Orange UK introduces contactless pre-paid MasterCard
Orange UK has announced the launch of UK’s first major contactless prepaid MasterCard card- ‘Orange Cash’.
It can be used in over 30 million locations that accept MasterCard in the UK and overseas, as well as online.
The Orange Cash prepaid card costs US$8.05 and can be loaded with up to US$8053. Orange Cash prepaid cards can be loaded with money at over 22,000 shops and petrol stations across the UK with the PayPoint logo, at 12,000 Post Offices, over 450 Orange Retail stores and online on the Orange Cash website.
Customers can also earn rewards that can be used on their Orange PAYG mobile phone. Earning one Orange prepaid reward point for every US$1.61 spent, customers can redeem their rewards online for free texts, airtime, credit on Orange Pay As You Go phones or vouchers for use in Orange shops.
The card will allow customers to pay for purchases of US$24.16 and under by simply holding their card close to a contactless reader. The pre-paid card has been developed by pre-paid services company PrePay Solutions.
Adorable Mobile Phone deals for the UK customers on Christmas
The prospect for the mobile phone users in UK are getting almost tempting with the arrival of the Christmas. All the leading mobile phone companies are offering some stupendous deals on the Latest Mobile Phones which are currently on the radar of the mobile phone consumers.
The young mobile phone users are willing to fish out any amount of money who can afford for these devices while the average young mobile phone users are waiting for their turn to fetch the Mobile Phone Deals on these amazing devices that are coming on affordable deals into the market on the eve of Christmas to satiate average mobile users appetite of having a smart phone.
The leading mobile phone networks in UK like Vodafone, Virgin Mobile, Verizon, T Mobile, Three Mobile, O2 and Orange are offering some great and affordable deals on the smart phones to the mobile phone customers in UK. The mobile phone consumers can avail the deals like contract deal, Simfree deal, PAYG (Pay As You Go) deal, Pay Monthly Deal and other suitable deals to the UK consumers on the eve of Christmas. These mobile phone deals comes with great offers from the networks like LCD TV’s, Laptop, Game Console, GPS navigator, Music System and other items of the same quality and weight as gift offers on the these handsets on the eve of Christmas to provide the users another reason to smile and celebrate.
The stiff competition among the mobile phone networks and for that matter mobile phone manufacturer too has locked horns to win more user base in UK. The gifts and affordable deals are a lucrative prospect for the users on which mobile phone companies want to lure them to buy their brand of devices. The Christmas has brought a great time for the users to gain from the offers and Christmas Phone Deals and fulfill their dreams of having a smart phone.
The UK Online Phone Shop are offering these mobile phone users additional benefits with the gifts and benefits offered by the networks, if someone buys the deal through them.
3 UK cuts PAYG international call rates
3 UK is offering a great deal to its PAY AS YOU GO (PAYG) customers with cheaper international calls.
According to the company, it is cutting the cost of calls to 24 countries and prices will start at just 2p per minute to glamorous locations like Ireland and Poland.
To make their cheaper calls, pay as you go customers need only insert a three digit short code before the phone number they want to ring, the firm explained, and can call either mobiles or landlines at the cheaper rates.
Prices will increase depending on the location, and while calls to Poland start at 2p per minute, it will cost 6p to call a Pakistani landline. Calls to the US, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Germany and China are also covered. Calls to mobiles seem to average around the 14p per minute mark. The most expensive place to call on a mobile is Afghanistan at 16p, while the cheapest is 3p.
Surprisingly this lower cost does not apply to Irish calls, which after all is not particularly far from the UK. Calls to mobile Irish kinfolk will set users back 14p per minute, while ringing up the Chinese costs 3p.
Although lower priced calls have been available to users since April of this year, 3 has boosted the number of applicable countries to 25.
Vodafone launches Three Blackberry Handsets to PAYG Range
Mobile phone operator Vodafone has launched three RIM Blackberry smartphones – the Curve 8520, the Curve 9300 and the Pearl 9105 – to its range of PAYG handsets.
The Curve 8520 comes in black and violet and costs US$257.93 while the Curve 9300 is available in black and red and is priced at US$370.78.
Both have QWERTY keyboards as well as 2.4-inch screens with a 320×240 pixels resolution. The third model, the Pearl 9105 has a smaller screen and is less bulky than the two others but still costs US$370.78.
PAYG Blackberry users will also get the free Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) which includes email, applications and Blackberry’s Instant Messaging service for free until June 2011.
Vodafone is also providing users with a number of freebies, called Vodafone Freebees which includes a Top-Up and Get Text and Web offer that gives customers 500MB of monthly data allowance and 300 texts for free when topping up £10 with the possibility of getting 10% of your top-up every month.
3UK to launch new options on PAYG
3UK a wireless carrier has announced a new options on its Pay As You Go (PAYG) offering, which will include the launch of a new plan for its customers. It is offering a new market plan that connects the value of contract with the flexibility of PAYG and makes mobile internet quicker, easier and more accessible for everyone.
According to the company, the customers can now enjoy more services with the nominal amount of US$ 15, which will include 3,000 texts, 100 minutes and 500MB.
It gives the impression that users are offered with the possibility to change the credit on their phone to the add-on they believe is useful for them.
According to William Ripley, Director of Voice at Three, all in one gives the PAYG customers marketing beating value for just US$15. Easy access mobile internet is at the core of this PAYG offering. Every top up on PAYG automatically gives customers 150MB worth of internet usage. That’s enough to browse 10,000 BBC.co.uk pages, 15,000 Facebook pages, search Google Maps 300 times or watch 2.5 hours of YouTube around 250 clips.
The company also declared the launch of lower international calling rates on PAYG for a number of twelve of the most popular countries for customer’s calling friends and family abroad.
The customers who make the calls to the international numbers will be able to make the call at the price of just 2p a minute. All the users need to do is add a 3-digit code in front of the international landline or mobile number.
According to Ripley, the All in One was built to give the PAYG customers the freedom to use their phone and tariff in the way they want to. The company’s range of smart phones, strong 3G network and now the competitive All in One plan means that the PAYG customers will enjoy the same great mobile Internet experiences as contract customers.
IPhone 4 now available on PAYG
O2 leading service provider in UK has declared that it aims to sell the iPhone 4 on pay-as-you-go deal. O2 declared that it would sell the Apple iPhone with 16 and 32 GB versions for US$773.951 and US$ 930.081 respectively. People can avail 300 texts and 500MB of data with a top up of US$ 15.63 a month.
O2 is the fourth mobile phone operator in UK to sell iPhone4 via PAYG deal. Earlier, Vodafone and Tesco Mobile announced the same deal. However, Tesco Mobile later stated that that it no longer sells the iPhone on that platform. Vodafone however, is now offering the same deal as O2, but at much cheaper prices.
T-mobile Pulse: First PAYG Android Smartphone launched in UK
T-Mobile launches the UK’s first Pay-As-You-Go Android handset today, signalling the rise of cheaper smartphones.
The T-Mobile Pulse, manufactured by Huawei, has the largest Android touchscreen yet, matching the iPhone in size (3.5 inches). It has a 3.2 megapixel camera and comes with a 2GB SD card. It also features GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.
The phone is available for £176 approximately, making it significantly cheaper than rival smartphones.
The T-mobile Pulse follows its predecessor, the T-Mobile HTC G1 which was the first Android phone to hit the UK and was launched last year.
