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
A text message delivered to O2 subscribers in the UK this week has revealed an intention by the telecoms giant to raise the cost of making and receiving calls and using data outside Europe dramatically. From 28 November ...
Tags: double roaming charges, telecoms giant, Ofcom, pence
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 ...
Vodafone isn't concerned about falling behind EE when it comes to providing 4G,with the firm insisting there will only be mass adoption of the service once the public understand what the new mobile service is. EE,the joint venture of ...
Tags: Vodafone, EE, new mobile service, huge initial rush for 4G
EE has released its tariffs for the UK's first 4G contracts, which will be available from the end of October. EE – created from the merger of T-Mobile and Orange and formerly known as Everything Everywhere – has outlined price ...
Tags: EE, 4G pricing plans, corporate contracts, data allowances
Computerworld-WASHINGTON--There's a new television show,"Revolution,"which looks at what happens to society after every piece of complex technology,including power generation,stops working.The reasons for this outage aren't explained. ...
Tags: tech firms, China, supply chains, Cisco
The UK roll-out of 4G mobile services got a boost yesterday as Ofcom revealed the spectrum needed would be ready for use five months earlier than expected. The 800MHz and 2.6GHz frequencies were freed up by the digital TV switchover, but ...
Tags: mobile, 4G mobile services, Ofcom, UK
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
Mobile operator EE will announce its launch date for 4G services imminently as it finalises its deployment testing programme. An EE spokesperson would not be drawn on yesterday's rumours of peace talks between communications regulator ...
Tags: EE, peace talks, 4G launch date announcement
As rumours of a Microsoft in-house Windows 8 smartphone continue to rage,Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has been talking up"exclusivities"available to the Nokia phone range that Microsoft won't have access to. Talking to GigaOM,Elop said that the ...
Tags: Nokia, Elop, Microsoft smartphones, Windows 8 smartphone, Lumia 920
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
Apple has been accused of holding back the advance of near field communication (NFC) technology with its decision to launch the iPhone 5, which went on sale today, without the much-rumoured NFC-based contactless payment facilities. But ...
Tags: Mark Sutherland, NFC, Apple, iPhone 5
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has claimed that marketing businesses will be"moving into an LTE world",dismissing the need for socially-connected platforms to use a superfast broadband network. During a Q&A session at Dreamforce 2012,the ...
Tags: Benioff, marketing businesses, socially-connected platforms
Apple has unveiled the iPhone 5 with an updated version of its mobile operating system iOS 6. Apple announced the handset at an event in San Francisco,boasting a longer battery life thanks to Apple's A6 chip and a new 4 inch retina ...
Tags: Apple, iPhone 5, iOS 6, battery life