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Latest Telecoms News from UK
Orange & T-Mobile Confirm UK Merger Details
Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have announced the signing of the final agreement to combine their UK operations, T-Mobile and Orange, into a 50:50 joint venture company....
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British IT Directors Overlooking the 30% Spent on Telecoms
According to a new commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of COLT, UK enterprises typically spend 25 to 30% of their annual IT budget on telecoms, but many are not giving this spend the attention it deserves....
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Two Jersey Telecom engineers got a late Halloween scare today when a four foot long snake made a surprise appearance in their work van....
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Increasing Use of Mobile Phones to Listen to Radio Broadcasts
The use of mobile phones to listen to terrestrial radio broadcasts is continuing to increase, reports Radio Joint Audience Research (RAJAR) which monitors radio usage in the UK....
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Mobile broadband to overtake fixed-line internet connections in the UK in 2011
By 2011 the number of active 3G devices in the UK will be 36.3 million, as well as 6.4 million dongles/embedded devices, taking the total number of mobile broadband connections to 42.7 million versus expected broadband internet users of 42.5 million....
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Europeans Increasingly Want Touchscreens on their Phones
In a recent survey conducted by Canalys with more than 3,000 mobile phone users across France, Germany and the UK, 38% said a finger-based touchscreen would be the preferred main user interface on their next mobile phone, with a further 16% opting for a stylus-based touchscreen, suggesting a continuing market shift toward touch-centric devices....
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Orange Announces Apple iPhone Launch Details
Orange UK has announced that it will start selling the Apple iPhone from next Tuesday (10th Nov) with several shops opening early at 7am....
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Husband Jailed for Killing Vodafone Executive
The husband of a Vodafone UK executive has been found guilty of stabbing her to death following a trail in Winchester Crown Court....
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Is the mobile broadband laptop deal bubble about to burst?
In the latest user poll conducted by UK based broadband comparison website Broadband Genie, more than 60% of those taking part said they felt so-called 'free' laptop deals don't offer enough value for money. Just 15% of those who answered the poll thought they were good value....
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Amazon Launches iPhone App With Photo Recognition
The UK arm of online retailer, Amazon has launched a shopping application for the Apple iPhone, which in addition to the expected features also enables users to take a photo of a book and use that image to search for its counterpart on the Amazon store....
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