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Ericsson has announced a sizeable contract with Cable & Wireless to provide kit for a world-spanning GSM network, but anyone hoping for competition in the mobe market had better get a job at the local supermarket. Ericsson isn't saying much about the deal except that it's big and will provide GSM connectivity in Europe, Asia …

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  1. Sam

    And of course

    They will know where all their droids are at any time. Muahhahaha, etc.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Coat

    What can i say...

    Every Little Helps!

    Mine is the one with the blue and white stripped mobile in the pocket...

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  3. James

    Employees?

    I'd have thought their plans would extend further than that, particularly with the Tesco Mobile customers (who are normally on O2, since it's a joint venture with O2). I'd like to see nanocells, too: T-Mobile offer these in the US now (pay $10/month and get a base station in your house, with unlimited calls using your mobile at home), why can't we have that here?

    For that matter, if C&W have this license now, why haven't they done anything (that we've heard of) yet?

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  4. Andy Barber
    Boffin

    Win win for BT

    All the back-bone of Wireless is BT. My recently installed Vodafone mast near me, is connected to a 2Mb ISDN 30 line! BT still wins!

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  5. NICHOLAS SAUNDERS

    Mobile network?

    With the hundreds of stores littered around the UK, you'd thought Tesco would have looked into setting up it's own mobile masts and buying a chunk of the spectrum. Now that would be interesting for the consumer...

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  6. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Nanocells?

    I thought they were just wireless routers - you had to buy a phone with WiFi connectivity to use the 'use your cellphone at home' plans.

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  7. Anonymous Coward
    Boffin

    Nanaocells...

    the cells in your house are FemtoCells and are just coming on to the market, they use your ADSL line as backhaul and use standard 2G/3G radio but adapt the transmission power so the footprint matches the size of your house.

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  8. Dean

    Shame..

    That theres no real pricing at the moment for these in-home-cells in the UK atm :(

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