The launch of an Apple iPhone is a cultish event, where every eye in the geek world turns to California, either via the internet or by satellite link-up.
The result has been every other phone company tends to keep their heads firmly below the parapet when a new iPhone is due - but not this year.
Both Google (backed by Samsung) and Taiwanese phone giant HTC are to launch their 'flagship' phones within days of Apple's new handset. Samsung - engaged in an increasingly bitter legal battle with iPhone - is providing the technology for the Google-badged Nexus Prime.
It's expected to be unveiled on October 11 by Samsung.
HTC's Sensation XL is expected to appear even closer to iPhone's launch - just two days after the October 4 event, in a launch with the tantalising invitation, 'Come Feel Every Beat'. The XL is a music-oriented handset - aimed directly at iPhone's traditional home ground.
Nexus handsets are traditionally used as a showcase for new technologies - the last one was the first handset with a Near Field Communication chip used for contactless payments - and Prime expected to be loaded with components such as a rumoured 1.5GHz dual-core processor, faster than many tablets or even laptops.
HTC's Sensation XL will see Google's 1.5GHz processor - and raise the internet giant a 4.7-inch screen. It's also - in a multi-million tie-up with Beats headphones - aiming to provide serious hi-fi in phone form.
Whatever Apple may have achieved, it has yet to master the art of headphones.This is the first year when Apple's rivals may well have higher-specced phones than what comes out of Cupertino in the Let's Talk iPhone event on October 4.As ever, though, Apple has been tight-lipped - so may have a few surprises up its sleeve.
29/09/2011 - Dailymail.co.uk
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Friday, 30 September 2011
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Apple Has Fanboys But This Is Crazy: 41 Percent Of Users To Buy iPhone 5?
Has iPhone hype gone into the stratosphere or is this just a ploy to get a company’s name into the press? A new survey claims to have found that 39 percent of UK mobile phone owners, and 41 percent of U.S. mobile phone owners, plan to buy the newest iPhone after it gets released. Meanwhile, another new bit of research out today indicates a slowdown in iPhone app purchases, which it is linking to users holding fire until the new device comes out.
The survey, conducted by the mobile advertising company InMobi and covering 1,086 users across an “even demographic split”, notes that not only will 39 percent be flocking to the new device, the so-called “iPhone 5” (Apple’s official name has yet to be revealed), but that some 48 percent of those consumers will be buying it within the first six months of launch. InMobi’s figures for the U.S. are even higher: 41 percent of U.S. consumers, with more than 50 percent of them in the first six months.
28/09/2011 - Paidcontent.co.uk
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Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Threat of winter fuel crisis 'faced by thousands'
Labour today warned of a winter fuel crisis that could put thousands at risk.
Attacking the "scandal" of spiralling gas and electricity prices, shadow energy secretary Meg Hillier said a winter fuel crisis was "coming down the track"."This winter, many thousands will be unable to heat their homes," she said.
"Because of soaring prices, our fear is that that will mean more unnecessary deaths and more diseases caused by cold."
Rounding on the big six energy firms, she told delegates at Labour's annual rally in Liverpool: "They may be private companies, but they should deliver a public service."
She said a Labour government would break the big firms' "stranglehold" by bringing more players into the market including social enterprises and co-operatives, as well as giving consumers more power.
Labour is also calling for a new measure of "food poverty" as soaring prices hit weekly shopping bills.
It could measure food costs as a proportion of household budgets, following the example of fuel poverty drawn up under New Labour, or look at setting a benchmark for what families need to spend to eat well.
Households are deemed to be living in fuel poverty if they spend more than 10 per cent of income on keeping homes warm - which affected 5.5million households in 2009.
Shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh pointed to research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which found a couple with two children need to spend £5,819 a year to meet food needs. She said food prices had risen six per cent in the past year, taking an extra £350 out of the family budget.
"Out on the doorstep the first thing people talk about is gas and electricity bills and the second is the price of the weekly shop," she said.
Ms Creagh also said there was a "moral imperative" to reform food markets in a bid to stop speculators forcing up commodity prices.
Energy firm EDF recently announced a 15.4 per cent jump in gas tariffs as it became the last of the six major suppliers to put up prices.
EDF said the higher charges will add about 33p a day to a dual-fuel bill, while the annual cost of a standard dual-fuel bill paid for by direct debit will rise to £1,165 from £1,051.
Scottish Power put its gas tariffs up by 19 per cent and its electricity charges by 10 per cent from August 1, while British Gas increased gas bills by 18 per cent and electricity by 16 per cent from August 18.
Scottish and Southern Energy has raised electricity by 11 per cent and gas by 18 per cent while E.ON increased its electricity prices by 11.4 per cent and gas by 18.1 per cent. On October 1, Npower is raising gas prices by 15.7 per cent and electricity by 7.2 per cent.
The rises are being blamed on a 27 per cent rise in world gas prices in the past year.
27/09/2011 - Thisislondon.co.uk
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Labour vows to cut energy bills with industry changes
LABOUR will vow to ease the misery of soaring energy bills today, warning that recent rises have cost households in the North-East £173m.
The party will pledge a shake-up of the energy market to end the dominance of the six big gas and electricity companies blamed for increasing prices while making huge profits.
Under the plans, EDF, British Gas, E.On, Scottish and Southern, Npower and Scottish Power would no longer be allowed to produce gas and electricity and then sell it to themselves.
Instead, the energy would go into a central pool and be sold at only a slightly higher price, cutting bills for four out of five families.
The policy shift comes after recent rises to gas and electricity bills that have left the average household £156 a year worse off.
Labour said those increases had added £173m on North-East energy bills – part of a £448m rise in costs across the region in only four years.
Speaking to The Northern Echo ahead of her conference speech today, Meg Hillier, Labour’s energy spokeswoman, said it was time to rein in the “big six”, which supply 99 per cent of households.
She said: “Even if people shop around, as the Government wants them to, they will still end up with a supplier that is putting up prices.
