Press Release | 10 Jan 2020

Love Island’s Ovie Soko signs up as VOXI’s new ‘Love Coach’

VOXI, the mobile network that gives you Endless Social Media without eating up your data, has teamed up with basketball player and reality TV star Ovie Soko to help the nation solve its dating dilemmas.

Ovie, VOXI’s new brand ambassador, will take on the role of the “Love Coach”, offering his words of wisdom and advice via VOXI’s YouTube channel in a weekly series running from 13 January to 17 February.

Fans can present their romance-related questions to Ovie via VOXI’s Instagram page from which he’ll respond over the course of five special episodes. With Ovie’s naturally supportive and level-headed attitude no love conundrum will be too tough.

“So the news is out, I’m the new Love Coach for VOXI,” said Ovie. “I can’t wait to share my wisdom and help solve the UK’s relationship problems by giving out some of my top tips in the love department.

“Since last summer, I’ve had so many people coming to me for advice, it’s about time I got an official title!”

With more people than ever meeting online or via apps*, VOXI’s unlimited data offering matched with lessons from the Love Coach will have the UK’s quest for love covered.

VOXI’s monthly plans let you use selected social apps and websites as much as you like, without eating into your general data allowance. Customers also have unlimited calls and texts along with roaming in 48 European destinations at no extra cost. VOXI SIM-only plans work on a flexible monthly subscription with no contract – you’re free to change, pause or cancel your plan whenever you like.

Notes to Editors:

*Research from The Future of Dating report by eHarmony and the Imperial College Business School 2019.

About VOXI

VOXI by Vodafone, the mobile network for young people, offers plans that let you use selected social apps and websites as much as you like, without eating into your general data allowance. These apps are Facebook & Facebook Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Pinterest, Snapchat and Twitter. Customers also have unlimited calls and texts along with free roaming in 48 European destinations at no extra cost. VOXI SIM-only plans work on a flexible monthly subscription with no contract – you’re free to change, pause or cancel your plan whenever you like.

PayPal Credit is like a credit card you can use for your online purchases and spread the cost of your purchase. Phone purchases made on ‪voxi.co.uk qualify for 0% interest instalment offers with a term of 30 months. When you apply for PayPal Credit, you receive a credit line to pay for today’s purchase and future purchases up to your credit limit. PayPal Credit is subject to status, terms and conditions apply.

How Paypal Credit will work for future purchases outside of instalment offers with VOXI: If you are approved for a credit limit with PayPal Credit and use it for future purchases outside VOXI, the APR for those purchases will not be more than the standard rate of interest, currently 17.9%, and will be even lower in many circumstances if you take advantage of their offers and promotions. Representative Example: £1,200 Assumed Credit Limit Representative 17.9% APR (variable). 17.9% pa Purchase Rate (variable).

About Vodafone UK

Vodafone UK is a technology communications company that connects people, businesses and devices to help our customers benefit from digital innovation. Our services span mobile, fixed-line connections, home and office broadband, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

We have a strong track record as a tech pioneer, making the UK’s first mobile phone call, sending the first text message, and making the UK’s first live holographic call using 5G in 2018. We were the first to start carrying live 5G traffic from a site in Salford, Greater Manchester and now have 5G in locations across Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain as well as the UK. Meanwhile, our 4G network coverage currently reaches over 99% of the UK population.

Today, Vodafone serves more than 18 million mobile and fixed-line customers in the UK. Vodafone is the largest provider of full fibre in the UK – our superfast broadband services are now available to nearly 12 million homes across the UK.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do: as of 1 July 2021, 100% of the grid electricity we use in the UK is certified to be from renewable sources.

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