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Vodafone has finally begun to sell the iPhone although they are late in the game as O2, Tesco, and Orange have been offering the smart phone for a while. Despite this fact, the company has managed to get a pre-order count of around 50,000 mobiles, which is much more than the 20,000 Google Nexus One mobiles that were sold after its release globally.

The Vodafone CEO stated that the operator will deliver 50,000 within the first day that the iPhone officially goes on the market for the network, which is much larger than the amount of iPhones that Orange was able to sell this past November, at 30,000.

The iPhone tariffs for Vodafone come in 18 or 24 month contracts with unlimited text packages that begin at the cost of ?35 per month for the 3G version of the mobile. Those who want the newer 16GB 3GS version will need to sign into contracts of ?45 per month.

Vodafone also plans to take its marketing plan a step further by promoting the iPhone as an option for those seeking a business phone which could place it up against the popular Blackberry models that Vodafone also offers.

The only downfall of the Vodafone package is that it only includes 1GB of webmail and mobile internet, but an unlimited WiFi package is available to be purchased. For the time being Vodafone will not offer the iPhone on a pay as you go basis either which makes it more attractive to those with larger pockets.

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After a few months of rumours circulating about a possible Tesco mobile broadband deal, the giant supermarket chain has finally made it official, stating that by March of 2010 there will be 100 mobile stores open ready to serve customers.

Tesco first started offering its customers mobile deals at the end of 2008, and at the push of CEO Lance Batchelor, is working on a line of mobile broadband deals that will challenge the pay as you go tariffs offered by Carphone Warehouse.

The company is also thinking outside of mobile phones, as it also announced this past June that they will soon offer netbooks and laptops with mobile broadband contracts as an incentive to customers to sign up.

Already with the new pay as you go mobile contracts Tesco has seen an increase in sales of over 71% during the month of September. Acting on this success, the company has teamed up with mobile broadband suppliers, so that they can offer more deals to the public including deals that begin at under ?20 for a pay as you go dongle.

At the moment, Tesco has 52 mobile phone shops with plans in the future that if all goes well with the 100 store launch, that all Tesco Extra Stores will be outfitted with mobile outlets.

Filed under: Broadband Deals by Alan