Skip to content

Biting the hand that feeds IT

The Register ®

Comms:


Related Whitepapers

[Print][Mobile][Alerts]

Vodafone kicks Beckham into touch

Midfielder sent to the bench

Published Tuesday 26th July 2005 11:00 GMT

David Beckham is no longer the face of Vodafone's live! service.

The contract was ended by mutual consent but brand Beckham probably won't miss the estimated £1m a year it brought in.

A spokesman for Vodafone told the Mirror: "He did a good job for us in promoting Vodafone live! when we first launched it. But we have decided not to renew the contract. This decision was reached by mutual consent."

Beckham was more than just a face for the brand. His mucky texts to Rebecca Loos elevated texting to an *rt form.®

Related stories

Vodafone adds 4m customers
Voda's Scottish 3G network wobbles
Vodafone launches handset for phone-phobes

Track this type of story as a custom Atom/RSS feed or by email.
Previous Article Next Article
whitepaper title

The Register Guides : The status of iSCSI

Now that the hype's abated, have companies backing iSCSI have run out of energy and patience, or is the technology becoming commonplace and accepted?.
whitepaper title

A Green Vision: Interview with VMWare CEO Diane Greene

This interview with VMware CEO Diane Greene discusses how you can realize the financial benefits of energy efficient, greener datacenters through server consolidation..
Whitepapers

Top 20 storiesAll The Week’s HeadlinesArchiveSearch