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Latest Telecoms News from UK |
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Record High for Mobile Music Downloads in UK The UK's mobile music market is continuing to exhibit strong growth with a record number of downloads for May (1.72 million), reports GfK....Deutsche Telekom Considering Asset Swap for T-Mobile UK As rumours continue to name ever increasing numbers of companies interesting in bidding for T-Mobile UK, the German parent, Deutsche Telekom could be looking at an asset swap as opposed to a direct cash sale....Wireless Data Connections Cut Street Lighting Electricity Consumption A system of connecting street lighting to a central control centre over wireless connections is being supported by GPRS based services from the UK's Kingston Communications, the company has announced. ...O2 Rumoured to Have Exclusive Rights to Sell Palm Pre in UK The UK mobile network operator, O2 is reported to have secured exclusive rights to sell the Palm Pre smartphone, to add to its existing exclusivity with the Apple iPhone....Carphone Warehouse to Resume Sales of Vodafone Contract Phones The UK mobile phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse (CPW) has agreed a deal with Vodafone UK to start offering the network operator's contract (postpaid) tariffs to its customers again. ...Improving the reliability of low power computing systems Researchers at the University of Southampton's School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) have been awarded funding to develop efficient test methods to improve the reliability of low power computing systems....Mobile display advertising raises awareness and recognition A research study from the UK's Internet Advertising Bureau, and research company Brand Driver, in conjunction with confectionary brand, Kit Kat has found that mobile display advertising can increase brand awareness and recognition....Complaints About UK's Mobile Content Bills Halves The UK's regulator of premium rate telephone services, PhonepayPlus says that complaint figures concerning mobile services are down by half one year on from the introduction of new rules that came about following its 2008 Mobile Review. ...Roaming Spending Caps Could Lead to Higher Revenues for Operators A report commissioned by messaging aggregator, Acision shows that the EU roaming legislation coming in to force today will be widely embraced by consumers since currently only 12% use their mobile abroad as much as they do at home....BT to Integrate BlackBerry's Within its Office Service Platform British Blackberry users will soon be able to roam on to office-based Wi-Fi networks for making voice calls - after the UK landline operator, BT inked a deal to integrate the BlackBerry Mobile Voice System (MVS) with its Cisco supplied BT Communications Complete platform.... |