Vodafone UK explores the demographics of its customer base further with a special Vodafone Live! section for girls. Low on interactivity and painfully mainstream, "For Girls' is pretty unimpressive. ...

This summer Vodafone UK customers can make calls while travelling abroad from 7-8pm local time for only GBP 0.40 per minute. Finally, Vodafone takes advantage of its international clout ...

Vodafone Sweden launches an "under-26' offer for low priced calls to the fixed network to persuade customers to dump the landline, but it gives a part-time approach to fixed-to-mobile substitution, ...

MCI has brought its managed DSL solutions to Europe, strengthening the company's competitive position. However, MCI is muddying the waters when it claims it is supporting the service with ...

Verso's distribution partnership with Panasonic in Europe gives the latter company's products crucial IP networking support and the former company a channel relationship that should help drive much-needed new revenues. ...

Proximus' FreeStyle is yet another variation of the hybrid prepaid-cum-contract service concept European operators are now deploying to win parental approval and keep teenagers from churning. This is lock-in, with ...

A multi-million pound contract extension between Vodafone UK and its handset repair partner CRC paves the way towards better cost-efficiencies from 2005 onwards. Vodafone must translate these savings into a ...

NetCom lets customers forget about call charges with the new NetCom Plenty Tariff, offering 500 or 1,000 inclusive minutes for a fixed monthly fee. With no other fees or handset ...

T-Mobile Germany will enable users to top-up their prepaid cards via SMS. However, sign up regulations and PIN requirements might curb enthusiasm for the new service. ...

Following aggressive moves in the consumer market from sunrise and Orange, Swisscom has fought back with a new Prepay service that matches Orange's offer. However, sunrise is still ahead ...

sunrise is becoming more of a threat in the consumer market in Switzerland with a new subscription service that lacks a monthly fee. Increasing competition from Tele2 and Orange ...

Following speculation that the easy Group was to copy Danish Telmore mobile services in the UK, the tables have turned and TDC, owner of Telmore, will license the easyMobile brand ...

easynet partners with Dutch ICT provider DHS Informatisering, and while the move will help to deepen easynet's penetration of the country's enterprise market, many competitors already have similar in-house capabilities ...

BT keeps its mobility aspirations alive with the launch of a texting service between mobiles and fixed line handsets. BT opens up a new market for SMS, but fixed line ...

TeliaSonera Sweden has signed an agreement with Ericsson for the M-USE mobile music content service. Content will be available for download via Telia Go, offering customers a wide range of ...

T-Mobile Germany continues to storm ahead in the hotspot space in Germany with another hotspot at Frankfurt Airport. T-Mobile is leaving competitors biting the competitive dust as it ...

Virgin Mobile launches BITES, a new information and entertainment service to replace VirginXtras. BITES targets customers that have time on their hands and want to fill this gap. Virgin offers ...

T-Mobile UK extends its Relax tariff strategy to offer savings to pay as you go customers, who can now benefit from a GBP 0.05 per minute call rate to any ...

Vodafone Germany is the last to market a Secondary Card for partner use in Germany. At EUR 6 per month with 20 minutes inclusive calls, the offer is reasonable, ...

neuf telecom announces national unlimited telephony available to its 512 Kbps DSL subscribers priced at an additional ~9 per month. This necessary move is a sensible response to similar earlier ...