Podcast - 4th July 2012
This week's edition of The Fonecast takes a look at the new Google Nexus 7 tablet, wonders what's next for RIM and awaits the arrival of the forthcoming Firefox mobile platform.
There's also talk about HTC's partnership with Pioneer, Vodafone's European reorganisation, the new BT WiFi brand, Ofcom complaints, tariff problems and international roaming.
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Mozilla, the non-profit organisation behind the Firefox web browser, has said it’ll use the ‘Firefox’ brand for its forthcoming HTML5-based mobile operating system. A number of major mobile network operators have already expressed their support for the project.
TCL Communication Technology (which uses the Alcatel One Touch brand) and ZTE plan to produce the first Firefox OS devices.
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The Alcatel One Touch brand, owned by TCL Communication, has signed a three-year partnership with Amaury Sport Organisation for the Tour de France and a number of other major cycling events.
It makes Alcatel one of the official partners for the cycling competition in 2011, 2012 and the 100th Tour de France in 2013.
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This week’s edition of The Fonecast includes an interview with Leslie Ferry, Vice President of Marketing at BroadSoft, about the company’s plans and its move into mobile.
And, as usual, the podcast team takes its regular look at the biggest news stories affecting the UK mobile industry.
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Music discovery service Shazam has announced a partnership with TCT Mobile, the company that produces Alcatel mobile phones. As a result, Shazam’s free Android application will be pre-loaded onto all Alcatel Android smartphones.
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