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UK Operator's New Plan Offers a Great Deal, But Is O2 Giving It Away?
O2 launched its Refresh scheme in the UK last week. It says the plan is a new way for customers to buy their phones and mobile service. O2 has split the cost of the device and the cost of the mobile service into a Phone Plan and an Airtime Plan respectively. It claims t... Read more

Foursquare Should Focus on Delivering Vouchers in E-Commerce Expansion
Earlier this month, Foursquare announced in its company blog that it had secured $41 million in funding. The investment will be used to support the company's growth, which in the past year has become increasingly focused on e-commerce.
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SIM Frustrations Reflect the Need for Change Among European Operators
Some difficulties I've encountered recently with 3 have highlighted an interesting tariff challenge for operators. I subscribe to a SIM-only monthly tariff from 3 that offers 2GB of data per month, with no texts and no minutes a pure data tariff. I've run this for sever... Read more

Providers Should Consider the Whole Experience When Launching Services.
When I was at Mobile World Congress last month, I used the Sony Xperia T issued by the GSM Association to participate in the NFC Experience programme. Similar to the trial at the NFC and Mobile Money Summit 2012 in Milan, the programme promoted a variety of uses for N... Read more

Pilot in Indonesia Will Be Popular, But BlackBerry Must Consider Next Step
Last week the commercial pilot of BlackBerry's BBM Money launched in Indonesia. The service allows BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) users to make person-to-person payments in a similar way to the M-Pesa service in Kenya. Users can open BBM, select a BBM contact and trans... Read more