“We need to go back to a Seventies model, where all the power generators contribute to a single pool and then sell on power at a slightly higher price.
“We believe this will make a real difference, leading to cheaper energy prices and household bills and also open up the market to new suppliers such as the Co-operative Group, or even Tesco or Sainsbury’s.”
Ms Hillier said Labour would also force energy suppliers to offer a single tariff, with a single price for gas and electricity and an hourly rate.
Gas and electricity bills have risen by 45 per cent since 2007 to an average of £1,280 a year.
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has urged families to avoid price rises by shopping around between suppliers.
In his speech today, Labour leader Ed Miliband is expected to point to energy bills as part of a “quiet crisis going on behind front doors across the country”.
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The party will pledge a shake-up of the energy market to end the dominance of the six big gas and electricity companies blamed for increasing prices while making huge profits.
Under the plans, EDF, British Gas, E.On, Scottish and Southern, Npower and Scottish Power would no longer be allowed to produce gas and electricity and then sell it to themselves.
Instead, the energy would go into a central pool and be sold at only a slightly higher price, cutting bills for four out of five families.
The policy shift comes after recent rises to gas and electricity bills that have left the average household £156 a year worse off.
Labour said those increases had added £173m on North-East energy bills – part of a £448m rise in costs across the region in only four years.
Speaking to The Northern Echo ahead of her conference speech today, Meg Hillier, Labour’s energy spokeswoman, said it was time to rein in the “big six”, which supply 99 per cent of households.
She said: “Even if people shop around, as the Government wants them to, they will still end up with a supplier that is putting up prices.
“We need to go back to a Seventies model, where all the power generators contribute to a single pool and then sell on power at a slightly higher price.
“We believe this will make a real difference, leading to cheaper energy prices and household bills and also open up the market to new suppliers such as the Co-operative Group, or even Tesco or Sainsbury’s.”
Ms Hillier said Labour would also force energy suppliers to offer a single tariff, with a single price for gas and electricity and an hourly rate.
Gas and electricity bills have risen by 45 per cent since 2007 to an average of £1,280 a year.
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has urged families to avoid price rises by shopping around between suppliers.
In his speech today, Labour leader Ed Miliband is expected to point to energy bills as part of a “quiet crisis going on behind front doors across the country”.
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Monday, 26 September 2011
Samsung Sells 10m Galaxy S II Units Worldwide
Samsung’s Galaxy S II smartphone has sold more than 10 million devices in less than 6 months
Samsung has sold 10 million units of its popular Galaxy S II smartphones worldwide, including 5 million in just the last two months.
The top Google Android handset OEM which is locked in patent infringement suits with Apple in court over its Android handsets and tablets, began selling the Android 2.3.4 “Gingerbread”-based S II last April in Korea.
Proving that this wasn’t just some aberration in a single country, Samsung reported in July that it sold 5 million Galaxy S II handsets in 85 days, spanning in South Korea, Japan and some European countries. This all happened before the handset launched in the US.
Samsung actually hit the 10 million unit sold mark with minimal US sales, as the Samsung Galaxy S II, Epic 4G Touch from Sprint has only been on the market since 16 September.
With 10 million sales in roughly 6 months, the SII is on pace to shatter sales of the original Galaxy S line.
That family, Samsung’s first high-end Android phones, sold over 10 million units total in the US in 2010, including one device each by Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile.
26/09/2011 - eweekeurope.co.uk
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The top Google Android handset OEM which is locked in patent infringement suits with Apple in court over its Android handsets and tablets, began selling the Android 2.3.4 “Gingerbread”-based S II last April in Korea.
Fast growth
The handset, which employs a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display and a 1.2GHz, dual-core processor, sold 1 million units in that country in less than a month, and 3 million in 55 days.Proving that this wasn’t just some aberration in a single country, Samsung reported in July that it sold 5 million Galaxy S II handsets in 85 days, spanning in South Korea, Japan and some European countries. This all happened before the handset launched in the US.
Samsung actually hit the 10 million unit sold mark with minimal US sales, as the Samsung Galaxy S II, Epic 4G Touch from Sprint has only been on the market since 16 September.
With 10 million sales in roughly 6 months, the SII is on pace to shatter sales of the original Galaxy S line.
That family, Samsung’s first high-end Android phones, sold over 10 million units total in the US in 2010, including one device each by Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile.
26/09/2011 - eweekeurope.co.uk
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Friday, 23 September 2011
E.On plans to cut up to 500 jobs
Energy business E.On is cutting up to 500 jobs at its head office in Coventry and at its centre near Nottingham.
The company said it was looking to reduce numbers to reflect the changed nature of the business following the sale of its distribution arm, Central Networks, in March.
E.On said it hoped to make the cuts through voluntary redundancies.
The company, which generates electricity and retails power and gas, employs 12,000 people in the UK.
The chief executive of E.On UK, Dr Paul Golby, said: "We had to undertake a deep and rigorous review of how much money we spend in order to ensure we keep costs as low as possible for our customers.
"While I'm very aware that this will be a difficult time for our colleagues, it is our aim to keep uncertainty to a minimum and to achieve these redundancies by voluntary means."
E.On said that because of the voluntary nature of the planned redundancies, it is currently not possible to say how many people at each site will be affected by the changes.
22/09/2011 - BBC
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Thursday, 22 September 2011
Rise in gas bills will net Treasury £200m VAT windfall
The extra money for the Treasury has angered consumer groups who say that the Government is benefiting from consumers’ misery.
Households have seen their gas and electricity bills rise by an average of £224 over the last year, an increase of 21 per cent. Multiple price rises by the UK’s big utility companies have added a total of £2.24 billion to the country’s energy bills.
The price rises will swell the Government’s annual VAT take from domestic energy to £1.5 billion, an increase of £197 million, according to Energyhelpline.com, the price comparison website.
Consumers will be “alarmed if not angry” to find out that the Government will benefit from the recent round of energy price rises, said Mark Todd, a director at Energyhelpline.com.
