Category: Networks / Carriers
We can reveal today that Vodafone are to range the Nexus S in selected markets around the world including an exclusive white version of the device A Vodafone spokesperson confirmed to me that, “Vodafone have agreed to range the Nexus S including a white version. We don’t have …
Over on the VodafoneHelpCentre YouTube site there is a new video of a member of the team, Andy, getting hands on time with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc. Vodafone announced they will be stocking the Arc and have listed it on their Coming Soon section of the UK …
T-Mobile have updated their range of phones on PAYG and now include the LG Optimus One for £179.99 plus a £10 topup. This comes with 6 months free internet use and every month you topup £10 you get 100 free minutes to call any network The Optimus One …
T-Mobile UK (part of the new Everything Everywhere brand) has announcd they will be stocking the LG Optimus Black in March this year on pay monthly. No news on what deals this will be available on but as soon as we know you will know too. The Optimus …
Vodafone are the latest network to announce they will stock the Sony Ericsson Arc handset on their network just minutes after we reported that the network Three had also decided to take this device. No details yet on a launch date but it looks and sounds like April …
Three have announced on their blog that they will be selling the new SonyEricsson Arc soon. No exact details on the the timing yet, but the handset is due out in April, so sounds like Three will have it from launch. It will be available on Three’s fabulous …
Everything Everywhere, the joint Orange and T-Mobile venture, are today announcing the UK’s first ever commercial “contactless” mobile payments service. It’s rolling out in the second quarter of 2011 and will be available in over 40,000 stores. In partnership with Barclaycard it’ll mean that you can pay for …
..and within minutes of Samsung announcing their new handsets there’s confirmation from Three that they’ll be carrying the Samsung Galaxy Ace handset… “Galaxy Ace is the follower of the very popular Galaxy Portal. It’s an Android phone and it’ll launch on version 2.2.1(FroYo +) of the operating system. …
O2 are launching free Wifi hotspots today – completely free, public wireless access. Despite our relentless questioning and in-built pessamism, o2 tell us that all their new Wifi hotspots are genuinely free and open to everyone, no matter which mobile or broadband provider you are with. You don’t …
For my day job, I work for a UK network, and over the last few months have been on the receiving end of customers frustrations over data limits, but is it really that big a deal? We introduced our data caps when the iPhone 4 launched, although the …
O2 in the UK have announced they are to double the investment in their 3G network to £2m a day as it starts to plan the rollout of 900mhz 3G services to help deal with the strain on existing 3G networks which use 2100mhz which is why most …
Three’s coming soon section has recently been updated. Two tablets will be available from them in February. The Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Linx Commtiva N700. Both are Android 2.2 devices. No pricing is available for either yet, but you can register for updates. Three already offer the …
The Playstation phone, which we’ve seen quite a bit of during these last few weeks, could be arriving soon on Everything Everywhere – the joint venture between Orange and T-Mobile. Mobile Today are reporting that Sony Ericsson will supply the “Xperia Play” and it will be give the …
T-mobile have recently put this notice up on their website… Changes to Mobile Internet fair use policies T-Mobile Statement: “On Monday 10 January 2011 we announced that, in line with the rest of the industry, T-Mobile would be reducing its Fair Use Policy for data usage to 500MB …
A lot of you will remember the recent data cap announced by T-Mobile. It’s prompted a pretty substantial backlash from customers with images like this landing in our inbox. T-Mobile state that this is all part of the joint Everything Everywhere venture with Orange and “brings into line” …
This is straight from the T-Mobile help and support section. Changes to Mobile Internet fair use policies T-Mobile is the only operator to give customers the Mobile Internet for a fixed-price. We never charge our customer’s more than they expect for their Mobile Internet in the UK. Therefore …
Mobile networks can now start using their 2G spectrum for 3G mobile broadband after approval by regulator Ofcom. It effectively allows o2 and Vodafone to change the use their 900Mhz spectrum for 3G services and Everything Everywhere can use their 1800Mhz frequency for 3G. These changes should help …
Three have tweeted that they are working on a My3 application for Android and iPad customers early 2011. The tweet states: We will be working on the Android and iPad My3 apps early next year. No confirmed dates at the mo. Will keep everyone posted. This is to …
UK mobile network Virgin Media have revealed their new handset range. It includes their first ever Windows Phone 7 device – the Samsung Omnia 7. It’ll be available next month on a £35 plan with unlimited texts, 1000 minutes and 1GB of mobile web per month. The Omnia …
UK network Three have updated their amazing price package called 'The One Plan' today and this has to be the ultimate deal for heavy users and those of us who love to use data and not want to worry about fair use policies. The word 'Unlimited' has bee...
