This is why we CAN have nice things: Samsung Galaxy Alpha [Tue Nov 4 2014]

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Japan tells operators: Put a SIM lock in a new mobe? You'd better
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SIM liberty to promote competition
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Sky ponders 200,000-customer MVNO 'trial'. Soft launch, anyone?
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Samsung launches 'perfect pair' of skinny mid-range phones
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Watch out, Samsung and Apple: Xiaomi's No 3 in smartphones now
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Amazon sells Fire Phone in UK ... on CONTRACT
Hooks up with O2
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Samsung says teaming up with mobe-maker Microsoft could violate
antitrust law
...and that's why it doesn't have to cough up that $6.9m
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Humanity now making about 41 mobes EACH SECOND
327 MEEELLION mobes shipped in Q3, say very tired analysts
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Hate the BlackBerry Z10 and Passport? How about this dusty old
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BlackBerry Classic aims to rekindle the flames
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PEAK APPLE: iOS 8 is least popular Cupertino mobile OS in all of HUMAN
HISTORY
'Nerd release' finally staggers past 50 per cent adoption
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This is why we CAN have nice things: Samsung Galaxy Alpha
iPhone 6 botherer?
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Find My Phone does just one thing but Samsung's messed it up
Hackers can p0wn smartmobes through handset location services
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'National roaming' law: Stubborn UK operators to be FORCED to share
Gov: Frenchies can't have a better signal than us Brits
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How many telecoms firms left in Europe? Another mega-billion deal
slated in France
Numericable's acquistion of Vivendi's SFR approved
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You! AT&T! The only thing 'unlimited' about you is your CHEEK, growl
feds
Man, we did everything but knock on their doors - carrier
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*** Suppliers News ***

France KICKS UK into THIRD PLACE for public Wi-Fi hotspots
US takes second spot, and Asian giants loom
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That 'TECH-FREE' Nophone? It was already out years ago
Well, sort of... Remember the Stuckist Phone?
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EE launches 150Mbps '4G+' in the heart of London
LTE-A – Faster phones for Hoxton Hipsters
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Greeks BEST in WORLD – at, er, breaking their mobile phones
Blighty's not much better at preserving Jesus Phones either
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