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Final Fantasy mobile tame to feature Ariana Grande

| January 4, 2017

The pop star is going to make a guest appearance in the free-to-play app from Square Enix.

Ariana Grande has announced that she will have a guest spot in the Final Fantasy mobile game. The game will be free-to-play. The singer used Instagram to reveal her presence in the Square Enix game.

It isn’t yet evident precisely when the performer will actually appear within the mobile game.

Grande didn’t mention when her appearance in the Final Fantasy mobile game would be. Moreover, she also didn’t provide any details with regards to when or how players of the game would be able to recruit her character. Square Enix was slightly more forthcoming with information about how Ariana Grande would take part in Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius.

Ariana Grande’s appearance in the Final Fantasy mobile game is based on her latex rabbit ear look.

Final Fantasy Mobile Game - Ariana Grande on TourThis was the look that was featured in her most recent Dangerous Woman album. It was also seen in the video for the title track of that album. Grande confirmed this on Instagram when she provided her followers with “a little peek” at what her character’s sprite would look like.

Fans of the game series are always eagerly awaiting the newest additions to the application. Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius is a mobile game app that is free to download and play. It is a role playing game (RPG) in the turn-based format. The app will include a new list of characters as well as more familiar components from the Final Fantasy universe. Among them include summons and limit breaks.

The mobile game is available for both iOS and Android based devices. The Final Fantasy mobile game was developed by Gumi. It was first released in 2015 in Japan. It arrived in North America last year in June. Since that time, it has experienced over 8 million downloads, according to Gumi’s own data which was released last November.

Whenever Ariana Grande’s character appears in the mobile game app, it is certain to create quite a stir. It has, after all, been making headlines even without knowing any more than the most basic details.

Mobile roaming fees may spike for U.K. travelers after Brexit

| January 3, 2017

The industry cautioned that phone charge trade deal negotiations will be rather tricky.

When Brexit occurs, mobile roaming fees could skyrocket by an astounding amount for British travelers. In fact, the industry has cautioned that Brits that every song they stream could cost them €50 in roaming charges when the U.K. splits from the E.U.

This will occur unless the U.K. manages to negotiate a comprehensive free trade agreement following Brexit.

The E.U. has been campaigning against the existence of mobile roaming fees for more than ten years. They have lowered the amount mobile operators are permitted to charge. Moreover, they are leading to a nearly entire removal of mobile roaming charges by the summer of 2017. Former British Prime Minister David Cameron continually underscored this type of potential fee throughout the Brexit referendum campaigns.

When Brexit occurs, British travelers will no longer be covered by the protection from mobile roaming fees.

Mobile Roaming Fees - Smartphone UserThis will make it possible for European carriers to charge British travelers whatever they want for using phone, text and data services. At the moment, American travelers who don’t arrange for special data packages find themselves paying €10 per MB. This could soon be the case for people from the U.K., as well.

While this had previously been problematic before the limits to E.U. mobile roaming charges had been put into place, it is expected to be far greater after Brexit. The reason is that the last time carriers were allowed to charge whatever they wanted to British travelers, it was primarily for talk and text.

Now, people are using their smartphones for far more than that on a very regular basis. Keeping in mind that a single Spotify song is usually between 3MB and 5MB, non-EU mobile device users could pay exorbitant fees for mobile web use.

Mobile roaming fees aren’t the only costs that might change for British travelers to Europe. U.K. carriers may find that they will be charged higher line rental and other network fees by E.U. providers. This extra expense will need to be passed on to the customer, too. To avoid this, negotiations between the U.K. and the E.U. will need to be quick and careful.