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Articles tagged with: Orange Uk
Handset Cover Personalisation Takes Off
Findings unveiled by Orange UK show that young people are personalising their mobile phones at record levels. More than two million mobile phone users aged between 16 and 18 have modified their handset in some way, a massive 86.4% of the age group. more
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3 UK Switches 2G Roaming Contract
Hutchison 3G UK has swapped its existing GSM roaming agreement in the UK with O2 for rival operator, Orange. The new agreement follows the completion of an auction for 3's national roaming business. Hutch says that Orange tendered the most competitive bid for the supply of voice, text and data services and has been selected as the preferred national roaming provider for 3 from the end of 2006. more
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Orange UK To Lose Up To 2,000 Staff"
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Orange said Thursday it will cut 15% of its jobs in the UK, a move that will mean the loss of 1,800 to 2,000 jobs. more
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Recycling Service Helps Orange Cut Costs
A hardware recycling service from Greenwoods Communications is helping Orange UK reduce waste by re-using redundant transmission equipment. With recycled equipment saving more than half the costs of acquiring new equipment and disposing of obsolete hardware, the service is helping Orange reduce its capital expenditure (CAPEX) and meet its commitment to the environmental management of all its operations. more
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The tea seller, PG Tips has teamed up with Orange UK to develop a PG Tips branded kettle - that can be switched on by sending it an SMS. Inspired by loveable inventors Wallace & Gromit, PG Tips, best known for the innovative pyramid bag, have created a device set to revolutionise teatime - gone are the days when you'd argue over who's going to put the kettle on, now the ReadyWhenUR Kettle will do it itself, giving you longer to put your feet up and relax.
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You can now get the classic toy, Etch-A-Sketch on mobiles, following a license agreement with IN-FUSIO. The game, based on the original Ohio Art Company toy is available to UK gamers from Orange UK to a wide array of handsets. more
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Orange orders mobile music encoder
Coding Technologies has announced that Orange UK has included the company's aacPlus audio codec into Orange's full track mobile music download service dubbed "Music Player". Coding Technologies' aacPlus has proven in several independent tests to provide the highest audio quality at the lowest possible bit rates, and has been selected by 3GPP as the standard codec for high quality audio delivery. aacPlus has recently been integrated into Orange's latest mobile music player software platform, on which the operator's Music Player service offering is built. more
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The excitement and hype associated with MMS were in full swing early last year with market analysts at Ovum forecasting that, by 2007, global MMS-related revenues will be worth up to US$70 billion and Internetworld365 (citing Jupiter Research) predicting that the MMS market will be worth US$42 billion as early as 2005. These projections are understandable when one considers the market penetration of mobile phones and the remarkable success of SMS. Handset penetration is significantly higher than that of PCs and for some applications the target demographic is much easier to reach by phone. more
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Netezza Corporation has announced that Orange UK has increased its commitment to the Netezza Performance Server (NPS) to keep pace with growing subscriber data. Orange UK first purchased an NPS system in July 2003 to power its business intelligence efforts and support a range of customer and financial analysis down to the Call Detail Records (CDRs) level. more
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Orange has unexpectedly announced that Sol Trujillo is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer. The Orange Board of Directors have agreed to adopt the recommendation of the Orange Nominations Committee in appointing Sanjiv Ahuja, currently Orange COO, as Sol Trujillo's successor. more
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