Three have anounced their Samsung Galaxy S FroYo update. They've apologised for issues earlier in the week and state that the new Android 2.2 update can now be downloaded via the Samung "Kies" application. The update also includes the ability to se...
A few weeks back we spotted that the HTC Desire Z had appeared on the Orange website. We were told shortly after that the phone wasn't actually coming to Orange and it was merely a support page for those using the handset on the Orange network. Top ...
The annual International Communications Market report from Ofcom is out today. It reveals that, amongst the countries surveyed, the UK has seen the highest rise in smartphone ownership since 2009 with a 70% jump. Over a quarter of people in the UK (26...
Customers on Vodafone UK who are on £40 or over price plans will get an added bonus now of getting 25MB a day free data roaming in certain EU countries as from 1st December. Before now on these plans Vodafone gave you 5MB so this extra dat...
A short announcement from Three has confirmed that they will also be offering "purchase options" for iPad users. They state that these will include.. “..more affordable prices when purchased with a data service plan, for iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G m...
It looks like network Three is so confident in it's own 3G network now that it has hit 97% they are starting to switch off roaming onto the 2G network supplied by Orange. There is no confirmation if this has anything to do with the Everything Ev...
If you are a mobile phone user looking for a Business contract and the new Omnia 7 has got you interested then check out this amazing deal on offer with T-Mobile. If you sign up to 24 months at £35 a month on a 'Business Unlimited' plan you …
If you've requested it then you may start seeing network names like this showing up on your phone. From what we can see it seems that you get "Orange T-Mobile" when you cross over from Orange to T-Mobile and "T-Mobile Orange" when you're a T-Mobile cu...
So today, according to the Everything Everywhere announcement Orange and T-Mobile customers should be able to browse across both networks after registering on the links below. It's currently "voice only" but you'll get data roaming soon too. “Fr...
On Wednesday we covered the HTC Event. Although WiFi was available, the weight of several hundred journalists pretty much killed it. Luckily I had a laptop with a Three Pay As You Go SIM card in. However, Three have now boosted their Top-ups now inclu...
Don't ask me why, but today I've stumbled across a few historical items about mobile networks and their development here in the UK. There were a number of successes and failures along the way, with this BBC news item looking at Mercury Communications....
Three have just announced that they too will be carrying the Galaxy Tab. The Android Tablet will be hitting the 3G network soon, with 1GB of data available for £7.50 or 5GB for £15. There's also three voice packages to choose from, including SIM...
The Orange and T-Mobile networks will merge on October 5th but, due to the amount of handsets, you'll at first have to sign-up to be part of the new shared network. This, we presume, is because some phones may have been heavily tested for T-Mobile but...
Orange have just enabled their new crystal-clear HD Voice service. It's the first network to do it and available at no extra cost to their customers. The system, which reduces background noise and adds a clearer voice quality, is only available on cer...
T-Mobile have just added an update for T-Mobile Pulse owners. It's .. not good news unfortunately and they're stating that some customers have experienced problems with the Android 2.1 update. They've pulled the update and expect to have a fixed versi...
Orange have responded to the data network issues we reported on yesterday. PR Manager, Conor Maples, has apologised to everyone affected by the outage and stated that..&ldquoFurther to some data access problems witnessed on our network yesterday, we c...
A quick note for anyone using Orange today. There seems to be a problem with the data network. Orange say that they're working on it and currently I've got no data access at all. Chris Merriman has emailed in to say.. “It's been playing up since...
Today Ofcom revealed that 45% of our waking hours are spent watching TV, using our mobile phone or other communications devices. Peter Phillips, Ofcom Partner, Strategy & Market Developments, stated.. “Increasingly, mobile devices – especially...
I did a speed test with the speedtest.net Android application last night. I tend to take results like this with a pinch of salt, but it seems that - even on full-blown HSDPA, I was roughly getting 512Kbps up and 512Kbps down. This compared to my 12Mbp...
Gah - can open, worms everywhere. The complaints about the new Vodafone HTC Desire update seem to have exploded all over the Vodafone forums with the moderators hurriedly editing posts from customers and stating that ... “We customise phone so...
