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3 Free Agent programme goes live
Get paid to sign up mates 28 September 2009 13:35 GMT
3 has announced it will be offering consumers the chance to earn cash by promoting free Pay As You Go SIMs to their friends and family using social networks.

The "3 Free Agent" programme is said to be the first scheme of this kind available in the UK.
O2 offers My O2 iPhone app advice
Tips for if you can't log in 24 September 2009 15:53 GMT
O2 has, on its blog, acknowledged the problems that plenty of you have reported that you were having with the company's "My O2" iPhone application.

Apparently most of the issues stem from the fact that people have multiple O2 accounts, and the company has given...
Palm Pre to launch 16 October in the UK
Free on 2-year, £35 a month contracts 24 September 2009 9:05 GMT
The wait will soon be over for those hoping to get their hands on Palm's smart new smartphone as the launch date for the new device has now officially been confirmed as 16 October.

The Pre will launch exclusively on the O2 network in the UK - the same operator...
Carphone Warehouse details MiFi products
Offering Mobile Wi-Fi devices and tariffs from 3 and T-Mobile 18 September 2009 12:17 GMT
Carphone Warehouse has detailed the mobile Wi-Fi, or MiFi range it is now offering.

Creating portable Wi-Fi hotspots, the devices can connect up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices to the Internet at any place, any time and without any need for dongles or other software...
Ofcom targets phone contract mis-selling
Companies could be fined 10% of turnover 16 September 2009 11:27 GMT
Ofcom has announced a crackdown in the mis-selling of mobile phone contracts to consumers. A voluntary code of conduct had previously been implemented, but hasn't reduced the number of complaints received by the watchdog.

The rules have been simplified and offenders...
O2 launches My O2 iPhone application
Check your account from your handset 15 September 2009 15:26 GMT
O2 has developed its very own iPhone application that enables you to check your account from your handset. The app, which is available right now on the app store, contains "comprehensive information on every part of a customer's account", says the company.

Both...
O2 offers PAYG customers unlimited texts and mobile web access
If they spend £15 a month 15 September 2009 10:05 GMT
O2 has announced it has reduced the minimum spend for a "Pay & Go" tariff that is says is "designed to give Pay & Go customers unlimited peace of mind when surfing and texting".

The "Text & Web" tariff, usually for those who top-up £30 a month, is now available...
INQ Mini 3G priced for October launch on 3
Budget Twitter phone gets affordable price point 8 September 2009 9:48 GMT
3 has announced its previously revealed INQ Mini 3G will goes on sale in early October.

The slimline device will be available for free on 3's £15 "Internet Texter" plan. This tariff offers free internet, free 3-to-3 calls, free voicemail and 75 minutes for £15...
Nokia 3600 slide available on Vodafone PAYG
£90 for sleek slider 28 August 2009 11:47 GMT
Vodafone has announced it is offering the Nokia 3600 slide on a pay as you basis to customers in the UK.

The Nokia 3600 slide offers tactile, soft ceramic paint and metal combined with high gloss surfaces and was marked out at launch as the first Nokia product...
Vodafone announces another free Friday
Charges to be waived for mobile internet 26 August 2009 15:26 GMT
Vodafone has announced another "free Friday" with the news that on Friday 28 August Vodafone customers will be able to browse the internet and pick up emails on their mobiles for free all day.

The normal 50p daily flat rate will be waived from 12.01am to 23.59pm...
Vodafone cheap roaming offer ending soon
Book a last-minute deal of some sort, quick! 21 August 2009 13:00 GMT
Vodafone has announced that its summer cheap roaming deal is coming to an end, and that you've only got two more weekends to take advantage before the promotion finishes on 31 August.

The network says that over 2.5 million Vodafone Passport customers have taken...
Orange "upgrades" small to medium business plans
Unlimited call offers 3 August 2009 17:41 GMT
Orange has announced updates to its small and medium business plans claiming extra cost savings as well as unlimited calls to nominated numbers.

Available on Orange Business Sense, Business Solo and Business SIM Only tariffs, Orange says the deals are inspired...
Vodafone offers a "Bonus Bank" for PAYG customers
Register now for 10% back for every top-up 3 August 2009 11:19 GMT
Vodafone has announced its pay as you go customers will be rewarded for their loyalty with a new scheme called Vodafone "Bonus Bank".

