Vodafone Germany

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Vodafone Germany
Type Subsidiary of Vodafone Plc
Founded 1990 as Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH
2002 rebranded Vodafone D2 GmbH
Headquarters German headquarters in Düsseldorf
Key people MD of German operations: Flag of Germany Friedrich Joussen
Industry Telecommunications
Products Prepaid and postpaid mobile phones
Employees Germany: approximately 9,000
Website http://www.vodafone.de/

Vodafone Germany is a mobile telephone company, operating in Germany. It is a non-listed, wholly owned subsidiary of Vodafone Plc (which is based in the United Kingdom).

The company resulted from the 2000 takeover by Vodafone of the German operator Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH. D2-Netz, the company's primary asset, was the second digital (GSM) network licensed in Germany. It was rebranded in 2002 to Vodafone D2. Currently, the Vodafone D2 network serves both prepaid and postpaid customers on GSM and UMTS (with HSDPA). It has 32.5 million customers (34.9% of market share), making it the second largest operator in the country.