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by Alex Dobie
Apr 12, 2013
UK carrier appears to be following in the footsteps of T-Mobile USA, allowing customers to pay off their phone separately to their service plan
O2 UK has announced the launch of "O2 Refresh...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 04, 2013
Latest Sony mid-ranger "coming soon" to Three, O2 launch expected this month
Data-friendly mobile operators O2 and Three have announced that they'll range the Sony Xperia SP. Thoug...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 20, 2013
The UK's long-delayed 4G spectrum auction has completed today, resulting in the sale of 800MHz and 2600MHz airwaves to the country's largest operators for a total of £2.3 billion.
Her...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 11, 2013
If you follow obscure app-related news, you might remember that Samsung, MusicQubed and the Official Charts Company launched a UK Top 40 app last summer for owners of certain Samsung devices. That p...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 08, 2013
Following Sony's official announcement yesterday, British network O2 has revealed that it's now pushing out the Xperia T Jelly Bean update. As well as bringing the device up to Android 4....
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by Andrew Martonik
Jan 17, 2013
We're still waiting for hard facts on pricing and release date for the newly announced Sony Xperia Z, but at least one carrier in Germany, O2, is committing to carrying it. The handset has ...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 16, 2012
If you live in the UK and weren't lucky enough to bag yourself a Nexus 4 from the Google Play Store, there might be a way -- albeit an expensive way -- to get your hands on an unlocked 16GB ...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 30, 2012
British mobile network O2 is the first UK carrier to confirm that it'll be offering the LG Nexus 4 when it arrives next month. O2 doesn't offer any specific release date on its "coming so...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 30, 2012
O2 UK will be the only British network to offer the recently announced LG Nexus 4, according to reports. UK tech blog Pocket-Lint says O2 has secured a one-month exclusivity period, meaning customer...
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by Sean Brunett
Oct 19, 2012
Yesterday, Three UK began to send out the Andorid 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update to Samsung Galaxy S3 phones, and now we have two more British carriers following closely -- Vodafone and O2. O2's r...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 17, 2012
"Proven alternative" to replace problem third-party database
If you're an O2 customer in the UK, you may have noticed the two recent bouts of downtime, which prevented a significan...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 12, 2012
Some O2 UK customers are experiencing service issues this evening, which the carrier says is affecting some ten percent of its subscribers. The O2 service status website, which is currently being&nb...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 07, 2012
As we reported last month, O2 UK secured an exclusive deal with Sony to launch its own 'Bond Phone' branded version of the Sony Xperia T. Now the 007-themed handset is actually available fro...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 03, 2012
O2, Vodafone and EE have reached an agreement with UK telecommunications regulator Ofcom and the British government to significantly accelerate the roll-out of LTE services on 800MHz and 2600MHz ban...
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by James Richardson
Oct 01, 2012
Back in June of this year we told you of Vodafone and O2's plans to implement a cell tower sharing agreement which would see customers on both networks benefit from better national coverage. Wel...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 27, 2012
The rumored HTC One X+ just got a step closer to reality, as it's has made its way into a brochure for the UK carrier O2. What we're seeing looks delightful, fir an updated 1.7GHz CPU (likel...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 27, 2012
Sony's Xperia T launched at independent online retailers in the UK earlier this week, and today it's available in store, as well as directly through mobile networks Three and O2. If you'...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 26, 2012
If you're anything like us, you'll have plenty of wall chargers left over from devices you've long since parted company with. Observe above, the battered husk of our two and a half year-...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 11, 2012
And AT&T's branding rears its head in promo shots once again...
As Sony's always keen to point out, the Xperia T is the official phone of upcoming 007 flick Skyfall, and now UK network...
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by Richard Devine
Sep 03, 2012
While Sony may have created some excitement in the last seven days with all their IFA announcements, for owners of some of the 2011 Xperia devices on O2 UK there is less cause for celebration.&...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 30, 2012
Sony's latest entry-level smartphone, the Xperia Tipo, is set to launch on O2 and Orange in the UK from next month. Announced in mid-June, the pint-size handset comes loaded with Android 4.0 Ice C...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 24, 2012
In the past, traveling from the UK to mainland Europe could've landed you with a massive, unforeseen roaming bill. The EU recently imposed roaming price caps on European carriers, though, and as...
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by Chris Parsons
Jul 18, 2012
Last week, O2 in the UK suffered some serious downtime that lasted approximately 24 hours affecting many users of their network. With O2 now back up and running tiptop, O2 is looking to clean up the...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 17, 2012
Announced a couple of months ago, the water-resistant Sony Xperia Go has gone on sale in the UK, and is now available SIM-free, as well as subsidized on-contract through O2 UK. The Go is the follow-up...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 12, 2012
Update: O2 says its network has been restored for all customers affected by the recent downtime, and advises anyone still experiencing problems to restart their handset.
Original: T...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 11, 2012
British network O2 says it's experiencing problems on its network which are causing some customers to have "difficulty making or receiving calls, sending texts or using data." Bizarrel...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 07, 2012
In news that sounds more exciting than it actually is, British mobile networks O2 and Vodafone have announced an agreement to combine and share their existing 2G, 3G and (eventually) 4G network infr...
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by Alex Dobie
May 15, 2012
British mobile operator O2 has begun rolling out a new, faster mobile network standard across major British cities, according to reports. Crave is reporting that O2 has started switchin...
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by Alex Dobie
May 11, 2012
Following the recent EU ruling on European roaming rates, O2 UK has announced its new "O2 Travel" service, which will launch from July. The service offers reduced European roaming charges ...
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by Alex Dobie
May 04, 2012
Following yesterday's Galaxy S III announcement in London, we some initial announcements from UK retailers and mobile networks, indicating broad availability for Samsung's new flagship phone...
