Orange & T-Mobile invest £1.5bn, UK customers to get better coverage in coming weeks

UK mobile operator Everything Everywhere, the joint-company created after the merger of T-Mobile and Orange, has announced that it plans to invest £1.5bn over the next three years in upgrading its mobile networks, reports Reuters. Throughout 2012, Everything Everywhere will seek to further integrate the two companies under its stewardship, meaning that more Orange and T-Mobile customers will be able to use the 2G and 3G signals from each network, which we reported back in October. Everything Everywhere say that the investment and upgrade will help kick-start its preparations for 4G, which will give mobile users faster access to Internet on their mobile devices. Olaf Swantee, Chief Executive at Everything Everywhere, said. “With mobile...

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Orange San Francisco II Smartphone unveiled on video

You all may remember the ZTE Blade, better know as the Orange San Francisco budget phone that was launched late last year. It ended up being more successful than many probably thought and now they have the big brother set to debut. This is the Orange San Francisco II and it should be available late this month. It should be available on Orange’s pay monthly plans by the end of the month but no specific date was actually given. Along with the details we also have a hands-on video below. The SGII is also known as the ZTE Crescent features a 3.5″ display, Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, 5 megapixel camera with VGA front all powered by a single-core 800 MHz processor and 512 MB of RAM. Here is the video for your viewing pleasure:San Francisco...

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Acer gets network support – C6 Liquid Express coming to Orange

Acer has finally managed to bag a decent network distribution deal, with its latest in the Liquid line of Android phones appearing on the Orange UK site. The phone’s full name is the Acer C6 Liquid Express, which a quick Google session reveals is also known as the Acer E320. It’s a 3.5″ model with a 5megapixel camera and LED flash, with previously spotted versions of the phone running Android 2.3.3 and powered by an 800MHz Qualcomm processor. This is it in its Orange incarnation: You can register your interest over on the Orange site if you’d like to know when the C6 launches. Link via SoMobil...

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