SightUnseen:JoeBloggs:BaaaaD: The prices are resonsable for NZ, as we only have one competitor it was not a choice to lower the plan price due to constrants that the head quaters in UK gave us and reviewed the pricing plan that NZ vodafone came up with.
I call bull****. As if you know anything about the 'constraints' placed by UK HQ. They leave NZ VF to?their own devices. VF takes its orders from the shareholders, then the board. Period.
Bonkiebonks, assume the regular Choose rebates unless otherwise informed.Wrong. ?Take the new billing system, for example. ?Vodafone Asia Pacific had a choice down to three, chose one, and were directed by Newbury to take another of HO's choosing. ?In many respects Vodafone are seen as a test bed for the Vodafone Group, so while Vodafone is left to run fairly free, HO definitely do have a say reasonably frequently, and often on the big stuff.
Vodafone NZ's shareholder is Vodafone Group. If VFNZ takes its orders from its shareholders, then it takes its orders from Vodafone Group.
Vodafone Group has global contracts with its vendors, to allow it to get the best bulk prices. It wouldn't be unreasonable for Vodafone Group to require its subsidiaries to buy through those contracts to keep prices down.