %     13.5 %     15.7 %     14.9 %     14.0 %
 
  Prepaid     26.0 %     29.5 %     23.9 %     31.9 %     26.4 %
 
Italy
  Total     20.8 %     21.7 %     19.4 %     20.6 %     18.1 %
 
  Contract     17.2 %     13.6 %     14.8 %     14.1 %     15.9 %
 
  Prepaid     21.1 %     22.4 %     19.8 %     21.2 %     18.3 %
 
Spain(2)
  Total     20.5 %     37.0 %     23.4 %     24.7 %     22.4 %
 
  Contract     12.3 %     13.4 %     15.3 %     16.6 %     14.8 %
 
  Prepaid     28.9 %     62.5 %     32.8 %     34.5 %     31.7 %
 
UK
  Total     32.8 %     37.6 %     35.4 %     29.8 %     34.1 %
 
  Contract     20.1 %     18.8 %     17.9 %     17.4 %     15.9 %
 
  Prepaid     40.9 %     49.9 %     47.0 %     37.9 %     46.0 %
 
Notes: 
 
(1)   The customer churn for Germany in the quarter ended 31 December 2006 benefited from a regulatory driven change in the prepaid disconnection policy, which reduced disconnections by 291,000 in the quarter. The underlying prepaid customer churn, excluding this change, was 31.1% and total churn was 24.0%.
 
(2)   The customer churn for Spain in the quarter ended 30 September 2006 includes the effect of 584,000 disconnections following a change in the application of disconnection policies. The underlying customer churn, excluding these disconnections, was 20.1%.
3G DEVICES(1)
                         
    QUARTER ENDED 30 JUNE 2007  
    AT 31 MAR     NET     AT 30 JUN  
COUNTRY (in thousands)   2007     ADDITIONS     2007  
 
Germany
    3,720       476       4,196  
Italy
    3,762       330       4,092  
Spain
    2,890       688       3,578  
UK
    1,938       685       2,623  
Other Europe
    2,353       236       2,589  
 
Europe
    14,663       2,415       17,078  
EMAPA
    1,205       227       1,432  
 
Group
    15,868       2,642       18,510  
 
 
Consumer devices
    14,246       2,460       16,706  
Business devices
    1,622       182       1,804  
 
Group
    15,868       2,642       18,510  
 
Note:  
 
(1)   3G devices only include those in the Group’s subsidiary and joint venture undertakings. At 30 June 2007, there were an additional 3.3 million (31 March 2007: 3.0 million) registered Vodafone live! with 3G and Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS data card venture customers in the Group’s associated undertakings.

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KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS – MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESSES
MOBILE VOICE USAGE VOLUMES
                                         
    TOTAL VOICE MINUTES(1) IN THE QUARTER ENDED  
    3O JUN     30 SEP     31 DEC     31 MAR     30 JUN  
COUNTRY (in millions)   2006     2006     2006     2007     2007  
 
Europe:
                                       
Germany
    7,614       7,979       8,650       9,230       9,897  
Italy
    7,687       8,050       8,256       8,439       8,932  
Spain
    6,978       7,533       7,655       8,248       8,530  
UK
    7,207       7,579       8,160       8,790       8,963  
Albania
    148       166       160       167       196  
Greece
    2,075       2,216       2,113       1,985       2,168  
Ireland
    1,380       1,422       1,462       1,420       1,490  
Malta
    49       55       50       48       55  
Netherlands
    1,820       1,711       1,868       1,900       2,006  
Portugal
    1,472       1,606       1,586       1,612       1,657  
             
Europe
    36,430       38,317       39,960       41,839       43,894  
             
 
                                       
EMAPA:
                                       
Eastern Europe:
                                       
Czech Republic
    901       868       919       916       985  
Hungary
    948       980       1,030       1,030       1,110  
Romania(2)
    1,873       2,059       2,231       2,339       2,540  
Turkey(3)
    2,494       6,451       5,781       6,224       6,583  
Joint Venture
    575       641       717       681       769  
             
 
    6,791       10,999       10,678       11,190       11,987  
             
 
                                       
