Has Amazon found the ultimate lock-in? Cheap cellphone service for Prime
Updated Web giant downplays rumors of deals with carriers
Networks02 Jun 2023 | 18
Mobile Network
Telcos need another $3B in Uncle Sam's cash to remove Chinese network kit, says FCC
Take it Huawei? Not if they don't think Feds will refund them
Networks05 May 2023 | 30
T-Mobile US buys Ryan Reynolds-backed Mint Mobile for $1.35B
Video However, those Ryan Reynolds commercials aren't going anywhere
Personal Tech15 Mar 2023 | 9
Vodafone and Three's UK arms locked in merger talks
Regulators might have thing or two to say. And analysts warn of post consolidation price rises
Networks03 Oct 2022 | 33
Letter to FCC: Why are US carriers locking handsets to networks?
'If someone else puts a lock on a thing that you own, and doesn't give you the key, it's not for your benefit'
Networks20 Sep 2022 | 50
Revealed: US telcos admit to storing, handing over location data
Letters to FCC confirm what many believed, don't address a bigger problem
Security02 Sep 2022 | 14
BROADER TOPICS
Cheap cellular data list is out: And US doesn't make top 200
Modern life is expensive, but Britain's mobile data costs seem to be falling
Networks26 Jul 2022 | 33
Ericsson report details how it paid off Islamic State
Staff sacked after bosses discovered terrorists received money for access to Iraq mobile market
Networks28 Feb 2022 | 12
Court papers indicate text messages from HMRC's 60886 number could snoop on Brit taxpayers' locations
Exclusive Bitter contract dispute revealed HLR lookup capability baked into agreement
Security27 Jan 2022 | 70
Shut off 3G by 2033? How about 2023, asks Vodafone UK
Says it'll be 'asking customers' to make sure own phones support 4G, and to check on friends, family
Networks25 Jan 2022 | 81
European carriers push for more OpenRAN support... but it might not end in a win
Analysis 'Many appear to placing huge bets on it as a replacement for Huawei'
Networks24 Nov 2021 | 3
Get ready for full holograms and 6G while living in the metaverse, says Samsung
Even though 5G Advanced isn't even here yet
Personal Tech28 Oct 2021 | 20
Huawei appears to have quenched its thirst for power in favour of more efficient 5G
MBB Forum 2021 Never mind the performance, man, think of the planet
Networks21 Oct 2021 | 1
TskTsk: UK ISP TalkTalk told off by regulator over 'misleading' adverts promising fixed price service
Don't claim 'no mid-contract price rises if that was not the case' says ASA
Networks29 Sep 2021 | 19
BT sued by representatives of the dead over unbundled landline market abuse claims
2.4m living and non-living Britons could score a payout, reckons lawsuit starter
Legal29 Sep 2021 | 5
Email billing blunder meant MVNO iD Mobile told 24,000 customers to pay up or have their service suspended
Rush of subscribers trying to sort it brings network's online portal down
Networks29 Sep 2021 | 8
Need US mobile data? Cellular data plan launches on the Helium Blockchain
The Great Gig in the Sky, or a new plan on GigSky?
