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Devon village gets phone podium

By on May 15, 2007 in Operators

Link: The Sun Online – News: The only signal in the village We’ve probably all done silly things in our time to improve reception during a mobile call – sticking my head out the window springs to mind for me. However, I think this one takes the biscuit ever so slightly! LOCALS have been queuing [...]

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BBC talks to Truphone about N95 VOIP woes

By on May 14, 2007 in Operators

Link: Truphone Blog – Internet telephony on Nokia mobile phones James Tagg, Truphone’s founder today appeared on BBC Radio 4′s You and Yours consumer affairs programme to discuss the controversy caused by some operators disabling internet telephony on the Nokia N95 Wicked. You can have a listen to the interview here.

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Orange can’t do new unlimited tariff, apparently

By on May 13, 2007 in News, Operators, Opinion

Link: Orange Value Promise not as much value as promised | The Register Having spent the past few weeks merrily redefining the the word ‘unlimited’ even more so than it’d been screwed previously by their competitors and the broadband sector, Orange have apparently set their sights on price matching. Back in the day, price match meant [...]

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Orange to improve Virgin Trains 3G coverage

By on May 11, 2007 in News, Operators

Link: Virgin Trains speeds towards on-board 3G mobile network – 11/May/2007 – ComputerWeekly.com Virgin Trains is partnering with mobile operator Orange to improve on-board 2G and 3G mobile voice and data services to Virgin Voyager passengers. Eighteen Voyager trains have already been upgraded, and the system will ultimately benefit passengers on all 78 trains operating [...]

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Orange’s international calling card sim boosts confusion

By on May 10, 2007 in News

Link: Orange’s attempt at fighting call cards >> Communication Breakdown >> David Meyer’s Blog at ZDNet UK Community News just in from France Telecom’s local subsidiary: it’s introducing a “simple and low cost” way to call abroad. Is it lowering its international call rates? No! Don’t be silly. It’s putting out the Call Abroad pay-as-you-go [...]

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Orange winds everyone up with it’s shite ‘unlimited-but-sort-of-not’ data rubbish

By on May 8, 2007 in News

So, to all the people reading who emailed me saying ‘Right, but that Orange flat rate data plan will be a pile of shite’, I say this: You were right. Me? I was erring on the side of positivity. I was hoping that by saying ‘unlimited browsing’ they meant unlimited data — which is what [...]

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Orange offer overdraft facility

By on May 1, 2007 in News, Operators

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

By on May 1, 2007 in News

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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Orange Unlimited Data? Got it yet?

By on April 30, 2007 in News

Has anyone managed to grab an Orange Unlimited Data tariff yet? I popped into the Orange store yesterday but the sales assistants were really busy selling annoying Motorola KRZRs to loads of people. They were doing a roaring trade. Maybe I’ll try the Orange shop in Hartlepool… if I can find it…

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