Vodafone Group and the Conexus Mobile Alliance announced an agreement that will expand Vodafone's partner market presence in Asia and provide Conexus member customers with support in Vodafone's global footprint. Vodafone intends to work with as many of the Conexus members as possible, complementing Vodafone's own regional operations in India, Australia, Fiji and New Zealand and its existing partners Celcom in Malaysia and Dialog in Sri Lanka. Vodafone's agreement with Conexus will include partnerships with FarEasTone in Taiwan, Hutchison Telecom in Hong Kong, NTT Docomo in Japan, Smart in the Philippines, StarHub in Singapore and TrueMove in Thailand. Vodafone and Conexus also intend to expand partnerships with remaining Conexus members, such as KT in South Korea, to enhance coverage in countries where Vodafone already has a current partner market agreement in place. This means any new agreement with a Conexus member would take effect once the existing contract had expired. The move will enhance both Conexus members' and Vodafone's ability to meet demand among multinational businesses for voice and data communications service and advanced roaming services within and out of Asia. Conexus members will be able to use the Vodafone brand, access Vodafone's devices and services in their home markets and become the preferred partner of Vodafone in respect of the agreed areas of cooperation. Vodafone's multinational customers will gain by being able to add the Conexus countries to their existing contracts for international managed services, while continuing to be serviced via a single point of contact. Conexus members will similarly gain from Vodafone's footprint. In addition, Vodafone and Conexus plan to support multinational corporations by providing communications expenditure tracking and procurement services while introducing mobile price plans across the two organisations' shared area of operations.
