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…. well probably is the answer. And why the question? Well, read on….. Sony Ericsson were kind enough to email me and let me know the C902 is now available (has been for a little while) - it comes with a much-touted 5MP camera. This is interesting to me, because I would contend that certain 5MP [...]

O2 has begun offering a joint mobile and fixed broadband deal for customers. Those that sign up to get O2 Mobile Broadband for £20/month (which includes 3GB of data and unlimited WiFi) will get the standard home broadband package free for a year. This a clever move by O2, as it adds real value for the [...]

Sharp Corp, which is Japan’s biggest mobile device maker, reported it’s first quarter operating profit dropping 14%. Operating profits are sales, minus the cost of good sold and their administrative/logistical expenses. Sharp’s fell to 36.4 billion yen, compared to 42.3 billion from the same period a year earlier. Sharp’s presence in Europe has been one closely [...]

O2UK recently posted financials showing that it has added 275K customers in the last quarter of this year, bringing it’s subscriber base to an impressive 18.7mn - however Telefonica (the owner of the group) has at the same time shown a 48% decrease in revenues…. The addition of 138K contract customers has been largely attributed to [...]

Well it’s not all bad news in the financial stakes for companies in the Mobile Industry. Following Sharp’s bad news, and O2’s mixed news, comes pretty good news for NTT DoCoMo - their profits are up 41.3% in the quarter just ended! DoCoMo is attributing this rise to both strong sales of handsets, and an increase [...]

Siemens is apparently selling off it’s home cordless phone business unit, in a deal that will signal the completion of exit for the company out of the telecommunications industry. Siemen’s exit from the industry has taken 3 years, with the company’s CEO refocusing on segments such as energy and healthcare, in which it is a [...]

O2UK and Sony BMG have launched a new music store which apparently is the first to be supported by both a label and an operator (I am not sure if this makes it better or not, but it’s a different twist on the music play…). The service will be known as “MyPlay”, and can only [...]

 Two music services launches in one week…. this is crazy! Vodafone has just launched it’s second, yes second, music download store for the UK market. As you most likely know if you are a Voda customer, Omnifone’s streaming MusicStation service has been running for some time - but now Vodafone has added “Vodafone Music”. The store is [...]