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  • O2 and Vodafone announce plans to speed up 4G roll-out

    O2 and Vodafone announce plans to speed up 4G roll-out

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    UK mobile operators O2 and Vodafone are to create a “national grid” to speed up the delivery of high-speed 4G services. In a joint statement the two firms said the partnership would “deliver real benefits for today’s mobile phone users by creating two competing networks that will be able to offer indoor 2G and 3G…

  • O2 parent signs mobile gaming deal with EA

    O2 parent signs mobile gaming deal with EA

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    UK O2 customers will soon be able to access popular games such as The Sims and Monopoly on their handsets thanks to a new deal between EA Mobile and O2’s parent company Telefónica. The deal gives Telefónica’s operating businesses the ability to create innovative gaming promotions using titles from the EA catalogue. O2 says rhe…

  • O2 to power McDonald’s WiFi

    O2 to power McDonald’s WiFi

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    Mobile and broadband provider O2 has signed a multi-year deal to provide free WiFi to customers at 1,200 McDonald’s restaurants. The service will be free to both O2 and non-O2 customers, with O2 promising “all hotspots will be premium public hotspots, as opposed to using residential connections with limited bandwidth.” The deal replaces the fast…

  • O2 to build Europe’s largest free WiFi zone in London

    O2 to build Europe’s largest free WiFi zone in London

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    O2 is to create Europe’s largest free WiFi zone in the heart of London, giving web access to millions of visitors and residents. Under a deal between the network operator, Westminster Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, work will begin this month on rolling out the service. It will initially be available…

  • O2 announces new smartphone lease plan

    O2 announces new smartphone lease plan

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    O2 has announced a new smartphone leasing service for UK customers. Available through O2 retail stores and over the phone, O2 Lease enables new or existing customers to lease a new smartphone for 12 months for £55 per month including insurance, 750 minutes, unlimited text messages and 500 MB of data. There is no upfront…

  • O2 confirms new UK WiFi network

    O2 confirms new UK WiFi network

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    UK mobile operator O2 has confirmed plans to build a free pueblos WiFi network it says will offer “at least double” the number of hotspots currently offered by BT Openzone and The Cloud combined by 2013. The company says it will start the roll-out of the new network “immediately” by replacing its existing 450 Cloud…