Podcast - 8th August 2012
We start this week's edition of The Fonecast with a new product from RIM: the mobile-enabled BlackBerry PlayBook. Next comes Vodafone's move to Tech City and Google moving its mobile wallet into the cloud.
You'll also find the latest batch of quarterly results, some mobile data research and a story about sheep sending SMS text messages.
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Vodafone is planning to help innovative young businesses by opening a new technical facility in the 'Tech City' area of East London.
It follows the opening of Vodafone's xone in Silicon Valley last year and Telefonica's Wayra in London's Tottenham Court Road.
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Tep Wireless, which rents 3G personal WiFi hotspots and smartphones, has pointed out that “wireless access points and 3G hubs” are banned from venues for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The London 2012 rules also say that smartphones are permitted inside venues but must not be used as wireless access points to connect multiple devices.
Mark Bridge writes:
Just a few weeks ago WiFi was made available on a number of London Underground stations - yet mobile coverage still stops when you go down the escalator.
So why is it taking so long for us to get mobile phone service on the Tube?
For an insight into some of the challenges and the possible solutions I spoke to Ian Brown, CEO of Axell Wireless. The company is a leader when it comes to providing additional wireless coverage in confined spaces - from tunnels to sports stadiums - and is currently involved in the project to install mobile phone service on the Channel Tunnel.
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How difficult is it to install mobile coverage on the London Underground?
In this special feature we're talking to Ian Brown from Axell Wireless about mobile phone coverage on the London Underground.
WiFi is now available on a number of London Underground stations - so why is it taking so long to arrange mobile phone service on the Tube?
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