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O2 reveals updated EU data-roaming bundle

The operator will offer its prepay customers a roaming data bundle for the first time, but says the move has nothing to do with new EU retail caps Read more

14 May, 2012 by David Meyer
New 4G auction plan could clear deadlock

New 4G auction plan could clear deadlock

...in a move that may end delays to the rollout of fast mobile broadband. Ofcom has presented new proposals that could clear the way for... Read more

12 January, 2012 by David Meyer
HP ProBook 5330m

HP ProBook 5330m

HP's ProBook 5330m is nicely made, with a responsive keyboard, integrated mobile broadband and generally good performance. We'd have liked it even more... Read more

27 October, 2011 by Sandra Vogel
Lenovo ThinkPad T420s

Lenovo ThinkPad T420s

Much of this ThinkPad's design — and particularly the excellent keyboard — is traditional, but it packs plenty of up-to-date specs too: Core i7 CPU, hybrid discrete/integrated graphics, solid-state drive, USB 3.0 and a high-quality multimedia subsystem. All this makes for an expensive notebook, but it's one we're happy to recommend. Read more

15 March, 2012 by Charles McLellan
Ofcom maps UK mobile coverage

Ofcom maps UK mobile coverage

Ofcom has published its first UK telecoms infrastructure report, which shows that large areas of the country have little or no 3G coverage at all Read more

1 November, 2011 by Ben Woods

O2 beats rivals in Ofcom mobile broadband study

...O2's dongle and datacard-based mobile broadband services are faster than those of its rivals, Ofcom has revealed... Read more

26 May, 2011 by David Meyer

Ofcom eyes fresh spectrum to meet mobile data crunch

...Parts of the digital TV band may be up for grabs for mobile broadband services, Ofcom has said, as it begins a new consultation process... Read more

30 March, 2012 by Ben Woods

4G licence bidders may have to pay for digital TV filters

...telecoms regulator laid out proposals for dealing with the interference between 800MHz mobile broadband and digital terrestrial television (DTT), which occupies the adjacent spectrum band... Read more

3 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Fat pipes better than dongles, says Ofcom

Ofcom publishes first survey of mobile broadband performance... Read more

26 May, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Ofcom: LTE will boost capacity 230 percent over 3G

...4G technology will bring over three times more mobile broadband capacity to the UK from 2013, Ofcom said on Thursday. According... Read more

13 May, 2011 by David Meyer

O2: 4G mobile broadband will allow data 'toll roads

...operator has said. When long-term evolution (LTE) arrives, it will offer mobile broadband speeds above 50Mbps, as opposed to today's 3G-based maximum... Read more

2 March, 2011 by David Meyer

Chinese handset maker ZTE sees UK sales surge

...ZTE's figures, the company now has 60 percent of the British mobile broadband dongle market, up from just 30 percent in 2009. It also... Read more

9 December, 2010 by David Meyer

UK LTE 'not justifiable' before 2015, say analysts

...It will not be economically viable to upgrade the UK's mobile broadband networks to LTE before 2015, according to analysts. Informa Telecoms and... Read more

16 November, 2010 by David Meyer

EC to push for more mobile spectrum

...to propose that European states allocate part of the broadcast spectrum to mobile broadband next week over a portion of the spectrum used by most... Read more

13 September, 2010 by Jack Clark

Ofcom: Data use rising, telecoms revenue falling

...usage across the UK's internet infrastructure is increasing sharply thanks to mobile broadband, but customers are paying less to use telecommunications services, according to... Read more

19 August, 2010 by David Meyer

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