# Mobile Phones

All time

€83k paid to ex-taoisigh this year – despite scrapping of expenses scheme

Payments to former Taoisigh for secretarial allowances continued until March – despite Enda Kenny telling the Dáil they would end in January, TheJournal.ie can reveal.

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Aug 3rd 2012, 10:30 AM

# Scam

Two arrested for hacking 8.7 million mobile customers in South Korea

The pair stole the data, including the customers’ names, contact details and registration numbers, to sell onto telemarketers.

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Jul 29th 2012, 7:30 AM

# Job Losses

Nokia to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide

The struggling mobile phone company has also warned of a larger than expected loss for the second quarter of this year.

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Jun 14th 2012, 8:34 AM

# Penalty Points

Changes to points system will see increased penalties for speeding, using phones

The planned changes could also cut the penalties for driving without a valid NCT – from five points down to three.

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Jun 11th 2012, 1:25 PM

# Working

More than half of Irish workforce will work away from their desk by 2016

Mobile workers will represent 57 per cent of the total working population by 2016 it is estimated.

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Jun 6th 2012, 4:18 PM

# Happy Holidays

Mobile roaming charges to drop as MEPs vote for cuts

Using your mobile abroad will cost less from July – with limits on data charges for the first time.

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May 10th 2012, 9:14 PM

# Transparency

Change to TDs’ expenses reduces chance of similar phone expenses exposé

Reform of the Oireachtas expenses rules in March 2010 means reportage on fraudulent mobile phone expenses can’t be repeated.

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Apr 27th 2012, 3:52 PM

# Ewww

How clean is your handbag?

If you’re an average person… the answer is: not very.

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Apr 26th 2012, 3:39 PM

# premium rate

Vodafone to refund almost €2 million after billing error

The mistake was found in the billing of 1520, 1580 and 1590 premium-rate calls.

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Apr 20th 2012, 8:59 AM

# Apple

29 iPhone not-quite-Easter Eggs you might not have known about

There’s some handy tweaks and shortcuts hidden within iOS which you might not have known about. Here’s a guide.

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Apr 8th 2012, 3:57 PM

# Jobs

O2 to cut 120 jobs in Ireland

The company is looking for voluntary redundancies from its workforce of 1,100 people.

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Apr 4th 2012, 3:13 PM

# Moriarty

Garda Commissioner confirms DPP meeting over Moriarty

Martin Callinan says that it is “right and prudent” for him to meet with DPP before launching any criminal investigation into issues raised by the Moriarty Tribunal.

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Apr 4th 2012, 9:08 AM

# Phone home

Mobile roaming charges to fall again under new EU deal

A new price cap should be enforced in time for this year’s holiday season – with data charges among those to fall.

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Mar 29th 2012, 8:57 AM

# Mobiles

Pay-as-you-go mobile charges are 20 per cent above OECD average

But contract plans in Ireland are cheaper than in many other countries.

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Mar 14th 2012, 10:54 AM

# Roaming

MEPs vote to make further cuts to roaming charges

A Brussels committee votes to lower the ceiling for roaming charges within the EU, with call charges set to fall by June.

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Feb 28th 2012, 4:30 PM

# Snap Happy

Nokia unveils new smartphone with a 41-megapixel camera

Yes, you read that right. (That’s five times the resolution of the latest iPhone.)

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Feb 27th 2012, 9:25 AM

# iPhone 5

In pictures: Latest iPhone 5 concept designs

Concept design includes a curved back and a handy backlit Apple logo for finding your phone in the dark.

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Feb 24th 2012, 3:03 PM

# Nokia

Nokia to end European phone assembly operation

Around 4,000 jobs are being lost in Finland, Hungary and Mexico as the mobile phone company shifts manufacturing operations into Asia.

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Feb 8th 2012, 2:05 PM

# Mobiles

Introducing a new mobile network... for young people only

The network, called 48, will be low-cost but only for people aged 18-22.

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Jan 31st 2012, 6:47 PM

# O2

No leak of Irish O2 users' mobile numbers, company says

O2 admitted that it had accidentally leaked online the mobile numbers of some customers in the UK.

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Jan 25th 2012, 5:58 PM

# iPhone

Apple iPhone makes half of entire mobile industry's profits

The iPhone accounts for just four per cent of phone sales, but 52 per cent of the proceeds.

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Nov 8th 2011, 10:00 AM

# iPhone 4s

In pictures: Fans queue to be the first with new iPhone 4S

The new iPhone went on sale in Ireland at midnight last night – and excitement ensued.

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Oct 28th 2011, 8:01 AM

# BlackBerry

BlackBerry aims to placate angry customers after disruptions

The company’s customers will be offered free app downloads after outages left millions without services last week.

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Oct 17th 2011, 5:09 PM

# blackberry crumble

BlackBerry users consider switching brands

The smartphone company experienced a number of outages this week, which frustrated many customers. Now a survey says some have already bought new phones – and others are thinking of moving from BlackBerry.

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Oct 14th 2011, 2:08 PM

# BlackBerry

BlackBerry users hit by second day of international outages

Problems with the smartphone now appear to have spread to four continents, despite earlier claims that they had been fixed.

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Oct 11th 2011, 5:52 PM

# BlackBerry

BlackBerry users hit by international network breakdown

Up to ten million users across Europe and the Middle East were reportedly left without services today.

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Oct 10th 2011, 9:59 PM

# Your Say

Poll: How old should you be before you get a mobile phone?

A new survey has shown that over a third of kids aged 8 now owns a mobile. Parents seem happy with this, but what do you think?

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Aug 31st 2011, 11:55 AM

# Talk 2u l8r

One third of 8-year-olds own a mobile phone

A survey of Irish parents, conducted by Tesco Mobile, shows that 37 per cent of kids aged 8 has a mobile.

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Aug 31st 2011, 11:39 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…

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Aug 31st 2011, 8:26 AM

# San Francisco

San Francisco transport officials block phone signals to hinder protest

Mobile phone service in San Francisco’s downtown subway stations was shut off to prevent a repeat of a protest in July which ended in arrests. The protest was sparked when police shot a man.

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Aug 13th 2011, 12:46 PM

# Hacking

This call may be recorded... Hackers targeting smartphones, warn experts

Hackers are turning to smartphones to access personal information, with Android devices said to be especially vulnerable.

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Aug 7th 2011, 1:58 PM

# In the red

The world's richest man lost €5.6 BILLION this week

It’s fine, though: Carlos Slim and his family are still worth €46.5bn – the equivalent of 4.5 per cent of Mexico’s total economic output.

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Aug 5th 2011, 7:16 PM

# Just Mobile

Just Mobile to shut after just 10 months in operation

Ireland’s only Irish-owned prepaid mobile network provider is to wind down services over the next three weeks.

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Aug 3rd 2011, 11:11 AM

# Domestic Disturbance

New York man 'shoved iPhone down girlfriend's throat'

Police officials say a 37-year-old man shoved the device down his 23-year-old partner’s throat during a row.

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Jul 20th 2011, 3:07 PM

# Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Thursday

In today’s Fix: NOTW closes amidst phone hacking investigation; Leinster House blocks premium line calls; and what should you not miss at Oxegen 2011?

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Jul 7th 2011, 8:15 PM