Completion of Acquisition

Vodafone Group Plc
25 May 2006


24 May 2006

                   VODAFONE ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION 
                        OF THE ASSETS OF TELSIM IN TURKEY


Further to the announcement of 13 December 2005, Vodafone Group Plc announces 
that it has today completed the acquisition of the assets of Telsim from the 
Turkish Savings and Deposit Insurance Fund.

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Notes to Editors

About Vodafone

Vodafone is the world's leading mobile telecommunications group with operations
in 27 countries across 5 continents with 179 million proportionate customers 
worldwide as at 31 December 2005 as well as 33 partner networks. For further 
information, please visit www.vodafone.com.

About Telsim

All references to Telsim in the above release relate to Telsim Mobil 
Telekomunikasyon Hizmetleri. Telsim is the number 2 GSM operator in Turkey. 
At 31 August 2005 it had 8.7 million customers. Telsim's market share was 
approximately 21.4% as of June 2005. In 2004 Telsim generated revenue and 
EBITDA of US$712m and US$87m respectively. All historical information 
regarding Telsim has been extracted from Telsim's unaudited management 
accounts. For further information please visit www.telsim.com.



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