He called on George Osborne, the Chancellor, to cut VAT on energy from 5 per cent to 4 per cent to help reduce consumers’ bills.
“Customers are crying out for help to deal with these swingeing increases and we believe that George Osborne should come to their assistance by reducing the VAT on energy.
“This will give an immediate £13 a year saving on a typical bill and, for once, the Government would actually be reducing people’s bills instead of just talking about it,” said Mr Todd.
Earlier this week Chris Huhne, the Energy Secretary, pledged to “get tough” with the so-called big six household energy companies that dominate the market. He said that these companies – British Gas, Scottish and Southern, EDF, E.ON,
Npower and Scottish Power – should make it easier for customers to shop around for the best deal. He also laid out plans to allow households to bulk-buy power at discounted rates and claim refunds if firms are found to have exploited them for profit.
However Mr Todd said that it is “ironic” that Mr Huhne is talking about ways for consumers to reduce their bills while Mr Osborne is benefiting from a VAT bonus.
“If he is consistent, Huhne should get on the phone right now to his Cabinet colleague and demand he returns his windfall to consumers,” said Mr Todd.
The price increases mean that around 6.9 million Britons are now living in fuel poverty, according to Uswitch.com, the price comparison site. Fuel poverty is defined as when a household spends 10 per cent or more of their monthly income on energy bills.
Soaring energy bills are one of the main contributors to the UK's high inflation. The cost of living is rising by 4.5 per cent while average wages are rising by around half that amount, according to official figures. This has led to an erosion in Britons' quality of life.
A Treasury spokesperson said: “The Government is taking a number of steps to help people struggling to pay their fuel bills, both through improving the energy efficiency of homes and through direct support on bills. However, gas and electricity for domestic use is subject to the reduced rate of VAT of 5 per cent, which is the lowest permitted reduced rate under European law. It would not be possible to reduce this further.”
21/09/2011 - Telegraph
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Amazon app store for Android closes after one day
A day after the launch of its app store for countries other than the USA including India, Amazon has taken back the application store form the newly added countries. Following this, the app store has stopped working and when tried from Delhi (India), it promptly displayed a message saying "the App store is presently not available in your region". Hence now, the app store seems to be only working in the USA region.
The reasons for the closure of the services within a day of its launch are not clear but one could anticipate that something must have gone terribly wrong that forced Amazon to take the extreme step. A technical glitch could not also be ruled out.
In another development, Amazon had announced $2 give away offer for its users to promote the launch of the Amazon's App store on Twitter — a step that underlined the seriousness of its motives which thus rules out any long time suspension its its services in countries other than USA .
If the one day launch of the Amazon app store for Android is considered as a trial, it can be very well understood that Amazon is ready with the necessary resources and we can expect the launch of the services for Indian audiences along with the rest of the world soon enough.
But will Amazon roll out the services in all countries at a time manner or in a phased manner that remains to be seen still.
21/09/2011 - themobileindian.com
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The reasons for the closure of the services within a day of its launch are not clear but one could anticipate that something must have gone terribly wrong that forced Amazon to take the extreme step. A technical glitch could not also be ruled out.
In another development, Amazon had announced $2 give away offer for its users to promote the launch of the Amazon's App store on Twitter — a step that underlined the seriousness of its motives which thus rules out any long time suspension its its services in countries other than USA .
If the one day launch of the Amazon app store for Android is considered as a trial, it can be very well understood that Amazon is ready with the necessary resources and we can expect the launch of the services for Indian audiences along with the rest of the world soon enough.
But will Amazon roll out the services in all countries at a time manner or in a phased manner that remains to be seen still.
21/09/2011 - themobileindian.com
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Samsung might try to block Apple's Iphone 5 in Europe
KOREAN ELECTRONICS GIANT Samsung is considering an attempt to ban sales of Apple's
upcoming Iphone 5 in Europe.
Reuters has reported that Samsung, which has been mired in many legal disputes with Apple all over the world, will try to ban the Iphone 5 in retaliation for Apple's copycat claims.
Apple has already won injunctions preventing Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab tablet in a number of regions. The two firms have been playing a game of cat and mouse with Samsung trying to overcome injunctions in Germany and the Netherlands, while a recent injunction against Samsung's Galaxy tab in Australia made the firm postpone its launch there indefinitely.
Yesterday it was reported that samsung is attempting to ban Apple's Iphone 5 in South Korea , by claiming the device infringes its wireless patents. A Samsung executive said, "We will stick to a strong stance against Apple during the lingering legal fights."
The Maeil Business Newspaper reported that Samsung might try to block the Iphone 5 in Europe.
Apple's fifth Iphone is expected to go on sale next month, though as usual very few concrete details about the device are available. If Samsung does launch a legal assault on Apple's Iphone 5, there's no guarantee that would delay the launch, let alone obtain an injunction to stop the sale of the devices completely.
Even if Samsung's move is just posturing, for Apple the Iphone 5 is without doubt the most important device it will launch this year and the cappuccino company undoubtedly will look at ways to avoid any hiccups in the channel due to legal wrangling.
20/09/2011 - Theinquirer.net
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upcoming Iphone 5 in Europe.
Reuters has reported that Samsung, which has been mired in many legal disputes with Apple all over the world, will try to ban the Iphone 5 in retaliation for Apple's copycat claims.
Apple has already won injunctions preventing Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab tablet in a number of regions. The two firms have been playing a game of cat and mouse with Samsung trying to overcome injunctions in Germany and the Netherlands, while a recent injunction against Samsung's Galaxy tab in Australia made the firm postpone its launch there indefinitely.
Yesterday it was reported that samsung is attempting to ban Apple's Iphone 5 in South Korea , by claiming the device infringes its wireless patents. A Samsung executive said, "We will stick to a strong stance against Apple during the lingering legal fights."
The Maeil Business Newspaper reported that Samsung might try to block the Iphone 5 in Europe.
