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EE Teams Up With Qualcomm And Huawei For Major 4G Speed Boost
Tests of LTE Category 9 networks could mean download speeds of up to 410Mbps
Mobile Operators To Invest £5bn To Improve Rural Coverage
Government abandons controversial national roaming plans in favour of a new legally binding agreement by mobile operators
Lenovo Signs Up Intel For Newest Smartphone Chips
Reports suggest there may still be hope for Intel’s mobile processors yet
It’s Official – BT Announces £12.5bn Deal For EE, Shuns O2 Partnership
Deal sees BT take on around 24.5 million EE mobile customers across the UK
Virgin Media, Sky And O2 Offer ‘Best’ Customer Service
Regulator Ofcom publishes latest customer service satisfaction survey
Qualcomm Is About To Make Your Next Smartphone The Fastest Yet
Chipmaker announces that Snapdragon 810 will support superfast 4G LTE Category 9 download speeds of up to 450 Mbps
Vodafone Expands 4G Roaming To 40 Countries
Vodafone expands roaming offering as Citizens Advice Bureau warns of growing risk of bill shock from lost and stolen mobile phones
ASA Raps Relish And Virgin Media For ‘Misleading’ Broadband Adverts
BT says claims in competitors' adverts cannot be substantiated
Vodafone To Deploy Small Cells At Bus Stops And Billboards
Vodafone signs deal with JCDecaux, the world's largest outdoor advertising company, to boost 3G and 4G in highly populated areas
GSMA: 5G Will Be At Least 1Gbps And Offer Low Latency
Industry body wants to 'reset' the discussion surrounding 5G development but says there is plenty of life in 4G yet
BT To Decide O2 And EE Takeover Plans Within ‘Ten Days’
BT board reportedly discusses mobile operator takeovers but has not yet made its decision
GSMA Warns Mobile Industry Needs More Spectrum To Meet Rising Demand
GSMA says 600-800MHz worth of bandwidth needs to be allocated by the ITU if the mobile industry is going to keep up with a tenfold increase in traffic
Ofcom Wants Total Superfast Broadband Coverage As Average Speeds Reach 23Mbps
Ofcom says cost and complexity should be no barrier in rolling out superfast broadband to homes and businesses, many of whom need at least 10Mbps
Three Says 3.1m Customers Are Now Using 4G
Three 4G now available to 48 percent of the country with a third of customers now using LTE
EE Micro Networks To Connect 1,500 Rural Communities To 4G
Micro networks connect villages to EE service without cables, making it easier and cheaper to bring 4G to villages
Vodafone ‘Considering’ Bid For Virgin Media Owner Liberty Global
Vodafone is reportedly preparing to react to BT's mobile expansion with Liberty Global offer but could also target TalkTalk
Ineffective National Roaming Would Slow 4G Rollout ‘By Two Years’
EE and the GSMA voice opposition to government national roaming plans as consultation ends, saying it would reduce network investment and damage economy
Vodafone Blames ‘Human Error’ For Handing News UK Phone Records To Police
ICO investigates after Vodafone accidentally sends more than a thousand phone records to the Met who wanted details of just one number
Are Mobile Phones Really Replacing Landlines?
Brits use their mobile phones at home more than anywhere else, but older people still prefer landlines
EE Owners Confirm Sale Talks With BT
BT is also reportedly in talks with Telefonica regarding possible sale of O2
BT Confirms O2 Takeover Talks
BT says it has entered negotiations with O2 and another operator regarding a potential takeover
EE And O2 Offer Channel Tunnel 4G
EE and O2 rollout LTE under the sea, but Vodafone and Three left out for now
Ofcom To Make 700MHz Spectrum Available For Mobile Data
Ofcom wants to reassign some spectrum by as early as 2020 but says there will be no switchover needed
90 Percent Of The World Will Have A Mobile Phone By 2020, Ericsson Predicts
Ericsson Mobility Report finds no hiding place for technophobes, with 2.7bn mobile phones currently active
EE Buzzard 2 Offers Simpler In-Car 4G
EE hopes Buzzard 2 will attract more users to its in-car 4G service
TalkTalk Replaces Vodafone With O2 4G MVNO Deal
TalkTalk says new MVNO partnership will boost business and consumer mobile services and could let it create hybrid mobile network using home routers
Ofcom: UK 4G Average Of 15.1Mbps Is Twice As Fast As 3G
Ofcom tests 4G and 3G speeds in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Manchester, with EE leading the way in speed and Three bringing up the rear
CityFibre Provides EE And Three With Dark Fibre Backhaul
EE and Three to benefit from backhaul in Hull, but CityFibre agreement provides scope for rest of the country
Vodafone To Launch Consumer Broadband Network In 2015
Vodafone makes long-awaited move into consumer broadband as it bids to attract more customers