Mobile Phone Insurance News

A tie up between Vodafone and 3 in the UK looks to be a step closer after the two companies unveiled a merger of thier Australian businesses.  

France Telecom, the owners of Orange, have failed in their attempt to extend the exclusive distribution deal for the Apple iPhone. Initially they had signed a 5 year exclusivity deal with Apple, however Apple had a get out clause after 3 years. The Paris Appeal court confirmed the competition regulators ruling that the deal shiuld end.

The Mobile arm of BT have announced that they will stop charging customers calling 0800 from their Mobiles from April 1st. Other Mobile Operators such as Orange, Vodafone, 3, T Mobile are expected to follow suit.

Vodafone have announced 3rd quarter profits of £10.47 billion. However, the 15% boost in profits was due to the strength of firriegn currencies against the pound. It predicted that the the pound’s weakness would boost £1.8 billion to full year revenues of $41.5 billion.

A 21 year old driver who caused and fatal accident on the A40 near Oxford in November 2007 has been jailed for 21 months yesterday after Mobile Phone records showed that she had sent 20 text messages and made one call in the minutes leading up to the accident.

Phillippa Curtis hit the stationary car owned by Victoria McBride, who had pulled over due to a puncture, at 70 miles and hour. The jury were told that she would have had 260 metres or 8 seconds driving to see the car although she denied seeing it until the last second.

Insurance2go always recommend using a handsfree device when driving.  

A Swiss company have developed a Mobile Phone glove so you don’t have to get your hands cold when answering your mobile when skiing. The device has a mic and a and earpiece and connects to your phone by Blue Tooth. When a call comes in you’re alerted by a vibrating pad in the wrist band and you simply press a button and speak into your glove.

Quite a good solution to a chilly problem but it is another way that using a Mobile Phone can make you look pretty stupid. Anyway - now you know if you see someone talking into a glove they’re either completely bonkers or they’ve splashed out on a new Mobile Phone Glove.