Internet radio service we7, which counted tech-savvy musician Peter Gabriel as one of its founder investors, has launched a free mobile radio app that lets users create their own personal radio stations. However, unlike competing services, these channels can work with or without an internet connection.
we7 Radio uses buffering and caching to take advantage of WiFi or mobile data connections when they're available, storing music tracks to play them when on the move.
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Last year Three UK launched an 'all you can eat' unlimited data plan for customers with a pay-monthly contract.
From today it's offering a similar deal on a pay as you go tariff
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The world's mobile operator community generated $965 billion in annualised service revenues last year, according to the latest research from Informa Telecoms & Media.
This annualised figure is expected to rise and exceed $1 trillion during 2011, before growing to $1.14 trillion by the end of 2015.
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UK customers can now buy an international data roaming tariff that offers a single rate in more than 50 countries worldwide. The deal, called abroadband, has been set up by the Telekom Austria Group but can be purchased in 27 countries and used in 53 countries.
Data is charged at 59 Euro cents per MB (about 50p/MB), with connection options including a conventional SIM, micro SIM or USB dongle.
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There’s new competition over mobile train tickets with news that UK rail ticket website Raileasy.co.uk has launched an application in partnership with mBlox and Concept Data Technologies.
It follows last year’s mobile app from thetrainline.com and Masabi.
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