Tom Baker, head of ICT at Sunderland City Council, has an office in the council's datacentre. It is not a bad place to have an office because the datacentre has been somewhat rejuvenated, thanks in part to modern IT that takes up far less ...
Tags: Interview, ICT, datacentre, commercial IT, cloud computing infrastructure
Virgin Media has signed a deal with EE and Vodafone to allow their customers to use its Wi-Fi network on the London Underground. Virgin Media offered free Wi-Fi on the London Underground in summer 2012 for anyone travelling through the 72 ...
Tags: Virgin Media, Wi-Fi, EE, Vodafone, London Underground
Vodafone has reported a significant downturn in revenues for the first six months of fiscal year 2012, with much of the blaming the markets in southern European countries. Revenues for the group were down 7.4% year on year to just under ...
Tags: Vodafone, significant downturn, European countries, worst offenders
Ofcom today told mobile operators that applications for the 4G spectrum auction must be submitted by 11 December 2012. The telecoms regulator announced the date as part of a statement finalising the rules for the process, including the ...
Tags: Ofcom, applications for the 4G, telecoms, 4G mobile services
The schedule for the long-awaited, and much-delayed 4G spectrum auction has been finalised by communications regulator Ofcom, and could see further 4G services becoming available by next May. Mobile operators O2 and Vodafone are expected ...
After a year in which some people called into question Research in Motion's future,the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone is hoping that the much-delayed BlackBerry 10(BB10)operating system will help turn the company around. Further ...
Tags: BlackBerry 10, BYOD, US government agency, BB10, Holleran
Vodafone has claimed that mobile operators need help in tackling a "backhaul bottleneck" in order to roll out a successful 4G network. At a Westminster e-forum event today, Vodafone's head of regulatory affairs, Matthew Braovac, argued ...
Tags: Computer, Products, Successful
The Weightless wireless standard has this week won the backing by a number of UK companies to try and establish it as the way forward for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. ARM, Vodafone-owned Cable and Wireless Worldwide (C&WW) and ...
Tags: ARM, M2M communications, C&WW, CSR, special interest group
O2 has announced price increases to its roaming rates outside the European Union, with some call rates increasing by more than double. The new pricing will come into force from 28 November, with call making and receiving costs going up ...
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Everything Everywhere's 3G network is experiencing a complete outage across the UK, with Orange's technical support unable to shed any light on the exact nature of the problem. Reports from EE service users of slow or disrupted service ...
Disconnecting Microsoft heritage Low cost iPhones Deploying MobileIron London Borough of Brent is planning to provide staff with up to 3,000 iPads and iPhones as it phases out Blackberry smartphones. London Borough of Brent will use ...
Tags: London Borough of Brent, iPads and iPhones, Blackberry smartphones
Slow mobile connection speeds due to the lack of a universal 4G service will cost the economy £120m over the Christmas period, according to web retailer eBay, who believes current mobile download speeds will discourage consumers from ...
Slow mobile connection speeds due to the lack of a universal 4G service will cost the economyGBP120m over the Christmas period,according to web retailer eBay,who believes current mobile download speeds will discourage consumers from using ...
Tags: eBay, 4G service, mobile download, 12Mbit/s mobile connections
Slow mobile connection speeds due to the lack of a universal 4G service will cost the economy £120m over the Christmas period, according to web retailer eBay, who believes current mobile download speeds will discourage consumers from ...
Vodafone isn't concerned about falling behind EE when it comes to providing 4G,with the firm insisting there will only be mass adoption of the service once the public understand what the new mobile service is. EE,the joint venture of ...
Tags: Vodafone, EE, new mobile service, huge initial rush for 4G