Apple's fifth Iphone is expected to go on sale next month, though as usual very few concrete details about the device are available. If Samsung does launch a legal assault on Apple's Iphone 5, there's no guarantee that would delay the launch, let alone obtain an injunction to stop the sale of the devices completely.
Even if Samsung's move is just posturing, for Apple the Iphone 5 is without doubt the most important device it will launch this year and the cappuccino company undoubtedly will look at ways to avoid any hiccups in the channel due to legal wrangling.
20/09/2011 - Theinquirer.net
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Monday, 19 September 2011
EDF Energy to put up gas prices by 15%
EDF Energy is to raise gas prices by 15.4% and electricity prices by 4.5% from 10 November, the company has announced.
It is the last of the "big six" energy companies to announce increases in prices for domestic customers.
It said it had absorbed wholesale price rises for as long as possible before being forced to raise costs for customers.
Regulator Ofgem is studying whether higher prices are justified.
"We have absorbed rising wholesale energy, network and other costs as long as possible but must reluctantly now pass some of these through to consumers," said
Vincent de Rivaz, chief executive of EDF Energy.
The annual cost of a standard dual-fuel bill paid for by direct debit would rise to £1,165 from £1,051, the company said.
Final move
EDF follows the other five major energy suppliers - British Gas, Scottish Power, Scottish & Southern Energy, Npower and E.On - in announcing price rises.
The tariffs across the industry have included price rises of up to 18%.
15/09/2011 - BBC.co.uk
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Friday, 16 September 2011
EDF admits: public has lost trust in energy companies
EDF, one of the UK's Big Six power suppliers and a key nuclear generator, has admitted that the public has lost confidence in the energy industry and said that a Competition Commission inquiry might be needed to clear the air.
The surprise admission came as the French-owned company became the latest to raise its UK retail prices – putting up gas bills by over 15% and electricity by 4.5% – bringing condemnation from consumer groups.
"We recognise there remains a widespread lack of understanding and suspicion of the industry as a whole, among the public, customers in general, politicians, regulators and others," said Vincent de Rivaz, chief executive of EDF Energy.
"It is important this perception is addressed. The energy challenges Britain faces are far too important and can only be addressed in a world with trust, open dialogue and mutual understanding.
"If a Competition Commission inquiry is necessary to build this trust, then it is a step that should be taken. We would welcome the opportunity to explore all the issues fully and openly. As a fair company, we have nothing to hide," he added.
EDF, the worst-performing energy firm in a recent customer satisfaction survey, said the tariff increases, which it blamed mainly on rising wholesale power costs, would be introduced on 10 November, taking the average dual-fuel household bill to almost £1,300 a year.
Consumer Focus said the price rises – along with recent hikes from Scottish Power, British Gas, and others – would mean "millions of people" would be cutting back on other essentials if they wanted to keep warm.
Almost seven million households – 27% of the UK total – are now said to be living in fuel poverty, defined as households spending more than 10% of their net income on fuel to heat their home.
The Consumer Credit Counselling Service warned that almost a third of people seeking its help in the first six months of this year were already in fuel poverty and this number could grow if energy bills continue to rise. For every 1% increase in gas and electricity bills, it is estimated a further 40,000 households are plunged into fuel poverty.
The government is aware that the cost of various green initiatives are helping to increase the price of power in the short term and was keen to be seen to be taking steps to counter the power of the Big Six. "I am determined to make sure that we get the best deal for British energy consumers," said Chris Huhne, the energy and climate change secretary. "That means making it easier for people to shop around and switch supplier to get the best deals, boosting competition to help keep prices down, and insisting energy companies insulate millions of homes by next year."
The energy regulator, Ofgem, which has previously warned companies they might face a Competition Commission probe, said it "welcomed" EDF's admission that consumers had lost trust in energy suppliers, saying it gave impetus to its existing plans to shake up the market.
"This is why suppliers need to get behind Ofgem's reforms, which will deliver a more competitive and transparent energy market for consumers," the regulator said. "Our reforms seek to cut away the complexity facing consumers with over 400 individual tariffs available. We also want to break the stranglehold the Big Six have over the electricity market by making them auction up to 20% of their power generation, to make it easier for existing smaller suppliers and more attractive for new competitors to enter the market."
De Rivaz said his group's electricity price rise was in line with inflation and argued the gas increase was lower than all other major suppliers. He added: "We have absorbed rising wholesale energy, network and other costs as long as possible but must reluctantly now pass some of these through to consumers."
15/09/11 - Guardian.co.uk
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The surprise admission came as the French-owned company became the latest to raise its UK retail prices – putting up gas bills by over 15% and electricity by 4.5% – bringing condemnation from consumer groups.
"We recognise there remains a widespread lack of understanding and suspicion of the industry as a whole, among the public, customers in general, politicians, regulators and others," said Vincent de Rivaz, chief executive of EDF Energy.
"It is important this perception is addressed. The energy challenges Britain faces are far too important and can only be addressed in a world with trust, open dialogue and mutual understanding.
"If a Competition Commission inquiry is necessary to build this trust, then it is a step that should be taken. We would welcome the opportunity to explore all the issues fully and openly. As a fair company, we have nothing to hide," he added.
EDF, the worst-performing energy firm in a recent customer satisfaction survey, said the tariff increases, which it blamed mainly on rising wholesale power costs, would be introduced on 10 November, taking the average dual-fuel household bill to almost £1,300 a year.
Consumer Focus said the price rises – along with recent hikes from Scottish Power, British Gas, and others – would mean "millions of people" would be cutting back on other essentials if they wanted to keep warm.
Almost seven million households – 27% of the UK total – are now said to be living in fuel poverty, defined as households spending more than 10% of their net income on fuel to heat their home.
The Consumer Credit Counselling Service warned that almost a third of people seeking its help in the first six months of this year were already in fuel poverty and this number could grow if energy bills continue to rise. For every 1% increase in gas and electricity bills, it is estimated a further 40,000 households are plunged into fuel poverty.
