6th Jun 2007 07:02
Vodafone Group Plc06 June 2007 06 June 2007 VODAFONE MOBILE INTERNET AVAILABLE TODAY MILLIONS OF CUSTOMERS ABLE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET ON THEIR MOBILES, WHENEVER AND WHEREVER THEY LIKE * Unique technology tailors sites to ensure excellent representation of the fixed internet on mobiles * Partnerships with major brands - Google, eBay, YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo! Mail - gives customers their internet favourites in their hands * All major web email accounts brought together for first time in mass market personal push email service From today, millions of Vodafone UK customers will be able to access all oftheir favourite internet sites from their mobile phones. Vodafone Mobile Internet will ensure an accurate representation of the interneton a mobile, allowing customers to replicate on their handsets what they can doon the computer - from updating their MySpace profile, through sending andreceiving emails with AOL, Windows Live Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail amongst others,to buying and selling on eBay. Vodafone customers will experience a significant improvement in the way theyaccess the internet from their phones, coupled with the confidence and freedomto surf whenever and wherever they want without having to worry about the costthanks to easy-to-understand, great value pricing. It's not necessary for most customers to upgrade their mobiles. An innovation onthe Vodafone network will take pages designed for the computer, compress them byup to ten times on average and turn them into mobile-friendly content, makingthem easy to read on over 150 handsets without losing any of the information, orthe design. When coupled with the new pricing structure, customers can noweasily move anywhere they want on the Mobile Internet. As well as the modifications to pricing, the mobile portal has changed to anintuitive, new design that enables customers to confidently explore the richnessof the Mobile Internet with Vodafone's Google search prominently displayed.There is also quick access to account details and an area to store links tofavourite sites. "Favourites" can be saved by clicking on the "bookmark" icon onany page on the Mobile Internet or by pressing a "mobile favourites" buttonwhile on the computer which will ensure that the address is sent to the phone.Customer can also enter the address via their handsets. "Vodafone Mobile Internet will revolutionise the way our customers use theinternet," says Nick Read, CEO of Vodafone UK. "They now have the freedom toexplore a much wider world on an extensive range of handsets, experiencing thefamiliarity of the internet they previously enjoyed via a computer. "The service is both easy to use and personalise, allowing millions of customersto make the most of their time. For example, eBay customers could miss out onbids because they are not at their computers at the vital moment. With VodafoneMobile Internet they need never lose out as they can bid from their mobilephones while on the move. "Vodafone has also introduced great value pricing to encourage use of the MobileInternet." Contract customers: * Customers signing up to a data pack will pay £7.50, giving them up to 120MB of data for mobile internet use per month. If customers use more than 120MB they will be charged in the same way as customers who have not signed up for the pack (see below). * A customer not signing up to a data pack will pay £1 for 500KB of usage each day. Usage of less than 500KB will incur a proportionately lower charge. Once the customer goes over 500KB they will experience no further costs until they have used 15MB. Prepay customers: * Pay As You Talk customers will be charged in the same way as a contract customer who has not signed up to a monthly data pack. They will pay £1 for 500KB of usage each day. Usage of less than 500KB will incur a proportionately lower charge. Once the customer goes over 500KB they will experience no further costs until they have used 15MB. Special Vodafone live! charges: * With content purchased from Vodafone live! there is no extra downloading or streaming cost. Earlier this year Vodafone announced a series of agreements with some of theworld's major internet brands including eBay, Google, MySpace, Yahoo! andYouTube. By partnering with these household names, customers are no longerlimited to their computer for a rich, fulfilling, integrated internetexperience. They can move seamlessly between the computer and the mobile,ensuring that they can maximise their time wherever they are. Although Vodafone UK is bringing the best of breed to the internet with theseinitial partnerships, more can be expected. Top quality content across sport,news, entertainment and shopping will continue to be available through Vodafonelive!. ENDS For further information: Vodafone Group Investor Relations Media RelationsTel: +44 (0) 1635 664447 Tel: +44 (0) 1635 664444 Notes to Editors 120MB could give a customer: * Up to 4 hours watching YouTube or * Viewing of up to 160 mobile internet pages every day for a month or * The ability to check and reply to urgent emails 10 times a day for a month. Photographs available on request. About Vodafone Vodafone UK has 17.4 million customers and is part of the world's leadinginternational mobile communications group, offering a wide range of voice anddata communications. The company is committed to providing mobile solutions thatallow both consumer and business customers to make the most of now. Vodafone UKwas voted 15th Best Big Company to Work For in the Sunday Times Best CompaniesList, in March 2007. For more information, please visit www.vodafone.co.uk. (C) Vodafone Group 2007. VODAFONE, the Vodafone logos and Vodafone live!, are trade marks of the Vodafone Group. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trade marks of their respective owners. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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