The Android-powered Samsung i5800/i5801 that we’ve seen few days ago is now confirmed to be heading to Orange UK. It’s the latter version (i5801) that will be carried by the France Telecom-owned operator and sold under the Galaxy i5801 name. The device appeared on Orange’s website and from the page we learn the plan is…
Brief: EU courts tell British operators to stick to the EU mandated roaming price caps
A long time ago, 2007 I think, the EU got tired of hearing consumers complaining about bill shock and roaming prices, so they imposed several pricing caps that would get lower and lower until 2011 when the price would settle at 0.35 EUR per minute. For Britain, an island nation that has lots of cheap…
BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 Coming to UK June 15
The new and upcoming BlackBerry Pearl 3G announced at WES is coming to Rogers soon and presumably T-Mobile at some point, but as far as the UK goes, the 9105 variant with numeric keypad will be arriving June 15, according to the Carphone Warehouse coming soon site. At least Vodafone is going to pick up…
France’s Orange and SFR acquire extra 3G spectrum
The French telecoms regulator, Arcep, said that it is to sell two blocks of additional 3G spectrum to the country’s two largest mobile operators – France Telecom’s Orange and Vivendi’s SFR. The two companies will pay a total of 582.1 million EUR – SFR will acquire an additional 5MHz block for 300 million EUR, whereas…
France Telecom to invest in Iraq’s mobile market?
France Telecom may be interested in buying a non-controlling stake in an unnamed Iraqi mobile operator. According to the company’s spokesman, “France Telecom is looking at the matter of a mobile operator in Iraq but there are no plans to take control in the short-term.” Previously, France Telecom’s new chief executive officer, Stephane Richard, said…
Orange and T-Mobile joint venture to be called “Everything Everywhere”, yet the old brands live on
Orange UK and T-Mobile UK merged last September, and in the 8 months that have since passed, with countless numbers of logistical problems and technical issues hopefully resolved, the best name they’ve managed to pull out of a hat for their combined massive network is “Everything Everywhere”. The logo isn’t very inspiring, and the name…
Orange Tunisia launches 3G network
Orange has launched a mobile network in Tunisia in cooperation with Mabrouk Group-owned Investec. The France Telecom-owned company holds 49% of the joint venture. The plan is to invest around 500 million EUR to launch operations and install the first 3G network in the North African country. Right from the day one, the new network…
Carrier List for Microsoft Kin Phones Uncovered
Buried deep within Kin’s software is a provisioning file directory, which has uncovered a list of carriers who will potentially support Microsoft’s One and Two handsets. These are no guarantees that the carriers will actually be picking up the phones, only that they’re technically capable of running on these networks. It’s entirely possible these were…
Orange adds Eco- MVNO in the form of C Mobile
Orange UK has signed a new MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) partner, called C Mobile, according to Mobile Marketing Magazine – nothing out of the ordinary there you might think, other than they are apparently ‘environmentally-focused’… What does that mean? Well they are ethically accredited with ‘The Ethical Company Organisation’, and they will give consumers an…
Orange reveals sixth Digital Media Index
Orange today unveiled its sixth Digital Media Index (ODMI), which is a detailed report into how digital media is consumed across its mobile network. But rather than the IntoMobile readership have to wade through things, I’ve conveniently ripped out some interesting stats – coz I’m nice like that 🙂 Key findings from the April 2010 report…