ExclusiveConnecting London Car Telephones to TheFonecast.com Opinion The Fonecast - June 4, 2026 It was 1996 when I started working at the Cricklewood head office of Peoples Phone [writes Mark Bridge], initially in a sales support role before becoming part of the Marketing team. The company was an independent mobile phone retailer with a growing network of high-street shops and connected customers. In November 1996 the company and its customer base were acquired by Vodafone, which had already taken over the Talkland retail business and was soon to add Astec to its portfolio.
ExclusiveOfcom helps protect customers against unexpected roaming charges News Mark - November 3, 2024 New rules from UK telecoms regulator Ofcom will protect customers when they use their mobile phone on a foreign network. In addition, customers will be alerted if they are inadvertently roaming, perhaps because they're near an international border.
ExclusiveGlobal smartphone market is set for recovery, says new forecast News Mark - November 23, 2023 A new forecast from research specialists Canalys shows the smartphone market is set to recover next year. Worldwide shipments declined by 12% last year but that decline is expected to slow to 5% this year.
ExclusiveVodafone and Three plan to merge their UK businesses Networks and operators Mark - June 20, 2023 Vodafone Group plc and CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings Limited have agreed to combine their UK telecommunication businesses, respectively Vodafone UK and Three UK. The merger will create a large new network operator to compete with Virgin Media O2 and EE.
ExclusiveUK mobile payment service Paym to close in March 2023 News Mark - December 18, 2022 UK mobile payment service Paym will close on 7th March 2023. The service, which allowed users to make and receive payments using their mobile phone numbers, was launched in 2014.
ExclusivePodcast - 14th May 2012 Podcasts Mark - May 13, 2012 Carsten Mickeleit of Cortado AG talks to us about wireless printing from mobile devices, cloud-based storage and a new cloud desktop service that includes mobile device management.
ExclusivePodcast - 11th May 2012 Podcasts Mark - May 10, 2012 Text messaging remains a popular way for businesses to keep in touch with staff and customers - despite the appearance of newer, more sophisticated services. Geoff Love of Esendex explains the appeal of SMS messaging.
ExclusivePodcast - 9th May 2012 Podcasts Mark - May 8, 2012 We start this week with two big handset stories - BlackBerry 10 and the Samsung Galaxy S3 - before moving on to the rest of the news, including more mobile wallets, more free WiFi, more quarterly results and more legal action!
ExclusivePodcast - 2nd May 2012 Podcasts Mark - May 1, 2012 A number of familiar topics return to the headlines this week. Alongside mobile health concerns and mobile wallets, there's also news about 'white space' developments and a new leader in mobile phone manufacturing.
ExclusivePodcast - 25th April 2012 Podcasts Mark - April 24, 2012 This week's podcast starts with Nokia's billion-pound loss, although there's plenty of good news as well. We discuss it all - from UK ad-funded network Ovivo Mobile to Barclaycard's new spin on mobile payments.