Telecoms

  • Innovation, not regulated prices, is the answer for Sky's competitors

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    We’d all raise an eyebrow if Lada suddenly demanded Porsche supply it with 911’s at a price Lada’s customers could afford, but when it comes to Sky it’s suddenly Ok to sit on the sidelines, allow someone to build the end product and then demand access to it at a price which suits your chosen…

  • Enough of the iPhone and Blackberry clones

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    A few months back I lamented the proliferation of iPhone look-a-likes including the Storm 2. Since then I’ve been equally dismayed at the number of Blackberry clones on general sale, especially on pay as you go deals.

  • BBC iPlayer comes to freesat

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    From December 7th a beta version of BBCiPlayer will launch on the freesat platform. This test version is believed to be available to journalists and industry insiders with the full version made available to all before Christmas. This will be the first time that BBCiPlayer will be made available via a free to air broadcaster…

  • UK's first pre-pay Android handset goes on sale

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    T-Mobile’s pre-pay ‘Pulse’ handset – the UK’s first pre-pay Android mobile – goes on sale in T-Mobile stores across the UK today .

  • Review: BT Vision – TV down your (BT) broadband

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    If you’re not already familiar with BT’s TV offering it’s an on demand service which uses broadband to deliver content to a set top box which also includes a Freeview recorder (PVR). To use the service you need to have BT broadband capable of at least 2MB speeds.

  • Vodafone secures iPhone for UK and Ireland

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    Just a day after Apple tore up their exclusive contract with O2 for the sale of their iPhone, the US giant has announced a deal with Vodafone. News that Vodafone is to stock the handset from “early 2010” follows yesterday’s announcement that Orange is set to sell both the 3G and 3GS models despite widespread…