There’s an upbeat feel to this week’s edition of The Fonecast, thanks to mobile payments, free WiFi, child-safe text messages, PlayStation phones and Facebook Places.
In addition, we talk to Jonas Vig of Bambuser about his company’s mobile video services and its plans. He explains why he’s recently returned to the CEO role - and what the recent acquisition of Qik by Skype will mean.
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Everything Everywhere is launching a contactless mobile payment service later this year. It'll use the Orange brand and will operate in partnership with Barclaycard.
The two companies already offer a contactless NFC credit card.
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Orange is negotiating with online video site Dailymotion about acquiring a 49% stake for 58.8 million Euro. The French telecoms giant would then have the option to increase its capital to 100% from 2013.
Dailymotion, which is based in Paris, is the world’s largest online video site after YouTube.
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The 2012 European Football Championships – better known as UEFA Euro 2012 – will have Orange as an official sponsor.
In addition, Orange Poland will work with Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) to provide fixed and wireless telecommunications service in Poland for the event.
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In The Fonecast this week we’re talking about T-Mobile's data u-turn and some new services from O2, Orange and first direct.
There's also an interview with Dave Golding about the new Cellebrite Touch device, which is designed to help dealers, retailers and network operators when customers upgrade.
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