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Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe

...after regulators said they had gathered solid evidence that China had been subsidising them. Representatives from the EU's 27 member states were told by... Read more

28 May, 2012
How Orange defends data-roaming charges

How Orange defends data-roaming charges

...are not acceptable anymore, and also not consistent with our policy of subsidising smartphones more and more. On the one side, operators try to maintain... Read more

29 March, 2011 by David Meyer
Why data roaming costs too much

Why data roaming costs too much

...are not acceptable anymore, and also not consistent with our policy of subsidising smartphones more and more," Martin says. "With smartphones, we are increasing the... Read more

29 March, 2011 by David Meyer

Landline-to-mobile cap to drop 85pc after BT wins row

The UK's Competition Commission has backed Ofcom's plans for cutting mobile termination charges, and has agreed with BT that the cuts should go even deeper and arrive sooner Read more

15 February, 2012 by David Meyer

China overtakes US as biggest smartphone market

...been driven by an increasing availability of smartphones in retail channels, aggressive subsidising by operators of high-end models like the Apple iPhone, and an... Read more

25 November, 2011 by Don Reisinger

Apple backs away from iPhone SIM-card plan

...short-term contracts. But the UK phone networks have threatened to stop subsidising the cost of expensive phones if Apple continued with its plan. For... Read more

23 November, 2010 by Asavin Wattanajantra

BBC set to subsidise broadband. Why?

...over those broadband lines. Telecoms operators argue that content providers should be subsidising the networks, which have to shoulder the loads those content providers generate... Read more

24 June, 2010

Time for NHS to take £8m White Elephant off life support?

...jobs at risk of redundancy, should the Department of Health really be subsidising its online HealthSpace service for so few users? Nick Heath reports. After... Read more

24 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

Mobile tariffs to fall following Oftel's intervention

Oftel's decision to penalise BT Cellnet for cross-subsidising its mobile phone service will lead to cheaper mobile prices according to... Read more

4 July, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

Is our government subsidising Microsoft

...site on Friday - but is it possible that our Government is illegally subsidising Microsoft? Becta put out a release on Friday to say it had... Read more

23 October, 2007

Pipex cuts cost of getting broadband

...has made it cheaper for customers to upgrade their Internet connection by subsidising the start-up cost Read more

7 July, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Britain's 3G bill could top £50bn

...calculate that the extra cost of building a 3G network and then subsidising the handsets will be more than the £22.5bn paid for the... Read more

1 May, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Swindon promises city-wide Wi-Fi mesh network

...but argued that Digital City UK's business model was "built around subsidising free access with revenues from business and community services that are delivered... Read more

17 November, 2009 by David Meyer

Smartphone boom defies wider handset slump

...come with more expensive data plans", she said, and therefore providers are subsidising such devices more. She added that the average selling prices of smartphones... Read more

12 August, 2009 by David Meyer

Report: Timms to take over Digital Britain helm

...Warehouse has described it, is intended to create a centralised fund for subsidising the rollout of fibre-based, next-generation broadband across most of the... Read more

4 August, 2009 by David Meyer

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