..... Vodafone WILL NEVER contact you to let you know the contract is up. ....
Agreed on that, they will keep taking the full whack long after the 2 year 'new phone' contract is over.
Also they state that when an upgrade is due it will show on the top of your account, which is not true. I knew I was due an upgrade about Paddies weekend just gone but it never showed on my account, I rang them a week later and got the free upgrade with an apology.
Things aren't going too well at Vodafone ATM.
Vodafone plans 11,000 job cuts globally
Irish staff to escape cuts as new chief executive Margherita Della Valle sets out strategy to restore growth at telecoms group
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Vodafone is one of biggest telecoms operators in the Irish market
Anna Gross
Tue May 16 2023 - 09:56
Telecoms operator Vodafone plans to axe 11,000 jobs from its global operation as new chief executive Margherita Della Valle warned the telecoms group “must change” to end a period blighted by a poor performance in its largest market and a slumping share price.
The cuts will come both at Vodafone’s UK headquarters and in local markets, the group said on Tuesday, as it published full-year results that fell short of analysts’ expectations.
The company has not commented on the impact of the layoffs on the Irish operation, but it is understood that Vodafone Ireland’s staff will not see any job losses from this round of layoffs. Vodafone is one of biggest telecoms operators in the Irish market.
“Our performance has not been good enough,” said Ms Della Valle, who was made permanent chief executive last month after serving as interim boss following the departure of Nick Read at the end of last year. Mr Read’s exit followed pressure from a growing band of shareholders who were unhappy at Vodafone’s struggle in Germany, its largest market, as well as concerns the group was spread too thinly across Europe and Africa.
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Vodafone employs about 104,000 people, according to its latest annual report.
The retrenchment set out by Ms Della Valle came as the group’s latest results showed full-year revenues edged up just 0.3 per cent to €45.7 billion, below analysts’ estimates. Its adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation declined 1.3 per cent to €14.9 billion, short of the company’s guidance of €15 billion to €15.2 billion.
Vodafone’s adjusted free cash flow, a measure closely watched by the City, would probably be €3.3 billion for the year to March 2024, it said, less than the €3.8 billion analysts had expected. The company blamed regulatory changes in Germany that will hurt cable TV providers.
Alongside cuts to the workforce, Ms Della Valle is also under pressure to simplify the group’s European operations. Mr Read was criticised by shareholders for failing to secure deals to improve Vodafone’s performance in markets including Spain and Italy.
Shares in Vodafone have fallen 25 per cent over the past 12 months compared with a 4 per cent gain in the FTSE 100. Vodafone’s share price fell 3 per cent in early morning trading to 87p. – Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2023
I've found the GOMO platform faultless since moving from the Vodafone RED plan. The phone is a Samsung A71, a nice handset.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Galaxy-Mobile-Phone-Smartphone/dp/B083YBQ9ZW?th=1
