Ericsson used Thursday’s Mobile Money Global event to highlight the rapid change in regional consumer behaviours around the use of mobile money. Rajiv Bhatia, Head of EMEA Mobile Commerce Sales, Ericsson, discussed how the shift ...
Mobile internet speeds in the Greater London area have more than doubled since O2 and Vodafone began their 4G rollouts at the end of August, according to independent mobile network performance monitoring site RootMetrics. The firm found ...
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More than 3.4 billion people, nearly half the world's population, own at least one mobile phone in 2013. As of 2010, more than 90 percent of people worldwide were covered by a mobile phone signal, according to a new Vital Signs Online trend ...
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Apple has launched a thinner and lighter iPad at its launch event in Cupertino, California. The iPad Air will be just 7.5 millimetres thick, and the weight has been reduced from 1.4lb to 1.0lb - or from 635 grams to just 455 grams, for ...
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Mobile networks have been left outraged at Ofcom's decision to increase the fees that they should pay for mobile spectrum that they have acquired. The communications regulator published a consultation on revising annual licence fees for ...
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Mitsubishi will showcase its design and technology future when it unveils three new concept vehicles at next month’s Tokyo motor show. The Japanese manufacturer’s stand will feature two plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) ...
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The UK's rail industry is to roll out high-speed mobile broadband across the rail network. The plans, which will be funded by the rail industry, were announced by the transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin, who said that people would ...
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Networking giant Cisco is to buy scalable solid state memory system provider Whiptail in a deal worth about $415m. According to Cisco, the deal would strengthen its Unified Computing System (UCS) strategy and allow it to better support ...
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Assurant, a US-based provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, has agreed to acquire British mobile phone insurance provider Lifestyle Services in an all-cash deal of $160m from Phones 4u Finance. ...
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EE, the UK's largest mobile network provider, has reached one million 4G customers four months ahead of target, the firm has said. Launched 10 months ago, EE said its 4G service offers mobile internet at speeds that aren't only the ...
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Mobile network Three has introduced a new policy for its customers in which they can use their UK price plan while abroad. The new plan means that Three is initially eliminating roaming charges in seven countries: Republic of Ireland, ...
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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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VODAFONE Australia has launched a new set of mobile phone plans to help customers avoid overseas bill shock by allowing them to use their existing call, text and data quotas while travelling. Under the new plans Vodafone will charge its ...
While 4G is changing how quickly consumers can access data, it is also evolving how mobile network operators (MNOs) need to compete. Yankee Group's report "10 Ways 4G Changes Competition" examines how MNOs can get to market early, 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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