T-Mobile USA - the nation’s fourth-largest mobile network operator - has dropped annual contracts and is instead moving to a single ‘unlimited’ monthly tariff.
The news came as the company also launched its 4G LTE service in the United States.
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Flipboard, which originally launched as a mobile application that let users turn their social media feeds and favourite websites into a personal digital magazine, is now helping people share those magazines.
The updated iPad and iPhone app enables readers to save news stories, videos and photos in a personal magazine that can then be shared with other people.
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Annual results from Hutchison Whampoa have revealed that customer numbers at Three UK have exceeded 9 million.
That’s an 11% increase - 900,000 new customers - since the end of 2011.
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Podcast - 27th March 2013
Today's edition of The Fonecast takes a look at the top mobile-related news stories from the past week, including the new Google Keep app, Apple's mapping acquisition and Facebook's VoIP service.
We also cover the BlackBerry World application store, a new UK 4G survey from eBay, in-car connectivity and the recent Yahoo! purchase of Summly.
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IT business Oracle has agreed to acquire Tekelec, a US-based business that specialises in helping communications networks manage their data. Tekelec’s technology is currently used by more than 300 service providers in over 100 countries.
Oracle says it plans to combine Tekelec’s services with those from Acme Packet, another recent acquisition.
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