www.WirelessFederation.com/news: China Unicom, the nation’s second largest mobile phone. reportedly intends to launch a mobile mail service in October this year. The operator has begun the testing of its Wo-branded service and plans to launch officially as early as 1 October, a media report suggests. After the official launch, China Unicom will offer three subscriptions: a CNY 5 per month plan which includes a 10 GB mailbox, 1 GB of additional storage and the ability to send attachments of up to 30 MB; a CNY 15 per month plan which includes unlimited mailbox, 10 GB of online storage, and an attachment limit of 50 MB; and a free plan which includes a 2 GB inbox, 10 GB of online storage, and a 20 MB attachment limit.
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Orange UK receives exclusive rights for the Toshiba TG01, a Windows Mobile handset. Orange will reportedly offer the handset across UK from today, for free of charge on select tariff plans.
Orange’s Toshiba TG01 comes with an 8GB MicroSD card, and it’s pre-loaded with a “GI Joe” trailer, which should make good use of the phone’s 4.1 inch WVGA display and its 1GHz Snapdragon chipset.
Part of Orange’s Signature Series, Toshiba TG01 features quick links and shortcuts to Orange TV & Video, Orange Maps and Orange World.
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Orange France, has launched new mobile promotions valid until 17 June. The mobile operator is offering a discount of EUR 10/month for the first three months on the Origami Zen, First, Star and Origami for iPhone plans.
Subscribers under the age of 26 will be offered free unlimited SMS with all Origami subscriptions. New M6 Mobile and Mobicarte subscribers are given unlimited use of Orange Messenger by Windows Live for four months.
For subscribers above the age of 60, will enjoy a 10% reduction on Forfait Initial subscription plan. Until 17 June, the Orange Maps, Orange Mail and Blackberry Mail options will be offered at a discount of 50% for the first two months, as are the first two months of the TV Max option offering access to over 60 TV channel on Origami plans.
The promotion also includes rebates of EUR 50 on the Samsung Player Ultra, Nokia 5800 Xpress, LG Viewty Smart GC900,
Sony Ericsson W705u and other phones bought with postpaid plans.
