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?
First, [...]
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 [...]
Only yesterday we had been reporting on extensive negotiations between Apple and Cisco over the use of the iPhone trademark. A preprepared statement from Cisco yesterday implied that talks had been proceeding well and that they were expecting the receipt of a signed document from Apple on Tuesday.
Clearly something has gone wrong. On [...]
UK-based Truphone have secured $24.5m / £12.5m of funding led by pan-European venture capitalist Wellington Partners. The new funding is going to be used to help Truphone develop new technologies for WiFi-enabled mobiles that will enable users to make cheap internet phone calls.
Truphone are a truly disruptive force within the mobile market. Installing [...]
8×8 have announced a deal with LSSi that will see every business subscribing to their VoIP services being offered a free directory listing. This is relatively small move on the part of 8×8 but a welcome one nonetheless, you can bet that a business comparing VoIP providers will take notice.
This news follows on from [...]