http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk Latest Mobile Business News At 01:00:00 EST en-us Copyright 2008 Miles Publishing Limited http://mbmagazine.co.uk/rss/ Thu, 17 May 2012 01:00:00 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS/Small_Header.gif http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk CityFibre and Fujitsu announce engineering agreement to roll out pure fibre infrastructure in UK CityFibre and Fujitsu agreement is worth an initial £50 million Fibre optic infrastructure firm CityFibre and Fujitsu have today announced an engineering agreement, worth an initial £50 million in es... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16323 Tue, 01 May 2012 22:58:21 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16323 Data privacy should be paramount in the minds of today's consumer. According to the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) 55 per cent of businesses cite privacy as a major concern when it comes to Cloud deployments. One would therefore think that this would be uppermost in the minds of solution providers. B... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16325 Tue, 01 May 2012 23:10:48 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16325 New collection of channel solutions - integrated into the UK's largest Next Generation Network (NGN) - launches in London today Following recent research from TalkTalk Business which revealed that 83 per cent of resellers believe the cloud presents a huge opportunity for their business, the provi... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16334 Wed, 02 May 2012 23:16:42 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16334 NeoMedia Technologies, Inc., provider of global mobile barcode management solutions, today announced updates to its NeoReader® barcode-scanning application, as well as its Leitor Neo and Códigos Neo applications available for Latin American markets. The applications are now able to scan and process ... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16337 Thu, 03 May 2012 20:58:00 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16337 Vodafone Group Plc ("Vodafone") announces today that Michel Combes, CEO for the Europe region and an executive Director of Vodafone, will be stepping down from the Board and leaving the Group on 31 July 2012 to join Vivendi SA. A further announcement on succession plans for the role will be made ... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16339 Thu, 03 May 2012 21:01:32 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16339 Vodafone's executive, Michel Combes has been named as the new chairman and CEO of French mobile operator SFR. Emeka Obiodu, telecoms strategy analyst at Ovum, believes this will give the French operator the broader perspective it has been missing: "There are two conspicuous points in the appoi... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16340 Thu, 03 May 2012 21:03:18 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16340 T-Mobile is continuing its celebration of what Brits love the most in a new ‘Giving Britain What Britain Loves' ad campaign, launching on TV today. The second in the 2012 integrated marketing campaign from the brand this year, it will celebrate the next big British event - the Queen's Royal Jubilee.... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16342 Thu, 03 May 2012 21:12:35 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16342 PEER 1 Hosting, the global online IT hosting provider, today announces the appointment of Gaye Andrews as the new Head of Customer Service in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Gaye joins PEER 1 Hosting to build and develop the company's end-to-end customer engagement program, delivering the ... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16344 Thu, 03 May 2012 21:16:02 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16344 BT Group selects Northern Ireland as the location for 120 jobs BT today announced that it is creating a new state-of-the-art contact centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The centre will provide around 120 new jobs for multi-skilled customer service advisors and managers who can work flexibly acro... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16345 Thu, 03 May 2012 21:18:42 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16345 Avnet's mobile-enabled toolkit allows Oracle solution providers to easily enhance their sales capabilities while travelling and at customers' offices Avnet Technology Solutions, the global IT solutions distributor and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), today announced the introduction... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16346 Thu, 03 May 2012 21:20:51 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16346 The latest version of the BlackBerry® smartphone OS, is now available for customers in the UK. The update is available for the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900, BlackBerry® Torch™ 9810 and 9860, BlackBerry® Curve™ 9360 and 9380 smartphones, and the Porsche Design P'9981 smartphone from BlackBerry.[1] Starting... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16347 Thu, 03 May 2012 16:35:13 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16347 Smartphones will outperform the overall market for mobile phones, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.9% for the period 2011–17 to reach 1.7 billion units, according to Ovum. Predictions show Android as the dominant operating system over the next five years as handset vendors rush ... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16353 Fri, 04 May 2012 21:12:08 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16353 ipcortex and Polycom simplify deployment of business multimedia phones with zero touch auto provisioning ipcortex, the British, standards-based UC vendor, have announced that zero touch auto provisioning is now available for the VVX 500, the newest addition to Polycom's business media phone range... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16360 Fri, 04 May 2012 21:41:37 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16360 The 2012 edition of the SNIA Europe Datacentre Technologies Academy scheduled for 23rd May at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in London, promises to raise the bar in terms of the content with new speakers and content focussed on the business issues surrounding IT deployments in 2012 and beyond. He... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16371 Tue, 08 May 2012 10:29:15 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16371 The operator's £1 billion takeover Cable & Wireless Worldwide is a game changer, but the telecoms provider's biggest shareholder could block the deal Vodafone's agreed £1 billion takeover offer for Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWW) will fundamentally change the face of UK telecoms if it goes ahead... