About 40m Europeans could be forced to abandon their mobile phones if a controversial reform of the telecoms industry is pushed through by the European Commission, Vodafone has claimed.

The world’s largest mobile operator by revenue has launched a ferocious attack on a plan by Viviane Reding, European commissioner for telecoms.

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