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Following the closure of AppSelect last year, we have now concluded activities related to the shutdown of this service. As a result, the SIS upload portal has been closed and will no longer be accessible.

Vodafone will continue to offer opportunities to developers to monetise their applications through services like the Vodafone Payment API and promotion via our distribution channels. Please continue to check on this website for the latest news and new exciting opportunities.

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Update (16th October 2012) - AppSelect will close on 21st November 2012.

In light of the number and variety of application stores already available to our customers, Vodafone has been reviewing its own AppSelect service. The review has now concluded and Vodafone has decided to phase out AppSelect by 31 January 2013 at the latest, as its customers are already well-served by existing application stores. Other Vodafone content services will not be affected and our Emerging Market Apps Store is still accepting applications.

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Over the coming weeks we’ll be making a number of changes to the Vodafone Apps Publication Platform. These changes will be related to the following:

• A new improved, streamlined publication platform including a new front-end for developers, updates to your reporting, device configuration and front-end user management.
• The introduction of charge to bill in-app billing which introduces new opportunities for you to monetise your apps, including micro transactions and demo versions.

To operationally manage these changes the Publication Platform will be taken offline from 3rd September 2012 until late October 2012. During this period you will be able to ...

Update 12:45 (CET) 17th July 2012 : Service is up and running again.  

We are planning scheduled maintenance to our Apps Publishing Platform (http://developer.vodafone.com/upload) and as a result the platform will be taken offline from 10:00 (CET) 17th July 2012. Expected time offline will be a couple of hours. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thank you for looking to distribute your apps with Vodafone, and for your continued support!

We are planning scheduled maintenance to our Apps Publishing Platform (http://developer.vodafone.com/upload) and as a result the platform will be taken offline from 10:00 (CET) 27th March 2012. Expected time offline will be a couple of hours. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thank you for looking to distribute your apps with Vodafone, and for your continued support!

UPDATE: 19th February - The Vodafone Private handset Cloud Service is back up and online now.

We are planning scheduled maintenance to the Vodafone Private handset Cloud Service (http://developer.vodafone.com/develop-apps/test/) and as a result the platform will be taken offline from 10:00 (GMT) Saturday 18^th February 2012. Expected time offline will be approximately 24 hours, we will post an update as soon as the platform is back online. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thank you for looking to test your apps with Vodafone, and for your continued support!

UPDATE: 31st January (09:30 GMT) - The Vodafone Apps Publishing Platform is back up and online now.

We are planning scheduled maintenance to our Apps Publishing Platform (http://developer.vodafone.com/upload) and as a result the platform will be taken offline from 08:00 (CET) 31st January 2012. Expected time offline will be a couple of hours and we will post an update as soon as the platform is back online. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thank you for looking to distribute your apps with Vodafone, and for your continued support!

Following the recent update to our publishing platform we have now introduced a number of new features and functionality for you. The update includes adding the ability for you create Deep links and Universal IDs (also known as UNIVIDS), and an improved reporting system, find out more below,

Deep links and Universal IDs

Deep links and Universal IDs (also known as UNIVIDS) allow you to link directly to your apps that you have uploaded to Vodafone AppSelect from a web page, a banner or even directly from an Android app. These give you the flexibility to create campaigns that not ...

With the recent launch of Vodafone AppSelect our customers are looking for apps that stand out from the crowd, and creating useful and innovative mobile apps isn't rocket science. In fact, the best recipe for success is surprisingly simple:

• Match your own skills and interests to an everyday problem, and solve it better, or with a difference
• Stay focused on the user experience
• Pay attention to the details

To help get you on the right track we have a paper that offers five straightforward tips to help you plan and implement successful mobile apps, covering,

• Tip 1—Solve a ...