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Bill shock fear outweighs actual risk, says billmonitor

Mobile phone price comparison service billmonitor.com has published new research that shows the fear of ‘bill shock’ is out of proportion to the likelihood of exceeding a smartphone data allowance.

It’s found that only 8% of UK smartphone users have paid ‘out of bundle’ data charges recently.

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Telefonica to close its app stores in Germany, Spain and Argentina

BlueVia, Telefonica’s developer program, has announced that Telefónica will be closing its App Stores in Germany, Spain and Argentina at the end of the month.

This affects the O2 App Store in Germany and Movistar App Stores in Spain and Argentina.

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Masabi takes mobile train tickets to the USA

UK mobile rail ticket pioneer Masabi has been awarded the contract to launch the first smartphone rail ticketing system in the USA.

It’ll be working with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, enabling passengers to buy and display rail tickets on their smartphones across the MBTA’s rail network.

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Skype for Windows Phone leaves beta

Microsoft has released the ‘Gold Version’ of Skype for Windows Phone, marking the end of the product’s beta period.

The beta version was launched during Mobile World Congress in February.

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Huawei reports revenue up but profits down

Information and communications technology business Huawei has reported its full-year results for the 2011 financial year.

Revenue was up 11.7% to CNY 203.9 billion, while net profits were down year-on-year to CNY 11.6 billion.

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