limited type joint venture industry telecommunications founded 2009 headquarters coca cola place 40 mount street north sydney nsw 2060 key people i aki berroeta ceo products prepaid and postpaid mobile phones wireless broadband owner ck hutchison holdings 50 % vodafone 50 % number of employees 4 500 as of january 2010 1 website www.vodafone.com.au vodafone hutchison australia vha is a mobile telecommunications company that operates the vodafone brand in australia . the result of a merger between vodafone australia and hutchison 3g australia it created a mobile communications entity of nearly 7 million subscribers a 4 billion in annual revenue and a 27 per cent market share making it australia s third largest mobile telecommunications provider behind telstra and optus . 1 the joint venture entity is owned by hutchison telecommunications australia a subsidiary of ck hutchison holdings and by vodafone group plc on a 50 50 basis . 2 it was formed on 10 june 2009 after shareholder and accc approval . at the time of the merger former vha chief executive nigel dews said the first priority is around people and getting the organisation and the organisational structure sorted out and that head office functions would see the greatest redundancies . vha began phasing out the three brand in mid 2011 . 3 at the time registration of new subscribers to three ended and would instead become vodafone customers . 3 the three network was shut down completely on 30 august 2013 . 4 contents 1 networks 2 ownership structure 3 retail stores 4 references 5 external links networks edit vodafone s gsm vodafone s 2g gsm service on 900 mhz and 1800 mhz covers 94.52 % of the population . vodafone was the first telco in australia to use the digital mobile network . the network launched its digital network in 1994 under the helm of then australian ceo frans de wolff of vodafone group with his company charter of vodafone we do things digitaly ... . in major cities the 2g gsm network offers gprs data connections elsewhere the faster edge is available . de wolff played an integral part of bringing the digital revolution to australia and also implementing faster gsm tdma networks and the phasing out of cdma networking . vodafone s 3g 2100 mhz vodafone s umts network is available in metro areas of major cities and some larger regional centres covering 80 % of the population . in major cities optus and vodafone share towers and a single set of 3g antennas and feeders as well as equipment shelters for their respective base stations and for some locations share a 3g base station as well . 5 outside of major cities vodafone and optus work independently . 3g users outside of major cities use either vodafone 2100 mhz 3g towers vodafones new 3g 900 mhz 3g coverage or fall back to gsm services . vodafone s 3g 900 mhz expansion of vodafone s 3g umts network was completed in october 2009 and uses 900 mhz for 3g services outside of capital cities to equal or surpass their older gsm coverage . 6 vodafone is also expanding 3g 900 mhz network into capital cities . 7 vodafone s 3g 850 mhz vodafone are currently rolling out new 850 mhz 3g towers and adding 850 mhz equipment to existing towers to boost signal in building relieve capacity in metropolitan areas and provide a better experience for 850 mhz compatible smartphones . the 850 mhz spectrum belonged to hutchison prior to the merger and was used by their brand orange . three s 3g 2100 mhz three operates a 2100 mhz 3g network in a 50 50 partnership with telstra 8 the radio networks are shared the core networks are separate covering approximately 56 % of australia s population . the 3g network covers sydney melbourne brisbane adelaide perth the gold coast canberra geelong frankston and wollongong . in areas not covered by the joint 3g network customers are able to roam on telstra s next g 850 mhz 3g network if the phone supports it and telstra s 900 mhz and 1800 mhz 2g networks . this agreement allows three to offer coverage to up to 96 % of the population . on 31 august 2012 this network was shut down following the termination of the network sharing agreement . 9 10 vodafone s 4g 1800 mhz vodafone switched on their 4g 1800 mhz service with 20 mhz of bandwidth in sydney melbourne brisbane perth adelaide newcastle and wollongong on 12 june 2013 . 11 the network has been upgraded and expanded considerably since then . vodafone s 4g 850 mhz vodafone finished rolling out 4g 850 mhz by refarming 5 mhz of their 3g spectrum in capital cities covering 95 % of metro population in 2014 they ve also enabled carrier aggregation on both their 4g bands . 12 the vodafone 2g and 3g 2100 900 mhz networks originally operated as a single network separate to the three network . during the merger vha had made no comment on their intention to combine the 3 and vodafone networks or offer roaming between them . however as of late 2009 roaming onto the vodafone s 2g network was enabled for three customers in areas that had limited 3g coverage e.g. blackspots handsets now show 3 2g instead of roaming . there are no additional charges in 3 s 2g zone although data speeds are limited . in late 2010 vha announced plans to consolidate the three and vodafone networks in an attempt to better compete with telstra s next g network which currently holds the most number of subscribers in australia 9.3 million . the plan includes the expansion of umts 900 2100 mhz coverage in 900 metropolitan sites and 500 outer metropolitan sites across australia an end to the 3gis network 3 s umts 2100 mhz network which it has a 50 % stake with the other 50 % being held by telstra as well as the roll out of 1400 umts 850 base stations 850 mhz being the same band in which the next g network operates . vha has spent 550 million on the project so far . 13 ownership structure edit before the merger vodafone group plc owned vodafone australia limited which runs the vodafone network hutchison whampoa limited owned 52 % of hutchison telecommunications australia limited htal which owned hutchison 3g australia pty limited h3ga which runs the 3 network in the merger hutchison 3g australia was renamed vodafone hutchison australia pty ltd and 50 % was sold to vodafone group . the ownership structure of the merged entity became vodafone group owns 50 % of vodafone hutchison australia pty ltd hutchison telecommunications australia owns 50 % of vodafone hutchison australia pty ltd vodafone hutchison australia pty ltd owns 100 % of vodafone australia limited 14 retail stores edit during the merger vodafone hutchison australia announced it would buy out its vodafone branded stores previously run by the retail management groups digicall first mobile inside mobile and gsm . the new retail structure will lift vha s current headcount by 1 400 to 5 100 staff 1 and add over 170 stores . 15 3 branded stores are already owned by vha . references edit a b c vha spends 80m on retail buyback hutchison telecommunications australia release to australian securities exchange 10 june 2009 a b allen danny 2011 08 31 . vodafone ends new 3 mobile customer registrations . gizmodo australia . retrieved 2013 08 14 . moving from 3 to vodafone . vodafone australia . retrieved 2013 08 14 . optus and vodafone finalise agreement to rollout shared 3g net press release . optus . 19 november 2004 . retrieved 2011 05 18 . network coverage . vodafone hutchison australia . http community.vodafone.com.au t5 vodafone blog bg p vodafone blog label name network telstra hutchison share 3g network . zdnet . 4 august 2004 . telstra 3g & next g information . telstra . retrieved 2012 08 31 . network changes three . vodafone hutchison australia . retrieved 2012 08 31 . http community.vodafone.com.au t5 vodafone blog media release vodafone switches on 4g ba p 280801 http community.vodafone.com.au t5 vodafone blog we re boosting our 4g network so you can use it in more places ba p 353447 colley andrew 22 october 2010 . vha in major 3g upgrade . 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