Telecoms

Two Thirds Of Brits Will Go Online On Christmas Day

One in ten would give up booze for Wi-Fi on Christmas day as Internet becomes increasingly important to Christmas

9 years ago

Will Railway Mobile Coverage Affect Your Christmas Getaway?

BLOG: Mobile coverage can make journeys seem a lot quicker, but can new data show if it will affect your…

9 years ago

Ericsson Will Demo 5G At 2018 World Cup In Russia

Ericsson and Russian operator will work on development of 5G and hold pilots of cellular and ioT technology

9 years ago

Vodafone And Huawei Complete First NB-IoT Trial

Vodafone and Huawei continue NB-IoT development as standardisation of common LPWA technology nears

9 years ago

EE Recalls All Power Bars Amid Overheating Risk

EE says all of its free power bars should be handed into a retail store after an issue with a…

9 years ago

EU Roaming Revenues To Fall ‘By 28 Percent’ From 2017

Abolition of roaming costs within the EU could save businesses a lot of money, but operators could also benefit in…

9 years ago

EE And Vodafone Top Ofcom Complaints Table Again

Number of complaints made to communications regulator increases over three month period

9 years ago

CityFibre Buys KCOM’s Nationwide Fibre Network For £90m

CityFibre expands nationwide footprint after buying KCOM's networks outside Hull and East Yorkshire in a move which former says makes…

9 years ago

EE Wins £1bn 4G Emergency Services Network Contract

EE to build network that government claims will save £1 million a day and give emergency services access to LTE…

9 years ago

Virgin Media Expands Into Leicestershire Villages

Virgin Media says expansion is not just about large towns and cities, but villages too

9 years ago

Vodafone Boosts Roaming Offers Ahead Of Christmas

Vodafone adds more countries to its World Traveller, Business Traveller and 4G roaming offers

9 years ago

IT Life: Telecoms Is In My DNA

BT Global Services CEO Luis Alvarez discusses his career in the telecoms industry

9 years ago

EE Could Allow Ad Blocking At Network Level

EE CEO Olaf Swantee says operator is having strategic review to see whether customers should be allowed to control their…

9 years ago

How Media Companies Can Survive In A Mobile-First Era

CNN, Time Inc and Google discuss how technology, media firms and telecoms will impact the future of content

9 years ago

EE Named London’s Best Operator Again, But Rivals Improve

RootMetrics says mobile users can expect a good service no matter which network they use

9 years ago

KC Offers Hull Broadband Discount For SMBs

KC becomes latest ISP to step in after super connected city voucher scheme suspension, but wants more government funding allocated

9 years ago

Vodafone Uses Wi-Fi Spectrum To Boost 4G In LAA Trial

Vodafone believes unlicensed spectrum can improve 4G coverage without disturbing Wi-Fi

9 years ago

Huawei And Telefonica Join Forces For 5G Development

Partners will work together on a number of 5G technologies after agreeing deal at Huawei MBBF 2015

9 years ago

Gigaclear Offers 5Gbps Broadband In Rural Areas

Gigaclear is trialling 5Gbps and will launch nationwide from early 2016

9 years ago

Ericsson Predicts 150m 5G Subscriptions By 2021

Ericsson report predicts sixfold increase in mobile data consumption and rapid adoption of 5G when it launches in 2020

9 years ago

55,000 SMBs Get Government Grants For Superfast Broadband

Latest figures for suspended super connected city voucher scheme are revealed, but no indication more money will be allocated for…

9 years ago

BT Openreach CEO Joe Garner To Leave In 2016

Openreach chief to depart after two years in charge of BT network division

9 years ago

Average Openreach Fibre User Consumes 190GB A Month

BT reveals Openreach figures for the summer... but not a lot of them

9 years ago

ISPs: Snooper’s Charter Will Mean Higher Broadband Bills

Snooper's Charter underestimates the cost and challenge of monitoring users, ISPA and Gigaclear tell MPs, while Sophos expresses security concerns

9 years ago

BDUK Connects 3.3m Homes And Businesses To Fibre

New government figures show BDUK is making more gains as coverage target edges nearer

9 years ago

EE Wants Three To Drop ‘Undisputed’ Reliability Claim

EE tells Advertising Standards Authority that Three's claim to be the 'undisputed' most reliable network in the UK cannot be…

9 years ago

O2 Offers Free Cloud Storage And Unlimited Space For £5

O2 offers customers chance to store, stream and backup files, media and phoros with new cloud service

9 years ago

TalkTalk Offers Free ‘Upgrades’ After £35m Cyberattack

TalkTalk says it wants to recognise the uncertainty following last month's major cyberattack and has put a figure on the…

9 years ago

TfL Adds 100 More Stations To London Tube Wi-Fi

Almost every station on the tube can get Wi-Fi... but not Tottenham Court Road or Bond Street

9 years ago

Gartner: 5.5m ‘Things’ Added To IoT Every Day In 2016

Gartner makes latest predictions for the Internet of Things, claiming there will be 6.4bn M2M connections by end of next…

9 years ago