ExclusiveEE connected more than 500,000 UK 4G customers in the past seven months News Mark - June 8, 2013 EE says it’s connected more than 500,000 customers to its UK 4G network since launch, which it describes as the fastest 4G customer take-up in Europe. The company is currently planning to add ‘pay as you go’ and shared price plans to its product portfolio within the next few weeks.
ExclusiveFrom the archive: some of our favourite mobile industry interviews from 2007, 2008 and 2009 Podcasts Mark - June 5, 2013 We're celebrating the seventh anniversary of The Fonecast this month with a handful of our favourite interviews from the early years. You'll hear Ben Whitaker from Masabi, Truphone co-founder James Tagg, former Olympic athlete Steve Backley OBE and online banking pioneer Steve Townend.
Exclusive6 things you need to know about mobile research, smartphone rumours and imaginary new products Opinion Mark - June 1, 2013 Mark Bridge writes: Where did it all go wrong? When did the mainstream mobile industry start to slide away from innovation and into repetitive nonsense? For a while I suspected the downloadable ringtone was to blame. Just days after hearing 'Barbie Girl' on the mobile phone of a man from Vodafone Value Added Services in the late 1990s, I'd downloaded a poptastic tune to my own Nokia 2110. Soon, the entire mobile world was focussed on 30-second instrumentals instead of technical innovation. It was the beginning of the end.
ExclusiveAmericans spend almost an hour every day on their smartphones News Mark - May 31, 2013 The latest Simmons Connect panel from Experian Marketing Services has shown that the average smartphone user in the USA spends 58 minutes on their device every day. Just over a quarter of this time (26%) is spent talking and another 20% sending text messages.
ExclusiveEE offers 4G service on 30-day SIM-only tariffs News Mark - May 31, 2013 EE has launched a range of 30-day SIM-only tariffs for its 4GEE service. The deals, which are available alongside the network’s existing 12-month SIM-only tariffs, are available in-store, via the EE online shop and from EE telesales.