Middle East, Africa & Asia:
                                       
Egypt
    2,869       3,462       3,670       4,156       4,794  
India(4)
                            26,713  
Joint Ventures
    5,160       5,713       6,638       5,781       3,016  
             
 
    8,029       9,175       10,308       9,937       34,523  
             
 
                                       
Pacific:
                                       
Australia
    2,006       2,141       2,238       2,222       2,179  
New Zealand
    597       597       672       771       793  
Joint Venture
    28       33       34       32       38  
             
 
    2,631       2,771       2,944       3,025       3,010  
             
EMAPA
    17,451       22,945       23,930       24,152       49,520  
             
Group
    53,881       61,262       63,890       65,991       93,414  
 
Notes: 
 
(1)   The total voice minute information presented in the table above represents network minutes, or the volume of minutes handled by each local network, and includes incoming, outgoing and visitor calls. The voice minute information in respect of Germany, Czech Republic and New Zealand reflects billed minutes, under which calls are rounded up to the nearest minute under certain tariffs.
 
(2)   During the quarter ended 31 December 2006, Vodafone Romania restated usage volumes for all quarters in the prior year. Previous volumes were billed minutes and this has now been restated to network minutes.
 
(3)   On 24 May 2006, the Group acquired substantially all the assets and business of Telsim Mobil Telekomunikasyon Hizmetleri in Turkey. The quarter ended 30 June 2006 has been restated to include voice minutes from the acquisition date.
 
(4)   Vodafone Essar is included from the date of acquisition.

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MOBILE NON-VOICE SERVICE REVENUE AS A PERCENTAGE OF SERVICE REVENUE(1)
                         
    QUARTER ENDED 30 JUNE 2007  
COUNTRY   MESSAGING     DATA     TOTAL  
 
Germany
    14.1 %     10.2 %     24.3 %
Italy
    15.7 %     5.5 %     21.2 %
Spain
    8.9 %     7.2 %     16.1 %
UK
    17.6 %     7.3 %     24.9 %
 
Europe
    13.9 %     7.2 %     21.1 %
EMAPA
    10.1 %     2.9 %     13.0 %
 
Group
    12.9 %     6.1 %     19.0 %
HISTORIC MOBILE NON-VOICE SERVICE REVENUE INFORMATION (1)
                                         
    NON-VOICE SERVICES AS A PERCENTAGE OF SERVICE REVENUE IN THE QUARTER ENDED  
    30 JUN     30 SEP     31 DEC     31 MAR     30 JUN  
COUNTRY   2006     2006     2006     2007     2007  
 
Germany
    21.2 %     21.6 %     22.9 %     24.4 %     24.3 %
Italy
    17.3 %     17.5 %     18.7 %     20.4 %     21.2 %
Spain
    15.7 %     14.7 %     15.3 %     16.0 %     16.1 %
UK
    20.9 %     21.7 %     23.2 %     24.3 %     24.9 %
 
Europe
    18.5 %     18.6 %     19.9 %     21.0 %     21.1 %
EMAPA
    12.7 %     14.5 %     15.2 %     12.0 %     13.0 %
 
Group
    17.4 %     17.8 %     18.9 %     18.9 %     19.0 %
 
Note:    
 
(1)   Service revenue from the mobile telecommunications businesses excludes fixed line operators and DSL revenue.

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AVERAGE MONTHLY MOBILE REVENUE PER USER IN THE QUARTER
                                             
        30 JUN     30 SEP     31 DEC     31 MAR     30 JUN  
COUNTRY       2006     2006     2006     2007     2007  
 
Europe:
                                           
Germany
  Total     22.1       22.4       20.9       19.3       19.5  
(EUR)
  Contract     38.4       39.0       36.7       34.7       34.9  
 
  Prepaid     7.6       7.6       7.0       6.1       6.2  
 
Italy
  Total     27.6       27.1       25.8       23.4       23.2  
(EUR)
  Contract     72.6       68.0       71.1       69.5       69.8  
 
  Prepaid     23.3       23.2       21.5       19.1       18.8  
 
Spain
  Total     35.3       36.4       35.3       33.8       36.3  
(EUR)
  Contract     54.8       55.2       51.3       48.9       52.0  
 
