As we all head towards the end of 2010, so the mobile industry starts making predictions for 2011. The team at The Fonecast will be making its own predictions on the last podcast before Christmas – and we’ll be looking back on the success (or otherwise) of our 2010 predictions – so please make sure you listen on 22nd December.
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UK MVNO giffgaff has extended its free mobile internet offer again. Customers can benefit from 100MB of daily data at no extra cost. Instead of finishing in December, the deal will now run until the end of February 2011 because – once again – the implementation of giffgaff’s pricing plan has been delayed.
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Vodafone's financial results for the first half of the current financial year show group revenue up 3.9% year-on-year to £22.6 billion, with adjusted operating profit up by 2.7% to £6.1 billion.
The company also unveiled a new strategy with the aim of "creating a more valuable Vodafone". Its growth strategy will be focused on Europe, Africa and India in the following areas:
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Qualcomm has announced quarterly results for the period ending 26th September 2010; the fourth quarter of its financial year.
Quarterly revenue was up 10% year-on-year (and up 9% on the previous quarter) to $2.95 billion.
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The latest research from Strategy Analytics says global smartphone shipments in the third quarter of 2010 grew by 78% year-on-year; the fastest smartphone growth rate since the mid-2000s. A record number of 77 million smartphones were shipped in Q3 2010.
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