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• Vodafone hangs up on Unisys for new voicemail system

  Vodafone has upgraded its voicemail system opting to drop Unisys in favour of Acision, the same provider VHA partner, Hutchison, uses for its ‘3’ customers.

• VHA looks to NBN trials for network improvements

  Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has announced plans to join mainland trials of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in Armidale, NSW to improve the performance of the network.

• Vodafone offers free SMS for Easter outage

  Vodafone will offer customers free SMS messaging over 12 hours on 1 May this year as compensation for a network outage over the weekend.
  

• Telstra to launch Motorola Xoom Honeycomb tablet

  Telstra will be the mobile carrier to launch Motorola's much-hyped iPad competitor, the Xoom tablet, one of the first to run Google's Android 3.0 'Honeycomb' operating system.

• Vodafone drops Galaxy S price to $29, S II on the way?

  What was once an expensive, high-end Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S, is now available from Vodafone from a paltry $29 per month, which could mean the second-generation Galaxy S II is set to make an appearance at the carrier.

• Huawei opens Adelaide office

  Huawei has continued its assault on the local telecoms market, setting up shop in Adelaide.
  

• Optus femtocell ploy "passing the buck": Telsyte

  Optus has kicked off an Australian-first commercial trial of wireless femtocell technology but one analyst has fired back at the telco for “passing the buck” on to consumers to fix holes in its network.

• Vodafone asks Indian Supreme Court to halt tax penalty

  Vodafone has petitioned India’s Supreme Court to halt penalty proceedings from India's tax authorities, which claim the company owes taxes related to a 2007 acquisition.

• Vodafone red faced after blog site hacked

  Anti-corporate campaigners have embarrassed phone giant Vodafone, gaining access to blog accounts run by the company to post copy critical of its claimed policies on UK tax.

• Optus and Vodafone to share Sony Ericsson's Xperia Arc

  Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Arc smartphone will be available on Optus and Vodafone networks by early April with pricing for the device yet to be announced.

• Vodafone wins HTC Desire Z

  HTC’s Desire Z smartphone has will be available exclusively on the Vodafone network following the Australian launch of the device which is currently scheduled for mid March.

• Vodafone partnership paying off: Hutchison

  Hutchison Telecom Australia (ASX:HTA) swung to a 2010 profit of $73.4m, as the company felt the benefits of its participation in the VHA JV

• Vodafone replacing 8000 network sites

  Vodafone has signed up Huawai to help it replace all its 2G and 3G radio access equipment across its entire Australian network as part of its major network improvement initiative.

• Telecom NZ network down following Canterbury earthquake

  Telecom New Zealand (ASX: TEL) has confirmed that its network in the South Island has been affected by an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale.
  

• Vodafone comes clean with network, service update

  Following a spate of complaints about its service levels and security standards, mobile carrier Vodafone has issued a statement of its ongoing engineering work and commitment to customers.