Networks23 Sep 2021 | 3
BT jittery about Cellnex snapping up UK mobile tower assets
Brit telco says buyout will mean less competition, higher prices, cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria
Networks23 Sep 2021 | 6
Three UK says its 5G plans are under threat if tower merger with Euro giant Cellnex is blocked
According to a filing with Brit competition watchdog
Networks20 Sep 2021 | 14
Un-carrier? Definitely Unsecure: T-Mobile US admits 48m customers' details stolen after downplaying reports
Affected users to get free McAfee ID protection, so that's OK then
Security18 Aug 2021 | 30
Tomorrow's wireless world will be fatter, faster, and creepier
Feature Video didn't kill the radio star – it made it stronger than ever
Networks20 Jul 2021 | 36
Cellnex and CK Hutchison have just 5 days to prove mass mobile tower sell-off won't harm competition
Cellnex already 'largest' phone mast supplier, says UK regulator
Networks14 Jul 2021 | 8
OK, you're paying data charges in the EU, but you can still roam free in, er, Iceland
Sandwiched between cheese and prawns in UK post-Brexit trade deal
Networks09 Jul 2021 | 175
Rural Scotland, Wales to get £1bn from Shared Rural Network pot, promised huge gains in next four... years
Double-digit LTE coverage increases projected for low-population areas
Networks29 Jun 2021 | 3
UK's Vodafone network runs trials on standalone 5G in London, Manchester and Cardiff
These are networks that are not dragged down by LTE core
Networks24 Jun 2021 | 10
Treaty of Roam finally in ashes: O2 cracks, joins rivals, adds data roaming charges for heavy users in EU
Updated That's £3.50 per GB for anything over 25GB
Networks24 Jun 2021 | 144
Samsung pushes out single console all-in-one RAN kit for cramped European markets
Smaller physical footprint to tempt carriers needing to build out 5G
Networks23 Jun 2021 | 1
Mind the gap(ing mouth): London's Underground to get ubiquitous mobile phone coverage
That's. Just. Great
Networks22 Jun 2021 | 31
Post-lunch snooze plans dashed as the UK tests its Emergency Alerts... again
Maybe turn your phone off if you don't fancy a 'loud, siren-like noise'
Networks22 Jun 2021 | 44
Vodafone names vendors tapped for Britain's first wide-scale OpenRAN build: NEC, Dell, and Samsung
The big get Huawei: telco starts to rip and replace Chinese network maker's kit
Networks14 Jun 2021 | 4
Shuttered call centre sours Capita's £58m contract extension with Tesco Mobile
Communication Workers Union believes 'scores of employees' will be placed 'at risk' under proposals
Networks11 Jun 2021 | 8
Mobile network sleuths rank UK carriers in 5G performance study, including new 'Everyday 5G' category
Close to half a billion pounds spent on 5G spectrum worth it for EE?
Networks27 May 2021 | 7
UK's competition watchdog gives £31bn Virgin Media and O2 merger the seal of approval
Minimal risk to MVNO or backhaul customers, probe finds
Networks20 May 2021 | 38
UK.gov puts feelers into tech market over £650m mobile voice and data shopping list
Crown Commercial Service not wedded to plans until it has had a nice chat with suppliers
Networks20 May 2021 | 4
Rude awakening for O2 customers after network runs surprise test of emergency mobile alert system
Sorry, there's no nuclear missile inbound. You have to go to work
Bootnotes11 May 2021 | 41
Ofcom 5G auction ends with UK carriers spending £23m for choice spectrum positionings
What's £23m compared to £1.35bn?
Networks28 Apr 2021 | 6
Don't blame rural carriers for buying Huawei, says FCC Commissioner. They couldn't afford the top-shelf stuff
Cites extremely nascent OpenRAN as country's great hope
Networks27 Apr 2021 | 5
UK Telecoms Diversification Taskforce says Ofcom should take lead to ensure telcos don't rely on too few suppliers
Finding Huawei out of this mess
Networks21 Apr 2021 | 6
Working from a countryside plot nestled in a not-spot? Consultation opens on new rural mobile planning laws for bigger masts, wider coverage
Here we go again - you don't want them in your backyard, amirite?
