UK telecoms service Truphone, which runs a mobile Voice-over-IP service and a mobile virtual network operation, has announced its intention to create a new service that combines the benefits of GSM with internet calling.
Truphone+ will enable customers without GSM coverage to make and receive calls on their ‘mobile number’ via a WiFi connection.
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Podcast - 8th February 2013
One of the biggest companies meeting the UK's demand for public WiFi is The Cloud, which has spent the last few years putting its network into thousands of venues.
In this programme we interview Vince Russell, managing director of The Cloud, to discover what the company's doing... and to see whether mobile operators should be worried.
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New figures from IT business Cisco forecast a 13-fold increase in mobile internet data between now and 2017.
It’s expecting worldwide mobile data traffic to reach 11.2 exabytes per month - an annual total of 134EB - by 2017. That’s 134 times more than all the fixed and mobile internet traffic generated in 2000.
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Podcast - 16th January 2013
We start this week with a look at troubled UK retailer HMV before moving on to research that sheds new light on mobile data usage.
You'll also find a new mapping app, increasing free WiFi coverage, a phone service designed for children and preliminary quarterly results from Samsung and Nokia.
Harder, better, faster, stronger...
Mark Bridge writes:
Oh, how the mobile industry loves a superlative. Much like the work ethic celebrated by Daft Punk (or Kanye West, if you prefer), it’s always looking for a new angle.
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