Tesco Mobile in the UK will now ask customers to view adverts on their mobile phones, in exchange for a discount on their monthly bill. The mobile company will be teaming up…
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Call charges to numbers starting 084, 087, 09 or 118 increased
A price comparison site has revealed that mobile phone service providers in the UK have increased access charges of call made to numbers starting 084, 087, 09 or 118 by as much…
Microsoft Lumia 640 down to just £95.99 from O2
The Lumia series of smartphones have been getting better – both in terms of their looks and price point – appealing to both first time buyers as well as seasoned smartphone users….
Microsoft begins rolling out Surface 3 4G tablet in UK exclusively via O2
Microsoft has begun rolling out a version of the Surface 3 tablet with built-in 4G LTE in the UK exclusively via O2. “We’re happy to announce Surface 3 (4G LTE) will become…
Hutchison Whampoa to sell off 33% stake in UK mobile unit
Hutchison Whampoa Limited has revealed through a press release that the company is going to sell off 33 per cent stake in its UK mobile unit and for this purpose, it has…
UK mobile networks gauged; EE rated best, Vodafone worst
UK’s mobile network landscape will soon see a huge transition with two major acquisitions and launch of two new virtual mobile networks and to give a picture of the current state of…
EE, O2, Three and Vodafone pledge to expand mobile coverage to 90% by 2017
UK mobile operators EE, O2, Three and Vodafone have agreed to a £5 billion investment programme to improve mobile signal in so-called ‘partial not-spots’. UK watchdog Ofcom has amended the licenses of…
Amazon slashes Fire Phone price to £99 in U.K. for one day
Amazon is offering a special deep discount on its Fire smartphone in the UK, but that’s only for one day. The online retailer has slashed the prices of its 32GB and 64GB…
Telefónica, Hutchison ink £10.25 billion “exclusivity agreement” over O2
Telefónica has confirmed that it has entered into an all cash £10.25 billion “exclusivity agreement” with Three owner Hutchison Whampoa for sale of O2. The confirmation comes just a week after reports…
Sky eyeing possible merger deal with Telefonica’s O2
Sky is reportedly in talks with UK mobile network O2’s Spanish owner, Telefonica, on a possible merger or collaboration deal. Sky is the latest entrant joining TalkTalk, China’s Hutchison Whampoa and Liberty…
Google’s Nexus 9 tablet now available for purchase on O2
Google’s next generation Nexus tablet dubbed ‘the HTC Nexus 9’ has finally made its debut in the UK, courtesy O2. UK carrier network O2 has announced HTC’s Nexus 9 tablet is now…
BT likely to reveal result of O2, EE acquisition talks today
BT, which has been in active talks with both O2 and Everything Everywhere (EE) for a possible takeover, is likely to announce the result of the talks believed to have concluded over…
Telefonica Chairman lands in London to meet with BT for O2 acquisition deal
BT is expected to make a choice between a takeover of O2 or EE by as early as next week according to previous reports and latest reports now indicate that Telefonica chairman…
BT all set for O2 takeover, new report claims
BT is all set to takeover O2, the number two mobile operator in the UK, a new report, citing sources aware of the development, has claimed. This comes just a day after…
O2 acquisition by Three’s parent Hutchison Whampoa is ‘least likely’, Ronan Dunne says
O2 Chief Executive Ronan Dunne is of the opinion that the networks’ takeover by rival Hutchison Whampoa, parent company of Three, is the ‘least likely’ of all the possible acquisition bids in-line….