Last month Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse Group confirmed they were talking about a potential merger, although these discussions were described as being “at a very preliminary stage”.
Under the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, the two companies were required to either announce a firm offer or confirm they won’t be making an offer by 5pm today.
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The new iPhone no-one was expecting
Mark Bridge writes:
New Apple products! New Android smart watches!
You’d be forgiven for not having noticed either of those news stories last week. Apple did indeed announce a new iPhone – but it was simply a new iPhone 5c with just 8MB of memory.
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Samsung has begin displaying its forthcoming Galaxy S5 smartphone, along with the Gear 2 smart watch and Gear Fit fitness tracker, at selected shops around the world.
Although the new flagship Galaxy S5 won’t go on sale until Friday 11th April, it’ll be shown off at more than 1,400 Samsung Experience Stores, mobile network shops and in other key retailers across 61 countries including the UK.
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Podcast - 19th March 2014
We begin this week's programme by looking at Vodafone's acquisition plans in Spain before moving on to discuss universal mobile chargers and 4G roaming.
There's also time to talk about UK mobile coverage, EE's new customer tracking service, contactless transactions and a smartphone camera that can identify objects hidden behind something else.
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Apple has introduced a new lower-spec iPhone 5c with just 8MB of memory.
Previously the smartphone was only available in 16MB and 32MB versions.
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