Mobile Operator Vodafone has decided to move two call centre operations from Ireland to Egypt and India respectively, and to outsource its debt collections to a third party in Ireland.

These moves will affect 45 staff at Vodafone and 139 employees of Rigney Dolphin, an outsourcing group that runs call centre activities on behalf of the mobile phone company.

These initiatives have been taken against a backdrop of falling revenues and declining customer numbers as the recession affects consumer spending.