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Ofcom says mobile contracts should ditch inflation-related price rises

Ofcom says mobile contracts should ditch inflation-related price rises

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom wants to ban inflation-related rises in phone and broadband contracts. Instead, it says any potential mid-contract price rises should be set out in pounds and pence.
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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

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.
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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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Monday, March 19, 2012

Privacy in Mobile Apps: MEF roundtable in Barcelona

During Mobile World Congress 2012, TheFonecast.com was invited to record a roundtable on Privacy in Mobile Applications. This event was hosted by MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, and was supported by SNR Denton.

Our recording is now online at TheFonecast.com and on the MEF blog.

The informal discussion brought together MEF members and invited guests, with speakers including:

Todd Daubert and Nick Graham of SNR Denton

Mike Butcher, European editor at TechCrunch

Ilja Laurs, CEO of GetJar

Andrew Bud, global chair of MEF

Gary Schwartz, North America chair of MEF

Andreas Constantinou, managing director at Vision Mobile

Illico Elia, head of mobile at LBi

Carl Uminski, COO of SOMO

Michelle Sklar, vice president of Industry Relations at Poynt.

You can listen to the roundtable discussion on our website, by downloading the MP3 file or by finding the podcast on iTunes.

It’s easy to automatically download all of our regular mobile industry podcasts. Simply subscribe to our RSS feed or find ‘The Fonecast’ on iTunes.
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