20

Feb

2013

Results from EE, new phones from LG and HTC... and free WiFi from Barclays

Podcast - 20th February 2013

Author: The Fonecast

We start this week's podcast with financial results from EE - along with new phones from LG and HTC.

There's also a merger between mobile browser companies, mobile security from Vodafone, free WiFi from Barclays bank, a preview of Ubuntu for smartphones... and much more.

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18

Feb

2013

Last week at The Fonecast: 18th February 2013

There's only one MWC...

Author: The Fonecast

Mark Bridge writes:

As the final days before this year’s Mobile World Congress approach, we discover there are two types of scheduled news announcements from the wireless telecoms industry.

There are the announcements delayed until MWC begins because the company wants to be part of the buzz at Barcelona. And there are the announcements made in the fortnight beforehand because they don’t want their story to get lost.

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15

Feb

2013

Mobile browser companies merge as Opera acquires Skyfire

Author: The Fonecast

Opera Software, best known for its PC and mobile web browsers, has acquired California-based rival Skyfire Labs.

Skyfire offers consumers a mobile browser that can handle Flash Video and a variety of other video formats. In addition, its ‘Rocket Optimizer’ software can be used by mobile operators to reduce the size of video and other multimedia material when mobile bandwidth is under demand.

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14

Dec

2012

UK mobile internet users are looking for news, sport and official help

Author: The Fonecast

Web browser company Opera has been looking at European web site usage in its latest State of the Mobile Web report.

Ignoring international online services such as Facebook and Google, Opera has produced top ten lists of local websites for each country.

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9

Nov

2012

Opera Software helps mobile operators offer 'per hour' mobile web browsing

Author: The Fonecast

Opera Software has introduced a new ‘one click’ service that enables mobile operators to offer their customers access to the web as a value-added option.

It’s called Opera Web Pass and allows operators to package mobile internet use in time or site-specific bundles.

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