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Vodafone to offer unlimited data to the vulnerable for free

Mobile operator Vodafone to introduce 30-days free access to unlimited mobile data


Reuters March 27, 2020
LONDON: Mobile operator Vodafone said on Friday it would introduce 30-days free access to unlimited mobile data for half a million of its Pay Monthly customers and upgrade the contracts for those who are flagged as vulnerable.

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Vulnerable customers eligible for the upgrade will receive a text message informing them.

Those wishing to access the free offer can use the rewards scheme on the Vodafone app. It will be made available to the first 500,000 customers.

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While residents in the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states are urging telecom firms to further ease restrictions on free internet calls as coronavirus separates families and forces people to work and study from home.

Applications that use Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services — free Internet-to-Internet voice and video calls - are restricted to varying degrees in the UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, but not in Bahrain or Kuwait.

The UAE likely blocks the apps to support its telecoms firms and for national security reasons

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