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 - 9th September 2011 Podcasts Mark - September 8, 2011 Hans Eriksson, Executive Chairman of mobile video streaming service Bambuser, is in London for a 24-hour non-stop mobile video broadcast. Mark Bridge talks to him as he prepares to test his company's technology - and test the power of social networking, too.
ExclusivePodcast - 7th September 2011 Podcasts Mark - September 6, 2011 This week's podcast includes news of several new products announced at IFA 2011. In addition, we hear about reorganisations planned by Everything Everywhere, Yahoo! and Telefonica.
ExclusivePodcast - 2nd September 2011 Podcasts Mark - September 1, 2011 Neal Fullman, CEO of Get Taxi, talks about the company's ambitious plans to transform the way we hail a cab – and explains why there's much more to Get Taxi than its innovative mobile app.
ExclusivePodcast - 31st August 2011 Podcasts Mark - August 30, 2011 It's almost the end of the 'silly season' for news - but this week's podcast finds plenty of serious stories as well, starting with the departure of Steve Jobs as Apple CEO.
ExclusivePodcast - 26th August 2011 Podcasts Mark - August 25, 2011 In this short feature, Mark Bridge takes a personal look at the cost - and the convenience - of using a mobile phone for calls, text messages and data in France.