The Orange Roamers Guide will automatically appear on a user s phone when they re abroad and first access the Orange World portal. It provides information on roaming charges so that users are aware of the costs of services before they receive the bill.
The guide also provides links to web pages that require only minimal data usage to see.
Orange director of roaming and interconnect Keith Greenfield said: We are providing consumers with the clarity they need to make an informed decision.

We planned to launch during Q1 when we first announced it to developers in October said Sony Ericsson corporate communications manager Gary Lockwood. But the difference between the announcement and shipping dates for the P990 is much greater than our normal schedule.
He added: We wanted to engage the developer community [so announced the product early]. Now we have a clearer view across the product portfolio it made sense to move the P990 into Q2.
Sony Ericsson is in talks with all the network operators about carrying the new M600 its second 3G business device based on Symbian 9.1 and UIQ 3.0. But Lockwood refused to comment on whether the product would be made available through the independent channel.
We are working with all of the operators on this product and there has been a tremendous level of interest but it is too early to discuss specifics he said.
The M600 which features touch screen and handwriting recognition is aimed at business e-mail users.
There are approximately 650 million business e-mail users around the globe and the demand for true mobile e-mail is growing rapidly said Sony Ericsson corporate executive vice-president and head of sales and marketing Jan Wäreby.
While there are some standalone e-mail messaging devices available many people will welcome fast and easy messaging tools integrated into their mobile phone.
Sony Ericsson confirmed the same push e-mail partners among them RIM BlackBerry Connect Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync Ericsson Mobile Office Seven Visto for both devices.

The headsets which retail for 49.99 will be on sale in all O2 retail stores. The devices feature voice recognition activation and battery life of up to 250 hours standby and seven hours talk time.
Breast Cancer Care pins and wristbands will also be available in all O2 retail stores.
Anyone who texts Pink to 83338 will receive an exclusive downloadable pink ribbon screen-saver direct to their handset.
Messages cost 1.50 plus normal service charges. A donation of 90p will be made to the charity.

Parents receive a text message alert followed by the location of their child. If parents are unable to establish contact with their child Find Me provides details of where a child was when he or she last made contact.
I believe this is of real value to parents who want more peace of mind about their child s safety said ChildLocate managing director Jon Magnusson. Children who find themselves in situations where they feel at risk can discreetly make their whereabouts known to their parents and the fact they want to be found.
FindMe works with any mobile phone on all of the major UK mobile networks. ChildLocate covers up to five mobiles and costs 69.95 for a year s membership.

However the company offers a 30 day free trial so parents can try out the service under no obligation.

The Beneficial Group whose brands include Phones On Finance and Phones on Credit was founded last year by mobile phone industry veteran Sally Hill.
The company which employs more than 75 people in Leeds and Gurgaon India offers finance plans to consumers with limited credit ratings who cannot obtain conventional network contracts.
Hill spent two years developing the business model after eight years in the industry. No other mobile retailer targets this niche market of sub/near prime consumer groups she said.
Their purchasing power is dependent on their weekly or monthly budget as opposed to full payment at time of purchase.
Customers get a loan to pay for the phone which can be repaid weekly or monthly.
The company will have an advertising budget of at least 1 million per year. The initial campaign will use national press ads.
with inserts door-to-door leaflets and other media later in the year.

The network says that UK businesses could save 14 million a year compared to existing mobile tariffs. It maintains that 22 per cent of mobile calls are made in the office and pay-as-you-go users stand to make the biggest savings.
The service was slated to launch last autumn. A spokesman said that a soft-launched trial of BT Fusion for Business did take place in September last year but that handset availability was limited at that time.
Businesses ordering the service before the end of March can get it at 6.25 a month per handset for the first three months over 24 months with 50 inclusive anytime minutes.
Handsets available are the Motorola v650 or RAZR V3B. Three handsets can run on the service in the office concurrently with additional handsets defaulting to the BT Mobile network.
At the moment the service is only available directly over the BT website through BT call centres or via the BT franchised Local Business Network of resellers.

The case was against Inpro which buys up intellectual property rights and was seeking a revenue share of RIM s UK business.
Inpro had filed its patent in 1996. It covered a computer system which reduced the processing power used by portable computers and other devices in accessing servers on the Internet.
RIM applied to the English High Court to revoke the patent on the grounds that it was invalid for lack of novelty and obviousness according to law firm Bird & Bird.
Inpro counter-claimed for infringement but the judge backed RIM. Inpro could still appeal.

Your Comms parent United Utilities will gain a 21 per cent shareholding in Thus as a result.
The move is part of a strategy to move beyond fixed-line said Thus chairman Phil Rogerson.
It coincides with a decline in demand for traditional telecoms services and an increase in demand for more innovative next-generation services.
United Utilities put Your Comms up for sale in December after the division reported a half-yearly operating loss of 11.8 million and a drop in turnover of 11.5 per cent to 98.2 million.

Reasons given for changing phones include the need for more up-to-date features (28 per cent) better tariff deals (19 per cent) new brand (eight per cent) smaller and lighter phone (nine per cent).

The figures come from responses from 1000 adults and 347 children who were quizzed by MORI.

The report also says 22 per cent of users own a mobile phone for more than a year and 10 per cent own one for more than five years.

At least 21 per cent of people questioned said they were still unhappy with the quality of calls they receive. Of the people questioned who are non-users 25 per cent said they were put off by the perceived high cost.

Symbian said it wanted to enter lower cost higher volume market segments.
Symbian CEO Nigel Clifford said: Symbian is focused on driving down the costs to our customers. My initial discussions with our customers and partners are very positive.
The cuts bring the cost down from $7.25 ( 4.17) per unit for the first two million handsets sold to as little as $2.50 per unit. The new pricing comes into operation from July.