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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

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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Roaming charge 'bill shock' isn't over yet

Mark Bridge writes:

In recent years we’ve seen many a newspaper headline about the high charges for mobile data when abroad. Horror stories that warned of bills exceeding £1000 per week.

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Orange T: what should the merged company do next?

James Rosewell writes:

The merger of T-Mobile and Orange on 1st April 2010 is one of the most significant events in the evolution of the UK mobile industry since the original creation of Orange and 1-2-1 in the 90s. From now on the UK will have 4 mobile networks, and one of those networks will have ~35% of the market. A 35% market share comes with a lot of potential. Not only can standards be influenced in a way previously unimaginable in the UK, but economies of scale can be translated into profits.

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Guy Kewney, 'the first computer journalist'

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One trade show too far!

Iain Graham writes:

This is a true story. It may not be a particularly relevant story - but it is a true story.

I think I have just realised that I have to be serious about my new career as a Grumpy Old Man (GOM) and come to terms with the fact that it is not new, just a natural progression from so many years as a Grumpy Young Man (GYM)!

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The mobile web and your personal information

James Rosewell writes:

The mobile techie community has known about mobile networks and indeed some handsets providing unique information about mobile devices and customers for a long time. Collin Mulliner, a graduate student at the Technische Universitat Berlin, has recently bought the issue to the attention of the public during a talk at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

The Nokia brand is returning to mobile phones and tablets

Android-powered devices being produced by a new Finnish company

Former mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has signed a deal that’ll see a new Finnish company producing Nokia-branded mobile phones and tablets.

The new company – HMD global – is being granted an exclusive branding and intellectual property licence to create Nokia-branded mobile phones and tablets for the next ten years. This will apply worldwide with the exception of Japan. Nokia will receive royalty payments for the sale of these products.

HMD is also working with Microsoft to acquire the rights to use the Nokia brand on feature phones; this deal is expected to be finalised later in 2016.

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Over $500 million (around £343 million) is expected to be invested by HMD over the next three years to support the global marketing of its Nokia-branded devices, which will run on the Android operating system.

In a separate announcement, FIH Mobile Limited - a subsidiary of the Foxconn Technology Group (which is also known as Hon Hai Precision Industries) – has agreed to acquire Microsoft’s remaining feature phone business assets, including manufacturing, sales and distribution. HMD and Nokia have signed an agreement that’ll see them working with FIH to build a global business for Nokia-branded mobile phones and tablets. Microsoft will gain $350 million from the deal, with around 4,500 employees expected to be transferred (or offered the opportunity to join) either FIH or HMD. The development of Windows 10 Mobile and Lumia smart phones will not be affected.

Once the Microsoft deal is concluded, HMD will be led by Arto Nummela: a former Nokia employee who’s currently the head of Microsoft's global Feature Phones business and is also head of Microsoft's Mobile Devices business for Greater Asia, Middle East and Africa. President of HMD will be Florian Seiche, currently Senior Vice President for Europe Sales and Marketing at Microsoft Mobile. Nokia Technologies will have a seat on the Board of Directors of HMD.

Ramzi Haidamus, president of Nokia Technologies, said “Today marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the Nokia brand in an industry where Nokia remains a truly iconic name. Instead of Nokia returning to manufacturing mobile phones itself, HMD plans to produce mobile phones and tablets that can leverage and grow the value of the Nokia brand in global markets. Working with HMD and FIH will let us participate in one of the largest consumer electronics markets in the world while staying true to our licensing business model.”

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