VODAFONE TO BRING IPHONE TO T

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Vodafone Group Plc

21 December 2009

VODAFONE TO BRING IPHONE TO THE UK ON JANUARY 14

Vodafone UK customers can pre order iPhone today
iPhone 3G free on £35 post paid plan
Unlimited texts on consumer price plans or unlimited calls to landlines for businesses

LONDON, UK - December 21, 2009 - Vodafone today announced that it will launch iPhone in the UK on January 14, with a range of contract price plans tailored to let customers make the most of the UK's outstanding network.

Available from as little as £30 a month (on a 24 month contract) customers will be able to pre-order their iPhone from today, in-store, through their account manager or online at vodafone.co.uk/iphone. Customers who have already registered interest will be contacted by email with details of how to pre-order their iPhone.

iPhone 3GS is the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet, packed with incredible new features including improved speed and performance - up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G - with longer battery life, a high-quality 3 megapixel autofocus camera, easy to use video recording and hands free voice control. The groundbreaking App Store provides access to more than 100,000 applications from games to social networking to financial planning and health management, generating more than 2 billion downloads to date. iPhone is now available in over 80 countries around the world.

"We started preparing our network over a year ago so that iPhone customers will really feel the advantage of being with Vodafone," said Guy Laurence, CEO, Vodafone UK. "We will offer an outstanding iPhone experience wherever our customers live, work and travel, delivering speed and reliability - something our customers have told us they really value."

"We're especially pleased to offer iPhone to business customers from launch, both directly and through a network of 20 dealers across the country - clearly demonstrating that Vodafone is the natural home for small business."

iPhone customers can use up to 1GB of mobile data as part of their price plans as well as take advantage of unlimited access to Wi-Fi in the home and free, publicly available services throughout the country. Also included within the price plans, to add even more value, customers will also be able to use up to 1GB of data on one of the UK's largest Wi-Fi networks, BT Openzone, providing high-speed internet access at premium locations across the UK.

As a thank you to consumer customers who have already registered interest in iPhone and choose to pre-order, Vodafone will give them free Vodafone to Vodafone phone calls, for the life of their initial contract. Consumer and business customers can choose whether they wish to buy directly from Vodafone's 400 stores or online, through Apple retail outlets, or through our indirect partners Carphone Warehouse, Phones4U and 20 of the leading business dealers.

Example pricing and tariff information below. iPhone will also be available on all Vodafone standard plans. For full details of the extended price plan range, please visit vodafone.co.uk/iphone.

Consumer contract price plans (including VAT at 17.5%)

	24 Month			18 Month
Monthly fee	£30	£35	£45	£40	£50	£80
Voice minutes	300	600	1200	600	1200	3000
Text messages	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Data	1GB	1GB	1GB	1GB	1GB	1GB
Wi-Fi	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
iPhone 3G 8GB	£59	FREE	FREE	FREE	FREE	FREE
iPhone 3GS 16GB	£149	£89	FREE	£89	FREE	FREE
iPhone 3GS 32GB	£239	£179	£89	£179	£89	FREE

Small business customers can sign up to unlimited calls to landlines, included in their price plans. Example price plans as below (excluding VAT):

	24 Month			18 Month
Monthly fee	£30	£40	£50	£35	£45	£55
Voice minutes	600	1200	2000	600	1200	2000
Text Messages	250	250	250	250	250	250
Calls to landlines	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Data	1GB	1GB	1GB	1GB	1GB	1GB
Wi-Fi	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
iPhone 3G 8GB	FREE	FREE	FREE	FREE	FREE	FREE
iPhone 3GS 16GB	£76	FREE	FREE	£76	FREE	FREE
iPhone 3GS 32GB	£152	£76	FREE	£152	£76	FREE