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Cellhire PLC acquires 0044.co.uk and dataroam.co.uk

Cellhire PLC has acquired a key competitor in the online space as it aggressively gears up to increase its UK market share. Cellhire has supplied mobile roaming products to those travelling the globe since 1987 when the company was founded in York, UK. In that time the business has grown to an annual turnover of £22m. Recently, ...

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Texting May Never Be The Same Again.

Texting is becoming old fashioned and very expensive as well. Often you're restricted to the number of characters in a standard message and UK networks may actually charge you for sending picture messages.With VoIP (voice over internet protocol) you're able to download instant message (IM) applications that enable you to use you ...

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EU Research Results - Mobile Data Is A Big Turn-Off

25% of Europeans switch data functions on their mobiles off during a foreign trip to avoid high mobile data roaming charges, a recent survey has discovered. The research carried out by the European Commission, on a base of 28,000 EU citizens, indicated that the vast majority will purposefully restrict their mobile use when trave ...

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Mobile data set to grow by 700%

Reports are in that show the way things are going now mobile data will grow by 700% globally by 2017. Mobile has been on the rise in the past 5 years, but in the last 2 years has been the most significant growth. With the rise of smartphones there's really no telling how much exactly mobile itself will continue to grow.

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If only she had gone to dataroam!!

A dream trip to the Big Apple landed a 14-year-old girl in trouble after she racked up a £3,800 mobile phone bill – just by using Facebook. As recommended by the Guardian the equivalent data use with our Globalgig SIM would have cost just £39.00! Save £40.00! You will not get a better bargain this Summer! Until the end of July t ...

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