Alex Kinch

Although not officially unveiled until later today, we’ve got all the details of the new Skype mobile – launched in conjunction with mobile operator 3. Ewan will be at the press launch later, so expect pictures soon!
The 3 Skypephone is a fully-featured 3G Internet phone with Skype built-in. In addition to Skype [...]

In this post (Should GMTV executives be tried for fraud?) we asked how GMTV and Opera had managed to get away with ripping so many millions of pounds off viewers – and not be subject to a criminal investigation.
Apparently a few other people have been wondering that too. The BBC are reporting that the Serious [...]

Mobile network 3 have “called time on ‘one-size-fits-all’ call plans” today, with the announcement of their new customisable tariff concept.
According to the operator, Mix & Match has been designed to be completely flexible and to appeal to both value seekers and fans of the latest handset. For the first time ever, 1 minute is equivalent [...]

Just days after their ex-service provider Opera Telecom was slapped with a £250k fine by premium watchdog ICSTIS, the Government’s broadcast regulator Ofcom have handed out a £2m fine to GMTV for their part in the multi-million pound premium rate scam.

Link: blognation USA » Blog Archive » BN Exclusive: TruPhone to Launch VoIP Client on iPhone
Blognation are reporting they’ve witnessed the first ever VoIP phone calls made from an Apple iPhone, courtesy of mobile VoIP provider Truphone. It’s still early days – the demo apparently required a bit of phone hacking – but this could [...]

Link: ICSTIS Consumer – Adjudications
Remember the GMTV fiasco? The TV broadcasters telecoms provider Opera has just been fined £250k by regulator ICSTIS and been issued a ban for running premium services for 12 months (rather sadly suspended for 12 months on condition they ‘clean up their act’) for their part in the scandal
Having had a [...]

Ewan is at the launch of ad-funded mobile network Blyk as we speak – and they’ve just announced they’re going live today!
Here’s what we know so far. First, you have to be aged between 16 and 24 and live in the UK. They’re offering 217 texts and 43 cross-network minutes free each month. Once you [...]

There’s been so much news flying around about the iPhone I figured it was time to write a brief ‘frequently asked questions’ about yesterday’s UK launch. So here we go..

ROK Entertainment Group, the specialist mobile technology and applications developer, today announced ROK Talk, its new and wholly unique mobile conference-calling application, with an invitation for 500 people worldwide to join a BETA trial.
ROK Talk enables simple and affordable group calling, all managed directly from the user’s mobile phone. In just a few seconds, subscribers [...]

(and some we didn’t)
So the Apple announcement has been and gone – and we now know exactly what the plans are for launching the iPhone in the UK.
Surprisingly enough, pretty much everything that was said we’ve already covered – most recently in the predictions by ‘Mystic’ Ben Smith yesterday. Just in case you didn’t read [...]