Vodafone faces Com Com charges over adverts

Friday 23rd October 2009

Vodafone New Zealand faces charges from the Commerce Commission over alleged breaches of the Fair Trading Act over its broadband and mobile phone promotions.

The regulator said in a statement the charges relate to:

Vodafone’s claimed coverage during its ‘broadband everywhere’ campaign between October 2006 and April 2008;
The offer of $10 free airtime for those registered on Vodafone’s website between May 2007 and September 2008; the cost of using Vodafone Live mobile interest service between February 2007 and August 2008;
The cost of Vodafone’s $1 per day casual rate charge between July and November 2008;
The size of Vodafone’s 3G network between September 2008 and February 2009;
The price of a Sony Ericsson W200 mobile phone between July and August 2007.

Businesswire.co.nz

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