Vodafone's mobile network wobbled last night leaving punters unable to call anyone on the Orange network.

The incident occurred at around 2.30am this morning and was blamed on a software glitch. Engineers resolved the problem at around 9.15am this morning.

One punter told El Reg: "I've been unable to receive calls. Calls made from the BT network either get a 'sorry, there is a fault' or 'the number you have dialled has not been recognised' message. Outbound calls from the affected phones are working OK though."

A spokesman for Vodafone told us that this problem was sorted at 2.30pm this afternoon. Which is exactly 12 hours after the original outage. A day after Hallowe'en. Spooky, no? ®

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