The UK-based Mobile Money Network, which is behind the Simply Tap mobile shopping app, says Visa Europe is planning to take a 15% stake in its business. Visa Europe will join the MNN’s three founders: Monitise, Best Buy Europe and Charles Dunstone.
The two businesses aim to implement a number of m-commerce initiatives in the UK in 2012.
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Global satellite communications business Iridium has reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2011.
It ended the year with 523,000 total billable subscribers, up 22% from December 2010 when it had 427,000 customers.
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Three UK is launching a range of new price plans tomorrow with a fixed data allowance that can’t be exceeded.
Its ‘Essential’ tariffs will include a 250MB data allowance with a guarantee that charging will stop when the limit is reached. Alternatively, the company’s ‘Ultimate’ and ‘The One Plan’ tariffs include unlimited mobile data.
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Google has transformed its Android Market store into Google Play.
The new service also incorporates Google Music and the Google eBook store, providing a single location to search and download apps, music, movies and books to Android phones and tablets.
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In today’s edition of The Fonecast we’re taking a look at all the top mobile industry news stories from the last week.
As well as discussing mobile phone coverage on Eurotunnel and 4G service in the UK, the team also looks back at the highlights of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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