Podcast - 9th April 2014
This week's podcast starts with news from Microsoft about an update to its Windows Phone platform and a cost-free OS offer to hardware manufacturers.
There's also a new flagship smartphone from Nokia, a roaming announcement from the European Parliament, a UK virtual mobile network from The Co-operative Group, a change at the top for Mozilla, retail expansion for Vodafone and an awkward end to BlackBerry's relationship with T-Mobile in the USA.
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The Geeksphone Revolution smartphone, which lets users choose between Mozilla´s Boot2Gecko platform or the Android operating system, is now on sale via Amazon in the UK, France, Germany and Spain.
It was originally launched in Spain two months ago.
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Qualcomm has announced its newest ‘Snapdragon 800’ mobile processors.
The Snapdragon 810 and 808 chips are designed for for flagship smartphones and have been described as the company’s highest performing platform to date.
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Informa plc says it’s going to merge its two telecoms research businesses into a single company by the end of May.
Ovum will be joining with Informa Telecoms & Media Research in a new company led by current Ovum MD Steve Hotham. The Informa Telecoms & Media brand will then be dropped.
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French media and telecoms company Vivendi has agreed to sell its SFR business.
The deal will see cable provider Altice and its Numericable subsidiary paying €13.5 billion (£11.2 billion) in cash and giving Vivendi a 20% stake in the resulting company.
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