Vodafone Offers 3G USB Modem

NEWBURY, U.K. -- Available today 21st November 2006: the eagerly anticipated Vodafone Mobile Connect USB Modem from just £49 ex VAT. This new version of the 3G broadband data card, designed especially for users of the latest generation of laptops and Apple® MacBooks™, allows customers to access 3G broadband by simply plugging it into the USB slot on their Computer.

Kyle Whitehill, Director of Vodafone UK’s Enterprise Business Unit, comments, "Following our first to market launch of 3G broadband services in June this year, this device is a direct response to demand from users of the latest generation of laptops, who’d also like to be using 3G broadband." Kyle concluded, "The new, easy to install, Vodafone Mobile Connect USB Modem, ensures that all Vodafone customers, regardless of their choice of computer, are able to access 3G broadband services."

Sunny Suri, trialist, Publisher for Movie Mag International and Managing Director of Public Relations UK, comments: “As a magazine publisher, I have to meet critical deadlines all the time. I’m mostly out of the office. Relying on wireless hotspots or connection points in cafes is frustrating. Often I need to use an internet connection and the hotel room one isn’t working. This way, there’s no problem – you just plug in and get on. It really simplifies working away from the office.”

Vodafone Group plc (NYSE: VOD)