Dual SIM phones are rapidly gaining popularity in Kenya, new reports have revealed, pushing single SIM handsets out of the market. A report from Coastweek has revealed that the majority of East African mobile phone users are now switching to dual-SIM devices, as it gives them more flexibility and rids the inconvenience of having to [...]
India‘s largest mobile phone operator, Bharti Airtel, saw its profits plunge 22 percent in Q3 2011, the network has confirmed. Net profit for the three month period ending December dropped to 10.1 billion rupees ($206 million), down from 13.03 billion rupees a year earlier. This profit slump marked the 8th consecutive decline for the company, and is way below analysts’ [...]
Teenagers in Portugal send 100 texts a day on average, according to a study from the Superior Technical Institute. The survey, carried out during the 2010/2011 school year, questioned 2500 students aged between 15 and 17 from 40 different Portuguese schools. The findings show that 99.5 percent of teenagers currently own a mobile phone, while 30 percent of those [...]
Nokia has announced its plans to ”return to the Australian smartphone market” , with plans to launch its new Lumia 800 handset in the country next month. However, analysts are claiming that the Finnish phone-maker could struggle to convince Australian consumers to switch from popular platforms, such as Android and iOS, to switch to Microsoft’s Windows [...]
LG will reportedly launch the world’s first triple SIM mobile, the LG A920, in Russia. As you’re probably aware, dual SIM mobiles – although not prevalent in the UK – are massively popular devices worldwide, enabling people to use more than one SIM card at a time. LG looks set to take things further with [...]
Apple could sell as many as 40 million iPhones in China next year, an analyst is claiming, following a partnership with China Telecom and China Mobile. Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty sent a note to investors yesterday, suggesting that Apple will strike a deal with the two major Chinese networks – news which has since been [...]
India has been the centre of much controversy in the world of telecommunications recently due to the ongoing scandal case, however, today we are bringing you some positive Indian telecoms news. That is the news that a new deal has been struck between Bharti Airtel and Mogae Media. Bharti Airtel is a rather large telecommunications [...]
Here at DialToSave we love to deliver any fun and quirky news and views from around the world of telecommunications, and today we have just that! Our sister company, SoMobile, have enjoyed putting together a fantastic new infographic to show us the different mobile phone trends from around our large, but seemingly shrinking, globe. The [...]
A French billionaire, Xavier Niel, has embarked upon an aggressive price war with a number of telecoms companies in order to attempt to break their stranglehold over one the most expensive mobile phone markets in Europe. Mr Niel has gone up against France Telecom, Vivendi’s SFR and Bouygues Telecom. The founder of Free Telecom has [...]