After successfully merging their mobile units in the UK to create the leading operator in the country, Everything Everywhere, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom are reportedly looking at similar deals in Europe. In an interview to German daily Handelsblatt, Deutsche Telekom spokesperson said: “We’re looking at every country, [including] Romania and Austria,” while also adding:…
iPad 2 available for 199 GBP on an Orange UK contract
Live in the UK? Want to grab the iPad 2 but don’t want to pay too much upfront? Orange got you covered, offering Apple’s tablet for 199 GBP on a two-year 25 GBP per month contract. That money gets you a 16GB 3G version along with 1GB of monthly data, plus an additional 1GB to…
Windows Phone 7 ‘NoDo’ Updated Coming March 29, AT&T Customers Still SOL
Windows Phone 7 users just want their frickin’ copy and paste. Is that too much to ask? Apparently so, because it was a feature that was missing at launch, and we were all aware of it ahead of time, too. The “NoDo” update that WP7 users have been waiting for should feature the capability, along…
Orange, Telefónica Movistar and Vodafone to work together in Spain to make NFC take off
In much the same way that America had to standardize their track gauges in order to build a railway system that stretched from the east coast to the west coast, something similar has to happen for Near Field Communication (NFC) to take off. Some operators are giving customers NFC stickers they can place on the…
Orange Gestures and smart Live Wallpapers announced for the carrier’s Signature Android smartphones
Like we don’t already have enough Android customization options available from handset and mobile software makers, some carriers want to put their signature on the user’s devices, too. Orange is one such carrier, which used the Mobile World Congress to announce Orange Gestures and “smart” Live Wallpapers. The so called Orange Gestures, which will be…
Orange launching contactless payments in UK, France, Spain and Poland in Q2
Orange is the fastest European operator to adopt contactless payments. The France Telecom-owned company plans to bring NFC-enabled services firstly in the UK, France, Spain and Poland, with plans to expand to other Orange markets across Europe at a later point. The company is starting with the Bada-powered Samsung Wave 578 — which we covered…
Orange France, Scanbuy team-up on Flashcode mobile barcode service
Mobile barcode solutions provider Scanbuy has partnered with Orange France to power Flashcode, a mobile barcode service that will allow marketers in France to create, edit, manage and generate a rich set of analytics about their mobile barcodes. Scanbuy will provide its carrier grade self-managed platform, along with mobile apps for all major platforms that…
French mobile operators team-up with Atos Origin on mobile payment service Buyster
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…
Video: HD Voice demo once again blows our minds and makes us wonder when it’ll be mainstream
Forget about upgrading today’s cellular networks to increase the speed at which they transmit data, what about making them better for the function they were originally created for in the first place? Phone calls, love them or hate them, is what people do with their mobile devices. Sure, Facebook, Twitter, push email, and even good…
Nokia C2-01 and C1-01 coming to Orange UK
Orange UK will be adding two low-end Nokia phones to its Pay As You Go (PAYG) offering. The first of the two, Nokia C2-01, is the Finnish company’s cheapest 3G handset that also (in addition to the 3G radio) comes with a 2-inch QVGA display, 3.2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, FM radio with RDS, media player, HTML…