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O2 To Offer A 40 Percent Revenue Share For iPhone? - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Mon 17 Sep 2007 03:21 AM PST

From our sister site MocoNews (see full post), a glut of coverage as the iPhone heads to these shores… -- UK iPhone: O2 (TEF.MC) has tied up a UK iPhone…

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IPhone In The UK: O2 Lays Groundwork For Announcement? - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Thu 13 Sep 2007 02:45 AM PST

From our sister site MocoNews: Just when you thought newsflow was slowing down on Apple’s iPhone partners in Europe, out comes more: -- Peter Erskine, the CEO of O2, yesterday…

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Apple, Record Labels To Defend EC iTunes Antitrust Charges This Month - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 06 Sep 2007 10:22 AM PST

Representatives of Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL), Universal Music, SonyBMG and EMI (LON:EMI) will on September 19 and 20 attempt to convince the European Commission that iTunes Store has not broken continental competition…

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iPhone: Price Slashed 33 Percent, Model Dropped; Headed To Europe Next Quarter; Asia ‘Probably’ 2008 - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 05 Sep 2007 04:36 PM PST

A rash of announcements from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Wednesday, including some repositioning for the iPhone as the company heads toward the holidays and a European launch.The price of the 8GB…

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iTunes Store Launches U.K. TV Downloads; Crippled By Lack Of Domestic Programming - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 29 Aug 2007 02:21 AM PST

Nearly two years after Apple added paid TV show downloads to U.S. iTunes Store, it has now launched the feature for U.K. customers. And what do we get? American imports…

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Three European iPhone Deals Sealed; Operators Agree on 10 Percent Rev Share: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 21 Aug 2007 12:17 PM PST

More reports on iPhone’s European arrival and this one from FT sounds more definitive: it has signed with T-Mobile in Germany, Orange in France and O2 in the UK, and…

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Latest iPhone Euro Rumor - Orange Has Already Struck A Deal - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 17 Aug 2007 09:18 AM PST

The latest carrier rumored to be winning a distribution deal for Apple’s iPhone is Orange (at last). MacScoop reports unnamed sources as saying the France Telecom subsidiary is either near…

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Nokia’s Plans For A Music Download Store - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Fri 27 Jul 2007 12:44 AM PST

Fortune Magazine (via CNN Money) has a rumors-are-rife story that Nokia (NYSE:NOK) is planning an online music service to rival iTunes. While there’s no confirmation on this from the company,…

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T-Mobile Germany’s IPhone Blunder - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 19 Jul 2007 02:47 AM PST

T-Mobile Germany put up a page on the iPhone, and although they took it down quickly there’s still screencap evidence… Of course, this is not a confirmation that T-Mobile will…

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O2 Close To Clinching iPhone Deal in UK - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 04 Jul 2007 11:31 PM PST

Everyone and their mother-in-law is reporting that European operator O2, owned by Spanish telecom giant Telefonica, is close to clinching the deal to launch Apple’s iPhone in UK...this comes after…

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Vodafone in Talks For iPhone Launches; Deal Hinges On Subsidies - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 27 Jun 2007 03:08 PM PST

Vodafone is in talks with Apple to launch iPhone in Europe, and talks partly hinge on volume guarantees and subsidies, reports Reuters, quoting from a Dutch magazine. Apple demanded a…

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Europeans Turn On To Touch Screens; Bigger Could Be Better - 0 Comments
Posted By Peggy Anne Salz - Thu 14 Jun 2007 11:46 AM PST

Good news for Apple and handset vendors - including LG and HTC - that have announced their own touch screen devices. European mobile phone users are increasingly receptive to these…

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Apple Will Sell Music Through Bebo in UK, Ireland; First iTunes-Social Net Sales Link - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 12 Jun 2007 03:20 PM PST

In a social network first for Apple, as of Wednesday, it should get easier for Bebo users in the UK and Ireland to buy music by any artist who has…

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HTC Launches MS Touch Screen Phone - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 05 Jun 2007 10:14 PM PST

Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC has launched a touch-screen phone (HTC Touch) which uses an Microsoft OS and, naturally, is being reported in relation to the soon-to-be-released iPhone. It’s in the…

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iTunes Non-DRM Files Retain User Data; Concerned Listeners Wonder Why - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 01 Jun 2007 06:35 AM PST

Apple may have dropped digital rights management restrictions from its new iTunes Plus range, but some consumers are asking questions about its retention of another DRM - digital rights metadata.…

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McCartney iTunes Delay Due To ‘Exclusive’, DRM-Less Next Week - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 25 May 2007 09:26 AM PST

Earlier this week, observers noted that, while Apple is usually first to market with new-release additions to the iTunes Store, it has been beaten to the punch on the first…

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Might U.K. iPhone Sales Disappoint? - 0 Comments
Posted By Peggy Anne Salz - Mon 21 May 2007 06:54 AM PST

Interest in iPhone is high, but will that translate into stellar sales when the device hits the market? Not likely, according to El Reg. Quoting the U.K.’s largest iPhone survey…

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T-Mobile Frontrunner in Launching iPhone in Europe? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 15 May 2007 04:44 PM PST

Apple’s much anticipated iPhone, weeks away from launch in U.S. through AT&T, may launch in Europe through an exclusive deal with T-Mobile, reports MarketingWeek. Europe’s biggest mobile phone networks, including…

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Carphone Warehouse Concedes iPhone Exclusivity To Networks - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 25 Apr 2007 07:43 AM PST

Carphone Warehouse says it has abandoned hope of following Cingular/AT&T in securing an exclusive partnership to retail Apple’s iPhone, according to the Times of London. Europe’s largest mobile phone retailer…

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EMI Releases First Album With DRM-Free Option; Artists Selling Direct from Site - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 05 Apr 2007 03:38 PM PST

The role of Steve Jobs and iTunes in EMI’s announcement Monday that it would offer DRM-free versions of its digital library may have given people the wrong impression about what…

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Apple May Face $600 Million in EU Fines On Music Pricing Differential - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 02 Apr 2007 05:05 PM PST

Nevermind the EMI-Apple announcement, the shine may come of soon: Apple faces a fine of more than $600 million after the European Commission issued a formal objection to the higher…

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EMI Drops DRM For New Premium Line-Up, Higher Price; Apple First - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 02 Apr 2007 05:14 AM PST

It’s official - EMI Music just became the first major record label to drop digital rights management on its digital downloads - but many consumers must pay more. EMI is…

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Webwag Acquires Mobease, Taking Widgets Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 26 Mar 2007 01:03 AM PST

French start page Webwag has acquired compatriot mobile widget maker Mobease. Formed by former Google France exec Franck Poisson, Webwag already lets users create custom widgets from any website’s content…

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Apple And iPhone Partner For Europe? - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 21 Mar 2007 03:17 PM PST

The Guardian has a story covering the two rumors-de-jour, the iPhone and Google phone. While Google is downplaying any plans to launch its own handset this article claims the company…

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EU Official Takes Aim At Apple - 0 Comments
Posted By Peggy Anne Salz - Mon 12 Mar 2007 09:49 AM PST

Reuters reports EU consumer chief Meglena Kuneva has criticized Apple’s practice of bundling of its iPod music players and its iTunes online music store. Reuters, which picked up the story…

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