Trading at Vodafone worsened in the third quarter as customers in previously robust northern Europe joined those in the south by cutting phone usage, adding impetus to cost-cutting efforts.
A worse than expected 2.6% drop in organic service revenue in the three months to December 31 marked an acceleration from the 1.4% fall recorded in the second quarter and showed the intense pressure on the world's second-largest mobile operator.
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