iPhone in the UK: Who will get exclusivity?

When Apple announced the iPhone they made it exclusive to Cingular in the US. However, the iPhone will be on sale in Europe by Q4 2007 and the UK mobile operators are in a rush to get a slice of the iPhone. But who will Apple sign the deal with in the UK?
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iPhone will be controlled environment

Steve Jobs has revealed further information on how open or accessible the iPhone will be to developers, and the news isn’t great. While Jobs stated that Apple would be releasing new applications to run on the iPhone, he confirmed that they would be operating a tightly controlled environment to maintain a high level of [...]

AT&T phasing out Cingular brand

After recently acquiring Cingular it has emerged that AT&T are to drop the Cingular brand according to ZDNet. Cingular is the current largest mobile phone group in the United States with 58 million subscribers to their mobile services. Dropping a brand as strong as Cingular is a big step, and a big risk.
The [...]

8×8 teams up with World Telecom Group

8×8 have been busy this week with the announcement of free LSSi listing for SMBs and their new FoIP services for residential subscribers. Following on is the details on a new deal between 8×8 and World Telecom Group (WTG) that will see WTG become a master reseller of 8×8 solutions.
The main purpose of the [...]

Hosted VoIP is big for small business

A report published by In-Stat and covered among the broad VoIP blogosphere suggests that hosted Voice over IP solutions are set to see “dynamic growth over the next few years” with projected revenues of more than $2 billion by 2010.
The news of such huge growth should please hosted VoIP providers such as Covad and Pandora [...]