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Apple iPhone stocks run dry

News However, the operator has replenished its stocks of the 16Gb devices, which ran out last week. Global supplies of Apple's iPhone are running dry, increasing speculation that a 3G version is imminent. Apple's UK and US online shops both say the 8Gb...

Tags: stock, carphone warehouse, o2, apple

[12 May 2008]

Virgin Media to ramp up capacity on core network

News Following the trial - the first of its kind in the UK, according to Nortel - Virgin is now looking to deploy the optimising kit - which would position it as the first UK operator to offer 40G wavelength services between UK locations, the companies...

Tags: fibre, nortel, bandwidth, broadband

[09 May 2008]

Carphone Warehouse plans broadband boost

News Another potential use for the cash - and a short-cut way to grow its broadband customer base - could be acquisition of another UK operator, such as Tiscali. Mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse is to sell 50 per cent of its retail business to...

Tags: talktalk, broadband, carphone warehouse

[09 May 2008]

Vodafone plugs iPhone gaps

News Mobile operator Vodafone has struck a deal with Apple to sell its iPhone smart phone in 10 markets around the world. Later this year, Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South...

Tags: italy, vodafone, iphone

[06 May 2008]

O2 hits 3G target at last

News On Friday, Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, said the operator had now rolled out 3G coverage to at least 80 per cent of the UK population, as it was obliged to do. O2 has finally met the 3G coverage obligation that was part of the licence...

Tags: 3g, o2, ofcom

[06 May 2008]

iPhone out of stock after £100 price cut

News The mobile operator, which won the race to sell Apple's iPhone in Blighty, said it does still have stock of both iPhones in some of its retail stores, though it added availability of the 8GB device is "limited".

Tags: carphone warehouse, o2, iphone

[02 May 2008]

O2 woos SMEs with broadband deal

News Mobile operator O2 UK has launched a business broadband service and extended the coverage of its home broadband offering to the whole of the UK from today. The operator admitted it was late to market with home broadband, compared to rivals such as...

Tags: broadband, smes, o2

[01 May 2008]

Facebook top of Vodafone's mobile web

News The top two searches on the operator's mobile internet service - which launched last summer - are social networking websites Facebook and Bebo. The operator announced it has tweaked its monthly price plans to include unlimited internet access...

Tags: mobile internet, social networking, vodafone, facebook

[01 May 2008]

Skype trialled on Java mobiles

News The client can make use of Skype's instant-messaging and presence features but these entail data charges from the mobile operator. Skype has released a test version of a client for Java-enabled mobile devices, a move which the company said is a...

Tags: java, mobile, skype

[30 Apr 2008]

Kids flocking to Blyk to bag free calls and texts

News Blyk - a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) which piggybacks on the Orange network and gives users 217 free texts and 43 free voice minutes per month in exchange for receiving no more than six targeted ad texts/picture messages per day - has...

Tags: mobile advertising, blyk, mvno

[25 Apr 2008]

Orange SME mobile tariffs get a new flavour

News The operator launched the Solo, Venture and Momentum tariffs in May last year. Orange has updated its small-business-oriented mobile tariffs. Solo is targeted at the self-employed, Venture is for businesses with between one and 10 employees and...

Tags: tariff, mobile, orange

[25 Apr 2008]

Cool tech gets down with the kids

News Businesses must understand all the different demographics that make up their customer base - whether they be digital natives or techno refuseniks, said Jones citing the example of mobile operator Nokia using "massively sophisticated social...

Tags: ipod, apple, virtual worlds

[23 Apr 2008]

O2 to launch mobile broadband offering

News O2 will launch its mobile broadband service on Friday, becoming the last major UK operator to do so. A study has suggested that the market for such devices will be worth £1.5bn by 2011, while the operator 3 - which provides the cheapest mobile...

Tags: dongle, mobile, broadband, o2

[17 Apr 2008]

O2 slashes £100 off iPhone price

News The price of Apple's UK iPhone has been slashed by mobile operator O2 - fuelling speculation a 3G version will be launched this summer. The 8GB iPhone can now be bought for £169 until 1 June 2008 - reduced from £269 - on O2's 18-month contract...

Tags: apple, o2, iphone

[15 Apr 2008]

Mobile big guns back LTE as next-gen network

News A few weeks later, Verizon Wireless, the number two wireless operator in the US, said it would use LTE for its 4G wireless network. AT&T, the largest mobile operator in the US, also has indicated it will use LTE.

Tags: lte, 4g, 3g, mobile

[15 Apr 2008]

Tesco Mobile users hungry for ads

News The mobile virtual network operator has been trialling a WAP advertising portal since May 2007, which Tesco said has displayed strong month-on-month growth, gaining 300,000 unique visitors in December.

Tags: mobile advertising, mvno, tesco mobile

[09 Apr 2008]

Virgin Trains passengers to chatter for longer

News The train operator has joined forced with Vodafone UK to boost mobile coverage within carriages so fewer calls are dropped. Travellers on Virgin Train could soon be chattering for longer. Repeater technology, which retransmits 2G and 3G, will be...

Tags: security, vodafone, business traveller, virgin

[07 Apr 2008]

'Super-3Gs' get connected via the Gobi

News The disparity between HSDPA - part of the HSPA family - and EV-DO networks has led to a situation where, despite data-roaming agreements between companies such as Vodafone (in the UK) and Verizon (in the US), a subscriber to either operator is...

Tags: hp, wireless, lenovo, dell

[07 Apr 2008]

Whitehall laptop ban hits driving agency performance

News The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (Vosa) saw its "enforcement performance" fall away by 20 per cent after the ban was introduced in January. The government ban on the movement of encrypted data triggered a performance slump at the UK's...

Tags: government, data loss, full disclosure

[04 Apr 2008]

Microsoft smartens up for enterprise mobility

News Scott said this will enable enterprises "to go to a mobile operator and get everything they need to get going on a business scenario for mobility". Microsoft has announced it is smartening up its enterprise mobility strategy, making it easier for...

Tags: microsoft, mobility, windows mobile

[02 Apr 2008]

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