Telecoms

  • 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…

  • Tie-up of the fruits – Orange announces iPhone deal

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    UK mobile operator Orange has confirmed it’s to sell Apple’s iPhone 3G and 3Gs models later this year.

  • October 16th UK release for Palm Pre

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    O2 has confirmed the Palm Pre, which has had mixed reviews in the US, will be go on sale on 16 October. The network, which has the handset on an exclusive basis, will offer the phone for free on an 18 month tariff of £44.05 per month. On lower tariffs the handset will cost £96.89.…

  • T-Mobile and Orange to create joint venture

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    The owners of UK mobile operators T-Mobile and Orange have announced they’re in exclusive negotiations to combine the two operations in a new 50:50 joint venture. The resulting entity will have around 37% of the UK market with more than 28 million customers.

  • HTC Touch2 coming October 2009

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    HTC yesterday unveiled their newest Windows phone, the Touch2 which includes Windows Mobile 6.5® and new services like Microsoft My Phone and Windows Marketplace for Mobile. The touch-based handset includes a variety of HTC enhancements including TouchFLO, an enhanced user interface that includes integrated weather updates and quick touch access to a variety of the…

  • Virgin Trains to offer Wi-Fi access

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    Virgin’s West Coast Main Line Pendolino trains are to offer high speed wireless internet access after the company reached a deal with T-Mobile to deploy their Wi-Fi HotSpot service.