Verizon Wireless announced that it plans to join the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) established by China Mobile, SOFTBANK and Vodafone to “help accelerate the uptake of innovative mobile technologies on a mass-market scale.” Primararily, we’re talking about mobile widgets here, which seem to be the hot topic these days with Microsoft and Samsung announcing their…
Vodafone cheapest for mobile broadband roaming, says report
Reporting on Cellular News, a study done by “Broadband-Expert” has shown some quite/very variable costs between mobile broadband offerings in the UK, when those offerings are used abroad. Regular readers of my posts will know I have a bit of a bee in my bonnet about these costs anyway, but it would appear that costs…
Vodafone confirms deal with Twitter
Following on from my post the other day, it’s now official, and Electricpig.co.uk has confirmed it (thanks Ben!) – if you are on Vodafone, you’ll now be able to send and receive tweets for free. Going forward, the sending of tweet-texts will become part of your bundle, but for the first few weeks at least,…
Vodafone to enable Twitter updates – could be free??
Electricpig.co.uk is reporting that Twitter SMS updates are returning on Vodafone – there’s nothing official right now, but Twitter should get a major shot in the arm traffic-wise by Voda allowing updates to/from Twitter. Things were working fine until last August, when they were blocked, but they are back once again – a bit like…
Telefonica and Vodafone announce milestone pan European collaboration
Telefónica and Vodafone, two of the world’s largest telecommunications operators, today announce a wide-ranging strategic programme to share mobile network assets across selected European operations. As part of the collaboration, Telefónica and Vodafone are actively exploring opportunities to cooperate in related areas such as the provision of transmission services. Telefónica and Vodafone will use the…
Vodafone UK outsources network to Ericsson
Vodafone UK and Ericsson have announced a seven year agreement which will see Ericsson provide maintenance and operations for Vodafone UK’s 2G and 3G radio access networks. The contract includes the transfer of approximately 350 employees from Vodafone to Ericsson, scheduled for the beginning of May. Through economies of scale, best practice tools, methods,…
Could Vodafone and O2 share network-share across Europe?
Reuters is reporting today on what a Spanish Newspaper (called ‘Expansion’) has said regarding network sharing. If you recall, O2 and Vodafone are supposedly considering a network share in the UK, but, apparently this could (and I say could, not will) extend to a number of European countries in which both Operators are already…
Vodafone Qatar turns on network
Vodafone Qatar has now thrown the switch on it’s new network, adding an initial 100 customers, followed by another 900 today. The actual network turn-on occurred on March 1, but since then Vodafone has been adding tranches of customers who where selected via special promotions. Apparently the feedback from the first 100 users is…
Vodafone says yes to DRM-Free music…
According to TechDigest (via Reuters), Vodafone has announced deals with Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Music, that will give users DRM-free tracks via their mobile network. So now we have an interesting situations with Nokia “Comes with Music” (ostensibly free, but DRM’d), and Vodafone, who will be charging, but not adding DRM!…
UK: O2 and Vodafone to network share?
According to the FT.com, O2 and Vodafone are considering a network sharing deal. Anyone that reads IntoMobile regularly will know that these deals are becoming more and more common, and probably the best example in recent times in the UK has been H3G (Three) using T-Mobile’s network (specifically to give access for their 2G footprint).…