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16375 Tue, 08 May 2012 15:27:14 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16375 Celebrated feedback forum Feefo will supply customer reviews to Communicate Better in what it said was a "game changer” for the telecoms industry. Feefo, which generates honest and transparent feedback from customers all over the world, said Communicate Better was the first telecoms company to ta... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16362 Tue, 08 May 2012 09:44:30 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16362 T-Mobile makes it cheaper to get online at home with discounts on unlimited Orange home broadband T-Mobile today announced that customers can now get Orange's award-winning home broadband service at the same super-low prices already enjoyed by Orange mobile customers. Orange unlimited broadband p... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16369 Tue, 08 May 2012 10:22:48 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16369 Dave Rogers, Richard Heather and Chris Attwood will be setting off with 50 other cars from Brighton on May 25th 2012, and boldly head for the Black Sea in an unadvisable 2725 mile mission to Odessa, Ukraine. Unlike its star-studded counterpart Gumball 3000, the Dumball rally is undertaken by team... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16373 Tue, 08 May 2012 14:22:41 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16373 Telecoms provider O-bit Telecom has announced the launch of their second level disaster recovery solution. O-bit's telecom knowledge and customer service is to thank for their phenomenal growth over the years and it is their focus on product investment and great customer relations that has broug... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16374 Tue, 08 May 2012 14:37:28 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16374 Nokia Siemens Networks launches new software tools linking network performance to customer experience Nokia Siemens Networks has launched the industry's most sophisticated tools to help operators keep their customers at the heart of their business. Service Quality Manager (SQM) and Performance Ma... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16378 Tue, 08 May 2012 15:45:31 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16378 Industry veteran to focus on strong sales and partner relationships Avaya, a global provider of business collaboration and communications solutions and services, today announced the appointment of Simon Culmer as managing director for its UK and Ireland operations, effective immediately. Culme... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16391 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:32:37 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16391 Global research from Siemens Enterprise Communications reveals energised and distributed workforce UK businesses are increasingly driven by ‘anywhere employees', overcoming the traditional, fixed and office-centric workplace. Using advances in communications, staff can work on the move, in the of... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16377 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:41:12 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16377 With many mobile handsets today costing as much as a laptop computer, subscribing to a 2-year continuous contract can seem an attractive option to many people. However, can consumers save money in the long-term by splashing out on a 2-year contract - or is it worth investing in the phone itself? ... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16379 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:53:10 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16379 Multiscreen TV Services to drive Increase A new report from Juniper Research finds that the number of streamed mobile TV users on smartphones will increase to 240 million by 2014. This increase will be driven by a rise in smartphone penetration and a growth in the usage of internet TV and IPTV se... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16380 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:57:31 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16380 Recyclebank and Transport for London launch re:route to reward people for walking and cycling in London Recyclebank, the company that motivates people to take everyday green actions by rewarding green behaviour, today announced the debut of its mobile app, re:route which is supported by Transport... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16382 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:01:06 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16382 In the UK, there has been a steady but slowing growth of smartphone usage; latest research from YouGov's Technology and Telecoms team confirms that almost half of mobile owners now use smartphones (47%). Apple's iPhone leads the way with close to 30% share of the smartphone market; Blackberry has st... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16384 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:07:59 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16384 Official figures released today show that 45 percent of all payment cards and 76 percent of all payment terminals in circulation globally* are based on EMV® technology. The data from EMVCo, the EMV standards body jointly owned by American Express, JCB, MasterCard and Visa, represents the latest s... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16387 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:32:17 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16387 The new Vodafone UK Pay as you go smartphone with all the latest BlackBerry messaging and social features The amazing value BlackBerry Curve 9320 with high speed 3G for a great browsing experience, is coming soon to Vodafone UK. Running on the latest BlackBerry 7.1 Operating System, the Curve ... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16392 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:33:23 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16392 Ofcom has today published the methodology it will use to assess the 3G coverage levels of mobile network operators that sign up for new 3G licence conditions. On 20 December 2010, the Government directed Ofcom to revise the coverage obligation specified in the current 3G licences should the Licen... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16393 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:43:30 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16393 Interactive workshops have been staged by Nimans to help resellers ‘unleash the power' of new opportunities in the mobile market. Nationwide events featured representatives from O2, BlackBerry and Samsung - attracting dozens of experienced resellers, as well as many new to a rapidly growing sect... http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16401 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:35:49 GMT http://www.mbmagazine.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=16401