The government is aware that the cost of various green initiatives are helping to increase the price of power in the short term and was keen to be seen to be taking steps to counter the power of the Big Six. "I am determined to make sure that we get the best deal for British energy consumers," said Chris Huhne, the energy and climate change secretary. "That means making it easier for people to shop around and switch supplier to get the best deals, boosting competition to help keep prices down, and insisting energy companies insulate millions of homes by next year."
The energy regulator, Ofgem, which has previously warned companies they might face a Competition Commission probe, said it "welcomed" EDF's admission that consumers had lost trust in energy suppliers, saying it gave impetus to its existing plans to shake up the market.
"This is why suppliers need to get behind Ofgem's reforms, which will deliver a more competitive and transparent energy market for consumers," the regulator said. "Our reforms seek to cut away the complexity facing consumers with over 400 individual tariffs available. We also want to break the stranglehold the Big Six have over the electricity market by making them auction up to 20% of their power generation, to make it easier for existing smaller suppliers and more attractive for new competitors to enter the market."
De Rivaz said his group's electricity price rise was in line with inflation and argued the gas increase was lower than all other major suppliers. He added: "We have absorbed rising wholesale energy, network and other costs as long as possible but must reluctantly now pass some of these through to consumers."
15/09/11 - Guardian.co.uk
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Thursday, 15 September 2011
Apple sues Samsung in the UK over Android
Apple has sued Samsung in the UK courts, further expanding the myriad countries in which it has taken legal action against the Korean manufacturer over its Android products.
The suit was filed on Monday, Samsung told ZDNet UK, explaining that it was a countersuit against action Samsung filed with the High Court in June. Details of both suits remain sketchy, as the patents in question have not been identified in these cases.
Apple's UK action against Samsung takes to at least 20 the total number of patent suits between the two companies that are currently underway. Apple says Samsung's Android smartphones and tablets infringe on Apple patents, while Samsung says Apple's products, such as the iPhone, infringe on Samsung's patents.
Apple is also engaged in high court battle with HTC, another major Android device manufacturer.
Separately, Samsung has lodged an appeal in Germany against a ban on the sale of some of its Galaxy Tab tablets there. A Duesseldorf district court upheld that ban on Friday, and a spokesman for that district court told ZDNet UK that Samsung has now appealed to a higher court, also based in Duesseldorf.
14/09/2011 - zdnet.co.uk
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The suit was filed on Monday, Samsung told ZDNet UK, explaining that it was a countersuit against action Samsung filed with the High Court in June. Details of both suits remain sketchy, as the patents in question have not been identified in these cases.
Apple's UK action against Samsung takes to at least 20 the total number of patent suits between the two companies that are currently underway. Apple says Samsung's Android smartphones and tablets infringe on Apple patents, while Samsung says Apple's products, such as the iPhone, infringe on Samsung's patents.
Apple is also engaged in high court battle with HTC, another major Android device manufacturer.
Separately, Samsung has lodged an appeal in Germany against a ban on the sale of some of its Galaxy Tab tablets there. A Duesseldorf district court upheld that ban on Friday, and a spokesman for that district court told ZDNet UK that Samsung has now appealed to a higher court, also based in Duesseldorf.
14/09/2011 - zdnet.co.uk
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Npower agrees not to sell extra services during smart meter installation
The move follows pressure by Which? for all suppliers to agree not to sell extra services. The consumer lobby group said putting pressure on householders during the rollout could put the entire smart meter programme at risk.
Npower is the first of the big six to sign up to the scheme. Seven independents have already agreed not to incentivise installers to sell while fitting the smart meter. Npower has also agreed that its staff will not ask customers to enter into new contracts or change tariffs during installation.
Which? launched the campaign earlier this summer after finding that British Gas was advertising for smart meter installer positions, with a sales element included in the job description and incentivisation included in the salary package. The supplier said that the vast majority of performance related pay was related to meeting customer service levels.
13/09/11 - utilityweek.co.uk
Npower is the first of the big six to sign up to the scheme. Seven independents have already agreed not to incentivise installers to sell while fitting the smart meter. Npower has also agreed that its staff will not ask customers to enter into new contracts or change tariffs during installation.
Which? launched the campaign earlier this summer after finding that British Gas was advertising for smart meter installer positions, with a sales element included in the job description and incentivisation included in the salary package. The supplier said that the vast majority of performance related pay was related to meeting customer service levels.
13/09/11 - utilityweek.co.uk
Monday, 12 September 2011
MSP says households 'struggling' to pay energy bills
More Scottish households are struggling to pay energy bills due to rising prices, according to an MSP.
The SNP's Jamie Hepburn has obtained figures which show bills have soared in recent years.
The average household spent about 14% of income on gas and electricity in 2009, compared with 8% in 2004-5.
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) said that further increases in prices since 2009 was putting even more pressure on family budgets.
Mr Hepburn described the price increases as "scandalous" and called on the UK government to do more to help those in fuel poverty.
He said: "These hikes are hitting already under pressure households - many households have already reached the limit of what they can afford.
"People are really feeling the pressure from power companies and price rises."
"The UK Government needs to re-evaluate the energy market and start helping those in fuel poverty."
In 2009, 7% of income was spent on gas and 7% on electricity, showing a steady rise from five years earlier.
The proportion of income spent on fuel had earlier increased from 11% in 1996 to 13% in 2003-4, but then fallen to a low of 8%.
Soaring prices
CAS chief executive Lucy McTernan said: "CAB advisers see the real human misery that exists behind these statistics.
"Indeed we feel the problem is, if anything, under-estimated by the figures revealed today.
"Gas and electricity bills have risen considerably since 2009 - including substantial hikes in the last few months."
She added: "People who are struggling financially face a very stark choice when faced with these high fuel bills.
"They either skip meals in order to pay the fuel bill instead."
Scottish Labour said the Scottish government had cut the fuel poverty budget by a third last year and urged the SNP to back calls to reinstate it.
Shadow Finance Secretary Richard Baker MSP said: "Soaring fuel prices effect every Scot, but they have a disproportionate impact on those who are on the lowest incomes.
