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ExclusiveThis week at The Fonecast: 3rd April 2011

Mark Bridge writes:

Welcome to this week's news summary from TheFonecast.com.

In Wednesday's podcast Iain joked that we ought to have a regular Olympics news story because everyone else was talking about the event constantly. Well, following the headlines about introducing WiFi to tube stations in time for London 2012 comes another Olympic news story.

ExclusiveThis week at The Fonecast: 26th March 2011

Mark Bridge writes:

There was big news from the United States this week as Deutsche Telekom decided to sell T-Mobile USA to AT&T. Was it a shotgun wedding or is this a carefully calculated deal designed to benefit consumers?  Time will tell – assuming, of course, the merger gets approved by the US regulator.

ExclusiveBT increases fixed-line charges as Mobile Termination Rates fall

Mark Bridge writes:

The Terminate The Rate campaign has pretty much run its course. Its aim was to get Mobile Termination Rates reduced. These are the wholesale charges paid when a mobile or fixed-line network connects a call from one of its customers to a rival. Lower MTRs would mean better deals on call charges, the campaign argued.

ExclusiveLondon Olympics mobile phone ban is nothing to be exercised about

Mark Bridge writes:

"It's political correctness gone mad, innit?"  The terms and conditions for booking tickets to the London 2012 Olympic Games include a warning that certain items are banned. Food, flasks of drink, umbrellas, musical instruments and mobile phones are all on the prohibited list.

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This week's edition of The Fonecast takes a look at the new Google Nexus 7 tablet, wonders what's next for RIM and awaits the arrival of the forthcoming Firefox mobile platform.

There's also talk about HTC's partnership with Pioneer, Vodafone's European reorganisation, the new BT WiFi brand, Ofcom complaints, tariff problems and international roaming.

You can listen to the programme on our website audio player, via iTunes, by using our RSS feed or by downloading the mp3 and OGG audio files directly. Alternatively, install the Android, iOS or webOS Stitcher Radio app and stream the podcast straight to your mobile phone.

01:15 Research In Motion warns of job cuts and BlackBerry delays
05:30 Google announces a new tablet and an update for Android
12:45 Firefox mobile OS will be on Alcatel and ZTE phones
16:30 HTC connects its phones with home entertainment
18:45 Sponsor's message: 51Degrees.mobi
20:15 Vodafone reorganises its businesses in Europe
22:45 BT creates a single WiFi hotspot brand
24:15 Takeover for one of the UK's biggest WiFi hotspot providers
25:30 Three-quarters of UK mobile consumers are on the wrong tariff
29:45 Ofcom publishes UK telecoms complaints data
31:45 New European roaming charges are applied

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