Networks20 Apr 2021 | 25
Beijing's new privacy rules ban apps collecting unnecessary data, require free service without data slurps
Rules are tight, but also leave plenty to the imagination
Applications30 Mar 2021 | 14
UK carriers open their wallets as regulator Ofcom doles out more slabs of 5G spectrum
Netting £1.35bn for the Treasury
Networks17 Mar 2021 | 6
UK.gov about to release £500m funding for Shared Rural Network targeting countryside 4G notspots
Industry will pick up the rest of bill... yep, this old chestnut again
Networks12 Mar 2021 | 14
London calling: 5G coverage in British capital grew during second half of last year with fastest speeds on Vodafone
O2 regained lost ground, while EE continued to assert its dominance
Networks20 Jan 2021 | 10
UK network Three hikes pay-as-you-go rates by 400% to push punters to buy 'bundles'
It's expensive to be poor
Networks13 Jan 2021 | 77
That other controversial Chinese telco: The FCC rejects ZTE's petition against its 'national security threat' designation
Local US carriers to remain unable to buy its kit with federal funding
Networks25 Nov 2020 | 1
Vodafone launches platform that promises to play nicely with dusty legacy IoT kit
What untold treasures could these primitive technologies hold?
Edge + IoT24 Nov 2020 | 4
No such thing as a Three lunch: Hutchinson CK to sell tower biz to Cellnex
5G ain't free, you know
Networks13 Nov 2020 | 11
Three rips up call centre outsourcing contract with Capita 2+ years early
Exclusive A sliver of functions coming back in house, most being offshored to India and 380 UK roles put 'at risk' of redundo by Capita
On-Prem06 Nov 2020 | 46
Yes, we have a 5G iPhone now. But that doesn't mean 5G has arrived
Feature And please forget about that 4th industrial revolution because most networks only have NSA 5G
Networks26 Oct 2020 | 51
Dutch telco KPN goes its own Huawei, picks Ericsson for its 5G core network
'Yet another nail in the coffin' says analyst as former fan NL's biggest operator looks to Sweden
Networks15 Oct 2020 | 3
Scre-EE-m if you wanna go faster: BT's mobile network reigns supreme in UK-wide speed and latency tests
But Vodafone's not far behind
Networks25 Sep 2020 | 27
Xiaomi what you're working with: Chinese mobe maker starts Android 11 rollout
Ladling out custom brew to its devices
Personal Tech10 Sep 2020 | 1
Happy birthday to the Nokia 3310: 20 years ago, it seemed like almost everyone owned this legendary mobile
Possibly the first of the 'dumb' phones that didn't suck
Personal Tech01 Sep 2020 | 87
Spending on 5G to double despite the pandemic while legacy network infrastructure sector suffers – Gartner
Also, half of the world's 5G investment currently is spent by China
Networks28 Jul 2020 | 9
Brit telcos deliberately killed Phones 4u, claim admins in £1bn UK High Court sueball
One-time retailer has a problem: Key evidence is on a lost fondleslab
Personal Tech21 Jul 2020 | 59
UK advertising watchdog raps ruler on O2's hand over misleading ads for iPad and Surface Pro deals
£9 a month mumble mumble, terms and conditions apply
Personal Tech08 Jul 2020 | 7
Well, Zuckerberg did promise India it hadn't seen the last of Facebook. How do you say they're BAAACK in Hindi?
Social network reportedly looking to buy a slice of country's biggest mobile provider
Networks25 Mar 2020 | 4
Not call, dude: UK govt says guaranteed surcharge-free EU roaming will end after Brexit transition period. Brits left at the mercy of networks
I didn't see that on the side of a bus
Networks30 Jan 2020 | 242
We won't CU later: New Ofcom broadband proposals mull killing off old copper network
Yearly review promises FTTP for rural bods, price check on network wholesaler Openreach
Networks08 Jan 2020 | 92
They terrrk err jerrrbs! Vodafone replaces 2,600 roles with '600 bots' in bid to shrink €48bn debt
It's happening!
On-Prem13 Nov 2019 | 79
Vodafone takes €1.9bn punch to wallet thanks to India's decision on airwave licence fees
UK profits also down due to opex shift to IBM's cloud
Networks12 Nov 2019 | 10
BT launches all-singing converged 5G product for... oof... £58 a month
Home broadband, mobile data package part of IP-only move
Networks08 Nov 2019 | 28
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