According to a report commissioned by U.K.-based wireless operator Everything Everywhere, the impending rollout of LTE services could result in Britain garnering nearly $9 billion in direct private investments by 2015 and create or safeguard up to 125,000 jobs.
The report, conducted by Capital Economics,...
The United Kingdom took a step closer to next-generation mobile broadband services as the country’s regulatory body said it would begin looking at allowing current mobile providers to tap into their 2G and 3G spectrum holdings to offer LTE-based services.
Traditionally, European countries have tied...
BBC News | August 3, 2011
Nearly one in three adults in the UK now uses a smartphone, according to a report by the telecoms regulator Ofcom.
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BBC News | August 3, 2011
Nearly one in three adults in the UK now uses a smartphone, according to a report by the telecoms regulator Ofcom.
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Reuters | August 3, 2011 | Paul Sandle
Teenage Britons are spending more and more time using smartphones to make calls, send texts and use social networking sites, and more than half of those that own the devices claim to be addicted to them, regulator...
BBC News | July 26, 2011
The upcoming 4G mobile auction should be used as an opportunity to upgrade the UK's mobile infrastructure, says an advisory group.
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BBC News | July 20, 2011
Rural broadband bills could fall after telecoms regulator Ofcom moved to cut the wholesale price that BT charges other internet providers.
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BBC News | July 7, 2011
Ofcom is considering using the airwaves freed up when FM radio goes digital to provide rural broadband.
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FREE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY WIRELESS broadband for the masses may be on the way. So may messy litigation to keep it grounded. The Federal Communications Commission tentatively concluded operations in the advanced wireless services-3 band will not interfere with T-Mobile USA Inc. and others licensed in...
The Federal Communications Commission tentatively concluded that nationwide broadband operations in the advanced wireless services-3 band will not interfere with T-Mobile USA Inc. and others in the advanced wireless services-1 band, possibly signaling the agency is close to issuing final rules for an auction...
M2Z Networks Inc. said new test results demonstrate the Federal Communications Commission's wireless broadband plan will not lead to interference as mobile-phone carriers claim. The company accused T-Mobile USA Inc. and others of distorting data in order to persuade policymakers to enact safeguards so...
LONDON-U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom detailed steps it plans to take to introduce spectrum trading in the country by the end of the year. Spectrum trading will allow license holders to buy and sell their rights in an open market, Ofcom said.The following license classes...
LONDON-U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom said U.K. mobile carriers must reduce their mobile termination rates, in a further blow to the highly competitive market, which has already been forced to lower the prices of terminating calls on wireless networks.Vodafone U.K. and MmO2 must reduce their...
U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom said U.K. mobile carriers must reduce their mobile termination rates, in a further blow to the highly competitive market, which has already been forced to lower the prices of terminating calls on wireless networks.Vodafone U.K. and MmO2 must reduce their...
LONDON-U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom made available new spectrum at 5.8 GHz for wireless broadband services in the country's remote communities. The regulator expects service providers to offer always-on connections with download speeds of up to 1 megabit per second.Ofcom said the 5.8 GHz Band...
BIENNE, Switzerland-Two of the five companies left to bid in a Swiss third-generation license auction merged, causing the Swiss government to postpone the auction of four licenses. Four companies are left in a race for just four licenses."Virtually all candidates have undergone major changes...
BOSTON-Telecommunications consultant Charles River Associates Inc. was selected to advise Switzerland's Federal Office of Communications on the implementation of the country's auction of IMT-2000/UMTS spectrum licenses for third-generation personal communications services.Ten applicants have applied to participate in the auction process, which will culminate in...
BIEL, Switzerland-Ten companies submitted applications to bid for four third-generation licenses in Switzerland in November. Switzerland's Federal Office of Communications will decide by the end of August which of the applicants can participate in the auction.The regulator said a candidate must prove that granting...
