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Orange and Barclaycard dip their toes in the mobile wallet market

20 May 2011, 09:54

The two companies have launched a contactless mobile payment pilot scheme.

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Ofcom reckons initial 4G will triple mobile network capacity

12 May 2011, 13:01

Study undertaken to get a realistic idea of the improvements from 4G.

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Vodafone refitting taxis to make them phone friendly

3 May 2011, 15:50

Users will be able to pay for their journey via their phone and also charge their phones on the go.

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Sprint reportedly working on mobile payment service

5 April 2011, 15:36

Plans to launch a commercial Near Field Communication service this year.

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Tube mobile plans come to a halt

1 April 2011, 13:24

London tubes might not have a mobile network, but Wi-Fi plans are still on

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Sprint announces Nexus S 4G

21 March 2011, 15:54

The upcoming phone might be one of the biggest Android weapons against the iPhone.

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AT&T to gobble up T-Mobile USA for $39 billion

21 March 2011, 11:33

Consolidation in the US mobile market, but is it one step too far?

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Mobile termination cap commences 1 April

15 March 2011, 09:57

Ofcom is terminating much of the charges for connecting to other networks.

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Everything Everywhere belatedly expands store trial

4 March 2011, 11:57

A couple more stores have opened in Eltham and Bishop’s Stortford.

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Vodafone customers face service interruption after break in

28 February 2011, 11:39

Thieves damage some equipment during a burglary resulting in temporary loss of service.

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Texting 999 could become the norm

24 February 2011, 15:04

Ofcom keen on pre-registered emergency text service.

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BT boosts investment in Northern Ireland fibre broadband

22 February 2011, 15:37

Good news for Northern Ireland but apparently not everyone’s happy.

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T-Mobile and Orange give joint shops a try

10 February 2011, 15:41

Trial run for 5 Everything Everywhere stores.

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O2 reveals major new Wi-Fi hotspot roll-out

26 January 2011, 10:51

The new network aims to be twice the size of BT Openzone and The Cloud combined by 2013.

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Ofcom wants BT to reduce rural wholesale prices

20 January 2011, 09:41

If implemented, the proposals should lead to a fall in rural broadband prices of up to ten percent.

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BT infrastructure sharing to launch this summer

14 January 2011, 14:14

Other would-be telecommunications providers will be able to pay to use BT’s ducts and poles.

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Verizon gets the iPhone...and?

11 January 2011, 17:19

The long-awaited arrival of plurality in the US iPhone market has happened, but not much else.

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T-Mobile slashes data allowance

11 January 2011, 10:25

Many mobile users to get half as much data as before.

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Virgin Media reveals its 2011 phone collection

23 December 2010, 17:58

Windows Phone 7 makes its debut on Virgin, while new Android and BlackBerry handsets are added

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New Three £25 tariff includes genuinely unlimited mobile data

15 December 2010, 11:38

The 3G specialist mobile operator throws down the gauntlet to its rivals in mobile broadband.

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Virgin 100Mbps broadband goes live

8 December 2010, 09:58

Four locations have access to next-gen broadband today, but how soon will your location have it?

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Government unveils ‘Britain’s Superfast Broadband Future’

6 December 2010, 12:12

State support for next-gen broadband gets a makeover, but it still comes down to subsidising BT.

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BT to test 1Gbps broadband within months

3 December 2010, 13:49

The trial of a new fibre-to-the-premise product will commence in Suffolk early next year.

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Three reveals iPad subsidies – no better than Orange

3 December 2010, 12:14

The prices are all remarkably similar, but you get more data for your money from Three.

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Virgin Media launches next-gen TiVo TV platform

1 December 2010, 12:49

The new platform promises easy access to scheduled, on-demand, and web-based content.

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Vodafone lowers data roaming charges

29 November 2010, 09:41

The mobile operator has simplified its roaming tariff, claiming a reduction of up to 60 percent on existing plans.

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Three ‘human hotspots’ unleashed in London today

19 November 2010, 14:52

A novel marketing stunt sees the 3G network operator try to bring attention to its MiFi product.

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Virgin Media announces roll-out of 100Mbps broadband

27 October 2010, 10:42

The superfast internet access will go on sale from December.

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Ofcom boosts phone contract refund transparency

25 October 2010, 16:21

And estimates £10m is unclaimed by customers.

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O2 becomes first UK mobile operator to offer location-based marketing

15 October 2010, 15:42

Starbucks and L’Oréal will be the first to try out the service powered by ‘geo-fencing’ technology.

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Virgin reminds us phones don’t have to cost a grand

13 October 2010, 12:55

Amid the tussle for the top end of the market, Virgin Media adds five phones to its £8.50 tariff.

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Three offers 500MB mobile broadband for £2

4 October 2010, 17:07

But there’s a catch - you have to use all that in 24 hours.

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Vodafone in phone shop takeover rumours

16 September 2010, 10:16

Phone giant tipped as possible buyer of Phones4U.

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