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Thursday, October 12, 2006

Wow that's gotta hurt!

Vodafone pulls the plug on it's contract phone business via the Carphone Warehouse. Carphone Warehouse share price drops 13% as a result and although that's against a rise of 9% the previous day off the back of the news of the AOL UK acquisition, it kind of looks like one step forward two steps back.

Could it be that Vodafone are wrapping knuckles to remind the 'up-start' that the network operator is king and shopkeepers should keep out of the realm of the network!? Meanwhile, Phones4U who Vodafone clearly feel know their place in the mobile space and don't get ideas above their station, get thrown the spoils!

What d'you reckon?