Thousands of Brits were left without internet or mobile data as Vodafone said a 'major issue' was affecting broadband, 4G and 5G services - with engineers working urgently to fix the problem

On Monday, issues at British telecommunications giant Vodafone led to large scale service outages that impacted hundreds of thousands of Vodafone customers.

Vodafone has explained the outage that left its home and mobile customers without internet for much of Monday. The problems were the result of “a non-malicious software issue” rather than a cyber attack,

Vodafone is testing the artificial presenter because ‘AI is so much a part of everyday life.’

The five-year Ericsson deal sees it become the exclusive RAN provider in the three regions, while becoming a major partner in Vodafone’s Germany, Romania, and Egypt markets. The Swedish giant will provide massive multiple-input, multiple output (MIMO) radios and RAN Compute solutions in the deal, as well as 5G Advanced RAN software solutions.

At its peak, more than 130,000 people reported problems to the internet status checker Downdetector. Vodafone has announced that the mass outages to its internet connections, app, website and customer services on Monday were not the result of a cyber attack.

Vodafone has asked a Kenyan court to halt a case by a former Safaricom dealer, arguing it was wrongly joined to the dispute over a terminated dealership.