HTC Touch HD is hitting Europe, big time. In Germany, the Taiwan-based smartphone maker secured a deal with O2, while in the United Kingdom it’s Orange which will carry the all-touchscreen device. We’re still not sure how much the Touch HD will cost in Germany with a contract — all we know is that users…
France: Orange launches mutli-channel cinema package
France: Orange is launching a new pack of channels – all movie-based. The five channels will be ready from mid-November, at 12 EUR/month for TV and PC, and 6 EUR/month on Mobile. If that weren’t enough, access to the channels will be both live broadcast, and VoD (Video-on-Demand). The package apparently has more than 1200…
Orange Suspends Sale of the BlackBerry Bold in the UK
Orange has sent an internal memo to employees in the UK noting that they have suspended sales of the BlackBerry Bold due to ‘software issues’. The suspension is simply an interim measure that Orange made in the best interests of their customers while RIM works away at a fix for the issues. The internal statement…
UK: Nokia N96 coming via Phones4U also
Another day, and another retailer (it was Expansys the other day) announces they are going to carry the N96. This time it’s the turn of Phones4U, who are well known in the UK, particularly for their distinctive ad campaigns. Anyhow, they are going to carry the N96 on contract, with both O2 and Orange. Contract…
All the big five UK Operators now involved with the IAB on Mobile Advertising
O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone, and 3 have all now signed up as members (alongside existing member Orange) of the Internet Advertising Bureau, in the UK. The Operators have formed a Mobile Steering Group to oversee the Mobile Advertising strategy of the IAB. When the IAB conducted a survey last year, they found that mobile advertising lacked …
Austria’s One goes Orange, literary
The Austrian mobile operator ONE, owned by Mid Europa Partners (65%) and France Telecom (35%), will soon adopt the Orange brand. All elements of the new brand will be deployed throughout 90 stores and 1,700 dealers across the country. This move is obviously important for Orange, and Olaf Swantee, Senior Executive VP of Personal Communication…
Orange goes in to Kenya
Orange has announced that it will soon become the commercial brand for Telkom Kenya, following France Telecom’s acquisition of 51% of its capital in December 07. This means that Telkom Kenya will become the first integrated (fixed, mobile, internet) operator in the country. We’ve often heard stories about how genuinely useful Mobile devices are in…
GSM Association getting greener cell towers
We just got word of a new initiative by the GSM Association to make self-sufficient base stations using renewable energy called Green Power. While it might sound like a nice fuzzy-wuzzy idea for making existing towers more eco-friendly, this kind of technology is actually an enabler for a lot of remote areas where cell service…
Orange’s world-first 3G/UMA “Unik” service
Orange has announced the launch of the world’s first 3G unlicensed mobile access (UMA) platform, opening up a new world of multimedia services to its Unik customers. Launching first with two exclusive Orange handsets from Samsung and Sony Ericsson, UMA and 3G network technology will be combined in one device for the very first time.…
New MVNO for Orange UK: Globalcell
Orange UK has enabled a new MVNO to run on it’s network – called Globalcell, the service is targeted at Eastern Europeans, who are living and working in the UK. The service offers customers a SIM-only pre-paid deal, with all customer interaction being delivered in native languages, such as Polish, Russian, Lithuanian, Slovak (and…