Telecoms services and satellite group Avanti Communications has won a three-year contract with Vodafone.Avanti, which has a market capitalisation of around £230m, said on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement to supply 3G IP backhaul services in Europe to the telecoms heavyweight.David Williams, Chief Executive of the AIM-listed firm, said he is "proud" to be serving Vodafone and looks forward to a "strong and growing partnership" between the two companies."We are proud to have reached the point where Vodafone has sufficient confidence in our network's quality and flexibility to trust us with this demanding and complex work," he said.BC