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Hutchison Whampoa 'won't exit UK over spectrum auction'

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Three denies reports of possible UK exit
25 May 2012

China Telecom teams up with Everything Everywhere for UK deal

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The deal will target Chinese residents and businesses in the UK
04 Jan 2012

Nokia Siemens to cut 17,000 jobs worldwide

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Major restructuring to focus on mobile broadband is underway
23 Nov 2011

Birmingham council aims to deploy £125m city-wide wireless broadband network

It wants speeds faster than those available on 3G
17 Nov 2011

Everything Everywhere should not profit from spectrum sale, say MPs

A committee report details concern over the operator’s spectrum sale and says 4G auction needs to held asap
03 Nov 2011

Ofcom infrastructure report reveals fast broadband winners and losers

Northern Ireland tops fast broadband league, while Wales gets wooden spoon
02 Nov 2011

Ofcom further delays 4G spectrum auction

However, the impact on the rollout timeline is likely to be minimal
10 Oct 2011

Ofcom set to delay 4G auction

Network operator Three believes the larger networks are deliberately holding up proceedings
06 Sep 2011

Mobile internet patchy and congested, UK survey reveals

Massive BBC survey highlights 'notspots' even in urban areas
24 Aug 2011

Wireless broadband subscriptions top half a billion in OECD

Fixed broadband is at its lowest growth rate
24 Jun 2011

Prepare for the tidal wave


31 May 2011

O2 crowned UK's fastest 3G network

Ofcom research finds O2's 3G network delivers fastest downloads
26 May 2011

Asus Transformer: iPad killer in disguise?

Tablets: Transformer launch keeps tablet ball rolling
04 Apr 2011

Plans for 2012 Underground mobile access hit buffers

Dream on, say network providers
01 Apr 2011

Government set to release public spectrum

Comms minister Ed Vaizey says at least 500 MHz of holdings will be released by 2020
31 Mar 2011

Government criticised for lack of objectives in 4G spectrum auction

Head of spectrum policy for the government says the priority is the get the spectrum to market
15 Mar 2011

3 calls on Ofcom to cap 4G spectrum buying

Operator is worried about being squeezed out of the market
08 Mar 2011

World expected to have 371m 4G users by 2015

However most of these will be concentrated in the US and Asia
15 Feb 2011

NetEvents: 4G in Europe will take years to catch on

Roaming problems and low user demand will keep 4G on the sidelines for up to 10 years, experts say
11 Feb 2011

Ofcom plans to allow mobile operators to trade spectrum

With 4G spectrum not available until the end of 2013, this trading might ease strain on existing networks
03 Feb 2011

BT in ‘sensitive talks’ about delivering Wi-Fi for London 2012

Mobile operators are in favour of the idea owing to concerns of data overload
02 Feb 2011

O2 improves network with Nokia Siemens deal

Mobile phone operator aims to improve capacity, coverage and performance
31 Jan 2011

Ofcom to free up 2G spectrum for 3G

Move should increase mobile broadband speeds, and widen coverage in rural areas
06 Jan 2011

Apple, Google and Facebook asked to pay up

As data traffic continues to soar, European mobile operators are demanding financial assistance from content providers
09 Dec 2010