I followed up with Patrick Mork, VP Marketing of GetJar (got a video of him coming from the MIR Developer Networking event). I wanted to know more about how operators are reacting to GetJar nowadays. For a long time, mobile operators were seeing services such as GetJar (effectively a huge, free app store for mobile [...]
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Meteor reaches 1 million customers
A lot of the content here at MIR especially regarding the networks is heavily UK oriented, however I picked this up in my news feeds regarding one over the networks over the water in Ireland. Over at Mobile News they are reporting that Meteor reached 1 million customers earlier this month; Meteor chief executive Larry [...]
Vodafone announce Pre-Pay Deal!
Vodafone have announced their first pre-pay deal in over two years. Luckily for us pre-pay consumers out there, it sounds like a bloody good offer too. For just ten pounds per month, users will be entitled to unlimited free evening and weekend texts. Obviously this will be in-accordance to a Fair Use Policy of some [...]
Dell Mini Inspiron coming to a UK operator shortly
I had a tip in this evening from a reader who reckons that the Dell Mini Inspiron — as seen by Gizmodo (pictures from Gizmodo too) — is heading to a UK operator shortly. Almost every operator has got in on the laptops-for-30-quid-a-month thing — and they’ll thrown in a USB data dongle. Well. If [...]
WiMax discourse from Mr Operator coming shortly
We’ve a huge, huge piece on WiMax coming from Mr Operator. Suffice to say, he is not impressed. Some highlights I plucked from his piece this morning: “Over at Intel, someone else (possibly at the same long lunch) piped up and said “Great idea guys, here’s several Billion dollars, hop to it”. And lo, the [...]
Should an operator charge you VAT on your contract pay off?
Check this issue out from Steve Rowlands (of S60blogger) about Orange (yeah, them again): Steve writes: Sick and tired of the lack of customer service from Orange, I decided to cancel my contract with 10 months remaining. Upon making the phone call to the customer (dis)service disconnections department, I found myself greeted by a rather [...]
3 business is excellent value; but that’s no excuse for working at the Doctors
I just got this bit of news in from UK operator, 3. They’ve got one of the best priced business services in the marketplace (have a look here). Independent analyst, Pure Pricing, has verified this. They’ve done a bit of research to find out just how mobile mad we are. Have a read… New survey [...]
Send me your questions for Mr Operator!
I’ve been on to Mr Operator today with the feedback from my earlier post. Thank you for that. I’ve agreed that, generally, we won’t be pulling any punches. We’ll be punching away. Or, at least, Mr Operator will be. I’ve taken off the mask, the 10cm thick iron chains and the straitjacket. Mr Operator is [...]
Termination rates in for 70 percent cut
Mobile termination fees are on their way down, with a source telling Reuters that EC Commissioner Viviane Reding is planning to publish draft guidelines that will cut the fees by 70 percent. According to the source, the changes will come in 2011 and, while the EC won’t mandate any numerical caps, it will specify what [...]
Colao tipped as new Voda boss
If a The Telegraph report is right, departing CEO Arun Sarin will be replaced by his right hand man Vittorio Colao, latterly head of Vodafone’s European operations. The Telegraph says Sarin’s departure will be formally revealed at the company’s half yearly results announcement later on today, after five years in charge with the operator. Sarin [...]
US operators hit with SMS charges suit
It looks likes US operators will be texting their lawyers. According to RCR News, a class action lawsuit is afoot against “six mobile-phone carriers and a top mobile virtual network operator” over the cost of incoming and outgoing SMS. RCR says the suit is looking for “recovery… for unauthorized charges, wrongful collections and unjust enrichment” [...]
- The merry-go-round continues: We’ll all buy buying an iPad 3, right?
- Am I the only person in the UK that would pay a concierge fee to an operator?
- Watch how this one plays out: o2 sending mobile numbers to every website you visit
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T-Mobile’s Full Monty price plan: Unlimited everything — it’s brilliant and it’s the way ahead
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Trying DaaS on my iPad — it really does rock
- Nokia’s six-screen “Agora” Social Visualizer launches internally
- MWC: I just can’t wait for App Planet!
- Baby Number Two is due any moment — So I’m not going to MWC!
- Operators: “Please stop using our network!” (“And, er, thanks for your money!”)
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