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.
ExclusiveQualcomm legal action moves forward in the UK News Mark - May 21, 2022 Consumer protection organisation Which? has been given permission by the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal to represent Apple and Samsung smartphone buyers in a legal case against chip manufacturer Qualcomm.
ExclusivePodcast - 7th November 2011 Podcasts Mark - November 6, 2011 As Cortado reveals a new HTML5 client for accessing cloud-based files, Mark Bridge talks to Cortado CEO Carsten Mickeleit about wireless printing and accessing the 'cloud desktop' on mobile devices.
ExclusivePodcast - 2nd November 2011 Podcasts Mark - November 1, 2011 With Iain away this week, Mark and James discuss the week's mobile industry news - from Nokia's new Windows Phone handsets to Samsung's success and a multi-million pound investment in mobile money.
ExclusivePodcast - 28th October 2011 Podcasts Mark - October 27, 2011 Two years ago, we reported the launch of ipadio.com - a company that let you broadcast online simply by making a phone call. In this report we catch up with ipadio CEO Mark Smith and talk about the company's growth, its success and its plans.
ExclusivePodcast - 26th October 2011 Podcasts Mark - October 25, 2011 Much of this week's mobile industry news is about new smartphones and new operating systems - but we still find time to talk about patents, payments and plenty more.
ExclusivePodcast - 21st October 2011 Podcasts Mark - October 20, 2011 We talk to Howard Berg and Naomi Lurie of Gemalto about financial services on mobile phones, covering everything from security concerns to mobile banking and contactless payments.