PhonepayPlus, the UK regulator of premium rate telephone services, says parents need to take control of their children’s smartphone bills and social media use - or face mobile phone bills that run into thousands of pounds.
The warning comes in a new report that highlights two areas of particular risk: free apps and social media linked to smartphones.
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The UK’s ‘big four’ mobile phone operators - EE, Telefónica O2, Three and Vodafone - have formed a jointly-controlled company called Digital Mobile Spectrum.
It’ll help any households experiencing TV signal interference when 4G mobile services are introduced on the 800MHz frequency band.
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This week's mobile industry news podcast from The Fonecast takes a gloomy look at HP's job losses, the end of the Cisco Cius tablet and the growth in Android malware - before cheering up with encouraging news from Orange, Yahoo! and Sidecar.
You can listen to the programme on our website audio player, via iTunes, by using our RSS feed or by downloading the MP3.
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PhonepayPlus, the UK’s premium rate telephone services regulator, has taken the sting out of malicious mobile apps that sent premium rate text messages.
The malware attack, which was named RuFraud by security experts, involved fake versions of popular Android applications including Angry Birds, Assassins Creed and Cut the Rope.
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In The Fonecast today we’re covering everything from HP’s new leadership to Facebook’s new Timeline.
You’ll find Twitter, Three UK, premium-rate apps and primary school iPhone users... along with the rest of the week’s mobile industry news.
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