16 May 2008 –<\/em> Vodafone today announces that it has agreed to acquire 100% of ZYB, a privately-owned company based in Denmark which operates a social networking and online management tool enabling mobile phone users to back-up and share their handsets\u2019 contact and calendar information online. The acquisition will be made for a cash consideration of Eur 31.5 million.<\/p>\n The acquisition of ZYB is a further advance in the implementation of Vodafone’s Total Communications strategy which is delivering new revenue growth around fixed broadband, mobile advertising and a rich set of internet services that integrate the mobile and PC customer experience. ZYB fits into this strategy by enhancing the range of communications services Vodafone can provide to its customers.<\/p>\n ZYB is unique amongst social networking sites as it is designed with the mobile device at its heart, allowing customers to share information and messages between their friends and colleagues who are held in their mobile phone\u2019s address book.<\/p>\n ZYB increases communication choices for customers enabling them to send messages and images from their PC to multiple mobile devices in their mobile community, as well as taking advantage of the functionality of an instant messaging service.<\/p>\n Pieter Knook, Internet Services Director for Vodafone Group, said: \u201cVodafone understands that the core of any customer\u2019s personal and business network is the set of contacts they hold on their mobile phone.<\/p>\n \u201cUsing a web portal as a link between the PC and the mobile device, ZYB provides an interactive way for people to nurture, contact and develop their relationships with their most important friends and colleagues and builds links with those contacts\u2019 wider networks. This is Web 2.0 in action. <\/p>\n \u201cThis acquisition is consistent with our strategy of delivering products and services which meet our customers\u2019 total communications needs.\u201d<\/p>\n Tommy Ahlers, CEO of ZYB, added: \u201cI am delighted that ZYB is to join Vodafone, the world\u2019s largest international mobile community.<\/p>\n \u201cVodafone and ZYB share the same vision: to create a new mobile experience that builds on the convergence between the mobile and PC \u2013 and one which works on both platforms. <\/p>\n \u201cBy joining a company with Vodafone\u2019s global reach, ZYB has more opportunities to bring to the mobile a further advance to the rich and interactive communications experience which people already recognise via the internet on their PC.\u201d<\/p>\n ZYB will remain based in Denmark and upon acquisition will be incorporated into Vodafone\u2019s Internet Services Division.<\/p>\n About Vodafone<\/strong> The purchaser of ZYB is Vodafone Europe BV, a holding company of Vodafone Group, based in The Netherlands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 16 May 2008 – Vodafone today announces that it has agreed to acquire 100% of ZYB, a privately-owned company based in Denmark which operates a social networking and online management tool enabling mobile phone users to back-up and share their handsets\u2019 contact and calendar information online. The acquisition will be made for a cash consideration […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mobiadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2369"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mobiadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mobiadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mobiadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mobiadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.mobiadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mobiadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nVodafone is the world’s leading international mobile communications group with over 252 million proportionate customers as of 31 December 2007. Vodafone currently has equity interests in 25 countries across five continents and a further 42 partner networks worldwide.<\/p>\n