Vivendi is the bright sun at the center of a solar system of market-leading media and telecommunications holdings. The company's telecom holdings include a controlling stake in SFR, as well as a majority stake in fixed-line operator Neuf Cegetel. Vivendi also owns a controlling stake in Maroc Telecom, the largest telecom company in Morocco. Vivendi's media assets include Universal Music Group, the leading global music publishing and recording company, and Activision Blizzard, which develops, publishes, and distributes video games. Vivendi also owns CANAL+, the top pay-television provider in France and a leading producer and distributor of pay-TV and films.

VocalTec Communications bridges the network generation gap. The company's equipment and network management software enable the transmission of voice signals over computer and telephone networks. VocalTec's Essentra-branded computer telephony systems allow telecommunications carriers to manage centralized call control, call routing, calling card, conferencing, voice VPN, and other functions. It has offices in Israel, Germany, the US, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands. VocalTec was formed in 1989. In July 2010 the company acquired YMax, maker of the popular magicJack phone product and service.

Talk is cheap but doesn't go far without a phone, especially in one of the world's largest continents. That's where Vodacom Group comes in. Through its various subsidiaries, the company provides contract and prepaid cellular phone services to more than 34 million customers in southern African countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Lesotho, Tanzania, and Mozambique. The company primarily targets businesses and corporations for its contract services; however, a majority of Vodacom Group's customers use its prepaid services. About two-thirds of the company's shares are owned by UK-based Vodafone Group.

Vodafone D2 is the second largest communications carrier in Germany in terms of subscribers, after incumbent operator Deutsche Telekom. The company, a subsidiary of UK wireless carrier Vodafone Group, offers mobile, as well as fixed-line services. It provides service to more than 30 million wireless customers and about 20 million wireline customers. It is the largest geographic segment of its parent by revenues. In addition to voice calling, the subsidiary offers such wireless data services as mobile Internet and its Vodafone live! mobile news and entertainment portal. Landline service is sold under the Arcor brand. It makes sales through about 200 retail locations throughout the country.

Spain's #2 mobile phone group, Vodafone España was one of the first carriers to challenge incumbent Telefónica and its market-leading Telefónica Móviles unit. The company, a subsidiary of UK-based global communications provider Vodafone Group, has about 16 million wireless customers making it the fourth largest geographic segment by subscribers for its parent company. In addition to wireless voice services, which account for the bulk of sales, Vodafone España also provides text messaging and other data services such as the wireless news and multimedia programming. The company's fixed-line operations include broadband DSL services for business customers which are sold under the Vodafone Office banner.

Vodafone Essar is a leading provider of wireless telecommunications services in India. The company serves about 35 million subscribers located in every major region of the country. In addition to standard and prepaid wireless subscriptions, Vodafone Essar offers such services as text messaging and the wireless distribution of such content, as music and news. It also caters to corporate customers with wireless email and other services. The company is controlled by UK-based wireless heavyweight Vodafone Group, which owns 52% of the joint venture, with 33% owned by Indian conglomerate Essar Group.

Customers have voted with their phones to make Vodafone Group one of the world's top wireless phone services carriers with about 300 million customers in more than 20 countries. In terms of subscribers, Vodafone trails only China Mobile. The company does most of its business in Europe, where it is a leader in the wireless markets of the UK and Germany. It also provides data, broadband Internet, and fixed-line phone services; in Germany, these services are overseen by subsidiary Arcor. Vodafone increasingly serves callers in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Pacific region through subsidiaries and joint ventures. In the US, the group holds a 45% stake in the leading US wireless provider Verizon Wireless.

Vodafone Ireland handes cell phone service on the Emerald Isle for parent company, Vodafone Group. The company is the #1 wireless operator in the country, with about 2 million consumer and corporate customers. It provides mobile voice, Internet, and data services including text messaging and Wi- fi hotspot access over its 3G wireless network. Vodafone Ireland also offers landline connections and fixed broadband for its business customers. As part of its voice and data plans, the company resells phones and wireless-enabled laptop computers from such vendors as Dell, Nokia, and Research in Motion.

Vodafone Libertel is emancipating the Dutch from fixed-line telephones. One of the Netherlands' leading mobile phone operators, the company (also known as Vodafone Netherlands) has more than 3 million subscribers. Vodafone Libertel's digital wireless network based on the GSM (global system for mobile communications) standard serves only the Dutch market. In addition to pre and post-paid voice calling, the company provides text messaging and other mobile data services. The company is a subsidiary of UK-based Vodafone Group. Vodafone Libertel was the first Dutch wireless carrier to offer 3G services.

Italians say "pronto" to Vodafone Omnitel. The competitive wireless services carrier operates the #2 mobile phone network in Italy by the number of subscribers, after rival Telecom Italia. Vodafone Omnitel, under the Vodafone Italia brand, has more than 30 million consumer and business subscribers. The company, which also provides broadband Internet service, has more than 80 offices and eight call centers across Italy. UK-based Vodafone Group owns 77% of Vodafone Omnitel; Verizon Communications, headquartered in New York, owns the remaining 23% stake.

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