Vodafone's not quite ready to battle EE in the 4G market, with plans to launch a rival superfast network pushed back to the "end of the summer" when it believes there's a "good commercial window" for it. Which we think means fleecing iPhone upgraders for an extra fiver a month, come the arrival of the next Apple handset. Read More >>
According to a supposedly leaked Mr. Blurrycam shot from Vodafone's inventory system, snagged by Stuff, Apple's next phone won't be the iPhone 5S, it'll simply be called the iPhone 6, which is very interesting if true. Read More >>
Featured comment by adeyb:
"/me hurrying to patent office to copyright the term '6'.
Damn... Some stupid footballer as already beaten me to it!!!
;)" More »
Mother Nature has impacted upon the quality of life of Vodafone customers in Southampton, thanks to a pair of local peregrine falcons choosing one of the network's mobile masts as their 2013 nesting spot. Read More >>
Ofcom's looking into ways of stopping controversial mid-contract mobile price rises, with one option being to separate charges the networks are responsible for from ones outside of their control. This, says Vodafone, could mean non-stop SMS spam every time a sex chat line ups its fees. Read More >>
Yes, this is it folks. The auction's over after 50 rounds of bidding, and now the networks have up until midnight tonight to fork out the collective £2.3 billion odd in cash. But who won what, and how much? Seems Vodafone was on a full-on 4G crusade. Read More >>
By the looks of it, Apple's latest and greatest iOS 6.1 update has broken quite a few things. Vodafone's having issues, and apparently it's destroyed the battery life of quite a few people's iPhones, according to Apple's message boards at least. Has anyone seen a drop in battery life? Read More >>
Featured comment by RoggerrrXD:
"I haven't got a Exchange account and heard that it has something to do with iCloud. Done 8 restores and deleted everything from my phone, now it won't..." More »
This might be a little bit too late, but Vodafone's warning iPhone users to steer clear of the latest iOS 6.1 update as it apparently causes issues with 3G data, texts and calls -- basically everything, then. Apparently Apple's working on a fix, but who knows how long that'll take. Read More >>
Featured comment by Matt McLeary:
"There is a fix, uninstall the Vodafone patch you're meant to install after activation. Mine is fine as I didn't instal it after getting the greeting t..." More »
Clearly forgetting that his company is currently bidding for an enormous chunk of 4G spectrum in the UK, Vodafone's chief exec Vittorio Colao has described 4G as being for "freaks" and claims he's not yet seeing any impact from EE's early doors launch. Colao said: "I haven't got reports of customers flying away to 4G," adding "The kind of people who are going for it are technology freaks." [Guardian] Read More >>
Featured comment by spank86:
"I did mean switching providers but I was pointing out that there was never going to be a sudden exodus, people were always Going to move providers slo..." More »
Stats released by UK network Vodafone show that the length of time we spend talking on our mobiles has fallen by half over the last five years, as we now mumble a short excuse and save the chatting for other communications channels and apps. Read More >>
Hooray, the official UK 4G auction bidding war is finally underway. Bidders are now free to throw their cash at Ofcom, using what basically sounds like Ofcom's own version of a top-secret eBay. Read More >>
RIM's really not helping itself here, or is it Vodafone's fault? No one seems to know. All we do know is that BlackBerry users on Vodafone across Europe, Africa and Asia, including the UK, are having issues. No push email, no web, no nothing. Great. [Reuters, Twitter] Read More >>
Featured comment by ian1175:
"It keeps putting the nails in its own coffin don't it? After the failure that is gonna be blackberry 10, RIM will either adopt android or just go comp..." More »
Ofcom's welcome decision to look at mid-contract mobile cancellations hasn't gone down very well with Vodafone, which claims "millions of people" might end up paying more for their phones to the detriment of the UK mobile market. Read More >>
Featured comment by Cloudfire:
"I think ridiculous is a little strong, but I see what you're saying.
Either way I don't think they really have a leg to stand on when they say this..." More »
Ofcom's released the names of the companies who are all-in, bidding for the UK 4G spectrum allocation, and there's not four, but seven of them. The usual suspects are all there, of course -- Vodafone, Three, O2 and EE -- but then we've got some surprise contenders. BT for one, another Hong Kong-based phone network, and some chaps from Buckinghamshire. This just got interesting. Read More >>
Featured comment by EvilSamo:
"BT must be even more sore that they are now an MVNO of Vodafone - a clear admission that they figured that network was better than cellnet" More »
After that little leak we saw this morning from EE, Virgin's gone ahead and officially announced a partnership with both EE, including Orange and T-mobile customers, and Vodafone, as well as pay as you go plans starting at £2-per-day from next year, for its London Tube Wi-Fi network. Read More >>
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