Vodacom

Vodacom is a South African based mobile telecommunications company, and was the first mobile telecommunications company in South Africa. As of September 2005, Vodacom's competitors are Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN) and Cell C. It is also the leading cellular provider in South Africa with more than 16 million customers. Vodacom was also the first provider to deploy a 3G (third generation) or UMTS network in South Africa and will soon be offering HSDPA.

Vodacom is part of the global Vodafone mobile network, which claims to be the world's largest.

Vodacom provides GSM service in South Africa, Tanzania, Lesotho, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It provides coverage to Mount Kilimanjaro, making it the highest point in the world to be covered by GSM.

Shareholders

Founded in 1993 as a joint venture between 3 companies:

  • Telkom SA Ltd (50%)
  • Vodafone Group Plc (35%)
  • VenFin Ltd (15%)

In November 2005, Vodafone agreed to acquire VenFin for approximately 16 billion Rand (about 2 billion Euros). It will then shed VenFin's other assets but retain the 15% Vodacom stake, making it a 50% joint owner with Telkom. Following Vodafone practice, the company may be rebranded as Vodafone upon completion of the transaction.

Sports sponsorship

Vodacom is a major sponsor of South African sports. In rugby union, they are the primary sponsors for three teams (Pretoria-based Vodacom Blue Bulls, Bloemfontein-based Vodacom Free State Cheetahs, and Cape Town-based Vodacom Western Province) in the provincial Currie Cup competition. They also hold the South African naming rights to the Tri Nations Series and Super 14, for which they also sponsor the Vodacom Bulls, Vodacom Cheetahs and Vodacom Stormers. They also sponsor the Vodacom Cup domestic competition and are an official supplier to the Springboks.

In soccer they sponsor the two dominant clubs in the Professional Soccer League, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, as well as Bloemfontein Celtic. They also sponsor the South African Football Association and the national teams Bafana Bafana (men), Banyana Banyana (women) and Amajita (under 20's). They are also a major supporter of the 2010 Soccer World Cup to be held in South Africa.

Vodacom also owns the naming rights to several stadiums, among them Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein, Newlands Stadium in Cape Town and Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. The company has chosen not to exercise its right to rename Newlands, and restored the Loftus Versfeld name to the Pretoria stadium, which had been renamed in a prior sponsorship deal.


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The company has chosen not to exercise its right to rename Newlands, and restored the Loftus Versfeld name to the Pretoria stadium, which had been renamed in a prior sponsorship deal. However, she gave no clues to who this mystery man is. Vodacom also owns the naming rights to several stadiums, among them Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein, Newlands Stadium in Cape Town and Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. On a February 2006 edition of Extra, Keibler revealed that she does indeed have a boyfriend. They are also a major supporter of the 2010 Soccer World Cup to be held in South Africa. Keibler has denied rumors of a relationship with Stults in two interviews and gave a "no comment" to Todd Grisham when asked about it on Byte This. They also sponsor the South African Football Association and the national teams Bafana Bafana (men), Banyana Banyana (women) and Amajita (under 20's). The September 2005 edition of the tabloid, Star Magazine claimed that Keibler was involved in a love triangle with Geoff Stults and actress, Jennifer Aniston.[1] It was later announced that Aniston was in a relationship with the man that supposedly got her and Stults together, Vince Vaughn.

In soccer they sponsor the two dominant clubs in the Professional Soccer League, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, as well as Bloemfontein Celtic. The couple were photographed at many places together and seen as an item. They also sponsor the Vodacom Cup domestic competition and are an official supplier to the Springboks. In June 2005, Stacy was rumored to be in a relationship with actor Geoff Stults, best known for his appearances on 7th Heaven. They also hold the South African naming rights to the Tri Nations Series and Super 14, for which they also sponsor the Vodacom Bulls, Vodacom Cheetahs and Vodacom Stormers. It was later confirmed that they were not romantically linked off-screen. In rugby union, they are the primary sponsors for three teams (Pretoria-based Vodacom Blue Bulls, Bloemfontein-based Vodacom Free State Cheetahs, and Cape Town-based Vodacom Western Province) in the provincial Currie Cup competition. In late-2004 and early-2005, it was rumored that Keibler was in a relationship with Randy Orton after being seen arriving and leaving different arenas together.

