Telecoms

  • 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.

  • Vodafone starts HTC Magic pre-ordering

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    Vodafone has opened pre-ordering of the HTC Magic – the second Google Android powered smartphone to be available to UK customers. The handset’s release follows T-Mobile’s success with the HTC-produced G1.

  • 15GB for £15 – 3's new mobile internet offering

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    3 has announced a 15GB for £15 mobile broadband package which it says will take the worry out of mobile surfing. The company says the allowance is the equivalent of 15,000 emails, 150 hours of web surfing, 10 half hour video downloads and 480 four minute music tracks.

  • New Android phone from Vodafone and HTC

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    Vodafone has announced it is to offer the HTC Dream, the second mobile powered by the Android operating system from Google, exclusively across Europe. The phone is described as a “tablet-style device” will be available in white in the UK, Spain and France, black in Germany and in both colours in Italy.

  • Orange to launch first Pay As You Go BlackBerry

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    Mobile operator Orange is to be the first UK provider to offer a Pay As You Go BlackBerry service. For £145, customers will be able to purchase a BlackBerry Pearl 8120 with access to the BlackBerry service costing £5 per month.

  • Sony announce new Walkman range

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    Personal audio pioneers Sony have announced the latest incarnations of their Walkman brand, including the X-series – a range of touchscreen MP3/video players. The new touchscreen devices include support for all popular music and video formats and Wi-fi connectivity for easy YouTube streaming, Podcast direct downloading and internet browsing.