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 ...
It has been a long and somewhat slow journey to get here, but this week the UK finally saw the launch of a 4G network by mobile operator EE. Formed from the merger of T-Mobile and Orange, EE has rolled out the faster broadband ...
Tags: 4G network, EE, broadband, mobile networks, 4G, mobile, phone
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 ...
It was looking like it would be this time next year before mobile operators other than EE – formerly Everything Everywhere – were able to offer 4G. The merger between T-Mobile and Orange was the only brand to receive a ...
Tags: mobile operators, mobile industry, DCMS, EE
The Labour Party is to call on the government to spend the funds it raises from auctioning off 4G spectrum on building affordable housing. The opposition will kick off its annual conference with the proposal later today, when shadow ...
Tags: Labour Party, 4G spectrum, building affordable housing, spectrum auction
In a bid to cut tension between mobile operators in the battle to bring 4G to the UK,communications regulator Ofcom and Culture Secretary Maria Miller are holding peace talks with the networks today that could result in 4G services becoming ...
The focus of the mobile industry of late has been ensuring the roll-out of 4G begins. However, with only one mobile network operator (MNO) capable of providing the faster network until at least the middle of next year, operators are always ...
Tags: mobile industry, MNO, faster network, 4G
Everything Everywhere is set to be the exclusive launch partner of Nokia's Lumia 920 smartphones,which are designed to run on the mobile operator's 4G network. The Financial Times reported that the Finnish company is in talks with ...
Tags: Nokia Lumia 920, mobile operator's 4G network, Microsoft
Everything Everywhere has confirmed a deal with mobile network operator 3 to sell on part of its 1800MHz spectrum,which could enable the smaller operator to launch its own 4G services. The agreement to sell part of the spectrum band is ...
Tags: UK, 4G services, Orange, T-Mobile, 4G network, Ofcom, mobile internet
Ofcom has made a ruling that will allow Everything Everywhere to use its existing spectrum allocation to offer 4G services across the UK. The company – formed from the merger of Orange and T-Mobile – can launch the service any ...
Tags: Ofcom, Everything Everywhere, 4G services, UK
Jeremy Hunt today claimed the UK government would achieve its goal of having the best broadband in Europe by 2015, but mobile would have to play a major part. Speaking this morning at Google's recently opened Tech City premises, the ...
Tags: broadband, mobile, 4G network, 4G products
IDG News Service - Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay US$1.25 million to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to resolve a complaint that it blocked third-party tethering applications on Android phones, the FCC said Tuesday. ...
Tags: Wireless, Protection, Tethering Apps