Vodafone today revealed its latest management strategy in Europe and has brought in a top telecoms CEO from the US. Mobile operator Vodafone has split its European operations into two divisions–Central and Northern Europe as one and ...
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Vodafone is attempting to keep hold of its customers by promising a special upgrade deal when its 4G network launches next year. EE is the only UK mobile operator with the capability to launch a 4G network at the moment after Ofcom ruled ...
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Space NK apothecary is one of a number of retailers using 3G as a replacement for ISDN to back up store IT systems. The retailer is using the service, supplied by Claranet, to reduce the risk of "copper theft", which can take out all ...
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UK mobile operator 3 will not be able to launch its own 4G services until September 2013, despite buying suitable spectrum from its rival Everything Everywhere (EE). Ofcom announced on 21 August that it would allow Everything Everywhere ...
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Nokia is planning to offer its Windows Phone 8 handsets through exclusive partnerships with European operators, according to reports. The Financial Times cited a person familiar with the negotiations claiming the Finnish firm was in ...
An outage in O2's network on Friday left 10% of its customers unable to use their phones on Friday. O2 admitted the fault late Friday afternoon, saying one of the network nodes for connecting its traffic had fallen over. This meant O2 ...
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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 – ...
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India's auction of mobile spectrum has not attracted new foreign investors, reflecting growing uncertainty about investment policies in the country and the growth potential of its mobile market. Telenor and the Indian joint venture of NTT ...
A variation of the recently disclosed attack that can wipe data from Samsung Android devices when visiting a malicious Web page can also be used to disable the SIM cards from many Android phones, researchers say. Ravishankar Borgaonkar, a ...
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Japan's Sharp said Wednesday it will soon launch a 7-inch tablet with its new IGZO displays, a week ahead of an Apple press event that is widely expected to reveal a mini tablet also linked to the new power-saving technology. Sharp's new ...
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In 2001, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Japan's dominant telecom provider, got a shock. It had just started DSL broadband Internet service and was taking its first steps toward reaping the benefits of an ambitious and costly plan to string ...
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Japanese electronics heavyweights Fujitsu and NEC, together with the country's largest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo, said Wednesday they will form a new joint venture to build and sell wireless chips for smartphones. The venture, Access ...
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EE has published results for its third quarter, blaming European regulations for its fall in revenue. For the three-month period to 30 September 2012, revenues were just shy of £1.5bn, showing no change from the second quarter but a ...
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iZettle has begun selling its mobile payment technology in the UK through a partnership with mobile operator EE. The Swedish firm has designed card readers that can be attached to smartphones and, with the addition of a free app download, ...
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Softbank will soon offer a new satellite phone for use in earthquakes and other natural disasters. The Japanese carrier said Monday it has teamed with Thuraya, a Dubai-based provider of satellite operator services and phones, to offer ...
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