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  • O2 partners with RNIB to better serve visually impaired customers

    O2 partners with RNIB to better serve visually impaired customers

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    Mobile operator O2 has teamed up with Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) to re-train 80 of its in-store tech specialists, enhancing the service they can offer to customers with sight loss. Specialist training seminars overseen by the RNIB focussed on customising smartphones and operating systems such as Android and iOS.  Staff were schooled…

  • O2 increases prices for pay monthly customers

    O2 increases prices for pay monthly customers

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    With just 14 days to go until Santa makes his annual visit, mobile network O2 has given customers an early Christmas present – news of a 3.2% increase in line rental costs from February 2013. The company says it’s being forced to increase prices because of rising external costs and says it has “held off…

  • O2 announces no Android 4.0 upgrade for Xperia ray, arc and neo

    O2 announces no Android 4.0 upgrade for Xperia ray, arc and neo

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    UK mobile operator O2 has said users of its Xperia ray, Xperia arc and Xperia neo handsets will not be getting upgraded to the latest version of Android. In a posting on its blog, the company said testing of the Sony supplied Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) upgrade “didn’t meet our requirements” and the handsets…

  • O2 launches personal WiFi hotspot

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    O2 has launched a rival to Three’s popular MiFi mobile broadband hotspot. The O2 Pocket Hotspot is a pocket-sized device which allows up to five devices, including tablets and laptops, to go-online simultaneously. 
The new device is available with two Pay & Go data options: a daily top-up and 1GB or 2GB bundles (both of…

  • O2 announces new loyalty-based PAYG tariff

    O2 announces new loyalty-based PAYG tariff

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    O2 has announced a new Pay As You Go tariff which gives customers more minutes, texts and mobile data the longer they stay on it. The company say the new tariff reflects customer demand for “more from the brands they trust”. 
The tariff, available today from O2 stores or at o2.co.uk/payandgogogo, has two versions –…

  • Debenhams and O2 announce WiFi deal

    Debenhams and O2 announce WiFi deal

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    Retailer Debenhams is to launch a free Wifi service throughout all its 167 shops. The WiFi service is being powered by O2 and will allow shoppers to ask friends for their opinions on intended purchases and to order out of stock items without while still in store. Shoppers can also receive special discount vouchers allow…