Telecoms in 2012: A successful year for the UK… in playing catch-up.

Sooraj Shah
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A look back at the key events of 2012 in mobile and broadband

Mobile The importance of LTE technology being deployed in the UK was emphasised by Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff at Dreamforce 2012, when he claimed that 4G will enable marketing businesses to r...

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