Through recent acquisitions Orange and T-Mobile boast the largest customer base in the UK, between the two companies they already supply services to over 30 million people, over half of the UK population.

While the two companies will continue to trade under their own brands, behind the scenes they will operate as one company. Everything Everywhere is the name of the company that runs Orange and T-Mobile, and the company that all 16,500 employees will work for. The company will be officially integrated on July 1.

Nokia X6

It has been announced that Nokia’s latest phone the Nokia X6, is to arrive in the UK this week and is the mobile to have if you’re a lover of music.

The phone pack has a standard 6GB of memory, 32GB internal, 4GB on a microSD card, fantastic for all of you who want more music on the move.

The mobile features a 3.2 inch reactive interface and 16:9 touchscreen, a 5-megapixel camera with a dual flash and a Carl Zeiss lens and includes full access to the Ovi Application Store.

The phone can be pre-ordered at a price of around £449 SIM-free or it is to be available at Phones4U stores from Friday 27 November.  The handset will be free, costing around £25 a month or if you trade in an N-Series handset on the Orange Network, costing around £35 a month.

three generations of iPhone

French owned Orange will become the official partner for Apple’s iPhone later this year when the current exclusive contract between Apple and Spain’s Telefonica owned O2 expires.

O2 will continue to sell the iPhone in the UK but without the exclusivity currently attached to it’s contract with Apple. O2 have benefited from being the first UK company to sell the world leading smartphone and have a market of over one million subscribers across Britain.

In a statement Orange said of the new deal:

“Orange, which has the largest 3G network covering more people in the UK than any other operator, will sell iPhone in all Orange direct channels including Orange shops, the Orange webshop and Orange telesales channels, as well as selected high street partners.”

LG WatchPhone

The LG Watchphone has been described as the must-have gadget of the year, not only a watch but a fully functioning mobile phone to boot.

The handmade GD910, has a scratch resistant touchscreen interface, VGA Camera, media player, built-in speaker and video calling.

A mere 13.9mm thick, the 3G Touch Watch phone is available exclusively on Orange and is likely to set you back in the region of £500, sim-free.  A limited number of the gadget will be available on a first-come-first-served basis at the Orange Store on Bond Street, London.

Samsung are also launching a mobile phone watch later in the year but this will initially only be available in France at a cost of around £400.

Welsh Language Mobile Phone

Orange have announced that from September 2009, the touch-screen Samsung S5600 will be available for Welsh speakers, featuring 44,000 Welsh words.

The mobile is the first to feature the Welsh language and includes predictive texts as well as Welsh menu’s for the client to navigate.

The phone was launched at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Bala, and will be available exclusively on Orange from the 1st September, and will be available in either a pay monthly deal or on pay-as-you-go tariffs.

A spokesperson from Orange said;

“The Welsh market is a vibrant and exciting marketplace and we hope that new initiatives like this and the opening of our first community concept store in Monmouth will ensure that Orange becomes the best-loved telecommunications company in Wales.”

An Irish version of the mobile phone was launched on July 2nd 2008 and was known as the Samsung Tocco.

iPhone 3G

According to reports, Orange along with T-Mobile, will be selling the iPhone 3G handset from September in a bid to boost sales.  However, it is believed that only the older models will be available to other networks, with O2 exclusively holding the newer faster versions.

Coincidentally, this is happening around the same time that Apple’s two-year partnership with 02 ends.  This of course, is still unconfirmed.

Up until now, customers have been forced to go with the over-subscribed network of 02 for their handset preference, but maybe now their is a light at the end of the tunnel, or maybe not!  For those of you who signed up for the 18-month contract, you’re likely to find yourselves stuck with it until the end before you can upgrade.

Orange Infinity - business mobile tariff starts from £90 per month

The mobile phone operator Orange has launched a new business tariff.

The new tariff is available to UK business account owners and is called Orange Infinity.

Orange Infinity will cost £100 a month on an 18-month contract, and features unlimited calls to UK landlines and mobiles, texts and calls to an answer phone, as well as 500 minutes of international direct dial calls to 28 destinations.

The package also includes an Orange Care protection plan which ensures that lost or broken phones are replaced within 24 hours.

Contracts over 18 months will cost from £90 a month and also include 250MB of browsing data.

Martin Lyne, head of small and medium business at Orange said:

“Orange Infinity gives business people the freedom to talk and text as much as they like without worrying about the size of the bill.”

Orange Infinity is available in addition to the existing range of business tariffs and can be bought alongside them for individuals or groups of heavy phone users within an organisation.

Orange Venture for Small Businesses

A new offer from Orange Business Services focusses on the fact that running a small business is not a nine-to-five job, and that small business owners tend to continue making business calls well into the evening and most weekends.

So they are offering a new service called Orange Venture.  The benefits of this service include a choice of two of the following four unlimited benefits: UK landline calls, calls to other Orange mobiles, UK weekend or evening calls; and also inclusive minutes for international calls from the UK to 28 countries on selected plans.

The service also includes Orange Cover to insure you against lost, stolen or damaged mobile handsets and business customer services team available from 8AM to 8PM Monday to Saturday (obviously forgetting that many small business owners also work on Sundays!)

Visit the Orange Business Services website to find out more.