Research from online marketplace eBay reckons that coverage problems, poor connections and slow data speeds are costing UK retailers over £1 billion from mobile shopping.
It's asking UK regulator Ofcom to make sure m-commerce is considered and consumer frustrations are taken into account when 4G licences are auctioned.
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Telefonica and eBay have launched a global deal that’ll see eBay's mobile application loaded onto most mobile devices sold via O2 UK.
It's the first mobile pre-load deal agreed by eBay anywhere in the world and is also the first time Telefónica has made an app available to smartphone and feature phone customers.
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eBay has acquired Critical Path Software, the mobile application developer it’s worked with for the past two years.
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It’s time for yet another Christmas mobile shopping report. This one comes from Orange UK, which has been talking to customers using its Orange World mobile portal.
The report says almost a third (31%) of mobile shoppers have been ‘multitasking’ by looking for presents whilst also watching TV.
Just two days after announcing a new application for Windows Phone 7, internet auction site eBay has admitted it’s important to have a mobile strategy that includes mobile websites and apps.
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