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Ofcom's responsibilities cut as it prepares to incorporate Postcomm

UK communications regulator Ofcom will be merged with postal services regulator Postcomm as part of the UK government's cost-cutting plans. In addition, a number of Ofcom's duties are to be changed or removed.

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New flip-open BlackBerry arriving in the USA later this month

If you thought flip-open designs were obsolescent, you've not been talking to the 100 million US consumers who currently use a phone with a flip. That's one of the reasons Research In Motion has created the BlackBerry Style 9670, a 'flip smartphone' with a full QWERTY keyboard. The BlackBerry Style also features the new BlackBerry 6 operating system, an optical trackpad, a 5 megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS and an expandable memory.

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Mobile money transfers deemed 'un-Islamic' by Somalian group

The Islamist al-Shabab group in Somalia has warned that transferring money by mobile phone is 'unIslamic', insisting that mobile banking could expose Somalia to interference by Western countries.

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Wholesale Applications Community gains 32 new members

The Wholesale Applications Community, formed in February to encourage the creation of an open applications platform, has been joined by 32 new organisations.

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The positive cult of giffgaff

Mark Bridge writes:

Wouldn't it be great if mobile customers loved their networks so much that they'd fight for them?  Ofcom would be inundated with complaints from O2 users about its decision not to allow GSM frequencies to be used for 3G services. Vodafone customers would demand that Nokia pre-loaded the N8 with a Vodafone 360 application. Orange users would be sending petitions to radio stations, asking them to implement HD Voice on phone-ins. And giffgaff users would take to online forums to defend the service they receive.

Oh, hang on. That last one's already happening.

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