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Major UK mobile networks agree new moves to protect against 'bill shock'

The UK government says it’s worked with telecoms companies to reduce the risk of consumers receiving unexpectedly high bills if their phone is stolen.

Culture Secretary Maria Miller has announced a new agreement with EE, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone to cap bills on a mobile phone that has been reported lost or stolen.

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Three UK adds the USA to its 'Feel At Home' cut-price roaming tariff

Three UK adds the USA to its 'Feel At Home' cut-price roaming tariff

Three UK has extended its ‘Feel At Home’ discounted roaming service to cover the USA, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Macau, enabling its customers to use their UK tariff allowances when making calls, sending text messages and connecting to the internet abroad.

It follows the launch of ‘Feel At Home’ in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy and Sweden three months ago.

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Telefonica is closing its Jajah VoIP service next month

Telefonica is closing its Voice-over-IP service Jajah from 31st January 2014.

It acquired the company in 2009.

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Sailfish smartphones, shopping, security, spectrum shortages and several supplementary stories

Podcast - 4th December 2013

It's been a week of diverse mobile headlines in which Jolla started selling its Sailfish smartphone, mobile shopping broke records and BlackBerry's CEO looked to the future.

We're also talking about smartphones for seniors, battery life, a looming spectrum shortage, phone theft and Sony's Smart Wig. Something for everyone, surely!

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BlackBerry CEO tells business customers "we are very much alive"

John Chen, BlackBerry’s Executive Chairman and interim CEO, has written an open letter to the company’s Enterprise customers.

He begins “We are very much alive, thank you” and adds “Our ‘for sale’ sign has been taken down and we are here to stay”.

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