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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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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The one day on offer for mobile operators to submit their bids for Ofcom’s 4G spectrum auction is here – Tuesday 11 December. The providers have had weeks to prepare the tenders, but will only have until 4pm on the 11th to ...
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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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In the last five years mobile data has grown significantly and now generates just under 700 petabytes per month. According to internet firm Akamai, there is now four times as much data as voice traffic on mobile networks. In the first ...
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A BBC report claims O2 is rushing to launch its own 4G service, following Everything Everywhere's announcement of an imminent roll-out. EE, the new brand for Everything Everywhere, has announced it will roll out superfast mobile ...
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BT has entered the bidding process for Ofcom's 4G spectrum auction,despite previous comments from CEO Ian Livingston about staying out of the mobile market. Ofcom has released the names of accepted bidders who will take part in the 4G ...
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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 ...
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After an Indian court took away its licenses to operate mobile networks in the country, Telenor said Friday it hopes to buy them back in a new mobile spectrum auction. The Norwegian company has applied to take part in the auction for ...
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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 ...
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission took the first step Friday toward groundbreaking auctions of television spectrum to mobile carriers faced with skyrocketing bandwidth demands from their customers. The FCC approved a notice of ...
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The UK’s major mobile operators will be meeting with the department for media, culture and sport (DCMS), and telecoms regulator Ofcom, today to discuss the future of 4G. A source close to the situation has confirmed to Computer ...
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Ofcom has released details of its long-awaited spectrum auction, which will enable mobile operators to roll-out 4G services across the UK. The regulator confirmed the process would begin before the end of 2012 and offer the equivalent of ...
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EE has announced 17 further towns and cities it will be bringing 4G to in the New Year. The new locations to get access to the faster mobile network will be Bradford, Chelmsford, Coventry, Doncaster, Dudley, Leicester, Luton, Newport, ...
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Yesterday, the chancellor of the exchequer stood at the dispatch box in the House of Commons to present his autumn statement to the UK. Much debate has occurred in the past 24 hours over the real term cuts to benefits, dropping the fuel ...
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