Archive | February, 2011

Everything Everywhere: NFC launching with 40k shops ready to rock

By on February 1, 2011 in Devices, Operators

Dusan over at IntoMobile has the details: UK mobile operator Everything Everywhere, which is a joint venture between Deutsche Telecom’s T-Mobile and France Telecom’s Orange, announced a commercial launch of a nationwide contactless mobile payments scheme in Q2 2011. via UK: Everything Everywhere announces first commercial NFC rollout during Q2 2011. Good work Everything Everywhere. [...]

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Sony Ericsson’s genius LiveView gets updates

By on February 1, 2011 in Devices

Sony Ericsson’s LiveView concept is a genius, genius idea. A small watch-like screen that sits on your wrist, connected to your phone, easily programmable by third-party developers. The possibilities are flipping endless. Do you want it to be a watch? A calendar view? A remote camera? But there’s been a bit of frustration amongst some [...]

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Ovum: The genie’s out the bottle re: Egypt/Telcos

By on February 1, 2011 in Opinion

Some interesting perspective in from telecoms industry analyst Angel Dobardziev of Ovum regarding the recent excitement with Vodafone in Egypt: “Press reports that internet connectivity has been shut down in Egypt, and that mobile operators have been ordered to shut down services have several broad implications for the wider telecoms industry, and the Middle East [...]

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