It seems that O2 has found a way to keep the users on its network. Apparently, they are offering their UK users, which are threatening to switch networks, an affordable flat rate Internet access for as little as 10 GBP per month. New subscribers are charged anything from 50 to 220 GBP for the same…
O2 Announces HTC Herald As O2 Xda Terra
The much heralded (sorry, couldn’t resist) qwerty-sliding smartphone from HTC finds a new home in German wireless carrier O2. An announcement from O2 details the same feature set as the HTC P4350, with one glaring difference – the O2 Xda Terra will be outfitted with Windows Mobile 6.0. Thats right folks! Windows Mobile 6.0 on…
EU To Get Standardized Roaming Rates Soon
European Union member states get a bit of good news today. Out-of-control roaming surcharges within the EU could be reigned in as soon as June of this year. Viviane Reding, European Information and Media Commissioner, stated that she plans to cap roaming surcharges to 50 Euro cents (about 66 dollar cents). A spokesman further provided…
O2 Ireland trials the DVB-H service
O2 Ireland along with broadcast solutions provider Arqiva announced the launch of DVB-H mobile TV trial in the Greater Dublin area. The trial will include 350 users that will use the high-end Nokia N92 smartphone, and will be able to watch such channels as RTE1, RTE2, TV3, Sky Sports, Sky News, Setanta Sports and The…
O2 launches My Europe Extra
Is it a dream? Did carriers finally got it? Or just some of them? Earlier last month we saw 3 killing the roaming fees (in 3’s networks around Europe). Now, it’s O2 UK that extended its My Europe roaming scheme to cover 31 countries with the launch of My Europe Extra. The new service abolishes…