India has a new largest mobile network operator and it’s all thanks to a $23 billion merger of two former rivals. The Vodafone Group announced on Monday that it was merging its Indian operations with competitor Idea Cellular to create a new giant in India’s telco space, boasting over 400 million customers. India is the …
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Sorry Aussie retro fans. Just like “Agro’s Cartoon Connection,” Aerobics Oz Style and the widely-acclaimed butterfly clip and pop music sensation Bardot*, the Nokia 3310 isn’t going to make a massive comeback down under. Nokia announced the return of its famous feature phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, confirming rumours by showing off a 3310 with a 2.4-inch …
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Ten years ago on Tuesday, a gutsy Kenyan company launched a mobile money initiative that would change the lives of millions. Its name is M-Pesa, with “pesa” meaning money in Swahili. Think mobile money and your mind will probably jump to NFC-powered payment services from Apple, Samsung and Google. M-Pesa predates all of those and launched before the smartphones they …
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Now playing: Watch this: Silly Australia, you can’t block The Pirate Bay 1:12 The Pirate Bay The Pirate Bay has been blocked in Australia for a matter of hours, but that won’t stop many people from accessing it. Why? Because despite a long-running legal battle, an official Federal Court order and ISP-level blocks by the likes of Telstra, Vodafone and …
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The UK’s telecoms watchdog has issued its largest ever fine, after Vodafone was rumbled taking customers’ money and failing to credit payment to their account. Telecoms regulator Ofcom today levied a fine of £4.6 million against Vodafone for trousering payments without crediting customers, and for subsequent failures in dealing with customer complaints. Vodafone, one of the UK’s major mobile carriers, …
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As Australians start signing up to the NBN en masse and telcos jostle to win home broadband customers, Vodafone is jumping in to get a piece of the action, announcing it will begin offering fixed broadband services to Australians from the end of 2017. Company CEO Iñaki Berroeta confirmed the move today, saying Australians “expect connectivity whenever they want it, …
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Vodafone has put on its game face for the global race towards 5G, conducting the first public trials of the technology in Sydney today. The telco has partnered with Nokia to test and develop the technology, and both companies were talking up the benefits of lower latency, faster speeds and greater capacity for more connected devices on the network. Vodafone …
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Carriers the world over are once again recalling the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 but with production of the phone today being halted, what are you meant to swap your Note 7 for? If you’re a Vodafone customer, the telco announced today, you can trade your Note 7 for a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge — or anything cheaper. The Note 7 …
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Even the seasoned travellers have nightmares about returning from holidays to face a $2,000 mobile phone bill. But if you’re planning a trip abroad, there’s plenty you can do to minimise roaming charges. Whether it’s knowing what to set up before you leave or what to do when you’re on the ground, here are our tips (some of them very …
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