Every time a customer tops up, Vodafone promises to "give 10% back". For example, for every £10 top up, the mobile operator...
Virgin Media offers "ultimate" flat rate monthly mobile tariff
Follows Tesco into murky "unlimited" waters 30 July 2009 10:07 GMT
Following news this week that Tesco Mobile is offering what was then the UK's first "unlimited" mobile tariff, fellow MVNO Virgin Media has now announced it is to offer the "ultimate 'unlimited' tariff".

Virgin Media is offering unlimited text, talk and internet...
Tesco Mobile offers "unlimited" £30 per month tariff
Talk and text as much as you want 29 July 2009 11:30 GMT
Tesco Mobile has unveiled a brand new "credit crunch-beating 'Unlimited' tariff", that it says allows people to talk and text as much as they want "without worrying about their monthly phone bills".

The SIM-only, pay-monthly deal, gives people unlimited minutes,...
Orange launches "Monkey" package with "free music"
Access to 16 playlists from Universal Music's catalogue 29 July 2009 10:46 GMT
Orange has unveiled "Monkey", describing it as the first pay as you go package for the UK market that offers free music to customers when they top up their mobile.

Slightly convoluted - and with limited content - the scheme, that will arguably not be so attractive...
VIDEO: Orange launches Toshiba TG01
Free on 2-year, £40 a month contracts 9 July 2009 10:49 GMT
Orange has announced the exclusive launch of the Toshiba TG01 in the UK with the news that the handset will be in shops in time for the weekend.

Orange claims the phone offers the widest high-definition touch-screen available on a mobile, "a cinematic viewing...
Vodafone offers business roaming deal
£20 per person, per month 7 July 2009 14:50 GMT
If you're a business with employees that regularly flit around Europe, incurring vast mobile roaming bills, then you might be interested in the latest announcement from Vodafone.

For a £20 flat fee, per person, per month, Vodafone will charge you exactly what...
3 offers free Sky Mobile TV with Sony Ericsson W995
For 3 months 7 July 2009 12:32 GMT
3 has announced a special offer for those that get the Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman phone this summer.

3 is offering 3 month's worth of exclusive access to Sky Mobile TV on the W995, which would normally cost £5 a month, although the operator recommends also...
Vodafone offers international "Super SIMs"
"Great value when calling friends or family worldwide" 6 July 2009 10:45 GMT
Vodafone has announced what it says are the first international SIM-only deals in the UK, with the claim they give customers "great value when calling friends or family worldwide".

The new "International Super SIMs" offers international calls from 5p per minute...
Roaming charges are "untapped market", says Acision
62% of consumers have no idea what international calls cost 1 July 2009 10:09 GMT
Messaging company Acision has published research which indicates that 75% of consumers believe they're being overcharged when they use their phone abroad.

2000 phone users were surveyed in June 2009, and 62% of those admitted that they were "completely unaware"...
Vodafone reveals mobile internet roaming charges
The end to download bill horror stories? 30 June 2009 15:44 GMT
Following the news that the operator has abolished roaming charges for Vodafone "Passport" customers, Vodafone has laid out its mobile internet roaming charges for the summer, claiming much better clarity.

Both business and consumer customers travelling across...
3 announces Nokia N97
Shouts about Skype 25 June 2009 13:17 GMT
UK mobile phone operator 3 has announced it will be offering the Nokia N97 this month.

In contrast to less VoIP-friendly operators, 3, that offers free Skype-to-Skype calls across most of its range, is making much of the N97's pre-loaded Skype functionality....
68% say no to 2-year phone contracts
Commitment-phobes will be left out in the cold 24 June 2009 12:59 GMT
Pocket-lint readers aren't convinced by the growing need to sign up to 24-month phone contracts in order to secure the latest mobile, a recent reader poll has revealed, with 68% saying they are not prepared to commit that long.

As consumer-aimed phones get smarter,...
Samsung Jet available now on Vodafone
Just-launched phone from free on £20, 2-year contracts 16 June 2009 13:42 GMT
Making a change from the more usual situation of having to wait for months for an announced handset to be available, the just-announced-hours-ago Samsung Jet is now available on Vodafone, as we'd told you it would be.

The UK-based operator has a 2-week jump...