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Vodafone Lashes Out As European Parliament Votes To Cut Data Roam Charges

By Bobbie Johnson, GigaOm Feb. 28, 2012, 10:54pm No Comments

For the last few years European regulators have been pushing mobile companies to slash the roaming charges they slap on customers who cross… Read More »

Let's Try This Again: UK Regulator Revises 4G Auction Terms For Q4 2012

By Ingrid Lunden Jan. 12, 2012, 6:13pm Comments Off

While some operators in some countries (like the U.S. and Japan) have already celebrated birthdays for their LTE services, 4G in the UK hasn… Read More »

More Carrier IQ: Nokia, Google, Verizon Say No Dice, Sprint, AT&T Say Yes

By Ingrid Lunden Dec. 1, 2011, 6:33pm 1 Comment

Several days into the Carrier IQ story — which raised privacy concerns around software that claims to be an innocent diagnostics tool — an… Read More »

Three Cries Foul To EU Regulators Over British Mobile Commerce JV

By Ingrid Lunden Nov. 17, 2011, 7:32pm Comments Off

We have seen this one brewing for some time already, and now it appears to be bubbling over: the Hutchison-owned UK mobile operator Three is… Read More »

Roll On, Digital Reorganization. Telefonica Posts First Loss In Nine Years

By Ingrid Lunden Nov. 11, 2011, 6:06pm Comments Off

Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) has put its digital eggs into one basket — centralizing all its global digital operations into one new unit — and w… Read More »

A Tale Of Two Strategies: Home And Away With Orange And Vodafone

By Ingrid Lunden Nov. 9, 2011, 1:00pm Comments Off

Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and Orange have long been rivals in mobile phone markets in Europe, but as growth slows down in the region, the two are… Read More »

The Rising iPhone Tide Will Lift Some Carrier Boats More Than Others

By Ingrid Lunden Oct. 3, 2011, 7:18pm Comments Off

Only one day left to iPhone news nirvana, and a lot of leaks are coming through about who will get to sell the device — and what, exactly,… Read More »

Mobile Interactive Group Buys Digital Jigsaw, Seeks More Cross-Platform Biz

By Ingrid Lunden Sep. 26, 2011, 3:07pm Comments Off

Some more consolidation in the digital marketing space, with one of the UK’s bigger mobile specialists, Mobile Interactive Group, showing th… Read More »

Mobile Lowdown 9-20-11: Apple Stock; Google/Oracle; Nokia; Verizon; Samsung

By Ingrid Lunden Sep. 20, 2011, 2:31pm Comments Off

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: » Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) stock reached an all-time high yesterday, closing at $411… Read More »

Mobile Ad Network InMobi Takes Huge $200 Million Investment From Softbank

By Ingrid Lunden Sep. 15, 2011, 3:16pm Comments Off

Very big news today for the mobile advertising world, and a major boost for the mobile ad network InMobi: the company has just announced tha… Read More »

Vodafone Looks West For Mobile Ideas, Opens R&D Center In Silicon Valley

By Ingrid Lunden Sep. 9, 2011, 6:11pm Comments Off

Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), Europe’s largest operator by revenues, is taking some decisive steps to keep pole position for the longer term: today… Read More »

Mobile Lowdown 9-9-11: Intel Meego; Apple/Samsung; Apps; Microsoft

By Ingrid Lunden Sep. 9, 2011, 2:44pm Comments Off

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: » Intel is remaining committed to the MeeGo wireless OS, despite reports that… Read More »

UK Mobile Payments JV Hits Rocks Before It’s Started: Three Appeals To EU

Orange Duets With Spotify Competitor Deezer On New UK Mobile Music Service

Big News For Dell: Its Devices Will Be Used By Baidu In Mobile Assault

Mobile Ad Firm Blyk Picks Ad Man Eric Kip For CEO; Ala-Pietila Now Chairman

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