A GCC-wide telecoms consortium has been formed to build a high-bandwidth regional transmission cable system for the region, it was announced on Monday. The new system, which promises to provide broadband to new areas and customers, will ...
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West Coast Trains has issued a tender on behalf of Virgin Trains for the provision of a new HR and payroll system. Virgin Trains operates about 330 train services per day, serving 43 stations, 17 of which are operated directly. It employs ...
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EE, the UK's largest mobile network provider, has reached one million 4G customers four months ahead of target, the firm has said. Launched 10 months ago, EE said its 4G service offers mobile internet at speeds that aren't only the ...
Tags: 4G, Computer Products
This September the British Fashion Council will launch a pop-up shop to celebrate British contemporary fashion at London Fashion Week (LFW). The onsite pop-up at Somerset House will feature an edit of some of the creative ...
Tags: Contemporary Fashion, Textile
Vodafone and HSBC have decided to extend their 20-year telecommunications partnership by another two years. The multi-million pound deal will see Vodafone continue to manage the mobile communications of over 21,000 HSBC employees until ...
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Mobile operator Three UK has confirmed that it C, and said that existing customers with 4G-ready devices will be able to access the services at no extra cost. Rival operators O2 and Vodafone have joined EE in rolling out 4G services to ...
Tags: Mobile, 4G, Computer Products, software
Vodafone and O2 have begun rolling out 4G [LTE] mobile data services in three UK cities. O2's services currently include London, Leeds and Bradford, while Vodafone is restricting coverage to parts of London for now. Further reading O2 ...
Tags: 4G, Computer Products
Join two Computing journalists as they politely - and sometimes impolitely - disagree over key technology trends and subjects. In the third of Computing's Tech Tiff episodes, John Leonard and Sooraj Shah debate how necessary 4G is for ...
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Students at two Dutch universities who teamed up with coatings experts from AkzoNobel are attempting to smash the world speed record for a human-powered vehicle. The Human Power Team from Delft Technical University and the Free University ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, human-powered vehicle, vehicle
Telefonica-owned mobile operator O2, has unveiled its 4G tariffs, and customers hoping that a switch to 4G would be cheaper than on rival EE will be left dissatisfied. O2 does not have a similar option to EE's cheapest price plan of ...
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O2's chief operating officer, Derek McManus, has claimed that the company's 4G network will be better than EE's, even though it will not work with the Apple iPhone 5. In an interview with Computing, McManus said that the £550m the ...
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Mobile network O2 has announced that its 4G service will launch in the UK on 29 August. The new network, which it claims will be up to five times faster than 3G, will be switched on in London, Leeds and Bradford first, followed by a ...
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HMRC has spent over £3.7bn with integrator Capgemini over the past five years for its work under the Aspire contract. Capgemini is the lead supplier under the Aspire deal, in which around 300 subcontractors - including Fujitsu and ...
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Clearance of the airwaves earmarked for 4G mobile broadband will be completed by regulators today, enabling new 4G services to launch in the UK. Communications regulator Ofcom said that a large section of radio spectrum previously used ...
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VODAFONE Australia has launched a new set of mobile phone plans to help customers avoid overseas bill shock by allowing them to use their existing call, text and data quotas while travelling. Under the new plans Vodafone will charge its ...