"It is our duty to help the poorest and most vulnerable, who will be hit hardest by price hikes, through these tough times.
"The real scandal - that the SNP's Jamie Hepburn seems to have conveniently forgotten - is that it was the SNP government that slashed the fuel poverty budget by a third."
02/09/2011 - BBC
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Friday, 9 September 2011
British Gas installs smart meters
The energy provider plans to install the devices in 10 million homes.
Users will be able to monitor the cost of their electricity and gas consumption in real time, and eventually see how much power individual appliances are using.
The government has ordered that all homes be fitted with smart meters by 2020 in a bid to reduce carbon emissions.
British Gas is the UK's largest energy provider. Other companies, including EDF
and nPower have also announced plans to upgrade their customers.
It is hoped that ability to easily check power use with pounds and pence costs attached will encourage customers to examine their usage.
British Gas said that it would be using the data to help people make informed choices.
"It can very quickly be used to deliver brilliant insight to the consumer to say 'you don't have enough insulation in your home', or 'your central heating system is costing you a fortune'," said Dean Keeling, managing director of British Gas Smart Homes.
"It helps us deliver insight to the consumer which they can trust, and we know is accurate. Ultimately for us that helps us build a better business."
Environmental campaign group Greenpeace welcomed the introduction of smart meters.
"Smarter use of energy is one of the biggest differences we can make, rather than just thinking about new ways of generating more energy," said a spokesman.
"It will go some way to helping the UK meet its carbon emission targets".
Wireless energy
British Gas customers who receive the upgrade will have separate smart meters for electricity and gas.
At their most basic level, the devices can measure energy consumption for the entire hours and display the actual cost to the consumer, based on current billing prices.
For those who have invested in newer smart appliances, such as fridges and washing machines, the meters will be able to record a more detailed breakdown of what each one is using.
In the case of electricity, users can also fit smart plugs which sit between the appliance and the power outlet gathering data on consumption.
That information is transmitted to the smart meter using the short range Zigbee wireless communication standard, before being relayed to British Gas' central system over a GPRS mobile data connection.
The company had previously carried out a limited programme of upgrades - installing 400,000 smart meters, although these lacked many of the technological innovations featured in the next generation devices, such as price display and wireless capability.
British Gas said it hoped eventually to offer sophisticated control systems on devices such as smartphones and tablets.
It also promised that data about power consumption would not be passed on to third parties for marketing use.
31/08/11 - BBC.co.uk
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Users will be able to monitor the cost of their electricity and gas consumption in real time, and eventually see how much power individual appliances are using.
The government has ordered that all homes be fitted with smart meters by 2020 in a bid to reduce carbon emissions.
British Gas is the UK's largest energy provider. Other companies, including EDF
and nPower have also announced plans to upgrade their customers.
It is hoped that ability to easily check power use with pounds and pence costs attached will encourage customers to examine their usage.
British Gas said that it would be using the data to help people make informed choices.
"It can very quickly be used to deliver brilliant insight to the consumer to say 'you don't have enough insulation in your home', or 'your central heating system is costing you a fortune'," said Dean Keeling, managing director of British Gas Smart Homes.
"It helps us deliver insight to the consumer which they can trust, and we know is accurate. Ultimately for us that helps us build a better business."
Environmental campaign group Greenpeace welcomed the introduction of smart meters.
"It will go some way to helping the UK meet its carbon emission targets".
Wireless energy
British Gas customers who receive the upgrade will have separate smart meters for electricity and gas.
At their most basic level, the devices can measure energy consumption for the entire hours and display the actual cost to the consumer, based on current billing prices.
For those who have invested in newer smart appliances, such as fridges and washing machines, the meters will be able to record a more detailed breakdown of what each one is using.
In the case of electricity, users can also fit smart plugs which sit between the appliance and the power outlet gathering data on consumption.
That information is transmitted to the smart meter using the short range Zigbee wireless communication standard, before being relayed to British Gas' central system over a GPRS mobile data connection.
The company had previously carried out a limited programme of upgrades - installing 400,000 smart meters, although these lacked many of the technological innovations featured in the next generation devices, such as price display and wireless capability.
British Gas said it hoped eventually to offer sophisticated control systems on devices such as smartphones and tablets.
It also promised that data about power consumption would not be passed on to third parties for marketing use.
31/08/11 - BBC.co.uk
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Thursday, 8 September 2011
EDF Energy suspends doorstep selling
EDF Energy has today suspended unsolicited doorstep selling – the third of the Big Six energy giants to do so in three months.
Doorstep selling – a form of cold calling – has been heavily criticised by consumer groups in recent years for leaving customers feeling bullied into switching to a different energy deal that may not right for them.
EDF’s move to suspend doorstep selling is in answer to a petition by Consumer Focus calling for a 90 day moratorium on this type of highly pressurised sales tactic while alternatives are discussed.
EDF however claimed around 300 employees could lose their job as a result of its decision to suspend the sales practice, and said it is currently consulting with affected staff while it carries out a review of the company's sales channel.
Jim Poole, director of residential customers, said: ‘We understand that the majority of customers do not want to be sold energy on their doorstep via unsolicited calls, so today we have suspended this activity while we review the channel’.
‘We will continue to invest in attracting new customers and also in keeping our existing customers – so they not only choose to stay with us, but also recommend us to their friends and family,’ he said. ‘We recognise that face to face advice is important to some customers and this will continue with sales at retail venues and via appointment’.
Scottish and Southern Energy was the first energy company to announce the temporary closure of its doorstep sales operations in July, closely followed by British Gas just last month.
Scottish Power has so far refused to follow suit while E.ON and npower have yet to commit either way.
Richard Lloyd, executive director at Which?, said: ‘Very few people think energy suppliers are trustworthy, so this suspension will do little to restore customers’ faith if suppliers simply use other forms of cold calling as an opportunity for hard selling’.
