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BlackBerry is steadily getting back to the game with some analysts claiming that sales of its new smartphones going strong. The Canadian company haven’t revealed any official figures except some vague phrases like “few million units.” In France, mobile users are apparently flocking in numbers to get the QWERTY keyboard-equipped Q10. According to a local…
SFR has become the first French operator to commercially launch LTE services with its network going live for consumers and businesses in Lyon. The rollout comes after summer tests which included some 400 SFR clients in the city. Montpellier will be the second city to have the network on December 18, with Lille, Marseille, Strasbourg…
Shareholders in Vivendi’s SFR may want to move their money other way, but they may not be able to pull out their cash that easily. Apparently, the French government indicated its unease over the possible sale of the carrier, with the country’s minister for digital economy Fleur Pellerin saying that France may move to block…
We’ve been hearing Vodafone will sell its stake in French SFR for quite some time now. Well, it’s finally happening with the Big Red carrier confirming the deal with Vivendi (the other shareholder of SFR) to sell them 44% stake for 7.75 billion EUR in cash, with a final dividend of 200 million EUR also…
Electronic payments solution provider Atos Origin is teaming-up with three of the leading mobile operators in France — Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR — to launch an “innovative payment solution” called Buyster. The new joint venture is being backed by the country’s major online retailers, including Aquarelle, Brandalley, Darty and Rue du Commerce. Buyster enables…
SFR continues to be a source of leaked information for the Palm Pre 2. The French wireless carrier prematurely launched its product ordering page for the Palm Pre 2 and possibly revealed the details and the pricing for this rumored successor to the Palm Pre. The product page, which has now been pulled by SFR,…
Microsoft launched Windows Phone yesterday with nine handsets and a launch plan that includes 30 wireless carriers worldwide. Now that the press event is over and we have had some hands-on time with all nine handsets, it is now time to wrap-up the event and combine all of our information together into one comprehensive post.…
The Windows Phone 7 story goes on with the HTC Trophy, bound for Vodafone, SFR and M1. And while there is no plan, as far as I know, for the Trophy to hit the U.S., we got to see it today and get some hands on time, anyway. The Trophy will have a 3.8-inch touch…
Vodafone confirmed late on Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its 3.2% minority stake in China Mobile. Vodafone owns 642.9 million shares of China Mobile stock and the sale would net the carrier about £4.3 billion ($6.58 billion). Seventy percent of the proceeds from the China Mobile sale will be directed back to stockholders; while the…
Telmap announced the launch of the Telmap5 Mobile Location Companion by SFR in France under the name SFR GPS. As you may know from our previous post on Telmap5, it is touted to be the “next level of evolution in mobile location-based services.” Features include high quality maps and an enhanced search experience including the…