0800 calls will be free from all mobiles
Last April, UK telecoms regulator Ofcom suggested some changes to the way non-geographic numbers are regulated.
It wanted calls to numbers that began 080 and 116 to be free from all fixed-line and mobile phones; currently some mobile operators charge for calls that are ‘free’ from fixed lines. In addition, it proposed a new tariff structure for other non-geographic calls.
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Podcast - 3rd April 2013
In this week's podcast news report we're talking about quarterly results from BlackBerry and Three UK, we're discussing the latest network complaints data from Ofcom and we're contemplating the arrival of a new Facebook phone.
There's also time to discuss EE's UK 4G rollout, a dramatic move from T-Mobile USA and a train ticket app from O2.
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Categories: Handsets and manufacturers, Networks and operators, Operating systems, Applications, Podcasts
Tags: podcast, ofcom, o2, uk, ee, 4g, blackberry, facebook, t-mobile, usa, tariff, three, data, ticketing
Ofcom has published its eighth quarterly report that show the level of complaints for telephone, broadband and pay TV services, covering the three months until the end of 2012.
The proportion of complaints about fixed-line phone, broadband, ‘pay as you go’ mobile phone and pay TV services decreased, although there was a slight increase in the proportion of ‘pay monthly’ mobile phone complaints.
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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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Podcast - 6th March 2013
We're back from Mobile World Congress 2013 with the latest news for the UK mobile phone industry.
Today's conversation covers new handsets, forthcoming operating systems, apps, mobile payments, VoIP, 4G and Facebook's two-tier internet.
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Tags: podcast, mobile world congress, 4g, uk, ofcom, gsma, firefox, o2, voip, applications, facebook, payments, lg, webos
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