‘Instead, they should now be looking for ways to help everyone access the best energy deals, including those who do not have access to the internet,’ he said.
EDF Energy is the only energy supplier not to partake in the recent round of price hikes, which has seen gas and electricity prices rise by up to 19% for millions of customers. It is however expected to announce an increase soon.
07/09/11 - citywire.co.uk
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Doorstep selling – a form of cold calling – has been heavily criticised by consumer groups in recent years for leaving customers feeling bullied into switching to a different energy deal that may not right for them.
EDF’s move to suspend doorstep selling is in answer to a petition by Consumer Focus calling for a 90 day moratorium on this type of highly pressurised sales tactic while alternatives are discussed.
EDF however claimed around 300 employees could lose their job as a result of its decision to suspend the sales practice, and said it is currently consulting with affected staff while it carries out a review of the company's sales channel.
Jim Poole, director of residential customers, said: ‘We understand that the majority of customers do not want to be sold energy on their doorstep via unsolicited calls, so today we have suspended this activity while we review the channel’.
‘We will continue to invest in attracting new customers and also in keeping our existing customers – so they not only choose to stay with us, but also recommend us to their friends and family,’ he said. ‘We recognise that face to face advice is important to some customers and this will continue with sales at retail venues and via appointment’.
Scottish and Southern Energy was the first energy company to announce the temporary closure of its doorstep sales operations in July, closely followed by British Gas just last month.
Scottish Power has so far refused to follow suit while E.ON and npower have yet to commit either way.
Richard Lloyd, executive director at Which?, said: ‘Very few people think energy suppliers are trustworthy, so this suspension will do little to restore customers’ faith if suppliers simply use other forms of cold calling as an opportunity for hard selling’.
‘Instead, they should now be looking for ways to help everyone access the best energy deals, including those who do not have access to the internet,’ he said.
EDF Energy is the only energy supplier not to partake in the recent round of price hikes, which has seen gas and electricity prices rise by up to 19% for millions of customers. It is however expected to announce an increase soon.
07/09/11 - citywire.co.uk
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Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Ofcom says 4G phone auction faces delay
Ofcom has warned that there could be a delay to the auction of the UK’s next-generation, 4G mobile phone spectrum, scheduled for the first half of 2012, as the regulator struggles to resolve legal and technical issues.
Ofcom has already moved its guidance for the timing from the first quarter to the first half of 2012 and on Tuesday said even this schedule was “ambitious”. It is expected to publish its final plans for the auction in November.
The air waves in the 4G auction will be suitable for rolling out LTE technology, which will allow fast internet browsing on tablet computers and smartphones.
A number of countries, including Japan, the US and Germany, already have 4G spectrum, but its deployment in the UK has been delayed by legal disputes between mobile operators.
As use of data-hungry smartphones and tablets grows, operators are coming under increasing pressure to obtain more spectrum. Delays are particularly harmful to Hutchison Whampoa’s 3, the UK’s smallest mobile phone operator, which has less capacity than its competitors.
Any delay in the auction could also harm the government’s plan for the UK to have the best superfast broadband infrastructure in Europe by 2015. However, Ofcom is having to structure the auction carefully, to ensure continuing competition and to protect 3.
The regulator has proposed a complex system of spectrum “floors” and “caps” to ensure that all operators will emerge from the auction with a minimum amount of the most valuable sub-1GHz bandwidth, but no one business will own too much. Due to the strict rules, analysts expect the auction to raise about £2bn ($3.2bn) for the government, compared with the £22.5bn raised by the auction of 3G spectrum in 2000.
Each of the operators has objected to different elements of the plan, and there have been thinly veiled threats of legal action from companies including O2.
In addition, Ofcom said a number of technical problems still had to be solved. Part of the 4G spectrum is being used by digital terrestrial television – known as “Freeview” – which needs to be relocated. And some of the 4G spectrum potentially interferes with air traffic control systems.
“We note that because these technical issues need to be satisfactorily resolved before new networks can be built, it will not be possible for mobile operators to start rolling out 4G until during the course of 2013 at the earliest regardless of when the auction itself takes place,” Ofcom said.
06.09.2011 - ft.com
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Give your finances an autumn makeover
With the summer holidays over and autumn on the horizon, it's time to take stock of your financial situation before the winter sets in. While you have been on holiday, there have been developments in the energy markets. Act now to make sure you are ready for the next few months.
Get a better energy deal
Your monthly direct debits for gas and electricity might remain constant over a 12-month period, but it stands to reason that most of our energy is used in the colder months. Now is a good time to switch your energy because you are more likely to be in credit with your energy company after the summer, and won't have to pay a huge bill if you switch.
Five of the big six energy suppliers in the UK have recently raised their prices, although the last, EDF, has yet to follow suit. Experts are divided on whether suppliers may have to bring prices down again in the coming months, because wholesale prices have fallen, meaning that fixed rate energy deals look less attractive than they once did.
Unless you are ultra-cautious, it may make sense simply to find the cheapest deal you can, knowing that you can get out of it if prices fall, rather than taking out a fixed rate deal with penalties for moving during a fixed term.
"With wholesale prices now falling there is a chance that we could see household energy prices remaining steady or even falling in the future," says Thomas Lyon at uSwitch. "Therefore the decision to fix isn't quite as clear cut as it was a few months ago."
Whether you choose to fix or not, the cheapest deal you can get is likely to be an online deal. Generally you will pay less if you offer to pay by Direct Debit, and if you choose to take gas and electricity from the same supplier (a dual fuel deal).
Accredited switching sites such as uSwitch, Moneysupermarket and EnergyHelpline will be able to help you find the cheapest deal, depending on where you are in the country.
06.09.2011 - Telegraph
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Get a better energy deal
Your monthly direct debits for gas and electricity might remain constant over a 12-month period, but it stands to reason that most of our energy is used in the colder months. Now is a good time to switch your energy because you are more likely to be in credit with your energy company after the summer, and won't have to pay a huge bill if you switch.
