Ofcom today gave the go-ahead for Everything Everywhere to use its existing spectrum allocation for 4G mobile services in the UK. Ofcom's decision means Everything Everywhere – formed from the merger of Orange and T-Mobile – ...
Tags: Ofcom, 4G mobile services, mobile operator, digital television switchover
AT&T plans to acquire NextWave Wireless, a holder of spectrum that could be used for mobile data services, for about $600 million. NextWave has licenses for spectrum in both the WCS (Wireless Communications Services) and the AWS (Advanced ...
Tags: NextWave Wireless, spectrum, mobile data services, mobile
UK users download the most data on their mobiles, according to a new report from UK telecoms regulator Ofcom. The International Communications Report for 2011 compared 17 countries around the globe, but found the average 424MB download by ...
Tags: data, mobiles, UK users, mobile data
Despite widespread calls for more spectrum to carry mobile data, there is a wide range of technologies already being used or explored that could help to speed up networks or put off the day when more frequencies need to be cleared. ...
Tags: spectrum, mobile data, technologies, could, networks
Embattled satellite carrier LightSquared proposed on Friday that the government let it share spectrum with federal uses such as weather balloons so it can get enough spectrum to launch its proposed national LTE mobile network. ...
Tags: LightSquared, LTE mobile network, spectrum
A cyber gang thought to be based in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union is recruiting dozens of people to participate in a scheme to steal millions of dollars from 30 major U.S. banks, according to RSA. The organisers are thought ...
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UK mobile operators have agreed to cooperate on getting UK 4G launched, rather than take legal action against Ofcom, the Financial Times has reported. The agreement means Everything Everywhere will launch its 4G service within weeks, ...
Tags: 4G service, fibre networking, Ofcom, Everything Everywhere, O2, Vodafone