Aligned to its global expansion strategy, the mobile engagement media will launch its brand in the Netherlands in partnership with Vodafone

Blyk, the mobile engagement media, today announces Vodafone as its exclusive partner in the Netherlands.

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• Energy and cost savings with smart metering
• By the end of 2012 nearly 1 million households will no longer need to wait in for a meter reader
• End of the ‘estimated’ bill as smart meters allow more accurate household bills
• UK’s best network to provide ‘real time’ energy use back to British Gas

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Whack a keyboard on – it’s a new phone

Imagine this but with a keyboard attached…

Samsung hasn’t even got the plastic wrapper off its new Galaxy S ’super phone’, and there are already rumours of a new model.

However, in true Sony Ericsson-style form, it’s going to simply take the Galaxy S, a roll of sellotape and a QWERTY keyboard and hey presto! The Samsung Galaxy S Pro.

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Cheaper phone bills on the way

Mobile phone charges slashed by Ofcom

Callers to UK mobile phones will see significantly cheaper bills from 2011 says telecoms regulator Ofcom.

Ofcom has called for operators to cut the cost they charge for connecting a call from another network or landline down from 4.3 pence per minute to 0.5p – by 2015.

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Yankee Group recently published an analysis of Blyk and the full report is available in pdf form here.

Their key findings are that Blyk model works and that Blyk has succeeded in uniting advertisers and 16-24 year olds through this highly personal medium. …click here to read more

Hartlepool Borough Council has awarded a contract to Vodafone UK to provide it with a fully managed mobile business solution – saving it time, money and resources through greater working efficiencies.

The deal means that Vodafone will take care of all the Council’s BlackBerry smartphones, manage its BlackBerry Enterprise Server …click here to read more

Last year we broke the news that the Joggler, our touch-screen device, would be getting its very own App Shop. It’s now ready to go and packed with a range of useful apps and games.

The Joggler App Shop is available as a software update to all Jogglers and will download automatically from 1 April. Once it’s downloaded you’ll notice a new App Shop button on the screen that’ll look like this: …click here to read more