For the first time, more than 50% of handsets shipped worldwide in the next 12 months will be 3G or 4G mobile phones.
That’s the prediction in a new report from ABI Research.
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With less than two weeks until Christmas, the mobile phone industry still keeps delivering major news stories.
As usual, you can listen to this week’s edition of The Fonecast on our website’s audio player, via iTunes, by subscribing to our RSS feed or by downloading the MP3.
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Iain, James and Mark discuss the week's mobile industry headlines... starting with HP and webOS, then mentioning Samsung, Panasonic, Ofcom, Jawbone, Everything Everywhere, RIM and Google, before ending with a new retail scheme from O2.
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Three UK has signed an agreement with Macheen Inc, a US-based company that simplifies the process when device manufacturers want to include 3G connectivity ‘out of the box’.
Manufacturing partners haven’t been announced but could include producers of laptops, tablets, sat-nav devices and portable gaming consoles.
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Everything Everywhere, which runs Orange and T-Mobile in the UK, says it’s accelerating the integration of its two mobile networks and will upgrade its network technology.
These plans, which will see over £1.5 billion spent during the next three years, also involve preparations for the rollout of 4G mobile technology.
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