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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The Cabinet Office today announced the 29 companies that will offer services over the government’s public sector network (PSN). The framework, which is set to cost between 500m and 3bn over the next two years, aims to provide a ...
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Mobile networks have been the focus of a lot of regulation, debate and rumour in the past few years, but this has mainly focused on the strengthening of existing 3G networks or the future of 4G deployments. However, whilst all the ...
Tags: mobile network, 3G network, network, technical development
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 ...
Tags: UK, mobile operators, DCMS, the future of 4G
Mobile operators in the UK are not known for being the best of friends. Be it fighting for the latest exclusive handset or threatening court action over 4G rollouts, the big guns have never been at the top of each other's Christmas lists. ...
Telefonica and Vodafone are partnering in the UK to extend network infrastructure to reach 98% of the UK population. The partnership will rival Everything Everywhere, which formed in March 2010 following the merger of Orange and T-Mobile ...
Tags: Telefonica, Vodafone, network infrastructure, UK
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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Mobile operator Vodafone has said it fears that Ofcom's decision to allow Everything Everywhere(EE)to repurpose its 1800MHz spectrum could lead to the 4G auction,which is set to begin at the end of the year,being delayed. The mobile ...
Tags: Mobile Operator, EE, O2, 4G Auction
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
Orange Digital, the subsidiary of Orange that manages digital services for EE, had a legacy physical infrastructure that was inadequate to offer scalability at low costs. Its IT team has adopted cloud services, not just for high ...
Tags: Orange Digital, manages digital services, legacy physical infrastructure
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 ...
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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 ...
Orange customers are still experiencing problems with 3G and general telephone network coverage since EE's 4G rollout over a week ago. Computing has received a torrent of complaints from Orange customers, whose infrastructure was merged ...
Everything Everywhere's 3G network is experiencing a complete outage across the UK, with Orange's technical support unable to shed any light on the exact nature of the problem. Reports from EE service users of slow or disrupted service ...
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 ...