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Vodafone to Offer iPhone in Early 2010

becca — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:00:28 +0000

Vodafone and Apple today confirmed that they have reached agreement to offer iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in the UK in early 2010. This announcement follows on the heels of Orange’s own announcement yesterday that they would be joining O2 in offering the iPhone in the UK, bringing the total number of operators offering the iPhone in the UK to three. Our office speculates that T-Mobile may soon offer the iPhone to its customers as well due to their merger with Orange.

The Telegraph reports rumours that Virgin Mobile are also attempting to secure the right to sell the iPhone.

Competition for iPhone customers may lower the price of an iPhone plan; in foreign markets with multiple operators offering the device, the cost of an iPhone contract was lowered by around £5/month.

Summer is here!

mac — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:15:44 +0000

It’s super hot here in BillMonitor Towers!

Vodafone’s Summer promo started yesterday, so now Vodafone customers can enjoy roaming phone calls at no extra cost, as long as they’re on Passport. We had a think about how to model this in our system and we decided that if we removed the 75p cost per call, you’d get stung when September came along and the cost was added again. Therefore, the prices shown in BillMonitor continue to reflect the full cost.

This promotion is an excellent deal for the Summer, and we hope that lots of our customers can save money with it, but we don’t want you to sign up for a contract that’s going to work out more expensive for you in the long run.

Vodafone Abolish Roaming Charges

mac — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:13:31 +0000

In an absolutely massive move, Vodafone have announced that they’re planning to cut roaming prices down to local rates right across Europe. You can read the full press release at Mobile Industry Review or check out the official Vodafone site, although at the time of writing there’s nothing more than a placeholder there.

In summary, Vodafone Passport customers (And that’s anyone on Vodafone, as long as you opt in to it for free) will be able to use their phone to call and text the UK for the same prices as at home in 35 countries across Europe. As long as you’re calling back home, the free minutes and texts from your plan will apply. This all kicks in on the 1st June and runs through to the end of August.

On top of that, international calls will fall to as little as 5p per minute for pay as you go users from 15th May.

This is sure to leave most networks in the dust for big international users. Will any other networks step forward and attempt to compete?