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3 disables data roaming to avoid bill shock
News The mobile operator 3 has removed the default roaming capability on its mobile broadband services, saying it needs to protect its customers from excessive data-roaming charges. Customers who want to use data while abroad in other European countries...
[July 8, 2008, 12:50]
MmO2 to roll out Wi-Fi across UK
News British mobile phone operator mmO2 said on Tuesday it was planning to roll out wireless LAN services across the UK, as it reported steady growth in mobile data revenues. The operator said it was planning to enable more than 1,000 Wi-Fi wireless LAN...
[July 2, 2003, 8:53]
3 posts massive growth
News Mobile operator 3 has seen its subscriber numbers jump almost tenfold in the last year but its average revenue per user (ARPU) has taken a tumble. Contract customers now make up 55 percent of the operator's customers.
[April 1, 2005, 11:00]
Users 'will pay' for wireless video streaming
News Mobile phone operator O2 has concluded its trials of a video- and audio-downloading service for mobile phones, saying the tests showed consumers would be willing to pay to download news clips, sports updates and movie trailers.
[July 7, 2003, 11:43]
Orange gets UK exclusivity for Touch HD
News Orange is going to be the exclusive carrier of the HTC Touch HD handset in the UK, the operator has said. The operator is claiming this will be well-suited to various applications, including web surfing, streaming mobile television and viewing...
[October 27, 2008, 14:13]
BA goes virtual with Vanco network deal
News British Airways has selected virtual-network operator Vanco to manage a portion of its telecoms infrastructure in a bid to drive down communications costs across the airline. We are confident that the Vanco virtual-network operator approach will...
[February 24, 2005, 15:55]
3 ups mobile-broadband allowances for SMEs
News The mobile operator, which has recently started up its 3 Business division, announced the refreshed deals on Monday.is also offering new or existing business customers that have a 18- to 24-month mobile-broadband contract the chance to get a...
[November 3, 2008, 11:18]
BA: IT-testing failures caused Heathrow T5 chaos
News MPs have told British Airways and airport operator BAA that they "could and should have avoided" the Heathrow Terminal 5 baggage chaos. We regularly exceed performance targets for cleanliness, way-finding and security queues have been less than...
[November 4, 2008, 12:23]
T-Mobile reverses its VoIP ban
News The mobile operator banned VoIP in May this year "for commercial reasons" and said it would kick VoIP users off the network if they were caught. In a Web poll of 452 readers, 74 percent said the mobile operator was wrong to ban VoIP.
[October 6, 2006, 12:20]
O2 soothes Ireland's roaming woes
News Mobile operator O2 has taken action to help some mobile phone users from the Republic of Ireland avoid paying international roaming charges when they cross into Northern Ireland. The operator claimed that these moves were a big step forward but...
[February 9, 2006, 12:10]
SMS Spam and Fraud Prevention
White Papers Short Message Service (SMS) messages account for approximately 10 percent of a mobile operator's revenue, according to research firm IDC. Furthermore, some of that spam is sent from fraudulent addresses, causing inaccurate billing for subscribers...
[October 9, 2009, 2:08]
Vodafone UK to get new CEO
News Vodafone UK is to get a new chief executive, following a reshuffle within the operator group. Laurence has been with the operator group even longer — since 2000 — and used to head up the company's Vizzavi mobile-internet venture.
[September 29, 2008, 12:14]
Focused Mobile Marketing
White Papers The Nokia Local Marketing Solution is a unique solution providing significant benefits for the service operator. With the solution, the mobile operator can boost usage of existing service and create new business by providing advertising space for...
[August 2, 2005, 6:00]
Truphone to pursue T-Mobile court case
News The legal tussle between VoIP provider Truphone and mobile operator T-Mobile looks set to continue, after an interim injunction against the latter was granted on Monday. According to Truphone, T-Mobile UK was the only operator in the world refusing...
[July 17, 2007, 15:31]
Truphone applies for T-Mobile injunction
News Mobile VoIP provider Truphone has applied for an injunction against T-Mobile UK in an attempt to get the operator to allow its customers to call Truphone users. Truphone operates via a software client which can be installed on certain smartphones...
[July 12, 2007, 17:07]
Cisco-Based Storage Network Helps Cable Provider to Increase Customer Satisfaction and Operational Efficiency
White Papers BendBroadband, a privately owned, nationally recognized cable operator, has deployed a Storage Area Network (SAN) based on Cisco technology to improve customer service, reduce operating costs, and improve application performance.
[November 17, 2007, 0:00]
Does BA re-boot its planes?
Blog Comment When my local train operator C2C splashed out on a complete fleet of shiny new (purple) trains they had months of "teething problems". This went on for months although to be fair to them they are now consistently the best performing operator in...
[January 13, 2008, 21:29]
Orange launches embedded-3G Eee 901
News The operator already offers the Asus Eee 900 with an external mobile-broadband dongle, but on Thursday it announced it was to start selling the Eee 901 with an embedded SIM, for the same price. Orange is not the first UK operator to offer an...
[November 6, 2008, 15:54]
Orange prepares to release picocells
News Onsite Coverage is the mobile operator's name for its picocells, which are miniature cellular base stations that can be installed in offices. Each unit will be able to support up to 50 users within a 50m range, according to the operator.
[October 5, 2007, 13:35]
Orange sings Opera's praises
News Browser company Opera is working with mobile operator Orange on technology that pushes Web content to mobile phone users. Eric Dufresne, head of Orange's research and development centre in Boston, said the operator was attracted by Opera's...
[February 17, 2005, 11:40]