Vodacom is a major sponsor of South African sports. The couple were reported to have separated shortly before Martin was fired by WWE while recovering from neck surgery, but maintained a friendship. Following Vodafone practice, the company may be rebranded as Vodafone upon completion of the transaction. After joining WWE, Keibler was in a relationship with Andrew "Test" Martin for several years. It will then shed VenFin's other assets but retain the 15% Vodacom stake, making it a 50% joint owner with Telkom. During her days with WCW, Keibler was romantically linked with David Flair, the son of legendary wrestler Ric Flair. In November 2005, Vodafone agreed to acquire VenFin for approximately 16 billion Rand (about 2 billion Euros). One going to Stacy, the other to fellow contestant, Drew Lachey.

Founded in 1993 as a joint venture between 3 companies:. The following week two perfect scores were awarded. It provides coverage to Mount Kilimanjaro, making it the highest point in the world to be covered by GSM. Keibler received a perfect score of 30 from the judges for her "samba" dance routine during week five. Vodacom provides GSM service in South Africa, Tanzania, Lesotho, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She is a favorite to win and is consistently praised by the judges due to her natural talent of dancing. Vodacom is part of the global Vodafone mobile network, which claims to be the world's largest. Her dance partner is ballroom dancer, Tony Dovolani.

Vodacom was also the first provider to deploy a 3G (third generation) or UMTS network in South Africa and will soon be offering HSDPA. Stacy is currently taking part in the second season of Dancing with the Stars. It is also the leading cellular provider in South Africa with more than 16 million customers. Stacy was also the covergirl of the June 2005 and March 2006 issues. As of September 2005, Vodacom's competitors are Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN) and Cell C. Stacy writes a monthly fitness column for Stuff Magazine titled Getting Fit. Vodacom is a South African based mobile telecommunications company, and was the first mobile telecommunications company in South Africa. Keibler started a short feud with Jillian Hall, which ended up with the two having a match on Velocity, during which Hall captured the victory through cheating.

VenFin Ltd (15%). Stacy was then moved to SmackDown! as part of a trade with Christy Hemme, bringing Torrie Wilson and Candice Michelle to RAW. Vodafone Group Plc (35%). During this time, Stacy was credited as having one of her best matches to date with WWE Diva, Victoria, on an international edition of WWE Heat. Telkom SA Ltd (50%). She became 1/3 of their trio as Super Stacy. Keibler would go on to join forces with Hurricane and Rosey.

The two others are Test and Scott Steiner. Orton was the third on screen boyfriend to betray Stacy. In the end, Stacy's involvement with Orton was a device for his inevitable heel turn. The storyline never really made any advances, and as Randy challenged the Undertaker to a match at WrestleMania 21, Randy ended the relationship by giving her an RKO, justifying this evil act by claiming he was demonstrating just how ruthless he could be in order to defeat the Undertaker.

She supported him from backstage and was never considered his manager. Stacy never accompanied Randy to his matches, which confused the fans about the relationship. Randy even saved her from receiving a Pedigree from the villainous Triple H. After kissing him on the cheek during a backstage segment on RAW, there looked to possibly be a romance there.

Stacy soon began an angle with popular superstar Randy Orton. As result of this, Stacy appeared on Raw following her victory and told everyone that she would bend over backwards to make the fans happy. Stacy was voted as the 2004 WWE Babe of the Year, being the first WWE Diva to beat Trish Stratus in the Babe of the Year competition (Trish was 2001-2003 Babe of the Year). However, Trish defeated her to retain the title.

She even got herself a title match on October 11, 2004. Stacy showed off much improved wrestling skills, managing to get upset wins against Molly, Gail, and Trish. Her partners were then WWE star, Nidia and then babyface,Victoria. This led to her participating in some tag matches against the heel girls then WWE Diva, Gail Kim, then heel, Trish Stratus and Molly Holly.

That was followed by a dance competition with Molly. As one of the more popular RAW face Divas, Stacy took over the 2004 Raw Diva Search for a few weeks. Her track was used on an episode of WWE Raw for herself, during the 2004 Raw Diva Search and even on the Viva Las Diva of the WWE DVD. Other tracks were performed by Superstars such as Chris Jericho, Lilian Garcia and John Cena, each of which had their own music career.

She and WWE music producer Jim Johnston recorded the track "Why Can't We Just Dance?" for the album. Stacy was chosen to record a track on the album WWE Originals. Finally, GM Mick Foley put a stop to the abusive Test and Steiner and freed Stacy from her obligatory contracts with the pair. Scott later turned heel by attacking Stacy when she botched another interference next RAW.

