Tag archive for ‘o2’
The T-Mobile takeover rumour mill continues
There was an interesting article in The Observer over the weekend, featuring an interview with Matthew Key, Chief Executive of O2.
Is he worried about being left out of the bidding war for Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile UK business unit? Quite probably, but he plays it quite cool. “We are watching developments closely, but if you’re asking [...]
Research: 70% of small businesses use smart phones
Seven out of ten small businesss are now using converged mobile devices, such as iPhones and BlackBerry smartphones, according to research conducted by O2.
O2 announce UK iPhone prices and tariffs
O2 have announced they’ll be bringing the new iPhone S to the UK from 19th June – and they’ve announced the new prices.
O2 and Virgin customers are most satisfied – survey
O2 ranks highest in customer satisfaction with pre-pay mobile phone service, and Virgin Mobile ranks highest among pay-monthly mobile phone customers, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 UK Mobile Phone Customer Satisfaction Study(SM) released today.
Palm Pre heading to the UK with O2
O2 – the UK’s largest mobile operator – is about to announce an exclusive deal to distribute the Palm Pre in the UK, according to reports.
Reminder: Payforit seminar tonight in London
The ‘Where is Payforit Today?’ seminar is tonight (Thursday 21st May) in London – if you haven’t already signed up you’ve still got time to register.
Ofcom order UK operators to cut termination rates
It’s not unusual for government departments to quietly shuffle out press releases bearing bad news when something else major is going on – but in this case Ofcom decided to tell the world some good news, but everyone was more interested in the G20.
Anyway, Ofcom have decided that from Friday mobile termination rates – i.e. [...]
T-Mobile to block iPhone Skype
The Skype for iPhone controversy rolls on – following the news that due to a patent issue Canadians won’t be getting the app, news is coming in from Germany that T-Mobile will be using everything within their power to block users from running Skype – even if it doesn’t touch their network.
Speaking to German website [...]
Telefonica bring Yahoo! to 100m mobiles
Telefonica – parent company of UK mobile network O2 – yesterday announced a deal to bring Yahoo! oneSearch, Yahoo! Mail and photo sharing community Flickr to more than 100 million mobile customers in 15 countries.
Yahoo! oneSearch is specifically designed for mobile devices, delivering results directly in the first screen and thereby removing the need for [...]
O2 unlimited data? Oh dear..
Link: Consumer Data Bolt On – Tariffs – Mobiles & Tariffs – O2
SMS Text News reader Barry got in touch just now to highlight O2’s rather stupid ‘unlimited’ data offering. They’re trying to hard to match similar options from T-Mobile and Three, but manage to completely screw it up by throwing in loads of conditions [...]