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EE announces prices for 4G service launching on 30th October

EE announces prices for 4G service launching on 30th October

EE, formerly Everything Everywhere, has announced tariff details for its new 4G mobile phone service in the UK. It’s launching 4G in the UK on Tuesday 30th October in Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Sheffield, Glasgow and parts of Southampton. Coverage will expand to Belfast, Derby, Hull, Nottingham and Newcastle by Christmas.

The new service will be called 4GEE and promises average speeds of 8-12Mbps.

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Orange makes the world's first international cross-network HD voice call

Orange, which was the world’s first mobile operator to launch HD voice calls, has made the first international end-to-end HD call between two mobile networks with different infrastructures.

Customers using compatible phones on the Orange networks in Moldova and Romania can now enjoy HD voice quality when making calls between the two countries.

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Automation expected to boost the mobile application testing market

This year, the revenue from mobile application testing tools will exceed $200 million (£125 million), according to a new report from ABI Research. About three-quarters of this comes from tools that enhance manual testing.

However, automated testing is expected to drive growth over the next few years, with app testing revenue approaching $800 million by the end of 2017.

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Five times more mobile money users expected in emerging markets within five years

A new research report from Berg Insight expects the number of mobile money users in emerging markets to grow from 61 million active users in 2011 to 381 million by 2017; a compound annual growth rate of 36%.

Meanwhile the total value of mobile money transactions is forecast to grow from $44 billion last year to $395 billion (£246 billion) in 2017, the equivalent of a 44% increase each year.

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Ofcom responds to concerns over mid-contract mobile price rises

Ofcom has announced plans for a consultation on how to protect consumers from price rises that happen within fixed-term contracts for landline, broadband and mobile phone services.

Current rules insist that communications providers give their customers at least one month’s notice of any significantly detrimental change to their contractual terms.

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