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Channel 4 could axe Big Brother SMS voting

Channel 4 could axe Big Brother SMS voting

According to Digital Spy, UK broadcaster Channel 4 is reviewing the SMS voting process in popular reality show Big Brother, following a number of recent scandals and problems involving TV shows and premium SMS. The eighth series of the show begins later this month, and although no announcement has been made as yet, rumours are [...]

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Orange offer overdraft facility

Link: Orange becomes more like bank: launches overdraft facility | The Register Just when you thought the world of mobile billing and tariffs couldn’t get any weirder, Orange have come up with a new cunning plan to make mo.. I mean help their customers. Mobile phone customers signing up to Orange’s new Speakeasy pre-pay tariff [...]

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Orange launches mobile ‘Play-Off’ competition

Link: News | Orange launches mobile ‘Play-Off’ competition – NMA Just caught this on New Media Age: Visitors to Orange World are invited to upload their own 10-15 second videos via MMS or the Orange website. They are then entered into one-on-one competition with a rival in several categories including face-off, dance-off and weird-off. The [...]

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Vodafone to charge more for VOIP from June

Link: Vodafone’s new pricing model excludes VoIP and P2P | The Register So you’re the proud owner of a Nokia N95 connected to Vodafone, and want to use something like Truphone, or another VOIP client. You’ve already read the bad news that in their infinite wisdom Vodafone have decided you don’t want to use VOIP [...]

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T-Mobile launch 3G USB modem

T-Mobile launch 3G USB modem

This is rather sexy.. a USB 3G modem for just £30 if you take out a 12 month T-Mobile Web’n’Walk data contract. You can even get it for nowt if you opt for an 18 month or 24 month contract. It’s made by Huawai, who also do the same device for Vodafone. Interestingly enough they’re [...]

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GMTV drops Opera, staff ‘removed from normal duties’

Link: BBC NEWS | Entertainment | GMTV drops its phone-in provider Well it’s all go today isn’t it? Learning from previous similar episodes, ITV breakfast broadcaster GMTV have ousted Opera Telecom (or Opera Interactive Group, as they’re now called) as their provider of premium phone and text services ‘with immediate effect’. Meanwhile, here’s the latest statement [...]

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What’s your mobile wallpaper?

Saw this while flicking around the BBC News website earlier.. BBC NEWS | Technology | Cameraphone use impacts graphics The popularity of cameraphones has led to a decline in the sale of wallpapers and phone graphics, a survey has found. Increasingly people are personalising their mobiles with pictures they have taken themselves rather than paying [...]

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New Yorkers get their own ‘text a drink’ service

Happy hour by SMS, with BuyYourFriendADrink | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone If you owe a friend a drink, or just want to be nice, head on over to the BYFAD Web site and fill out the form–you’ll need to have that friend’s cell phone number on hand. You can opt to give [...]

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ICSTIS issue £222k of fines, but let Richard and Judy off the hook?

ICSTIS Consumer – Adjudications The latest adjudications are out. It’s not a great time for the premium SMS market at the moment, what with the recent shenanigans of Ekohgate and seemingly the whole TV industry ‘forgetting’ ICSTIS regulations – which lead to the recent ICSTIS review. In this round of adjudications, premium SMS accounts for [...]

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Vodafone explains N95 crippling | The Register

Vodafone explains N95 crippling | The Register It’s been a busy few days around these parts, so we’ve kind of picked up on this a bit late. If you’ve missed it being reported on other sites, the story goes something like this. On Wednesday this week, The Register broke the news that Orange and Vodafone are [...]

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BBC NEWS | Business | Blackberry reveals failure cause

BBC NEWS | Business | Blackberry reveals failure cause The maker of the Blackberry wireless e-mail device says an insufficiently tested software upgrade was the cause of this week’s network failure. Oh dear me. Not a good day to be the person who was responsible for that upgrade! I feel totally lost without my mobile [...]

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