The premium rate regulator has uncovered two cases of smartphone apps charging users without their knowledge or consent.
Now the regulator, Phonepayplus, has issued plans for more protection for consumers from rogue traders in the industry.
Warning about cost of rogue apps
26 September, 2011 By
Fold-up Paper Smartphone Makes its Debut
6 May, 2011 By
A prototype flexible smartphone made of electronic paper has been created by Canadian researchers.
The PaperPhone can do all the things bulkier smartphones can do such as make and take calls, send messages, play music or display e-books.
The gadget triggers different functions and features when bent, folded and flexed at its corners or sides.
“Everything is going to look and feel like this within five years,” said creator Dr Roel Vertegaal. [Read more...]
TalkTalk and 3-Mobile Most Complained About Providers
22 April, 2011 By
Communications watchdog Ofcom placed TalkTalk at the the top of the list of companies it had received complaints about from UK broadband and landline customers between October 2010 and February this year.
It said TalkTalk had notched up 1.78 gripes per 1,000 of its landline customers during that period.
“Ofcom saw a peak in complaints about TalkTalk Group in November 2010, following its investigation into the company for incorrectly billing consumers for cancelled services,” said the regulator. [Read more...]
Analysis: Will the Camcorder go the way of the Pager?
20 April, 2011 By
Now that everything from tablets to smartphones to DSLRs feature HD video capture, does the gadget world have room for standalone video cameras? Apparently Cisco didn’t think so — it killed the line last week. Is the category staring down an evolutionary dead end, or is there still room for devices that do nothing but make movies?
Cisco pulled the plug on its Flip digital video camera earlier this week, putting an end to its line of popular, relatively low-cost dedicated digital video cameras. [Read more...]
Smartphone Market to Grow by 50% in 2011
31 March, 2011 By
The global mobile phone market will see smartphones will see an estimated 49.2% growth in 2011, reaching shipments of 450 million devices, research firm IDC has estimated.
The analyst calculates that Android devices will drive the growth and account for 45% of the smartphone market by 2015. [Read more...]
OFCOM to Outlaw Roll-Over Contracts
11 March, 2011 By
Telecoms firms will be banned from automatically signing customers up to renewed contracts with minimum contract periods, telecoms regulator has said. It said that 15 per cent of home phone users are tied into such contracts.
A number of providers operate such contracts but this must stop, Ofcom has said in a consultation proposing a change to its rules on contract terms.
Automatically renewable contracts (ARCs), or rollover contracts, sign users up to subsequent contract periods once a first contract period ends unless the telecoms operator is asked by the users not to. [Read more...]
