Earlier in the week, Orange UK had announced that they will be offering Apple ‘s iPad Wi +3G model for subsidized rates for customers willing to commit to a contract for the data plan.
In a short press release announcing the subsidized iPad pricing, Orange said:
Orange UK today announced it will offer new purchase options for iPad users, including more affordable prices when purchased with a data service plan, for iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G models (more…)

O2 has had a very successful partnership with Apple over the past two years with the carrier having reached the million milestone in February of this year. However, as in the other parts of the world, the 3G network of O2 has also been significantly affected due to high data consumption by
users.
In a recent interview given to TimesOnline readers, Matthew Key, the head of O2 had said that his company has invested over £30 million to address capacity (more…)

There are three standard pricing plans on offer. The 'Pay Monthly' plan starts at a minimum of £30. Customers get the
handset for free if they choose to go for one of the £45 and upward plans and the 3G handset for free from the £30 plan. The contract period in both the cases are set at two years. Orange has also announced a “traveller” offer for additional roaming call and data allowance at £125 per month.
at £333 with an additional (more…)

Late last year, we had written about the complaint filed by Bouygues Telecom, the third largest mobile operator in France that claimed that the exclusive partnership between Apple and Orange, the largest mobile operator in the country violated the freedom of competition and pricing laws.
Post its investigations, the Competition authority had ruled that the exclusive agreement ”
“. That was meant to be a temporary ruling in favor of Boyugues which (more…)

While the exact date for the launch is not announced, we do know that this is going to be “later this year”. O2 has had a fruitful partnership. Till the Febrary of this year, over a million handsets were sold and the launch of
boosted the sales to a great extent. With the new partnership, Britain finally moves out of the unfortunate group of countries where iPhone is still locked with just one operator. As for Orange, the company has already sold (more…)