Everything Everywhere’s 4G campaign irks rival networks
Everything Everywhere has been very aggressive in pushing for the deployment of 4G in the country. Last February, it asked Ofcom to grant permission to current 2G-licence holders to make use of their GSM spectrum for LTE broadband. The regulator has yet to announce its decision, although a number of ...
Government voices support for Everything Everywhere’s 4G launch
Last February, Everything Everywhere asked Ofcom for permission to let current 2g-licence holders to make use of their GSM spectrum for LTE mobile broadband. The regulator seemed keen on the idea, although held off from making a decision after a number of rival networks expressed their opposition at the idea. While ...
Everything Everywhere launches 4G campaign website
Everything Everywhere has stood firm behind a bid it made last February to Ofcom with regards to 4G. The Internet service provider had requested permission from Ofcom to “allow UK mobile operators to deliver 4G to Britain as soon as possible for the public good.” Publicly, the ISP revealed: “Everything Everywhere ...
Parliament praises Farmers Weekly rural broadband campaign
The poor state of rural broadband in the UK has been a longtime issue that the government has yet to sufficiently address. Just last week, Welsh MPs commented on the state of rural mobile phone coverage as being "ludicrous." However, campaigners in these areas have not yet given up and are ...
Vodafone buys C&W Worldwide for £1.04 billion
UK mobile phone operator Vodafone has agreed to buy telecoms group Cable & Wireless Worldwide (C&WW) for £1.04 billion. Vodafone was the only firm left vying to buy C&WW after India's Tata Communications lost interest in the deal last week. According to the deal, Vodafone will buy each C&WW share for ...
Study: 75% of users want 4G access now
The future of mobile Internet is in 4G. Key players in the industry are well aware of this fact and are appalled that not enough is being done for the large-scale deployment of the technology in the UK. ABI Research predicted that 4G-subscriber adoption would soar with the release of ...
4G-capable tablets and smartphones to take off in 2012
We're all looking at a very mobile future. In mid-February, Cisco conducted a study and concluded that mobiles would soon outnumber humans by 2016. The firm predicted that there will be 10 billion mobile connected devices around the world by the year 2016, while the United Nations estimates the human ...
UK Broadband deploys 4G in Swindon
UK Broadband is going to be delivering 4G to Swindon as part of a 5-year agreement with Swindon Council. Swindon has long been considered as a leader in the municipal Wi-Fi movement and even loaned £400,000 to Digital City to help build a city-wide Wi-Fi network. UK Broadband will be providing ...
Thousands register for better broadband in Suffolk
Earlier this year, Suffolk launched a campaign to bring better broadband in their county. It was a campaign that's perhaps long overdue, as a study conducted last year named Suffolk road as having the slowest broadband in the country. The Better Broadband for Suffolk campaign has grown impressively over the past few ...
Ofcom announces probe on Sky News email hacking
Hacking constitutes a major breach of privacy and it's actually something that many people and government authorities are fighting against. So it may come as a surprise when earlier this month, Sky News admitted that it had hacked into the private email accounts of three people: "canoe man" John Darwin ...
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