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Carphone to sell Vodafone contracts again

LONDON
Thu Jul 2, 2009 7:45am EDT

LONDON (Reuters) - British telecoms and retail group Carphone Warehouse will offer contracts from Vodafone from next week in its 820 stores, ending a three-year dispute, Vodafone said on Thursday, confirming media reports.

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Vodafone switched to an exclusive deal with Carphone rival Phones4U in 2006. Meantime, Vodafone customers have been able to upgrade phones and purchase pay-as-you-go handsets at Carphone Warehouse, but not to buy Vodafone contracts.

Vodafone also said on Thursday it was extending its partnership with Phones4U to a multi-year agreement covering both mobile phone and mobile broadband connections.

The company said it now would have a total of 1,650 Vodafone, Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U stores offering Vodafone contracts.

Carphone shares traded down 1.2 percent at 157.75 pence by 1106 GMT (7:06 a.m. EDT), underperforming a 0.8 percent-lower European telecoms index. Vodafone was down 1.8 percent at 117.3 pence.

(Reporting by Victoria Bryan and Georgina Prodhan)
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