In this week's podcast we discuss Apple's legal settlement with Nokia, 4G plans for the UK, Everything Everywhere's new shops, HP's new tablet and the rest of the UK's industry news headlines.
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Everything Everywhere, which was created last July when the Orange and T-Mobile UK operations were merged, is planning 30 new UK stores this year. All will be branded ‘Everything Everywhere’ and will offer Orange and T-Mobile products and services.
The company opened five own-brand shops earlier this year as a trial. It says footfall at these stores was up over 25% compared to other communications retail stores.
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Mobile News reports that network infrastructure firm Arqiva has won a High Court action against Everything Everywhere.
It says the Technology and Construction Court has ruled Everything Everywhere's attempt to combine the Orange and T-Mobile UK networks breaches contracts with Arqiva. Everything Everywhere is said to be appealing against the judgement.
Everything Everywhere and BT Wholesale are working together to test 4G Long Term Evolution mobile broadband as an alternative to fixed-line broadband in rural areas.
A field trial will start from September, involving up to 100 mobile and 100 fixed-line customers living around the St Newlyn East area of Newquay. This is expected to be the UK’s first customer trial of 4G LTE high-speed broadband.
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There are a lot of appeals going on at the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Vodafone and Everything Everywhere say Ofcom's cut their mobile termination rates by too much, while Three UK and BT say the rates haven't been cut enough.
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