Telecoms
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Three offers low-cost Samsung Galaxy Y
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Mobile network Three is now offering the low-cost Samsung Galaxy Y handset via its online store. The phone as a 3.0” touch screen, runs Google’s Android operating system for mobile devices and includes a 2 megapixel camera. Pay as you go customers can get the handset for £79.99 with the networks All in One 15…
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Curzon Cinemas harness On Demand to take brand beyond London
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London-based art house cinema chain Curzon is opening up its service to film-lovers outside the capital with its classy new Curzon On Demand streaming service. It’s important to note that Curzon isn’t trying to compete with Netflix of LOVEFiLM – you won’t find the Transformers smashing up America in their library of films. Instead, you…
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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…
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T-Mobile customers to see 3.7% price hike
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T-Mobile UK customers can look forward to paying their mobile network an additional 3.7% per month for their tariffs after the company announced a price hike. The network says the increase applies to “consumer and business pay monthly customers who joined T-Mobile prior to 1 February 2012” while those “on our latest consumer tariffs such…
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TalkTalk tops Ofcom’s broadband and fixed line complaints
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Communications regulator Ofcom says TalkTalk was the most complained about provider of landline and broadband services between October to December 2011, though the number of complaints against the firm has fallen since the first quarter of the year. Ofcom publishes a quarterly complaints report “to provide useful information for consumers, and also to incentivise telecoms…
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Sky Anytime+ ‘enabled for all ISPs’
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According to posts on Sky’s official customer forums, the pay-TV giant has now enabled its Anytime+ catch-up service to users of any ISP. The service, previously available only for Sky Broadband customers, allows viewers to watch a selection of films, sports events and TV shows after they’ve been aired via the Sky box’s broadband connection.…