As nearly everyone stays home for the pandemic plunge in overseas charges dents Vodafones revenues
Dare we say… telco fiddled while roam burned? Vodafone was today left counting the cost of reduced international travel among its customer base due to the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Date: 2020-11-16
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