Recently, Ericsson and Napster announced the largest European hosting contract for Napster Mobile with O2 UK. O2 UK’s customers will be able to search, browse, preview and purchase full-length tracks from Napster’s catalog of over 5 million tracks and, thanks to the dual delivery, play them both on their mobile phones and PCs. In addition,…
O2 UK announces the Xda Atmos, aka HTC S730, Windows Mobile Smartphone
O2 UK today launched the Xda Atmos, also known as the HTC S730. With an exception of touchscreen and built-in GPS receiver, the Windows Mobile 6 Standard edition powered smartphone has everything a business user could need — including the full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, HSDPA support, Microsoft Push email support, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, 2 megapixel…
O2 Ireland: iPhone and iPhone plans are expensive, but worth it
Sure, the iPhone is expensive, everyone knows that. I actually paid a significant premium to be one of the first few iPhone adopters, and I’m sure there are a lot of people in Ireland that will be just as eager to own an iPhone. However, the problem with the iPhone plans on O2 Ireland are…
Apple not bringing iPhone Visual Voicemail to O2 Ireland
The iPhone is coming to Ireland, great news for O2 customers. Or is it? O2 has confirmed that it has partnered with Apple and will be offering the iPhone come March 14th. However, the unlimited data package and Visual Voicemail system that US iPhone users are used to won’t be making their way to Ireland.…
iPhone v1.1.4 firmware shows code for O2 Ireland and T-Mobile Austria
The new iPhone v1.1.4 firmware update has been dissected by Italian Mac website Macitynet, and it seems that the iPhone v1.1.4 is ready to rock on T-Mobile Austria and O2 Ireland. Apple hasn’t yet confirmed that the iPhone is coming to either Austria or Ireland, but having the network compatibility codes stored within the latest…
UK: O2 wins Network Rail deal
O2 has won a contract with Network Rail (these are the guys that own, and operate, the rail infrastructure in the UK) – the deal is to provide the corporate voice, data, and BlackBerry mobile email. This is apparently O2’s biggest corporate win, and to give you some idea of the scale of things, it…
O2 and Vodafone team up on 3G femtocell trial
With carriers and manufacturers rushing to get femtocells into the hands of the end-user, the those searches decent wireless signals are going to be a fading memory. Femtocells are basically end-user wireless signal boosters – they help customers get reliable signal strength and reduce infrastructure costs for carriers. No wonder Sprint’s already commercialized their femtocell…
O2 sponsors Wireless Festival 2008
(note: yes, I know this is the poster for 2007!) O2 has announced itself as the lead sponsor of the Wireless Festival this year, making it four consecutive years. The festival will have a selection of international artists across four dates in July, as well new music from artists on the O2 blueroom stage. As…
O2 UK sets sights on mobile advertising
Following the successful trial with 500,000 O2 customers during 2007, the Telefonica owned mobile operator decided it’s about time to enter the mobile advertising space. The company plans to grow the UK mobile advertising market with a new service which will allow brands to take advantage of the opportunities presented by mobile advertising, and bring…
Leading mobile operators work together to measure mobile advertising
The leading European mobile operators — including Vodafone, Telefonica O2, T-Mobile, Orange and 3 — have formed a working group to define common metrics and measurement processes for mobile advertising as part of the GSMA’s Mobile Advertising Programme. Initially, the group will focus on the UK market, with each of the participating member working to…