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Do energy price rises loom in Spring next year?
The latest Ofgem Quarterly Market Report contains some bad news for consumers with the regulator forecasting a squeeze on suppliers' net margins by Spring 2011.
Three offers free mobile browsing on 0.facebook.com
Three has announced that it is now offering its customers free mobile browsing on the new 0.facebook.com site. By sponsoring 0.facebook.com Three is enabling its customers to stay connected through Facebook with their friends and family from any mobile Web browser without incurring any data charges.
Nokia C7 coming soon to Three
Three has confirmed it will be ranging the new Nokia C7 in Q4. Featuring Symbian 3, the Nokia C7 has a built-in live updates from Facebook and Twitter as well as access to e-mail straight from the homescreen. At just 10.5mm thick, the Nokia C7 has an impressive 8 MP camera with HD video recording and a 3.5” high-resolution touchscreen.
Average fixed energy tariff has increased by 20%
British bill payers beware; research from moneysupermarket.com reveals the average cost of energy deals has increased by £81 per year (eight per cent), across the board since May this year.
Brits without internet missing out on the best rates
The four million Britons who don't have internet access are missing out on the best rates for financial products, according to an investigation by Which?
Students urged to insure phones, laptops and other gadgets
Students in the UK keep over £3.3 billion worth of possessions in their digs but over £1.7 billion of it is uninsured, according to new research from Santander Student Current Accounts.
Orange launches the San Francisco Android phone
Orange has unveiled the San Francisco, a super sleek and stylish touchscreen Android mobile phone, priced at only £99 on Orange pay as you go. Offering Orange customers access to thousands of apps, the San Francisco handset is the first in a series of new affordable Android devices to be ranged from Orange in the UK.
Orange launches home broadband and calls packages
Orange has announced a range of new home broadband price plans to offer Orange mobile customers the UK’s best value broadband and calls. The move is the first in a home broadband evolution roadmap planned for the service over the next 18 months under newly appointed Vice President of Home, Bruno Duarte.
BT bundle customers get fibre upgrade
BT Retail upped the ante in the broadband market today by announcing that customers who take a bundle of broadband and calls will be offered the chance to upgrade to BT Infinity, the company’s fibre broadband service, for no extra monthly cost when fibre becomes available in their area.
Beaches, boats and barns - UK offices get creative
A recent survey of Orange small and medium business customers has revealed more business owners working from locations better suited to their lifestyle.
LG Town C300 - socialise in an instant
LG has launched the LG Town C300, a colourful and vibrant phone, aimed at those on the go with busy lifestyles. With ease of social networking in mind, the phone has a full QWERTY keyboard, making it ideal for texting and typing.
More green homes for the UK
British Gas, the UK’s largest supplier of low carbon, energy efficient products and services and Mears, a leading provider of repairs and maintenance services to the social housing sector, announce a strategic partnership to bid on repair and maintenance contracts in the social housing sector.
Giving to charity direct from salaries more than doubles
Figures published today show that last year £81million was donated to charity by the half a million people who donate to charity every month through the tax-free, payroll giving scheme "Give As You Earn" an increase of 153% on 1999/2000 when £31million was given in this way.
UK’s cheapest line rental
Millions of British home phone customers face higher bills when price hikes come into effect from 1st October, however many will simply continue to pay for a costlier service without actually investigating what alternatives are available to them.
Only a third of older people living alone have internet access
Just over a third (37 per cent) of one person households over state pension age had Internet access in 2008, according to a report published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).