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TIM launches Internet Pack Premium for EUR 299

Posted on February 20, 2012 |

TIM, Italian mobile operator has launched the Internet Pack Premium option. The package offers 12 months of internet browsing without limits of time or traffic and a dongle or 3G Wi-Fi modem at 42.2 Mbps, for EUR 299. The Internet Pack Without Limits, which is very similar in format, supplies an internet dongle at 14.4 Mbps for EUR 199, including 12 months of browsing.

TIM launches special offers for Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 6, 2012 |

TIM, Italian mobile operator ­has announced a number of offers for Valentine’s Day. These offers include discounts for tablets, mobile phones and internet dongles. The TIM x 2 option, which offers unlimited calls to a TIM number, now costs EUR 1 per week with no activation fee. The Internet Pack 40, for a cost of EUR 99 (instead of EUR 162), comes with an internet dongle and 40 hours of browsing per month for a year. Internet Pack Without Limits costs EUR 179 (instead of EUR 199) and includes a HSPA dongle (at up to 7.2 Mbps download), one year of unlimited browsing and a TIM card with EUR 5 of traffic included. TIM is also making available a selection of mobile phones at discounted prices, including the Samsung Galaxy Ace for EUR 179 (instead of EUR 299), LG Optimus Black for EUR 199 (instead of EUR 399), HTC Desire S for EUR 259 (instead of EUR 499) and the Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 for EUR 429 (instead of EUR 499).

Optimus introduces professional mobile internet service

Posted on January 30, 2012 |

Optimus, Portuguese mobile operator has announced Kanguru Net Pro, a professional internet service with high speeds, unlimited traffic and a wide range of productivity services, accessible via a USB stick. This service is specifically desiged for small and medium enterprises and individual entrep­reneurs, Kanguru Net Pro offers mobile internet at speeds of up to 21.6 Mbps. It also includes a wide range of professional services such as Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Sharepoint, Microsoft Communicator, virtual fax and Panda anti-virus for PC.

Poste Mobile introduces new data plan for SmartPhones and tablets.

Posted on January 27, 2012 |

Italian MVNO Poste Mobile has launched a new internet offer for smartphones and tablets called ‘Mobile 1 Giga New’ .The offer provides users 1 GB of data transfer per month at the maximum connection speed of 7.2 Mbps within Italy and costs EUR 4.50 per month. If the traffic threshold is exceed­ed, the rate for additional MB costs EUR 0.50.

O2 Germany modifies mobile data roaming tariffs

Posted on January 25, 2012 |

Telefonica O2, German mobile operator, has introduced new standard tariffs for mobile data roaming with its new O2 Blue mobile tariffs. New customers choosing a new O2 Blue smartphone tariff will get the Smartphone Day Pack EU as standard. They can also use mobile internet in World Zones 1 and 2 for EUR 3.50 per day. Customers who select the telephony tariff will get the Travel-Option Data plan, which costs EUR 0.15 per 100 KB data and offers a cost airbag of EUR 59.50 per month. Custome­rs selecting a data plan from the O2 go range will get the Internet Day Pack EU as standard. The price of this package is a flat-rate EUR 10 per day for 100 MB of high-speed mobile data.