Stacy attempted to whack Test with a chair, but he ducked and she hit Scott instead. A match was set for Unforgiven, and if Test won, he would not only retain Stacy's services, but those of Scott Steiner as well. For a match to win back the services of Stacy, Test faked a leg injury to pick up the win. Test, however, was not happy at all, and petitioned for an intergender tag team match, pitting himself and former rival Chris Jericho against Scott and the petite Stacy.

Steiner managed to defeat Test for Stacy's services, and Stacy seemed happy as Scott's new manager. This jealousy capitulated during a match on RAW, where Test turned heel and started to verbally abuse Stacy. The happy couple didn't last, however, for Test became jealous of Stacy wanting to also be Steiner's manager. As Test's marketing agent, she invented the idea that Test should call his fans "Testicles," cut his hair, and reshape his image.

She was involved in a battle between those two. Stacy also managed Test, who was her real life boyfriend at the time, and Scott Steiner. Dawn Marie made her debut on Smackdown as Dawn Marie Renaldi, Vince's legal assistant, who competed with Stacy for McMahon's affections. Stacy became Vince's assistant as well as his onscreen mistress until Stephanie McMahon became GM of Smackdown.

McMahon was ready to hire her until Stacy interrupted and demonstrated why she should get the job by giving him a table dance. Then a beautiful woman was the final applicant. He then angrily turned down a male applicant, who didn't even get a chance to speak, because of his effeminate mannerisms. Vince turned down a not so good looking woman, despite her great credentials.

Stacy was originally drafted to the Smackdown! Brand in 2002, where she participated in a humorous segment in which Vince McMahon was hiring a personal assistant. Although, Paul pronounced it as "dutchess.". During which time she was nicknamed the "Duchess of Dudleyville" by Paul Heyman. During the WCW/ECW Invasion, she managed Tazz and The Dudley Boyz.

They lost to Trish and Lita in the first ever tag team bra and panties match at Invasion. Stacy originally teamed up with close friend Torrie Wilson, and the pair feuded with WWF girls like Trish and Lita. She was still a heel after the Alliance broke up. Her first appearance for the WWF was on Smackdown when Shane McMahon brought her to the ring and distracted Rhino, causing him to lose a match.

She was a heel to start with in The Alliance. When WCW was purchased by the WWF in 2001, her contract was one of 24 that were retained by the WWF, making her a WWF (WWE) employee ever since. Stacy also had a short feud with Kimberly Page early in her career. She began to use her real name and became the valet for Shawn Stasiak.

After a feud with the Misfits in Action stable, Stacy feigned pregnancy and later broke up with Flair. That led to a battle with her at the Bash at the Beach. For a brief period, she began to date David Flair, who was already involved in a faux relationship with Daffeny. After the team "fired" her, she went on to become the manager for Los Fabulosos, a Latin American tag team consisting of Silver King and El Dandy, leading them to their first major victories within TNT.

While initially a Nitro Girl, she soon became a valet using the stage name Miss Handcock, later changed to the better known Miss Hancock, briefly serving as an associate for the tag team of Lenny Lane and Lodi dubbed Standards and Practices. In 1999 she entered a contest held by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to become one of their Nitro Girls, which she won. She is also a former cheerleader for the Baltimore Ravens. A talented dancer since the age of three, Keibler is accomplished in ballet, jazz, and tap.

. As such, her entrance music is a cover of the ZZ Top song "Legs" performed by Kid Rock. An aspiring actress, Keibler is known for her figure, specifically her exceptionally long legs which are 41½ inches (105 centimetres) long. Stacy Ann-Marie Keibler (born October 14, 1979 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a diva for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown! brand.

^ Are Stacy and Jen sharing a man? on official WWE site. Big Momma's House 2, 2006 ...Victoria's Secret Clerk. Bubble Boy, 2001 ...Working Girl. Liberty Heights, 1999 (uncredited) ...Extra.

Pecker, 1998 (uncredited) ...Blonde on bus. Hurricane and Rosey. Scott Steiner. Test.

Dudley Boyz. Shawn Stasiak. David Flair. Lenny and Lodi.

Silver King. El Dandy. Los Fabulosos. Snapmare.

Cartwheel. Corner foot choke. Roundhouse Kick.