Vodafone Netherlands rewrites Dutch MVNO market

Maastricht, 22 February 2007 - Today, Vodafone Netherlands announces to open its mobile network for Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO's) in the Dutch market. Vodafone offers a flexible model in which MVNO's can bring their own mobile products and services to the market, whilst benefiting from Vodafone's leading mobile experience. In this way, Vodafone Netherlands intends to build a sustainable position in the highly competitive MVNO market.

Guy Laurence, CEO Vodafone Netherlands, comments: "There are parties in the market place looking for specific added value in mobile communications for their customers' profile. We believe we can achieve a competitive edge by capitalizing on this market differentiation and segmentation. If we can team up and combine our efforts and ambitions, the customer will benefit from this, which is good news for everybody."The Netherlands is one of the most competitive mobile markets in Europe and MVNO's have been operating in The Netherlands for some years now. During the last year the Dutch MVNO market saw a rapid coming and going of a number of parties. The strategic move by Vodafone to welcome MVNO's onto its network comes at a time when the first learnings seem to have settled in and the market is entering a new stage of development.

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Vodafone is one of the largest mobile telecommunications companies in the Netherlands and is part of the worldwide Vodafone Group, the world's leading telecommunications company for mobile telephony with 200 million proportionate customers on five continents. The Vodafone Group has holdings in the share capital of mobile operators in 25 countries and collaborative arrangements with partner networks in 36 countries.

Source: Vodafone Netherlands