December 22, 2003

Vodafone gets US message across

Mobile phones group Vodafone and its US partner Verizon Wireless today unveiled the first transatlantic texting system, reports This is London.

"As well as the UK, the transatlantic service will be rolled out in Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.

Vodafone said it would charge 25 euro cents for each text message across the Atlantic, roughly double the amount it charges for a domestic text message".

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