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For the last 12 months through our Cheif Executive Mahmood Mazhar, 08Direct has been delighted to support a fantastic new charity aimed at working with seriously ill children and their families. Dreams & Wishes was launched towards the end of 2011 thanks to a substantial opening donation made by Mr Mazhar and 08Direct LTD. Since…
read moreThe UK Government has just announced how it will split the budget set aside for UK wide broadband upgrades. Earlier this year £114 million was promised to 10 UK cities to pay for extensive city-wide work to upgrade networks to provide the fastest connection speeds in Europe. The breakdown includes £25 million to London, and…
read moreAt 08Direct many of our customers are brand new businesses that people are setting up and operating from home. The reasons behind doing this could be due to you having a great business idea you want to run with or a change in circumstances due to the economic climate. Either way, like all new and…
read moreApple is set to launch the latest model of the the best selling iPhone later today. The ‘special event’ in San Francisco is being kept strictly under wraps, with a only a specially selected audience being invited to attend. For those based in the UK, Apple are running a live videolink at a equally secretive…
read moreOften a telephone call will be the first contact a potential customer will have with your company, therefore it is vital to get it right. That first conversation can go a long way to winning new business. Here an 08Direct we have created a top 10 points to avoid customers hanging up, which will potentially…
read moreSuperfast mobile broadband could be introduced to the UK next month Ofcom have announced. Superfast 4G mobile services are set to reach speeds up to 7 times faster than current 3G networks. Initially it was thought 4G wouldn’t arrive in the UK until the summer of 2013, but this has now been brought forward. Fast…
read moreUK highstreet retailer Carphone Warehouse has begun to roll out its brand new mobile payment service. The new application has been created in conjunction with ‘SimplyTap’, which has been developed by the Mobile Money Network. It will allow users who are browsing participating high street shops to make electronic purchases through their smartphone. This could…
read moreEarlier this year it was announced that FaceBook had struck an agreement with Instagram to buy the photo-sharing company for $1bn (£637m). However, since then any deal has been delayed by The Office of Fair Trading who have undertaken an investigation into the takeover. Today they announced that they will not be referring the deal…
read moreAccording to the latest study by YouGov, just 20% of UK smartphone users have taken up the opportunities offered by mobile banking services. The barries to users banking through their smart phone is security issues regarding personal data and banking information. In addition, out of those surveyed nearly 60% stated that they were ‘unlikely’ to…
read moreWith hundreds of thousands of people descending on London during the Olympic Games, mobile phone networks have had to go to work alongside event organisers to ensure networks can support the expected surge in data usage. Following the news over the weekend that networks were failing, most highlighted during the Men’s Road Race when the…
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