T-Mobile launches UK femtocell trial

T-Mobile is running a femtocell trial in the UK, Germany and Poland, according to a report on Unstrung.com.

New UK MVNO offers foreign-language customer care

A new UK virtual mobile network called GlobalCell has launched in partnership with Orange. It's a SIM-only prepaid service aimed at Eastern Europeans in the UK, with all customer interaction conducted in the customers’ native language. Choices include Polish, Russian, Lithuanian, Slovak and English. International calls cost from 10p per minute. [Press release]

Actors paid to queue for iPhone

It's been reported that Orange paid actors to queue outside its shops in Poland to increase interest in the 3G iPhone, which launched there last week. The company is quoted as saying it paid actors to wait outside 20 stores. [Source: cnet.com]