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 ...
Tags: Ofcom, 4G spectrum auction, 2012
This year’s Olympic Games in London have been touted as the most connected in history. With an estimated one billion people set to watch the events and millions more expected to log on to keep track of all the action, all aspects ...
Tags: Olympic Games, Mobile Data Deluge, London
Communications regulator Ofcom's decision to permit mobile operator Everything Everywhere (EE) to use its existing 1800MHz spectrum to deliver 4G services has been slammed by rival operators O2 and Three. Ofcom was due to make a decision ...
Tags: 4G, EE, O2, mobile operator
We are going through a radical shift in the way people work and use computers. Increasing availability and affordability of wireless broadband is giving the global workforce true mobility, for the first time in history. Many of them will ...
Tags: Mobile Computers, wireless broadband, laptops, mobile rugged computers
The London Underground has announced that 20 more stations have been connected to Virgin Media's Wi-Fi service including Camden Town,Notting Hill Gate and Seven Sisters. The total number of Wi-Fi enabled stations come in at 92,with a ...
Tags: Wi-Fi, London Underground stations, mobile operators EE and Vodafone, TfL
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 that ...
Tags: Vodafone, backhaul bottleneck, 4G race, mobile backhaul
About 5.5bn pounds will be invested in 4G by mobile operators,according to Vodafone's head of regulatory affairs,Matthew Braovac. At a Westminster e-forum event today,Braovac stated that the amount of expenditure would be worthwhile,as 4G ...
Tags: Vodafone, 5.5bn pounds, Invested in 4G, Matthew Braovac
About£5.5bn will be invested in 4G by mobile operators,according to Vodafone's head of regulatory affairs,Matthew Braovac. At a Westminster e-forum event today,Braovac stated that the amount of expenditure would be worthwhile,as 4G ...
Tags: 4G, mobile operators, Vodafone, Matthew Braovac, SMS
Geo Networks has completed a new fibre network running between London and Dublin,enabling the company to bring its offerings to Ireland as well as creating a faster connection between the two capital cities. The East-West fibre ring runs ...
Tags: Geo Networks, ESB Telecoms, UK, Ireland, Fibre ring, EU
A plan by a satellite carrier to make better use of its spectrum could open up an extra channel for Wi-Fi in the U.S.,though how and when consumers would get to use it isn't yet clear. The proposal that satellite operator Globalstar ...
Tags: US, Satellite Carrier, Wi-Fi, FCC, LightSquared, Dish Network, Globalstar
Mobile phones are expected to play a significant role in the future of cashless payments in remote and on-premise purchases. Payment companies are ramping up their mobile offerings in the scramble for this lucrative market. ...
Tags: mobile phones, cashless payments, remote purchases, on-premise purchases
Orange today launched a new application called Libon, enabling users to make calls and send texts for free. Initially just for iOS, but with an Android version due in the first quarter of 2013, the application can be used by customers of ...
Tags: Orange, Free Call application, Text App, 3G network
Android users are choosing Wi-Fi for their data transfers,rather than using their mobile data allocations. Analyst firm Nielsen monitored 1,500 Android OS customers during September 2012 by installing a meter on their smartphones to ...
Tags: Mobile, Android, Wi-Fi, Transfer Data, Nielsen
IDG News Service-The initial public offering of Ruckus Wireless on Friday highlighted the growing importance of Wi-Fi in mobile networks as service providers try to meet the demands of smartphone and tablet users. Ruckus,a maker of Wi-Fi ...
Tags: Wi-Fi, smartphone, tablet users, carrier-owned networks
Cisco Systems plans to build small cellular base stations,building upon its fast-growing business in Wi-Fi base stations for mobile operator networks,Chairman and CEO John Chambers said on Tuesday. The move will bring the networking giant ...
Tags: Cisco Systems, small cellular base stations, Wi-Fi base stations