Vodafone is the latest UK technology company to invest in start-up technology businesses in London. The mobile giant will open a new technology and incubation centre in East London, an area dubbed as Tech City due to its proximity to the ...
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Sandra Pickering faced her audience and saw them slumped on their seats. She continued with her pitch -- how a career in information technology is rewarding and empowering. At the end of the presentation, the audience, 14 to 16 year old ...
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BT has entered the bidding process for Ofcom's 4G spectrum auction,despite previous comments from CEO Ian Livingston about staying out of the mobile market. Ofcom has released the names of accepted bidders who will take part in the 4G ...
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Communications regulator Ofcom has announced the bidders for the long awaited 4G spectrum auction,which it has dubbed the largest ever sale of mobile airwaves in the UK,and it includes telecoms giant BT. BT had first indicated to ...
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The bid will start in January 2013. The bidders will be competing to have the ability to roll out 4G mobile broadband services across the UK next year. Ofcom says the new spectrum will increase the amount of airwaves available to mobile ...
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The Cabinet Office today announced the 29 companies that will offer services over the government’s public sector network (PSN). The framework, which is set to cost between 500m and 3bn over the next two years, aims to provide a ...
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The National Audit Office (NAO) today ruled that Vodafone’s settlement of its UK tax bill was "reasonable", despite being almost GBP 5bn less than it was originally thought to have owed. The mobile operator came under scrutiny ...
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Virgin Media is in discussions with 30 cities across the UK about deploying free fibre-based Wi-Fi networks using small cell technology. Duncan Watts, head of business development for fixed and wireless at Virgin Media Business, revealed ...
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Former T-Mobile USA CEO Philipp Humm has joined Vodafone Group as the chief executive of a new division covering northern and central Europe. Vodafone's announcement on Thursday came just one day after T-Mobile said Humm had resigned. He ...
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Mobile networks have been the focus of a lot of regulation, debate and rumour in the past few years, but this has mainly focused on the strengthening of existing 3G networks or the future of 4G deployments. However, whilst all the ...
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Google has agreed with the UK government to pay just pound 6m in corporation tax this year, despite earning almost pound 400m in revenues. The Daily Telegraph revealed the sum after the Silicon Valley giant filed its accounts for its UK ...
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The UK’s major mobile operators will be meeting with the department for media, culture and sport (DCMS), and telecoms regulator Ofcom, today to discuss the future of 4G. A source close to the situation has confirmed to Computer ...
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The Tech City Investment Organisation (TCIO) is asking companies around Silicon Roundabout to share their experiences of broadband in the area. The group was boosted recently when Vodafone and Amazon announced plans to invest in the ...
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Age UK has teamed up with Cognatel MVNO CyCell to develop a no-frills mobile phone for the elderly. According to research by Ofcom, over half (52%) of people aged 75 plus own a mobile phone, but these devices are often relegated to a ...
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Mobile operators in the UK are not known for being the best of friends. Be it fighting for the latest exclusive handset or threatening court action over 4G rollouts, the big guns have never been at the top of each other's Christmas lists. ...