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Mobile shopping is popular when watching TV, says Orange UK research

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.

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We have a week of mobile retail news as Christmas approaches

This week's edition of The Fonecast has a strong retail flavour. There's talk of subsidised iPads arriving in the UK on Orange and T-Mobile, along with joint-branded shops from the two brands. We hear about the appearance of a stand-along Tesco Phone Shop in Bristol, we discover that a fifth of UK consumers will be doing some form of mobile Christmas shopping this year and we contemplate Acer's new app store.

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Tesco opens its first stand-alone Phone Shop

Tesco has opened its first 'Phone Shop' that isn't inside a supermarket. Instead, the Bristol-based store is a separate shop next to a Tesco Metro unit in the Broadmead shopping centre.

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Telefonica reports quarterly results for O2 UK

Telefónica Europe is the latest company to report its Q3 financial results. It says its European customer base has risen 14% year-on-year to 55 million users, with its mobile customer base up 5.5% year-on-year to 45.9 million.

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Tesco Mobile adds almost 300,000 UK customers in six months

Tesco plc has published its half-yearly results, which include details of its Tesco Mobile virtual mobile network in the UK.

The company notes that the number of 'pay monthly' mobile customers has grown at around 25,000 per month to reach a total of over 160,000 subscribers.

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