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Prepay explosion highlights need for WAP handsets
News A report released on Tuesday from Continental Research found phenomenal growth in the prepay market, one that's unable to access mobile data until late next year due to the lack of compatible handsets.
[February 22, 2000, 15:45]
Cellnet launches Net access on a prepay mobile phone
News Internet access on a prepay mobile phone will be available starting April 3 thanks to an aggressive tactic by BT Cellnet to oust other players in the fledgling mobile Internet arena. Cellnet's belief that the launch of a pre-pay tariff and handset...
[March 9, 2000, 13:12]
i-mode finally connects with the UK
News Précis: i-mode will be available to prepay and contract customers on both 2G and 3G devices. Again these are open to both prepay and contract customers. These will be offered free of charge on a contract and cost from £80-280 on prepay.
[September 30, 2005, 11:40]
Text-messaging services face capacity crunch
News The consultancy, which makes a large part of its revenues from selling Short Messaging Service (SMS) and prepay products to network operators, reported on Wednesday that its telecoms revenues had dropped 20 percent over the financial year ended 30...
[September 4, 2002, 16:00]
Apple sews up flash market
News Apple plans to prepay $500m to Intel and Micron as part of its $1.25bn commitment to prepay for NAND flash memory to five chipmakers. Intel and Micron Technology are launching a joint venture to produce NAND flash memory, with Apple prepaying $500m...
[November 22, 2005, 8:55]
Skype teams up with C&W
News It claimed in July this year that SkypeOut users will lose out because they have to "scrape minutes of a prepay account" that will need topping up by credit card, rather than paying through a quarterly phone bill.
[December 22, 2004, 11:55]
BT rolls out one-stop shop for Web payments
News Prepay has its place. With a prepay mobile phone, you're sure that you will use the value you've put into it. But if you prepay for micropayments, you're not convinced you'll use it," he said. BT Retail is to begin trialling a system for making...
[July 2, 2002, 13:28]
Mortgage Manager
Downloads It provides a way to create payments to prepay your mortgage. Mortgage Manager is a mortgage loan tracking application. Payments automatically change to reflect interest rate changes for ARM loans. Escrows are tracked for monitoring so additional...
[February 4, 2008, 6:00]
O2 cuts data-roaming rates
News Prepay customers were paying as much as £15 per megabyte. The charge for text messaging while roaming in Europe has also been cut for prepay customers, from 49p per message to 25p. O2 has significantly cut its data-roaming prices within Europe.
[January 14, 2008, 15:03]
Skype launch flawed by reset bug
News Users who download release version 1.0 of the Windows software can prepay calls with credit cards. Peer-to-peer Internet telephony company Skype has launched SkypeOut, the gateway that links its PC software to the international phone system.
[July 29, 2004, 16:30]
Oracle Case Study: Virgin Mobile
White Papers The company created robust data warehouse that extracts, merges, and analyzes data from five main sources: an external order fulfillment system, a customer relationship management system, prepay and postpay billing engines, and flat files provided...
[March 7, 2006, 23:00]
Callserve Net phone offers 60 percent off BT prices
News Billing is handled on a prepay basis, with a customer's account being debited for each call made. A UK startup has said that it will offer cheaper long-distance calls to UK consumers by using Internet technology.
[September 24, 1999, 16:12]
Olympic visitors to Oz can stay connected
News Those with non-GSM phones will be able to hire a handset and airtime, with prices starting at £82 for a four-week loan, or choose a prepay package costing £160 which includes around £40 of calls. Sports fans who travel to Australia to watch this...
[August 30, 2000, 13:29]
More WAP as Alcatel joins the fray
News The One Touch is available as part of BTs Cellnet Internet phone pack for £79.99 prepay or the monthly package, £49.99. The dual-band handsets are being specifically targeted the consumer market and use Alcatel's microbrowser (licenced from phone...
[June 7, 2000, 11:08]
A Year Ago: Asda to file complaint against Vodafone, BT
News Vodafone also cited high demand as the reason for its prepay service for the rise in prices: "We have over 6.5 million customers and we have to be responsible as network operators to ensure that we offer our existing customers the best possible...
[August 26, 2000, 7:01]
Asda to file complaint against Vodafone, BT
News Vodafone also cited high demand as the reason for its prepay service for the rise in prices: "We have over 6.5 million customers and we have to be responsible as network operators to ensure that we offer our existing customers the best possible...
[August 26, 1999, 15:25]
T-Mobile UK sees drop in mobile customers
News The decline in 2008 customer numbers can be attributed in part to a 4 percent contraction of the overall UK prepay market [over 2008]", a spokesperson for T-Mobile told ZDNet UK on Monday. T-Mobile UK has revealed that it lost three percent of its...
[February 2, 2009, 14:11]
Genie to provide music over your mobile
News Subscribers to Cellnet's U prepay youth brand will be charged 5p a minute for the service, while those from other Cellnet packages or networks will be charged the standard tariff for calling U mobiles.
[March 1, 2000, 12:13]
The Intricacies of International Callback Service
Blog The person can also prepay for the connection every month. International callback works on the principle that a unique 'phone number' also known as 'access number' is provided to a particular customer.
[May 12, 2008, 14:03]
VoIP wars begin as BT trades shots with Skype
News Burke, though, claims that SkypeOut will be poorer than Communicator because SkypeOut users will have to "scrape minutes" off a prepay account that will need topping up from a credit card, rather than paying through their standard phone bill.
[July 16, 2004, 16:55]
