Mobile Phones

The latest data from moneysupermarket.com shows searches for pay-as-you-go (PAYG) mobiles have surged 40 per cent in the last two months and are set to be a popular gift this Christmas.

Brits venturing abroad this winter could be in for a nasty shock when they return home to their mobile phone bill.

moneysupermarket.com is urging Ofcom to look into the regulation of call charges from mobiles to Freephone numbers. Not one mobile provider offers all 0800 calls for free, even though calls to 0800 numbers are often essential.

Over 1.5 million mobile phones are thrown away each year and a further 50 million could soon find their way to landfill sites as over two-thirds (67 per cent) of people fail to recycle old handsets, according to research from moneysupermarket.com.

GeoSentric Oyj’s GyPSii, the market-leading mobile digital lifestyle application and geo-mobility social networking platform, has announced an agreement with one of China's leading web-based travel companies eLong, Inc., to provide GyPSii-powered hotel information and reservation services to visitors to China, including such popular cities as Beijing and Shanghai.

Commenting on Ryanair's decision to allow mobile calls on flights, Rob Barnes, head of mobiles and broadband at moneysupermarket.com says: "It was only a matter of time before an airline began to offer this service, BMI have said they will provide the service but it'll be interesting to see which major airlines follow suit.

Commenting on the European Commission's decision to cut the cost of texting and data downloading abroad, Rob Barnes, head of mobiles and broadband at moneysupermarket.com, said: "At last we're seeing a significant price cap put on the inflated charges imposed by mobile networks for texts and data.

Mobile phone users are wasting millions of pounds each month paying for text and talk minute packages they do not need found Omio.com the mobile phone price comparison site.

Mobile phone costs will rise by a third for Vodafone Pay As You Go users from next month. On 1 September, contract customers who exceed their monthly allowances will pay 25% more for every minute used over their agreed usage.

ASDA has unveiled a new flat rate UK pricing structure for its Pay As You Go mobile phone service, which is set to save 45million UK PAYG users £2.38billion a year. Calls will be slashed to 8p a minute and texts to just 4p, making it Britain's lowest PAYG operator.

When Jerry Bart joined a small telecoms company ‘Ecocall’ in 2000 and founded the BEN Telecom Alliance, little did he know how successful the project would be?

UK holidaymakers jetting off this summer, could be in for a ‘pocket shock' when they return home to their mobile phone bill.

Location based social networking community WAYN.com (‘Where Are You Now?’) aims to help you make the most of your whereabouts thanks to the launch of its mobile service, giving users access to global people and places search from their pocket.

Mobyko.com, the independent world leader in mobile to web innovation, unveils its online calculator ('The Mobilator') designed to show how much money is tied up in our mobiles.

With hundreds of different mobile deals on the market it's becoming even more difficult for people to differentiate between them. To assist people when choosing their provider moneysupermarket.com has launched its mobile satisfaction survey.