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UK to Allow Mobile Phones in English Hospitals Hospitals in England should consider allowing more liberal use of mobile phones, following new guidance issued by the government's Department of Health....Vodafone Wins Mobile Services Contract from UK's National Grid Vodafone UK today announced that National Grid has awarded it a three year contract worth over £5m as its sole mobile voice and mobile data network provider in the UK....Project to Help Digital Cameras Build a Bigger Picture from Tiny Particles Scientists at the University of Glasgow have received £500,000 funding to investigate ways of improving the quality of digital camera images through the manipulation of tiny particles....Orange and Vodafone to Expand Network Sharing Partnership The UK arms of Orange and Vodafone are expected to expand their existing network sharing agreements to include sharing the costs of engineering, maintenance, and technology, in a move which is expected to save Vodafone (and Orange presumably) around US$1.45 billion a year....Jacada Extends O2 UK Customer Care Contract Jacada has expanded its relationship with UK mobile phone network, O2 by signing a material enterprise license agreement with the firm allowing it to standardize the Jacada unified desktop solution throughout the company's UK customer service operations....Woman Faces Jail for Death While Texting Road Accident A woman has been warned that she faces a lengthy jail sentence after being convicted of killing a motorist shortly after she had used her mobile phone while driving....Orange Expands HSPA Coverage in the UK Orange UK has announced the completion of a network upgrade to expand its HSPA coverage in Scotland and Northern Ireland....UK Bank Offers Mobile Money Transfers to Poland The UK bank, NatWest has launched a mobile phone based service to enable its customers to send money to Poland. Although the service will initially only be for NatWest's Polish Welcome Account customers, the bank said that it expects to extend the service to other countries,...Mobile Phone Dealers Jailed in £1.6 Million Trading Fraud Two directors of dealerships selling mobile phone products and services for UK retailers such as Phones 4U have been sentenced to jail for abusing the introductory sales commission system....Patent Attorneys Say RIM Legal Bill Highlights Risk of Patent Litigation The professional body for the UK's patent attorneys has given its support to a judge who has lambasted a law firm for putting in a bill for over £5 million in fees, in connection with a five-day patent trial involving Research In Motion.... |