In this week's edition of The Fonecast we're chatting to David Emm, senior security researcher at Kaspersky Lab UK, about the security threats facing mobile phone users.
We also discuss the latest report from mobile tariff comparison site Billmonitor, we talk about Tuesday's Symbian news, we look at a new unlimited internet deal and we discover a clutch of MVNOs.
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Mark Bridge writes:
We head into the weekend with the News of the World admitting voicemail hacking was more widespread than previously thought. Mobile networks had already made it much harder to access voicemail remotely… and now the NotW is saying sorry and preparing to pay compensation.
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Everything Everywhere says another three new mobile virtual network operators will be launching on its network in the next month, bringing its total number of MVNOs to 21.
All three of the new virtual networks are connecting through mobile virtual network aggregator Transatel, which started working with Orange UK in October 2009.
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There won't be mobile phone coverage on the London Underground in time for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It's reported that the issue of funding has caused talks to collapse.
However, plans to roll out WiFi to over 100 tube stations are going ahead.
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Ofcom has announced a reduction in mobile termination rates that'll be effective from next month. Mobile termination rates are the wholesale charges paid by mobile operators when connecting calls to their rivals.
The last time it set MTRs was 2007, when it agreed a series of charges that dropped annually until 2011.
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