Orange has signed three new MVNOs, according to cellular-news.com, – Unicom, Catalyst, and Axis Telecom. All of these have been enabled by an MNVO aggregator – a company going by the name of Transatel. Interestingly, the company already had give MVNO agreements in place. We don’t have too much more detail, on each MNVO, save for the…
Spectrum auction in the UK may be delayed because Vodafone and O2 don’t like the terms
While America wrapped up their spectrum auction nearly 2 years ago, with Verizon being the winner and announcing that they’ll have an LTE network up and running by the end of this year, many countries on this side of the pond are still flipping through their agendas, trying to find a good date to get…
T-Mobile UK and Orange UK merger cleared by EU Commission
The European Commission has informed Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom that it has granted clearance for the proposed merger of their UK-business operations – otherwise known as T-Mobile UK, and Orange UK, respectively. The implementation of the integration measures can start immediately, with the closing of the transaction expected in Spring. Deutsche Telekom and France…
Orange partners with Netvibes to offer world’s largest collection of mobile widgets
Orange and Netvibes have announced a partnership to bring the world’s largest collection of mobile widgets to all types of mobile phone user across an extensive range of handsets. Netvibes’ huge catalogue of nearly 200,000 real-time widgets will be available on Orange widgets, a service featuring on 80% of handsets shipped by Orange. It will…
Intel to help Orange bring its services to the MeeGo platform
Intel and Orange are teaming up to deliver Orange multimedia services across a number of devices based on the Intel Atom Processor and MeeGo software platform. Among the operator services (Orange Signature Services) that will be ported to the new platform are Orange TV and Orange Maps, even though we’re still waiting to see the…
Samsung Solid Extreme B2100 gets roughed up
3G.co.uk has a cool embed from YouTube, of an Orange UK rep giving the Samsung Solid Extreme B2100 a bit of a roughing up. Now I say ‘bit’ of a roughing up, because I don’t really think they went that hard on the device! Basically on the video you can see the Samsung device going…
Orange to launch paid smartphone support service
Orange will charge smartphone customers for the product support. The company will launch a dedicated hotline assistance that will also include a remote assistance service, which would allow Orange staff to remotely connect to a device and solve the issue. For instance, this special support will help users setup web and email access, synchronize and…
Orange launches 2 EUR for 2 MB Travel Data Daily Roaming Tariff
Orange is full of news at the Mobile World Congress, but now I want to focus on a single news item that deals with roaming, as it’s the issue that affects all of us when travelling (our trip to Mobile World Congress, included). The carrier used the big event to launch a daily data roaming…
Orange UK continues its Android rollout with the HTC Desire
Orange has announced it will be launching the HTC Desire, the next Android device to be ranged by Orange in the UK. It will be available this spring across all Orange consumer retail and business channels, and will be free on selected consumer pay monthly and business price plans. The 3G+ -enabled Desire is the…
Orange retains position as top mobile broadband provider in UK
Orange has retained its position as the top mobile broadband provider in the UK, according to a survey by independent research company YouGov. Orange was ranked top for customer services and reliability, while customers also rated Orange’s mobile broadband service top in a further seven out of 15 categories, including ‘ease of use’ and ‘upload…