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Ofcom helps protect customers against unexpected roaming charges

Ofcom helps protect customers against unexpected roaming charges

UK service providers must notify customers when they connect to a different network

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.
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Global smartphone market is set for recovery, says new forecast

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.
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Vodafone and Three plan to merge their UK businesses

Vodafone and Three plan to merge their UK businesses

New Hutchison/Vodafone network would be biggest UK operator

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UK mobile payment service Paym to close in March 2023

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.
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Qualcomm legal action moves forward in the UK

Qualcomm legal action moves forward in the UK

Which? seeks payout for Samsung and Apple smartphone owners

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.
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Apps World: Screach, Sony Ericsson and the Wholesale Applications Community

This week’s edition of The Fonecast includes a report from Apps World, which took place in London on 30th November and 1st December. As the name suggests, the event was all about mobile applications, their development, the technology that’s used and the ways that apps are marketed. A total of almost 2,500 people attended.

James Rosewell went along to report for The Fonecast and was surprised at the apparently low-key presence of the Wholesale Applications Community. “They were tucked away round the back of the show and not really talking about what should be the biggest change in mobile applications that’s going to happen in the next 12 months. I got the feeling the Wholesale Applications Community are just playing their cards a little bit too close to their chests. Maybe their members, sponsors and backers are a little bit nervous about saying too much too soon. But if they’re going to seriously compete with Apple, they need to be creating a buzz.”

The feature also includes a couple of short interviews. First, James speaks to Sam Morton, one of the founders of ScreenReach Interactive, about the Screach platform created by his company.

And there’s also a chat with Karl Dahlström, who was one of the speakers at Apps World. He’s a Developer Program Architect at Sony Ericsson – and James couldn’t resist asking him about the rumoured ‘PlayStation Phone’.

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