Roundup of all the Telecom providers and Operators
BT is expected to decide whether to make a bid for mobile networks O2 or EE by Christmas according to the Chief Executive of one half of EE’s parent company. Orange SA CEO Stephane Richard said that he expected the British company to decide on which network to bid for by Christmas. Continue reading “BT to decide on EE and O2 bids by Christmas”
NTT Docomo has expanded its inbound LTE roaming service in Japan for customers from the Azores, Australia, Christmas Island, Greece, Madeira, New Zealand and Portugal. This will enable customers from 37 countries and regions have access to Docomo’s extra-high-speed LTE network (up to 150Mbps), Xi (read crossy) when traveling in Japan beginning December 5. SmarTone users in Hong Kong can also enjoy Docomo’s roaming service in Japan starting from December 5th, 2014. Continue reading “NTT Docomo expands inbound LTE roaming to 37 countries, regions”
O2’s Chief Executive Officer, Ronan Dunne, has claimed that reports of a takeover of the operator by rival Three UK is unlikely. Earlier this week, reports surfaced that Three could join both BT and Vodafone in eyeing up either EE or O2 for an acquisition but O2’s CEO says that a Three takeover is the least likely of all scenarios. Continue reading “O2 CEO: Three takeover is unlikely”
Vodafone Ireland has begun rolling out its next-generation 4G+ LTE-Advanced network in Waterford City with further plans to roll out the service in the cities of Cork, Dublin and Limerick by the end of December. The 4G+ technology offers theoretical speeds of up to 300Mbps with actual real world speeds approaching up to 150 Mbps on the go. Continue reading “Vodafone Ireland launches 4G+ (LTE Advanced)”
Videocon Telecom has announced that it has upgraded its network to 2.75G EDGE (Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution) by investing around Rs. 130 crores. This promises speeds of up to 473.6 Kbps, about 6 times the maximum speeds delivered by conventional 2G Network. Continue reading “Videocon Telecom upgrades its network to 2.75G EDGE”
Vodafone could be set to increase the convergence of communications providers in the EU with a blockbuster takeover of Virgin Media owner Liberty Global in a deal worth a reported £80 billion. Following BT’s pursuit of O2 and EE in the UK, Vodafone have been eyeing a major ISP in response and the acquisition of/merger with Liberty Global would represent a real challenge to BT’s supposed dominance (once their deal completes). Continue reading “Vodafone could acquire Virgin Media owner Liberty Global in £80bn deal”
EE has today announced the launch of its groundbreaking new micro network which is designed to connect more than 1,500 rural communities currently without 4G services by the end of 2017. Continue reading “EE launches Micro Network for Rural Communities”
Aircel has launched Extra Credit Service for its customers in India by partnering with mCarbon, a leading mobile technology solution innovator. This provides Aircel customers an instant loan of Rs 10 by dialing *414# or IVR dialing 12880 or by sending an SMS as LOAN to 55414, which can be availed when the balance drops below Rs. 10. Continue reading “Aircel launches Extra Credit Service for prepaid customers, offers instant loan of Rs. 10”
Want to check out exactly how good EE’s 4G network is or just want bag loads of free data? EE is trying to push it’s Pay As You Go SIM deals and the chaps over at CoolSmartphone have spotted an incredible offer on the EE website. The ‘Dan and Phil’ campaign allows you to get free texts each week and 100GB data free each months for two months. Continue reading “Check out EE 4G with a free SIM and 200GB FREE data”
The parent companies of EE could exit Britain’s biggest mobile network in the near future if new reports are to be believed. According to a new report both the companies – Germany’s Deutsche Telekom and France’s Orange SA – are considering various options. Continue reading “Orange and T-Mobile could exit EE joint venture”
Earlier this year both O2 and EE expanded their mobile services to offer 2G and 3G network coverage to travellers headed to Europe via the Channel Tunnel but what about those super-fast speeds we were initially promised? The wait is now over as both EE and O2 have begun rolling out 4G coverage inside the Channel Tunnel. Continue reading “O2 and EE now offering 4G inside Channel Tunnel”
British Telecom is allegedly already in talks with UK network operator EE following the alleged approach by Telefonica to form a “strategic partnership” that would see BT buy the company’s UK operator O2. According to sources cited by Reuters, BT is currently in “early stage” talks with EE over a major deal which may yet present a challenge to Telefonica’s master plan. Continue reading “BT in talks with O2 and EE over own mobile network”
UK operator BT is rumoured to be in talks to buy O2 UK with O2’s parent company Telefonica seeking a strategic partnership with BT that would see it sell its mobile network in return for a 20% stake. According to a report on El Confidencial, Telefonica’s CEO César Alierta is exploring the partnership with BT to create a European Giant and whilst talks are at an advanced stage, “there is nothing concrete yet”. Continue reading “BT to buy O2 UK from Telefonica?”
HTC may have produced some of the nicest-looking Android smartphones on the market to date but the one area where many felt handsets like the One M8 were let down by the Ultrapixel camera that has a 4MP sensor. HTC showed they listen and the new HTC Desire Eye comes with a 13MP camera both on the back and on the front. Interested in learning more about the HTC Desire Eye? Join us for a Live Q&A. Continue reading “HTC Desire Eye – A live Q&A with Three UK”
Lenovo launched the Vibe Z2 Pro smartphone in India back in September . We reviewed the smartphone recently, here are the benchmarks of the Vibe Z2 Pro. It is powered by quad-core Snapdragon 801 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.46 GHz with Adreno 330 GPU clocked at 578 MHz. It has a 6-inch ( 2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS with Vibe 2.0 UI on top. Several flagship smartphones have a Snapdragon 801 SoC, but very few smartphones feature a Quad HD display. Let’s check out the performance in a range of synthetic benchmark tests.
