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This is a good news for you, internet surfer. 3 has launched a Pay As You Go (PAYG) version of its popular mobile broadband service. To join customers must first purchase a USB modem ‘dongle’ at a cost of £99.
From here customers can ‘top-up’ their mobile broadband credit in increments of 1GB, 3GB or 7GB at a cost of £10, £15 and £25 respectively. Credit can be purchased online at the 3 website, over the phone, or from any shop displaying the 3 Top-Up logo.
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Nokia today announced a collaboration with Telecom Italia to accelerate the adoption of new Internet services on mobile. Ovi, the gateway to Nokia’s Internet services, will be enabled on Nokia handsets offered by TIM. The agreement will make it easy for people to find and enjoy best-in-class Internet services, from TIM, Nokia or from other Internet service providers.
As part of the collaboration, Nokia will customize the new Nokia handsets to provide easy access to TIM services. Similarly, TIM customers can access all Nokia services through the customized Multimedia Menu embedded into their Nokia device. The collaboration also includes areas such as technology and billing co-operation.
The Nokia N95 8GB and the Nokia N81 will be the first devices offered that will have customized menus to provide easy access to both services. Nokia and TIM have also agreed on a sustainable business model for both parties in a mutually beneficial approach.
“We want to provide TIM mobile customers with the best mobile experience and by working with Nokia, we ensure that our customers have access to the best in internet services. Nokia and other Internet services will be able to take advantage of TIM’s high quality mobile broadband network,” said Riccardo Jelmini, Telecom Italia Executive Vice President VAS – Domestic Mobile Services.
“We’re extremely excited about this collaboration as I believe it can pave the way for a new way of working throughout our industry,” said Jyrki Salminen, Senior Vice President, Nokia Multimedia. “Ease of use has always been at heart of Nokia devices and this collaboration is an important step in creating the same for Internet services. Nokia devices and services are based on open standards making it easy for us to work with forward thinking operators such as TIM to provide consumers with a choice about which internet services they want to access from their mobile device.”
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has signed a frame agreement with Mobile TeleSystems OJSV (MTS), Russia’s leading mobile operator, to supply and deploy a 3G/HSPA network.
Under the agreement, Ericsson will deliver a turnkey solution including 3G/HSPA core and radio access network equipment, network management system hardware and software plus a range of professional services such as network deployment, systems integration, operation, technical support and training.
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Ericsson and T-Mobile UK, part of Deutsche Telekom, have signed a five-year managed services contract to modernize the T-Mobile UK network and provide managed services with a comprehensive range of professional services.
The strategically important contract includes modernization of T-Mobile’s infrastructure, field operations and multi-vendor spare parts management. The contract came into effect on the 1st December 2007.
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T-Mobile will sell unlocked Apple iPhones in its shops in Germany following a successful court action brought against it by Vodafone.
The iPhone will now be available to buy for a princely sum of €999 (£717) unlocked – a price that’s considerably higher than the €399 price tag of the iPhone on a two-year T-Mobile contract.
T-Mobile has also said that certain iPhone functions will no longer work if T-Mobile consumers who’ve already bought an iPhone decide to get their devices unlocked.
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