Liberty: Observer story takes liberties

Updated Newspaper conjures data endorsement for mobile operators The civil rights group Liberty has rubbished a newspaper report that it has been approached by several UK mobile operators in an attempt to win its public support for their data protection policies. If such an approach had been made it would have been rejected on principle, Liberty told The Register. Continued

Orange has launched its Pay-Off contest and is inviting its customers to submit 10-15 second video clips of themselves either trying to prove that they’re the sexiest person alive (Face-off), are the best/craziest dancer (Dance-off), or are just plain weird… Continued

Following on from Orange’s new pre-pay tariff yesterday, 3 has announced a new pricing structure for its Pay As You Go customers, with calls now from 5p per minute - the cheapest any network any time call rate available from… Continued

When Nokia says it has teamed up with one of the UK’s most influential bands, I’m guessing not many of you out there would think of Travis. Well amazingly, that’s who they mean. Nokia has done a deal with Sony… Continued

Auction is on while O2 digs heels in Ofcom has issued another update on progress towards flogging off spectrum in the 2GHz band, this time stating that all the legal action should be finished off by February next year, allowing the regulator to put up the For Sale signs in March. Continued