2,341,113,000 Euro was raised although the auction was expected to generate at least 3.5bn Euro. After more than 50 rounds of bidding Vodafone, Telefónica UK, EE, Hutchison 3G UK and Niche Spectrum Venutres have won spectrum. ...
Tags: Ofcom, mobile spectrum auction, broadband
During a Google+ 'Fireside Hangout' on Thursday night, President Barack Obama talked about his daughters' math and science studies, the benefits of making computer programming a required high school class and the need to keep the Internet ...
Tags: Internet, Google, tech issues
Mobile phone operator Three UK has confirmed that it will not charge a premium for its LTE high-speed mobile network. Three's announcement contrasts sharply with the payment plans offered by Everything Everywhere's (EE) Orange and T-Mobile ...
Seven bidders are now competing to acquire new airwaves for 4G mobile broadband services. The bid will allow firms to have the ability to launch 4G mobile broadband services across the this year. The new spectrum is expected to boost the ...
A survey reveals that 90% of people said they wouldn’t change their current mobile provider to have access to 4G. According to Virgin Media Business the top reason consumers will not change providers for 4G access is to save money. ...
Tags: mobile provider, 4G network, 4G access
Most of the tablets, TVs, ultrabooks and smartphones on display at International CES this week ultimately are bound for someone's home, where they'll have to talk to each other. Six major home networking technologies to make that happen ...
Tags: tablets, TVs, ultrabooks, smartphones, WiFi, WiGig, WirelessHD, MOCA 2.0, G.hn
The public prosecutor in Hamburg has decided not to start a criminal investigation into the way Googles' Street View cars gathered data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks in Germany, the lawyer who requested the inquiry said Thursday. In ...
Tags: Google, Street View, WiFi Sniffing, Germany
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
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 ...
Tags: Ofcom, 4G spectrum auction, mobile airwaves, BT
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 ...
Tags: bid, 4G mobile broadband services, Ofcom, airwaves
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will auction off public services spectrum next year to help the government free up the airwaves for commercial purposes. The frequencies, previously used for the likes of emergency services and ...
Tags: Military Spectrum, Computer Products, MoD, auction process
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission says it will act by the end of the year on a White House-appointed panel's recommendation to have federal agencies share 100MHz of spectrum with commercial users. The FCC will take steps this ...
Tags: U.S., Federal Communications Commission, 100MHz of spectrum
The headline act of this Paris fashion week has been billed as a duel but it should more accurately be seen as a battle royale, with three contestants rather than two. The head-to-head debuts of minimalist designers Raf Simons at ...
Tags: Paris Fashion Week, Fashion show, luxury
Ofcom has outlined its proposals for using the gaps between allocated frequencies to boost connectivity across the UK and opened a consultation to investigate the implications. "White space" is the gap between frequencies of radio ...
Tags: frequencies, consultation, radio spectrum, licensed broadcasters
Microsoft and Google are in discussions with the UK government and regulatory officials about unused sections of airwaves known as white space. These discussions have led to speculation that the two companies are looking to set up a free ...