News
In this section, SIMsurprise.co.uk endeavours to bring you recent, and pending, news items which relate to the Mobile Phone industry.
We hope that articles included here will be of some benefit to you in deciding which network to opt for and maybe which Mobile Phone will help you to achieve your requirements.
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Marketing Society Awards 2011 Winners
The Marketing Society which provides annual awards recognising Marketing Excellence has recognised two mobile phone networks in their 2011 awards.
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Lebara Mobile Partners With MasterCard
Mobile Virtual Network Operator Lebara has partnered with MasterCard to provide a two card PrePaid credit card.
Lebara Mobile focuses on the migrant community.
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Samsung And Visa Team Up To Create Contactless Payments Through Mobile Phones
Samsung and Visa are believed to have released information regarding a partnership to release Mobile Phones which can be used to make Contactless Payments.
The technologies used include NFC technology, or Near Field Communications, which transfers data over a short distance of typically 4cm and Visa Contactless Payment technology.
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Ofcom Announcement Due On Termination Rates
It is believed that an announcement is due from OfCom (Office for Communications) on reducing the Mobile Termination Rates charged by Mobile Network Operators when a caller calls someone who is on a different network.
Currently, Mobile Networks charge typically 4p per minute for a call made to a phone number which is on a different network.
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New EU Law Bans 3 Year Contracts
New EU Laws proposed in November 2007 are expected to come into force on May 1 2011.
Under the law, Mobile Operators and retailers will be forced to offer contracts that are no longer than 24 months - effectively banning the option of 36 month contracts.
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Nokia And Microsoft Form Partnership
Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia and software developer Microsoft are believed to have entered into a partnership.
The partnership will see the two companies bringing together their own respective strengths - phone hardware and phone software.
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2012 To Possibly See The Introduction of 4G
Auctions conducted by OfCom in 2012 may be the most significant for over a decade as frequencies in the 2600MHz (2.6GHz) band are believed to be included.
OfCom auctions in 2012 may be including the 2600MHz (2.6GHz) frequency band for the introduction of 4G services by Mobile Network Operators.
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Vodafone and Gamma Telecom Reach MVNA Deal
Vodafone has gained a deal with Gamma Telecom whereby Gamma Telecom partners will be able to operate as Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs).
The deal is a loss to the 3 Network which had held the deal with Gamma Telecom, for three years, until Gamma Telecom struck a deal with Vodafone.
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Orange Introduces Smaller Top Up Amounts
Orange has introduced a lower top up amount when you top up by swipe card or e-voucher.
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Tesco Mobile subscriber numbers increased by 25% in 2010 to reach 2.5 million subscribers.
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Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) Lycamobile has joined up with Australia's Telstra 2G Network to add Lycamobile's 10th market to Lycamobile's portfolio.
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Orange and T-Mobile have combined to form one of the United Kingdom's largest Mobile Telephone Networks, with an estimated 30 million subscribers / customers.
The merger is known as Everything Everywhere with Orange and T-Mobile being wholly owned by Everything Everywhere.
Everything Everywhere began operations on May 11th 2010.
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