Vodafone-Hutchison shows strong growth

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A record growth has been managed by Vodafone Hutchison in the second half of last year despite the Hutchison Telecommunications-Vodafone merger still being a work in progress. 584,000 new customers in the December half were gained by the company out of which 30 per cent were mobile broadband subscriptions.

According to Vodafone Hutchison Australia chief executive Nigel Dews, 40 per cent of new subscribers were getting smartphones, which was driving a boom in data use and 1.39 million VHA customers are now using broadband on their mobile phones, modems and data cards linked to other devices.

The merged customer base was just short of 6.9 million subscribers at the end of last year.