Vodafone UK’s Critical Response Time Index

• 1 in 10 businesses now expect a 30 minute turnaround on new business emails
• The lack of mobile email access is costing British business at least £7.345 billion a year *
• One in three businesses still expect a response within two hours
• Average cost to a business of lost opportunities stands at £18,840 per business, per year
• Over a third (36%) of UK workers say lack of mobile email causes unnecessary stress and conflict in the workplace

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New Pink Samsung G600 was first launched on O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Virgin Mobile last week and more recently on pay as you go this week, but the new Samsung G600 Pink has now joined Vodafone to complete its network rollout.

• Vodafone and Huawei have signed an agreement to create an Application Innovation Centre that will serve to develop innovative products and services
• The two companies will start up a test bench in Madrid for Vodafone Group

New research released by Vodafone UK suggests that business people tempted to spend too much time online ‘social networking’ are in danger of losing out to those that mix old methods with the new.

Amdocs (NYSE: DOX), the leading provider of customer experience systems, today announced that Vodafone Portugal has selected Amdocs Operations Support Systems (OSS) to streamline its network resource and capacity management.

The Greek unit of the U.K.'s mobile operator has been fined 19.1 million euros ($26 million) in a wiretapping scandal involving the country's senior officials, the national telecoms regulator said.

This is a key goal for operators trying to reduce abandonment rates and encourage uptake of services. According to Jim Small, Portal Relevance Manager at Orange UK said, “For us it is about enhancing and personalizing the customer experience, whilst increasing customer loyalty and content revenues.”

Xiam will use its MPOS (My Personal Offers System) technology to serve ads on Vodafone’s new Mobile Internet portal. Xiam will also provide extensive ad management, reporting and campaign management to advertisers.

HP today announced that Vodafone Portugal will deploy the HP Fraud Management System (HP FMS) to mitigate fraudulent activity on its mobile and fixed networks.