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Openreach Promises Partners It Will Improve Service Levels
Openreach pledges to improve repair and installation records but warns any change in regulation will harm investment
Hutchison Plans Three-O2 IPO But Merger Faces ‘Extensive’ EU Investigation
Hutchison Whampoa is planning to float Three-O2 and is prepared to sell spectrum to get EU approval
Government ‘To Offer’ Satellite Broadband Vouchers In Rural Areas
Government steps up plans to connect 'final five percent' with satellite broadband voucher scheme, according to reports
Google: We Don’t Want To Be The World’s ISP
Google says it will continue to make investments in networking and further projects like Loon and Titan, but it wants to work with the telcos too
Three Enables 4G Calls With VoLTE Launch
Three becomes first UK operator to commercially launch Voice over LTE (VoLTE), claiming technology will boost indoor reception and rural coverage
Hutchison Applies To EU For Three-O2 Merger Approval
Hutchison Whampoa looks to complete £10.25 billion acquisition despite failure of Danish telecoms merger last week
European Commission Opens Telecoms, Broadband Consultations
The EC said it is looking for comment on how to shape the future of telecoms and broadband regulation
Broadband Users ‘Need’ Minimum Speed Of 10Mbps
Ovum report assesses broadband in 30 countries according to network and customer data, finds UK is eighth out of 30
EE Boosts 150Mbps 4G+ With More Spectrum
EE says greater availibility of LTE CAT6 smartphones and data demand is prompting high frequency bandwidth rollout
How Telcos Can Avoid Being Left Behind By OTT Players
Cloud, video and IoT applications will drive investment in broadband, but how can operators increase revenues and serve customers directly?
Vodafone Rolls Out Native VoWi-Fi To Select Handsets
Vodafone enables calls to be made over a Wi-Fi connection for some users
Virgin Media Offers Manchester SMBs ‘Affordable’ 100Mbps Broadband
Virgin Media hopes to help power Manchester tech startup hub with cable broadband
Devicescape Can Now Offload iPhone From 4G To Wi-Fi Automatically
Devicescape says operator partners, including Virgin Media, can now offload 95 percent of customers from 3G or 4G to its network of Wi-Fi hotspots.
Ericsson Updates Software To Ease Cost, Battery And Coverage Barriers To IoT
Ericsson offers new software to operators, enabling cheaper, longer laster devices and boosting indoor coverage with unlicensed spectrum
Regulatory Fight Brewing At FCC Over LTE-U Access To Wi-Fi Spectrum
BLOG: Carriers, cable companies, standards groups and hardware makers are squaring off to fight over giving mobile phones LTE-U access to WiFi spectrum
IT Life: Getting Britain’s Businesses TalkTalking
TalkTalk Business's Duncan Gooding explains why he loves SONOS, his smartphone but is not a fan of Microsfot
UPC Ireland Rebrands As Virgin Media
Liberty Global brings its UK and Ireland operations closer with Virgin Media refresh
Quiz Of The Week: UK Mobile Operators
What do you know about the UK's mobile operators and MVNOs? Find out with our quiz!
NSPCC And O2 To Help Parents Protect Children Online
Workshops to help parents deal with online issues as confidently as offline ones, amid fears children are suffering from 'digital delay'
Vodafone And Three Buy L-Band Spectrum From Qualcomm
Qualcomm sells 40MHz of airwaves in the 1452-1492 L-Band to UK operators
Will Three Still ‘Make It Right’ After O2 Merger?
BLOG: Three says its customer offers are paying dividends, but will it have the same desire if it merges with O2 and becomes UK's largest operator?
Three Customers ‘Save’ £1.3bn In Roaming Costs
Three claims customers are using more data than ever before since Feel At Home launched 2 years ago
Mobile Industry Body GSMA Names Tele2 CEO As New Director General
Tele2 CEO Mats Granryd will succeed Anne Bouverot from 1 January
Labour: Openreach Should Be Separated From BT
Shadow culture secretary Chris Bryant says Ofcom should split up BT and Openreach if the UK is to meet its broadband targets
Vodafone Pumps £5m Into Irish Data Centre Services
Vodafone Ireland wants to increase European cloud and hosting abilities with further investments into Irish cloud services
Government Advistory Board To Review Open Internet Code Of Practice
Government's broadband advisory board will see whether industry self-regulation needs updating to comply with EU open Internet legislation
Dixon Carphone Mobile Network iD Launches In Ireland
iD MVNO to shake up Irish mobile market following O2-Three merger
O2 Self Optimising Network Is Latest Evolution Of ‘Customer-Centric’ Approach
O2 COO Derek McManus explains why its customer-centric approach is making its network better and why you shouldn't believe RootMetrics' tests
O2 1800MHz Spectrum And Wi-Fi Offloading Will Boost Urban 4G Capacity
O2 details plans to re-farm spectrum, upgrade Wi-Fi network, rollout VoWi-Fi and VoLTE and improve rural 4G