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Mar

2013

One in five European cars will be mobile app enabled by 2017

Author: The Fonecast

A fifth of all consumer vehicles in North America and Western Europe - around 90 million cars - are expected to have app-capable multimedia systems by 2017, according to a new report from Juniper Research.

This growth is expected to be driven by increased smartphone penetration and improvements to in-car entertainment units.

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15

Mar

2013

Ofcom explains its next steps to reduce the risk of ‘bill shock’

Author: The Fonecast

Last March, UK telecoms regulator Ofcom published the findings of its review into ‘bill shock’ caused by unexpectedly high fixed-line and mobile phone bills.

It found that mobile phone customers with ‘pay monthly’ contracts were most likely to suffer an unexpectedly high bill, with the worst cases caused when customers used their phones outside Europe.

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14

Mar

2013

Samsung leads after a record year for the European Patent Office

Author: The Fonecast

The European Patent Office says 2012 was a record year, with more patent filings and grants than ever before.

Last year, the EPO received 257,744 patent filings from around the world: a 5.2% increase from the previous year.

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11

Mar

2013

Last week at The Fonecast: 11th March 2013

Thrills for Tesco customers, chills for Android users

Author: The Fonecast

Mark Bridge writes:

As Mobile World Congress 2013 disappears behind us, so the frenzy of news releases about new products and services returns to relatively normal levels.

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10

Mar

2013

European Commission closes investigation into major mobile network operators

Author: The Fonecast

Last year the European Commission requested information from Deutsche Telecom, France Télécom, Telefónica, Vodafone and Telecom Italia as well as from the GSMA.

It was concerned that standards for future mobile communications services shouldn’t be used by mobile operators as part of a strategy to close other companies down.

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