Five of the big six energy suppliers in the UK have recently raised their prices, although the last, EDF, has yet to follow suit. Experts are divided on whether suppliers may have to bring prices down again in the coming months, because wholesale prices have fallen, meaning that fixed rate energy deals look less attractive than they once did.
Unless you are ultra-cautious, it may make sense simply to find the cheapest deal you can, knowing that you can get out of it if prices fall, rather than taking out a fixed rate deal with penalties for moving during a fixed term.
"With wholesale prices now falling there is a chance that we could see household energy prices remaining steady or even falling in the future," says Thomas Lyon at uSwitch. "Therefore the decision to fix isn't quite as clear cut as it was a few months ago."
Whether you choose to fix or not, the cheapest deal you can get is likely to be an online deal. Generally you will pay less if you offer to pay by Direct Debit, and if you choose to take gas and electricity from the same supplier (a dual fuel deal).
Accredited switching sites such as uSwitch, Moneysupermarket and EnergyHelpline will be able to help you find the cheapest deal, depending on where you are in the country.
06.09.2011 - Telegraph
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Monday, 5 September 2011
Over 35m UK mobile phone users set to get faster Internet speeds
UK mobile phone customers on Orange, T-Mobile and Three are set to receive faster mobile Internet access, thanks to a new partnership with Virgin Media Business and Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), which will access widened to Virgin’s fibre optic network.
Virgin Media Business has announced a £100m+ deal with MBNL which will see the UK’s first synchronous Ethernet mobile backhaul service, enabling customers of Everything Everywhere (Orange and T-Mobile) and Three to benefit from super-fast access to mobile data on the move.
MBNL is a 50/50 joint venture company owned by Everything Everywhere and Three, and it was formed following the network consolidation agreement between Three and T-Mobile UK, signed in 2007. MBNL manages and delivers the combined 3G access networks of the two companies, and the deal with Virgin Media Business will help it support the explosion in data traffic, as well as lay the foundations for a transition towards 4G.
Virgin Media Business will build 14 regional aggregation networks across the UK to improve MBNL’s bandwidth capacity, which should give users on these three networks speedier mobile Internet, and will mean features such as video calling and mobile TV will be much improved for many users.
Orange, T-Mobile and Three have a combined customer base of 35.2m, so this deal will benefit a large chunk of the UK’s mobile population who use data-hungry applications such as video streaming.
It’s thought that data traffic in the UK will increase by more than 30 times over the next decade, and mobile operators are under increasing pressure to deal with the surge in mobile data. Mark Heraghty, Managing Director at Virgin Media Business, said:
“The mobile sector represents a compelling commercial opportunity for our business. As the only company with a nationwide fibre optic network, we can leverage that asset for all mobile network operators in the UK. This is just the beginning of our deployment and as we roll out this mobile backhaul proposition, operators will increasingly look to us as the best solution for handling the exponential growth of mobile data.”
Virgin Media Business is the largest B2B brand in the Virgin Group, and it has the UK’s only nationwide fibre optic network, which carries 35% of all business broadband traffic.
05.09.2011 - thenextweb.com
Friday, 2 September 2011
The gloves come off in battle for energy customers
Energy companies are duking it out to pick up the customers who are looking for a new deal after rises in gas and electricity bills.
Customers have been stung as five of the big six energy companies in the UK have announced prices rises on their residential deals, citing large scale increases in wholesale costs.
Just EDF Energy has yet to outline increases in prices, although it is expected that one will eventually be announced.
The latest price rise came from is npower and is due to take effect from 1 October, while the earliest came from ScottishPower on 1 August, followed by British Gas on 18 August.
The rises have attracted much criticism, but with wholesales prices having stabilised, it is hoped another round of increases is some way off.
And with some gas and electricity customers assessing their options, there are deals coming back onto the market that could save users hundreds of pounds a year.
EDF has re-launched 'Fixed S@ver v2', its cheapest fixed deal at just £1,009 per year (based on a yearly bill for a typical dual fuel bill), after ScottishPower stole top slot with its new 'Online Fixed Saver Dec 2012'.
In response, ScottishPower is offering £30 cashback on all tariffs for a limited time only. After cashback, this brings the costs of the 'Online Fixed Saver Dec 2012' to £990 a year.
Before you leave you energy supplier, you should check that you are on the correct tariff as different plans could differ by hundreds of pounds in cost.
01.09.2011 - MoneyFacts.co.uk
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Thursday, 1 September 2011
EDF Energy worst supplier for complaints after it sees them rise by a fifth in three months
EDF Energy received a 19 per cent increase in complaints in the last three months, making it the worst rated energy firm, according to an industry league table.
The gas and electricity supplier was the only firm to see an increase in the number of complaints in the months from April to June 2011, compared to the previous three months, according to watchdog Consumer Focus.
Overall, the consumer champion reported that complaints fell for five of the big six energy suppliers during the last three months.
npower continued to improve its rating, moving up from two to three stars and climbing to fourth position on the league table.
Last winter the supplier was awarded the lowest one star rating after it admitted overcharging 1.8 million customers by £63million.
The large rise in complaints about EDF Energy leaves the company with the lowest rating since npower last winter.
Consumer Focus said its poor performance is likely to be due in large-part to the implementation of a new billing system.
In August this year, the supplier admitted overcharging 100,000 customers over £200,000 during a seven year fault on the company’s automated telephone meter reading system.
The firm issued an apology saying those customers affected would be reimbursed and that the fault had now been fixed.
A spokesman for EDF Energy said they were very disappointed with the results of the research. He said: ‘We’ve invested over £160 million in new customer service systems to allow customers to manage their accounts in the way they have told us they want to. We recognise that while we bed down our new system, some of our customers have found it difficult to reach us via our call centres, and we are really sorry for the inconvenience that this is causing.’
‘We are doing all we can to ensure we get through this period as quickly as we can so that customers benefit from the improved service this investment will provide, and we are already seeing call waiting times come down.’
01.09.2011 - Thisismoney.co.uk
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