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Vigin Media looks to extend coverage via telegraph poles

11 March 2010, 17:55

It’s often impractical to put fibre underground in rural locations, so Virgin’s trying something different.

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£1 billion next gen broadband initiative launched

4 March 2010, 11:14

A new bureaucracy responsible for pushing next gen broadband in the UK started work today.

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Orange gets into bed with Intel

3 March 2010, 10:19

The operator and the chip-maker will collaborate to bring mobile multimedia to Atom devices via MeeGo.

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Roaming data ‘bill shock’ prevention starts today

1 March 2010, 11:51

New regulations from the EU mean that operators will stop roaming connections once the bill reaches a limit.

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Virgin to roll-out 100 Mbps broadband by end of year

25 February 2010, 09:57

Will double current max download speeds and is extending 200 Mbps trial too.

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Virgin rebrands business offering to take on BT

11 February 2010, 15:02

Thinks focus on customer service, data, and the Virgin brand will do the trick.

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BT to open access to cable ducts

8 February 2010, 15:30

Allowing other network companies use its underground infrastructure could speed-up broadband competition.

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Vodafone claims largest music subscriber base

26 January 2010, 14:36

‘All you can eat’ music subscription services gather momentum as music industry wakes up and smells the coffee.

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BT undercuts Virgin on super-fast broadband

21 January 2010, 12:12

The pricing for BT’s Infinity 40Mbps broadband has been released, but does it improve on the Virgin Media offering?

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O2 gets into landlines

15 January 2010, 11:06

Expands on broadband offering and gives the mobile operator the option of a triple-play offering.

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Samsung 4G dongle goes on sale

14 January 2010, 09:10

First commercialisation of LTE offers wireless download speeds of up to 100 Mbps.

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Telefonica acquires JAJAH for €145 million

24 December 2009, 10:09

Owner of O2 moves into unified communications with the acquisition of the Internet telephony specialist.

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BT facing broadband pressure as it signs up 5 millionth customer

22 December 2009, 12:10

Becomes the first UK ISP to pass 5 million customers, but will it have superfast broadband ready in time for the Olympics?

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Vodafone launching iPhone on 14 January

21 December 2009, 10:18

Giant UK mobile operator finally joins the party, but chooses not to be aggressive on its pricing.

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O2 completes live UK 4G trial

14 December 2009, 11:38

Mobile operator partners with telco company Huawei to road-test LTE technology in Slough.

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Orange joins the app store party

9 December 2009, 11:42

The launch of Application Shop adds to the bewildering choice for smartphone users.

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Virgin Media to trial file-sharing tracking system

26 November 2009, 16:04

ISP will inspect its network to see how much illegal file-sharing is going on, but won’t be able to identify individuals.

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Qualcomm unveils 3G/LTE chipsets

12 November 2009, 15:27

LTE comes one step closer to becoming the default 4G technology as Qualcomm makes its move.

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Clearwire secures yet more funding

11 November 2009, 09:26

Despite grumbles from the likes of Google and Intel, Clearwire has pulled it off yet again, securing another $1.5 billion for its WiMAX 4G network.

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Qualcomm creates open source subsidiary

26 October 2009, 13:38

Mobile chip giant demonstrates its love of open source by making a whole new company devoted to it.

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Qualcomm rallies for more spectrum

9 October 2009, 12:51

Firm calls for more wireless spectrum in order to cope with increasing wireless data traffic.

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Mobile broadband to outstrip fixed-line connections by end of 2009

7 October 2009, 13:02

A UN agency has released figures showing that mobile broadband is on an incredible upswing, even taking over from fixed-line broadband as the most prevalent kind of high-speed Internet available.

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BT expands next-gen broadband, sort of

24 September 2009, 17:43

Claims a doubling of 24Mbps broadband by 2011, but could do with some help with its maths.

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HTC readies Windows Mobile 6.5 offerings

18 September 2009, 23:08

HTC prepares to launch a bevy of new devices around the Windows Mobile 6.5 launch in October

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Nokia makes first LTE call, Intel unimpressed

18 September 2009, 09:24

Nokia Siemens Networks used a commercial base station to demonstrate that the new technology is near.

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Clearwire rolls out 4G WiMAX for developers

17 September 2009, 10:24

Intel and Google backed WiMAX outfit gets Silicon Valley involved in testing its technology.

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Ofcom drops restrictions on BT pricing

16 September 2009, 12:57

BT is now free to charge what it wants for its services, which could precipitate a telco price war in the UK.

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Nokia bigs-up augmented reality

10 September 2009, 18:19

The handset giant has released a video showing its vision of how augmented reality could manifest itself.

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Orange UK to merge with T-Mobile UK

8 September 2009, 10:16

Negotiations commence for a 50-50 merger to create the UK’s biggest mobile operator.

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Nokia trials its first LTE modem

7 September 2009, 13:02

Handset giant works on its own modem for the 4G generation of mobile connectivity technology.

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Orange dabbles in social networking

19 August 2009, 17:19

Telco giant launches Social Life, which aggregates Facebook MySpace and Bebo accounts on mobile phones.

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BT raises broadband speed to 20Mbps

17 August 2009, 15:08

Telco giant hits back at Virgin Media by claiming a big leap in bandwidth at no extra cost.

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Orange launches £4.89 per month mobile broadband

5 August 2009, 10:50

Claims the lowest pay monthly mobile broadband price plan on the market.

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