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If you are constantly ranting about brands on Facebook/Twitter, here is a wakeup call for you. Vodafone India has sent in a legal noticeto Dhaval Valia, who ranted about its 3G services on Facebook, asking him to take down the ‘defamatory’ posts. Dhaval who used to be a Loop Mobile customer before, had switched to Vodafone in April to use its 3G services. However, it was not available where he lives, contradicting Vodafone’s claims....

Vodafone Australia lost 375,000 customers in the first half of 2011 after customers left the mobile operator because of its poor mobile reception, theSydney Morning Herald reports. The operator – which is jointly owned by Hutchinson Telecommunications Australia and UK-based Vodafone PLC – is facing a $96 million downturn in profits with a loss of $78.2 million, compared to a $17.8 million profit a year previous. Hutchinson attributes its losses to its network coverage and customer service issues, which were predominantly experienced in late 2010 and early this year, the company’s CEO Nigel Dews revealed....

Vodafone is all set to bring its Vodafone 555 Blue phone to India,according to the website CrazyEngineers. Featuring a dedicated button to access the world’s most popular social networking website, the Facebook Phone is expected to be cheaply priced when it goes on sale. First, the raw specs: it has a 2.4-inch QVGA display (no touchscreen) with a resolution of 320×240 pixels and a full QWERTY keypad. It has the standard connectivity options like Bluetooth, GPRS and EDGE, but it does not do 3G and is not a smartphone....

Vodafone is all set to bring its Vodafone 555 Blue phone to India,according to the website CrazyEngineers. Featuring a dedicated button to access the world’s most popular social networking website, the Facebook Phone is expected to be cheaply priced when it goes on sale. First, the raw specs: it has a 2.4-inch QVGA display (no touchscreen) with a resolution of 320×240 pixels and a full QWERTY keypad. It has the standard connectivity options like Bluetooth, GPRS and EDGE, but it does not do 3G and is not a smartphone....

Vodafone has released new mobile roaming rates and allowances that will apply to all its customers. From today, Vodafone is increasing its daily data roaming allowance by five times. This means, those accessing Internet from their mobile phones can consume 25MB of data each day, up from 5MB previously. Vodafone divides its data roaming territories into two price zones – Europe, and the rest of the world, and the European zone constitutes 35 countries....