Rumors about Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and its iPhone plans are coming and fast and furious today. Here’s a quick update on everything you may or may not want to know:…

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Spanish telecoms group Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) reported a first quarter 22 percent rise in profits, boosted by its Latin American mobile phone units. Net income rose to 1.54 billion euros…

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-- O2 and Samsung are teaming up to sell exclusive content for the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie. Wallpapers, true tones, voice tones and…

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BT (NYSE: BT) is back with another attempt in the mobile market. The UK’s largest fixed line operator and former incumbent launched a new mobile package today, BT Total Broadband…

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Mobile phone networks say they will sue Ofcom to stop September’s upcoming auction of airwaves—the so-called 3G expansion band—until the regulator tells them explicitly how their existing 3G spectrum can…

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O2 will stop selling the 8GB iPhone, according to an internal memo reported by Engadget. The memo reportedly reads: “Due to the highly successful sales of the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)…

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In UK, Ofcom has released the bidders for the L-Band block of spectrum sitting between 1452 and 1492 MHz (the PDF is here). There’s only nine bidders, and some of…

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O2 UK - not known for being the most ambitious of carriers on data strategy - has followed Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), T-Mobile, 3 UK and even Orange by launching its…

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It had to happen: UK operator O2 is slashing the price of the 8GB version of the iPhone to £169 ($332) from £269 ($528), prompting more chatter that the arrival…

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UK operator O2 has admitted limiting the speed of most of its customers’ 3G connections to 128 kbps, instead of the 384 kbps the technology is capable of, reports The…

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-- SEGA Mobile: The company announced a portfolio of new games today that includes both original titles and licensed brands. Some of the titles include: Sonic at the Olympic Games;…

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— Broadband soars: The GSM Association reports mobile broadband increased tenfold in the last year, rising to 32 million connections from just three million. The number of operators offering…

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—O2 Solicits VCAMs: Another case of crowd sourcing: O2 and P2P news network Current have agreed to a deal that will allow people to create their own ad for…

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German mobile operator E-Plus is shutting down its i-Mode service as of 1 April, one of the last major European networks to abandon the Japanese import, TelecomTV reports. Germany’s third…

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Napster (NSDQ: NAPS), very slowly building up its mobile operator clients, has signed on UK and European operator O2, to launch a music service on the operator’s platform. Five million…

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When have you ever heard of operators crying out for legislation? British mobile operators asked parliament today to give them clearer guidelines—to the point of legislating it into law--on what…

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CondéNet UK, the digital arm of magazine publisher Condé Nast, is taking its mobile sites off-portal to allow it to sell ads and to market the sites online and in…

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Deutsche Telekom’s VC arm T-Mobile Venture Fund has made an undisclosed strategic investment in British femtocell technology firm Ubiquisys. The firm creates technology that could potentially improve signal coverage, while…

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Advertising is the next big opportunity in mobile—by some estimates released this week, it will be a burgeoning $250 billion industry within two years, but other more conservative estimates predict…

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Spanish telecoms firm Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) reported fourth quarter earnings today. Fourth quarter profits rose to 1.06 billion euros ($1.6 billion) from 1.04 billion euros a year ago, with sales…

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UK regulator Ofcom issued mobile operator O2 with a warning today that if it fails to meet the terms of its 3G license to cover 80 percent of the country’s…

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More UK operators sharing their networks to cut costs and extend their network reach. The Guardian reports that Orange and Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) have agreed to a UK network sharing…

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More threats for European mobile operators from EU Telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding—this time she’s told reporters at the Mobile World Congress that operators must introduce “credible” cuts to the price…

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O2 UK has launched a new mobile advertising service, following the conclusion of its “successful” trial involving 500,000 customers in 2007. The new service will appear on the operator’s portal…

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The UK’s five largest operators--Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), Orange, O2, T-Mobile and 3—are announcing today their intention to work together to develop common measurement standards for mobile advertising. The FT reports…

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