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 bid will start in January 2013. The bidders will be competing to have the ability to roll out 4G mobile broadband services across the UK next year. Ofcom says the new spectrum will increase the amount of airwaves available to mobile ...
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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will auction off public services spectrum next year to help the government free up the airwaves for commercial purposes. The frequencies, previously used for the likes of emergency services and ...
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Jeremy Hunt's promise in 2010 that the UK would lead Europe with its broadband infrastructure within five years raised a few eyebrows. No one was against the sentiment of rolling out broadband to every home in the UK by 2015 – even ...
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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 ...
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Age UK has teamed up with Cognatel MVNO CyCell to develop a no-frills mobile phone for the elderly. According to research by Ofcom, over half (52%) of people aged 75 plus own a mobile phone, but these devices are often relegated to a ...
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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. ...
Ofcom has announced plans to make more spectrum available in the next five years to pave the way for growth in the mobile industry. The telecoms operator said it would free up the 700MHz frequency, currently used for digital television ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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EE has announced 17 further towns and cities it will be bringing 4G to in the New Year. The new locations to get access to the faster mobile network will be Bradford, Chelmsford, Coventry, Doncaster, Dudley, Leicester, Luton, Newport, ...
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Yesterday, the chancellor of the exchequer stood at the dispatch box in the House of Commons to present his autumn statement to the UK. Much debate has occurred in the past 24 hours over the real term cuts to benefits, dropping the fuel ...
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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