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From the UK's newest smartphone manufacturer to the world's largest 4G tariff... and much more

Podcast - 13th November 2013

The past few days have been a good time for launches. Twitter has floated on the stock exchange, Kazam has revealed its smartphone range and EE has created a tariff with a million gigabytes of mobile data.

On the other side of the coin, Acer's CEO is quitting, Vodafone UK has missed its 3G coverage target and hackers can take control of your handset's camera to ascertain PIN codes.

Discover all these mobile industry news stories - and many more - in our regular weekly podcast presented by Iain Graham, James Rosewell and Mark Bridge. You can hear the programme on our website audio player or by downloading the mp3 file. Alternatively, all our shows can be received automatically by subscribing free via iTunes or by using our RSS feed.

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