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Orange is considering selling its SIM cards to tourists prior to their arrival to France, allowing them [tourists] to save both time and money on roaming costs. According to local news source Challenge, the France Telecom-owned mobile operator is locating point-of-sale terminals in countries outside of France that can be used by tourists to purchase…
UK carrier Everything Everywhere, the joint venture between T-Mobile and Orange, has announced a 5 year deal with MasterCard that will bring NFC payments to customers at over 100,000 retail outlets in the UK. The move will also bring person to person (p2p) payments to Everything Everywhere, a feature that will roll out at a…
Everything Everywhere, which is a joint venture between British arms of Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom, apparently plans to bump both Orange and T-Mobile brands starting from October. The information comes from Sky News which says that Orange UK and T-Mobile UK brands will reportedly be dropped for all existing customers around March 2013. The…
Many Europeans are travelling as we speak and to help them avoid roaming costs, Orange created an Android app called Travel Angel — we’re not sure whether it’s also available for other platforms. As you can imagine, the free to download application monitors your smartphone use, helping you manage the cost. It’s super easy to…
Near Field Communications, or NFC for short, is a topic we’ve been writing about since the birth of this publication. The dream goes something like this: When you leave your home all you’ll need to take with you is a mobile phone. Said phone will open doors, pay for things at the store, let you…
Online phone retailer Dialaphone has a great deal for the HTC One X, which as you probably know, is the best smartphone the Taiwanese company has ever made. Those willing to sign a two-year 20.50 GBP/month contract with Orange will get HTC’s baby free of charge. That plan, however, isn’t the best, bundling just 100…
Orange’s big press day is over and now we know that the first Intel Atom-powered smartphone will launch in Europe on June 6th. Previously we knew this device as Orange Santa Clara, but it will sold as Orange San Diego, which is still in line with the carrier’s “policy” to use city names for its…
Orange has started sending out invites for its press event, when it will launch its first Intel-powered Android smartphone – Orange Santa Clara. The event takes place on Thursday, May 31st and the mentioned device already got a page at the carrier’s “coming soon” section. Thus far Orange-branded phones were low-to-mid end devices, offering decent…
Orange UK is in the midst of a mobile ticketing trial with rail and bus operator, Stagecoach. The two companies unveiled the mobile contactless transport ticketing system, which could lead to a nationwide rollout across select bus and rail services during next year. Trial participants in Cambridgeshire, each of which got a Quick Tap enabled…
Orange is preparing to add another city-named device to its portfolio. Dubbed Orange Dublin, it’s actually a rebranded version of the ZTE Kis, which is one of the bunch of phones the Chinese company unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Specs wise, we’re talking about an entry-level Android Gingerbread smartphone that comes with a…