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O2 Launches Skype Rival Messaging App Tu Me, But Only for iPhone Users
O2 has launched a voice and messaging app under the odd name of Tu Me, which offers users of all mobile networks an alternate, free way to make and receive voice calls. You will need a data connection...
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O2 Launches Pay-Per-Day Euro Discounts to End Holiday Data Worries
O2 has launched a new bolt-on mobile package it’s calling O2 Travel, which gives its monthly contract and pre-pay customers a cross-European bundle of calls and mobile data for a fixed price of £1.99 a...
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Anti-Social Brits Would Rather Text Than Talk
The shyness of the nation has been exposed by new data from communications regulator Ofcom, which has found that we’d much rather communicate by impersonal text message than go to the effort of making...
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Where Can I Get HD Voice Calls on My iPhone 5 in the UK?
One of the less touted features of the iPhone 5, but something that could really make a huge difference to call quality (you do actually call people still, right?), is HD voice calling (wideband...
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Adult Sex Line Ads Served to School IT Helpline Callers
People trying to get telephone helpline support from Capita’s school IT department have been accidentally routed through to wrong numbers, some of which have been ads for sex chat phone lines. It’s...
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Mobile Voice Calls Halve in Length, as we Can’t be Bothered Talking Any More
Stats released by UK network Vodafone show that the length of time we spend talking on our mobiles has fallen by half over the last five years, as we now mumble a short excuse and save the chatting for...
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0800 Mobile Calling Fees Rip-Off Set to End
One of the great modern injustices about using your mobile will soon come to an end, thanks to regulator Ofcom formally decreeing that it wants to unify freephone numbers and make 0800 lines free to...
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Ofcom Simplifying Non-Geographic Numbers so We’re Not Terrified of Calling...
Telecoms industry manager Ofcom is taking a long and hard look at the way it organises the non-geographic 03, 08 and 09 numbers in the UK, after it found that some callers avoid using them due to...
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Premium Rate Government Numbers Screw the Poorest People out of £56m a Year
Research by the National Audit Office has found that we spend around £56m a year phoning various government departments, with the rise in use of the premium 084 numbers costing us dearly. In the...
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Win For Common Sense: Premium Rate Complaints Lines Banned
The government’s announced plans to ban the rip-off premium 084 and 087 numbers from being used to contact some companies, with new rules set to reduce the cost of calls to customer query and complaint...
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Three’s Phone Network is Borked In Scotland and the North
Unlucky Scots and northerners seem to have been without phone service on Three for at least 24 hours, with all reports seemingly indicating users are still having issues this morning. The weird thing...
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Skype Has 3D Video Calls Working “In the Lab” But is Unsure About a Public...
While Nintendo and the BBC are ditching 3D for the forseeable future, Microsoft’s Skype messaging tool is looking to embrace the tech at some point with bosses claiming it’s been experimenting with 3D...
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Three Bins Calling, Text and Data Roaming Fees in Seven Countries
UK mobile network Three has jiggled its overseas calling plans, introducing something it calls the ‘Feel At Home’ option. This means full use of your UK contract minutes, texts and mobile data...
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US Spies Listened to the Phone Calls of 35 World Leaders
Edward Snowden’s encrypted locker of governmental misery has revealed new shocking details on the depth of the NSA’s surveillance programme, claiming the phone calls of around 35 world leaders were...
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Hands-Free Mobile Gear Should be Banned From Cars, Says Safe Driving Charity
Fiddling with a text message and trying to write grammatically correct sexy messages with an on-screen keyboard while driving is obviously a bit dangerous, but a safety charity suggests that chatting...
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