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Archive for September, 2009

iPhone OS 3.1 – what’s new and improved

You can’t have failed to hear that Apple had a little get-together last night – unless, of course, you don’t use Twitter, don’t watch the news or have spent the past 14 hours or so with a tin foil hat on your head.
New iPods – and the second coming of Jesus first public appearance of [...]

Vodafone UK Launches Vodafone One Net To Save Small And Medium Sized Businesses 20% On Fixed And Mobile Communications Costs

From today, small and medium sized businesses can save up to 20% on their communications costs with Vodafone One Net, a service that combines fixed and mobile voice to deliver a simpler, more effective way to manage communications.
Vodafone One Net ensures that businesses are able to work effectively whether in the office or out and [...]

Zmail of China selects Momail mobile mail

Momail will supply Zmail with its award winning mobile email platform. Zmail is China’s largest local email hosting service provider, serving customers across greater China.
Beijing, China – September 9, 2009. Momail announces that it has signed a deal with Zmail of China. With Momails award winning mobile email platform Zmail can offer their email hosting [...]

The Orange/T-Mobile merger – what we know so far

It may have only been unveiled a matter of hours ago, but the PR teams at both T-Mobile and Orange have been busy assembling a veritable ream of information about the proposed merger of their two businesses. And some video too (at the end of this post).
First, some headline figures. As mentioned in the post [...]

T-Mobile and Orange to announce merger tomorrow?

Just in: Reuters is reporting T-Mobile UK and Orange are set to announce they are in exclusive talks to form a joint venture.
Whilst neither party will comment on the report, sources close to both companies said an official announcement could happen as early as tomorrow (Tuesday).
Reports over the weekend in the UK Sunday newspapers claimed [...]

Why are 3 UK blocking Wapedia? (updated)

I sometimes think I’m like ‘Jonny 5′, the robot out of the cult 80’s movie ‘Short Circuit‘. Need input.. information, information and more information. That’s why I like Wikipedia – once you’ve done with browsing the usual mobile-tailored news portals you can pass many a dull journey on public transport by typing in something random [...]

UK Government say mobile phones are safe for kids

New guidelines from the UK Government’s Department of Health say that it’s perfectly safe for young children to use mobile phones – and any heating of the head caused by radio waves is no more dangerous than ‘taking a hot bath’.
According to the Daily Mail, the change in advice is likely to lead to phone [...]

HSL Announce Managed Service for Zero-CAPEX Femtocell Deployments

HSL, the mobile network and provider of mobile infrastructure, are today announcing a service for mobile network operators to enable their subscribers to gain the benefits of the HSL 2.75G Femtocell without the need for operator CAPEX and with minimal OPEX.
Many mobile users in rural, suburban and urban locations experience problems using their mobile phone [...]