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Complaints against Vodafone's mobile broadband signal booster upheld

Today the ASA - the guys who police advertising in the UK - have upheld four out of seven complaints made against Vodafone's Sure Signal booster (a femtocell). The £50 bit of kit boosts your signal indoors by using your home broadband connection. It appears T-Mobile and O2 weren't too happy with Voda's ad and complained to the ASA who have agreed with the following complaints:

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