Vodafone has declared Britain the “most digitally advanced” country in Europe according to an article in the Telegraph. Vittorio Colao, chief executive, said Britain’s “digital citizens” are much more up to date with the latest technology than mainland Europeans. Vodafone said 70pc of new customers signing up for a contract in the UK demand a [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted February 4, 2011
in mobile internet
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Tagged daily telegraoh, facebook, foursquare, infinite, mobile broadband, mobile social, mobile social telstra, myspace, networking, one plan, rupert neate, social networks, telegraph, three, twitter, Vittorio Colao, vodafone
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[UPDATED November 2011 with E587 details] These tips were featured in the Wired UK September magazine on page 82. Click the image for a larger view. I’ve heard so many horror stories about high data roaming charges from friends and colleagues over the years. This has always surprised me because I’ve managed to keep my [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 1, 2011
in featured, mobile broadband, roaming
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Tagged 3, 3 mifi, 3G in London, 3MiFi, All Day PA, allday PA, AT&T, AT&T mobile internet, AT&T plans, AT&T prepaid, bis roaming, blackberry bis roaming, blackberry roaming, blackberry roaming tips, blackberry wifi roaming, data roaming, data roaming tips, data SIM, dongle, expansys, handet unlocking, handset unlocking, high data roaming costs, international travel secrets, international traveller secrets, intrnational traveller tips, iPad, ipad data overseas, ipad roaming, ipad roaming in London, iphone, locked handset, Martin Sauter, MiFi, mifi roaming, mobile broadband, mobile inernet, mobile internet overseas, Nokia X3-02, prepaid wireless internet access, prepay mobile internet, roaming, roaming in London, roaming in the UK, sectet travel tips, top tip broadband abroad, top travel tips, travel tips, travelling to the UK, tripit, truphone, truphone charges, truphone data, truphone review, truphone SIM, truphone tips, unlock, visiting London, vodafone, vodafone data roaming, vodafone passport, Vodafone Top up and Go, WiFi alternatives, Wired, Wired magazine, Wired UK, wireless moves, wirelessmoves, world traveller
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This posts follows on from part 1, titled “How to avoid paying data roaming charges on your next overseas trip part 1 – before you go” and has been updated in August 2011 to reflect pricing changes and more tips from my travels. Now you have your unlocked phone, cheap 2nd phone, local SIM card [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted January 1, 2011
in mobile broadband, roaming
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Tagged 3, 3 mifi, 3G in London, 3MiFi, All Day PA, allday PA, AT&T, AT&T mobile internet, AT&T plans, AT&T prepaid, blackberry roaming, data roaming, data SIM, dongle, ebtropay, expansys, handet unlocking, handset unlocking, international travel secrets, international traveller secrets, intrnational traveller tips, iPad, ipad data overseas, ipad roaming, ipad roaming in London, iphone, locked handset, Martin Sauter, MiFi, mobile broadband, mobile inernet, mobile internet overseas, prepaid wireless internet access, prepay mobile internet, roaming, roaming in London, roaming in the UK, sectet travel tips, top tip broadband abroad, top travel tips, travel tips, travelling to the UK, tripit, truphone, truphone SIM, unlock, Virtual Visa, visiting London, vodafone, vodafone data roaming, vodafone passport, Vodafone Top up and Go, WiFi alternatives, wireless moves, wirelessmoves, world traveller
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Following a week of intensive meetings in Sydney, I thought I would pull my thoughts and observations together on the differences between the UK and Australian mobile markets. For those not familiar with my background, I am Australian and spent 11 years in Sydney working in the telco and online space. I have spoken to [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted May 5, 2009
in australia
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Tagged 3, australia, australian mobile market, australian perspective, capped plans, Jennie Bewes, mobile advertising, mobile broadband, online, optus, part 1, telstra, twitter, vodafone
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This week sees London host two important events, one being the G20 meeting, the other is carnival of the mobilists, hosted right here in London at London Calling. For those of you who don’t know much about the carnival – have a look at www.mobili.st and to the one person this week who emailed me thinking [...]
By Andrew Grill
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Posted March 29, 2009
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Tagged 3g enabled, 7th mass media, Africa mobile costs, Ajit Jaokar, Amazon kindle, America, andrew grill, australia, Barack Obama, blogs, carnival, carnival 167, carnival of the mobilists, Chetan Sharma, china, clud services, cotm, Dennis Bournique, embedded clients, eu, european union, G-20, G20, G20 mobile summit, G20 summit, G20 summit special edition, geekcast.fm, Gordon Brown, india, iphone, iPhone myth buster, James Cooper, Kevin Rudd, london calling, Luxembourg, Martin Sauter, mjelly, mobile, mobile advertising evangelist, mobile blogger, mobile broadband, mobile markets, mobile opinion, mobile sensors, mobile social networking, mobile tribe, mobili.st, mobility, Per-Fredrik, sydney, Tomi Ahonen, twitter, United Kingdom, us iphone traffic, wap review, wireless moves
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This is being blogged on an HSDPA laptop – a Sony TZ31WN to be precise. Ever since Sony added HSDPA modems to their über lightweight laptop range I just had to have one. Not just because of the small size, meaning that in an aeroplane when the fat guy in front of you leans riiiight back [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Mobilists is at Visiion Mobile. As usual, a great range of news and views on all thins mobile so I encourage you to head over to Vision Mobile and have a read. This week there are quite a few thought pieces and observations worth reading. The iPhone 3G has kept most [...]
Speaking from personal experience, I can say that flat rate data plans DO drive consumer behaviour. For some time I have been on a Vodafone UK business plan, that gives me a gazillion minutes, free landline calls in the UK BUT only 20MB of data included with a £15/month add-on plan. This severe limitation made me [...]
