Join two Computing journalists as they politely - and sometimes impolitely - disagree over key technology trends and subjects. In the third of Computing's Tech Tiff episodes, John Leonard and Sooraj Shah debate how necessary 4G is for ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, 4G
Telefonica-owned mobile operator O2, has unveiled its 4G tariffs, and customers hoping that a switch to 4G would be cheaper than on rival EE will be left dissatisfied. O2 does not have a similar option to EE's cheapest price plan of ...
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The government has stepped up the process of equipping every home in the UK with smart energy meters by selecting the vendors to provide the kit, the data service and wide area communications, in addition to a smart meter governing ...
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File-sharing website The Pirate Bay has launched a browser that it claims will circumvent blocks from internet service providers (ISPs) on its site and other similar webpages. The browser, dubbed PirateBrowser, was launched as a 'gift' ...
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O2's chief operating officer, Derek McManus, has claimed that the company's 4G network will be better than EE's, even though it will not work with the Apple iPhone 5. In an interview with Computing, McManus said that the £550m the ...
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Mobile network O2 has announced that its 4G service will launch in the UK on 29 August. The new network, which it claims will be up to five times faster than 3G, will be switched on in London, Leeds and Bradford first, followed by a ...
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Clearance of the airwaves earmarked for 4G mobile broadband will be completed by regulators today, enabling new 4G services to launch in the UK. Communications regulator Ofcom said that a large section of radio spectrum previously used ...
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Chinese communications providers Huawei and China Mobile have successfully deployed 4G coverage on Mount Everest, some 5,200 metres above sea level. The two firms demonstrated a series of new 4G services at a ceremony marking the launch ...
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EE, the joint venture between France Telecom's Orange and Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile, is to start offering its business customers data sharing plans across entire fleets of mobile devices. The UK's biggest mobile operator, and currently ...
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O2 has outsourced four northern UK regions of its customer contact centres to Capita, in a deal worth £1.2bn. Included regions are Leeds, Glasgow, Preston Brook and Bury. Further reading Transport for London installs O2 and ...
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Aon, the UK's largest insurance broker and provider of risk management services, has selected Azzurri Communications to help manage its telecommunications services. The firm will use Azzurri's Intelligent Telecoms Expense Management ...
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EE is continuing to roll out its 4G service in the UK, today switching on coverage in Ashton-under-Lyne, Chatham, Gillingham, High Wycombe, Merthyr Tydfil, Oldham, Oxford, Rochester, Runcorn, Sale, Stafford and Wigan. EE says this now ...
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US-based medical diagnostic device company Welch Allyn has completed the installation of Connex Electronic Vitals Documentation System (EVDS) at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Florida, US. Connex EVDS includes patient data ...
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Vodafone has delayed the launch of its 4G mobile data service until the "end of the summer", which means the UK is unlikely to see its high-speed offerings until at least September, 10 months after EE launched what is currently the UK's ...
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Telecommunications giant Telefónica is to deploy Microsoft Office 365 and Yammer across its business to encourage collaboration and standardise the use of software among its 150,000-strong workforce. Telefónica has a ...
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