  Prepaid     15.0       15.4       16.0       15.0       16.4  
 
UK
  Total     23.7       24.5       23.6       22.7       23.1  
(GBP)
  Contract     45.2       46.5       43.7       43.4       43.5  
 
  Prepaid     8.9       9.4       9.5       8.6       8.9  
 
Albania
  Total     2,122       2,311       2,086       1,868       1,844  
(ALL)
  Contract     17,240       17,941       16,329       14,612       14,403  
 
  Prepaid     1,606       1,782       1,605       1,419       1,366  
 
Greece
  Total     31.1       31.0       27.6       24.7       25.5  
(EUR)
  Contract     65.6       66.8       61.6       56.5       60.0  
 
  Prepaid     13.7       13.4       11.4       10.1       10.2  
 
Ireland
  Total     48.8       46.9       45.6       44.6       45.4  
(EUR)
  Contract     102.8       99.4       94.5       92.5       94.3  
 
  Prepaid     29.3       28.0       27.9       27.2       27.1  
 
Malta(1)
  Total     14.7       16.6       12.6       12.0       14.0  
(MTL)
  Contract     39.2       38.2       36.0       34.7       36.3  
 
  Prepaid     11.2       13.4       9.2       8.5       10.5  
 
Netherlands
  Total     35.7       36.9       31.7       36.1       37.9  
(EUR)
  Contract     63.5       64.6       52.0       57.8       59.7  
 
  Prepaid     10.1       10.4       9.8       9.8       10.6  
 
Portugal
  Total     23.5       24.4       22.8       22.1       22.4  
(EUR)
  Contract     62.2       62.8       57.8       54.2       54.9  
 
  Prepaid     13.0       13.9       13.2       13.2       13.2  
 
 
                                           
EMAPA Subsidiaries:
                                           
Australia
  Total     49.4       52.4       54.0       51.3       50.5  
(AUD)
  Contract     92.7       96.4       98.8       97.1       96.2  
 
  Prepaid     33.9       36.2       37.2       34.1       33.0  
 
Czech Republic
  Total     674       670       658       613       635  
(CZK)
  Contract     978       966       946       897       916  
 
  Prepaid     331       334       331       295       320  
 
Egypt
  Total     79.4       88.1       79.4       75.0       75.6  
(EGP)
  Contract     292.1       309.7       289.9       295.8       308.8  
 
  Prepaid     57.1       66.7       61.4       59.1       60.4  
 
Hungary
  Total     5,066       5,339       5,171       4,749       4,935  
(HUF)
  Contract     9,129       9,097       8,529       7,847       8,010  
 
  Prepaid     3,125       3,359       3,250       2,839       2,873  
 
India
  Total     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
(INR)
  Contract     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
  Prepaid     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
New Zealand
  Total     46.6       46.6       50.7       49.3       47.1  
(NZD)
  Contract     126.1       125.3       128.9       122.8       117.2  
 
  Prepaid     23.2       22.5       23.7       23.4       21.4  
 
Turkey
  Total     N/A       16.5       14.4       14.4       15.7  
(TRY)
  Contract     N/A       31.4       28.2       28.7       29.2  
 
  Prepaid     N/A       14.8       12.9       12.9       14.1  
 
Romania
  Total     15.2       15.9       15.6       14.0       15.7  
(USD)
  Contract     29.5       30.8       30.6       27.1       31.2  
 
  Prepaid     6.7       7.3       7.0       6.1       6.6  
 
Notes: 
 
(1)   During the quarter ended 30 June 2007, Vodafone Malta restated previously published prepaid and contract average monthly mobile revenue per user to reflect a revised analysis of historic service revenue.
 
(2)   For acquired operations, average monthly mobile revenue per user is published with effect from the quarter following each acquisition.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
     
 
  VODAFONE GROUP
 
  PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
 
  (Registrant)
 
   
Dated: July 27, 2007
  By: /s/ S R SCOTT
 
  Name: Stephen R. Scott
Title: Company Secretary

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