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Vodafone UK deploys mobile phone vending machine

October 26, 2005

Channel Register: Vodafone UK has deployed two vending machines which will allow panic-stricken and mobileless punters in Manchester to buy a handset with a quid's worth of credit. The company hopes that its "Quickphone" kiosks will become familiar sights across the U.K., telling the Telegraph that they can be installed "anywhere, as long as there is an electricity supply." The machines offer three different phones in return for cash or chip and PIN payments.

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