Week in Numbers: Cafe Wi-Fi

Good news for travelling Europe with your mobile: the EU is expected to cap prices on roaming charges, while T-Mobile offers unlimited internet for a year on their Blackberry Pearl for a one time fee of £180.

10 pence – the price cap the EU is expected to put on phoning abroad from your mobile. The BBC reported that the new price caps for a roaming text will be 10 pence, which is 16 pence less than today’s average.

15 per cent – the growth in profit Apple has seen over the last quarter, even though consumer spending has been at a low due to the recession.

£179.99 – the one-off fee T-Mobile is charging for Blackberry Pearl and unlimited email and internet access for a year, alongside pay-as-you-go calls and texts.

650 – the number of Starbucks cafés across the UK and Ireland that will be teaming up with BT to offer free Wi-Fi to customers. There is a catch: Starbucks surfers need to be BT subscribers to get access; others will need to sign up to gain access.

$7.4 billion – the amount of money Oracle is paying for Sun Microsystems.

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