Vodafone UK Makes the Mobile Internet Free to use on Friday - So you can Plan the Bank Holiday on us

NEWBURY, England -

- Internet Browsing and Webmail on Your Mobile Free to use all day Friday 28th August

- Plan Your Journey, Check the Weather, or Stay in Touch With Friends on Facebook

Vodafone customers will be able to browse the internet and pick up emails on their mobiles for free all day on Friday 28 August. The normal 50p daily flat rate will be waived from 12.01am to 23.59pm on Friday.

Vodafone’s Free Friday will be the perfect way for customers to plan their Bank Holiday, whether checking the weather forecast whilst on the train, organising get-togethers with friends on Facebook, or browsing travel updates whilst waiting for the bus. This is the second time Vodafone has offered its customers free internet for an entire day. More information about Free Friday can be found at: www.vodafone.co.uk/freebrowsing

Customers can browse the internet on a wide range of Vodafone mobiles from AA Route planner, BBC Weather, train timetables and city guides, to Facebook, YouTube and eBay. They can also check webmail accounts such as Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo!, AOL or Google Mail.

Customers don’t need to do anything to qualify for Free Friday, just simply click on the Vodafone live! or the browser icon in the menu of their phone to get started on the day. It’s easy to get started and personalise your mobile internet experience simply by setting up My Page by texting ‘web’ to 2888 - the service that lets you pick and choose your internet favourites. Or you could send links to the sites you visit most often straight to your phone by logging on to www.vodafone.co.uk/getmore

Mobile Internet usually just 50p per day

Millions of customers who use pay as you go or don’t have an internet pack on their monthly plan can access the mobile internet using Vodafone’s fast and reliable network at a 50p daily flat rate. This gives customers 25MB of data which lets you do all this at the equivalent price of just 2p/MB:

- Watch three, 3 minute YouTube clips - Find your way on Google maps - Read and reply to 40 emails - Change your Facebook mobile status + check updates - Place bid on Ebay (10 Pages) - Read 8 news stories on BBC - View 200 mobile web pages

For more information about using the mobile internet, setting up webmail, or adding a mobile internet pack to your monthly contract head to vodafone.co.uk/mobileinternet

You can browse the full mobile phone ( www.vodafone.co.uk) range and find out more about a number of mobile broadband (www.vodafone.co.uk) products including Netbooks and USB Modems.

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Notes to editors:

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Free mobile internet from 12.01am to 23.59pm on 28.08.09 in the UK only.

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Fair use policy and terms apply see vodafone.co.uk

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Vodafone UK www.vodafone.co.uk

Contact: Ben Taylor External Communications Mobile: + 44(0)7766-117711

Source: Vodafone UK