Mobile network EE, which was at the centre of a little storm over claims a market research company was offering to sell details of its users to the police, has advised everyone to calm down a little. It was anonymised data that wouldn't be able to identify or lead to the tracking of its users. Read More >>
As far as unlimited SIM tariffs go, Three's One Plan has always been pointed to as the best, however Virgin Media's managed to eclipse it today with its VIP package, which for £31 a month (or £26 if you're an existing customer) you get unlimited calls, texts, data, and for the first time for any network, free access to 0800 numbers. Read More >>
BT has signed a ten-year deal with O2's parent company Telefonica to help create the network's UK 4G service, with BT building a new "high capacity transmission network" to ensure we can all refresh Twitter as many times per minute as we want. Read More >>
Featured comment by unuspromulti:
"Odd, I'd just read the same about Virgin Media doing backhaul for Telefonica 1500 sites for 10 years. Guess they're getting serious about their networ..." More »
Buoyed by its purchase of a decent £200 million chunk of 4G spectrum, BT's looking to get back in the mobile game, despite previously saying it had no intention of going mobile again. It's looking for a partner to leverage BT Mobile. It's like BT Cellnet all over again. Read More >>
Featured comment by baystar:
"I read on BBC News that BT's 4G spectrum won't be used for telephony but solely for some sort of mobile internet service. Presumably they'll offer 4G ..." More »
For the first time since launch, EE's busted out some real subscriber numbers, and it seems not that many Britons have actually jumped on the 4G bandwagon yet. Only 318,000-odd people have plunked for one of EE's high-priced 4G tariffs, which in comparison to EE's total subscriber base of 13.7 million is still a drop in the ocean. Mind you, that is after only five months. Read More >>
Featured comment by zerobob:
"But wait!... The Nexus 4 doesn't have LTE bla bla bla bla fucking bla.
I must have been the only person that that certain specification didn't both..." More »
The advertising watchdog has just given EE's budget arm, T-Mobile, a big slap across the chops over its claim of "unlimited" data on its Full Monty plans. According to the ASA, it's not actually unlimited because T-Mobile employs traffic management, which makes it, err, limited. Read More >>
Featured comment by Danjc2:
"I downloaded a 500mb game yesterday just because I didn't want to wait. For most people that's their monthly limit. I had it in less time than a pizza..." More »
UK network O2 has been shouting about its plans for its forthcoming 4G network launch, claiming it'll be "mind-blowingly aggressive" when it come to pushing out its future LTE services in the UK. Read More >>
Featured comment by EvilSamo:
"Having left giffgaff(o2) due to network shoddiness, this is a sign of a good step forwards.
as some of you may know vodafone and o2 network infrastru..." More »
One of the great modern injustices about using your mobile will soon come to an end, thanks to regulator Ofcom formally decreeing that it wants to unify freephone numbers and make 0800 lines free to call from our mobiles. Read More >>
Featured comment by dunksterp:
"I consistently get really good speeds, I can download at over 600kbs. The reason I use so much data is I don't have broadband at home (no space in the..." More »
Mother Nature has impacted upon the quality of life of Vodafone customers in Southampton, thanks to a pair of local peregrine falcons choosing one of the network's mobile masts as their 2013 nesting spot. Read More >>
The National Audit Office, which is like the nagging voice that keeps track of the government's spending and receipts, is to investigate the results of the recent 4G auction -- which saw the mobile networks paying £1.2bn less than anticipated. Read More >>
The new O2 Refresh contract option from the mobile network sees it offer customers a separate contract for their calling plan and mobile phone, making it less of a fiddle to switch handsets mid-contract. Read More >>
Featured comment by Westyfield2:
"This is a great idea to be upfront and honest!
I'm paying EE 12months of £66pm (8GB, 4G). I paid £139.99 up front with them for the subsidised han..." More »
Coffee. Giver of life, energy and mid-afternoon mania when you've had one too many. Also a major factor in insomnia and probably responsible for dozens of murders each year. We love it. Read More >>
Featured comment by spudhed:
"£5 virgin mobile one is amazing, shame im on voda, i am due for renewal but voda have no unlimited data, the worst signal of any carrier and probably..." More »
EE's Olaf Swantee reckons the average 'heavy user' chews through only 1GB of data on T-Mobile's unlimited 3G plan, and just 1.4GB on EE's 4G network a month. That seems a tad on the light side to me, but how much mobile data do you eat up a month and on which network? Read More >>
Featured comment by leexgx:
"they sent you an screenshot windows7 connection hmm?
funny thing is quite sure they cant detect tethering still as that would require money to be s..." More »
Taking a leaf out of Virgin's book, EE's doubling your 4G speeds. What does that mean? If you're on LTE already, you'll see speeds supposedly hit 20Mbps on average, up from an average of 8Mbps currently, with a top theoretical outside-the-lab speed of 80Mbps. Now that really is fast. Read More >>
Featured comment by rbuchan:
"In the last week a speed test on my 3g iPad using both an ee and a 3 network SIM card has somehow reached over 13 Mbps in 2 separate locations in smal..." More »
Good news if you're on O2. The network's just announced a deal with Virgin to give its customers free Wi-Fi access on London Underground, just like Vodafone and EE, from June. That will leave just Three and the MVNOs out of the free Tube Wi-Fi party. [Virgin] Read More >>
Featured comment by sg1969:
"I never found this useful.... If I have to wait for a train longer than 5-10 minutes, I'll just jump on the bus.
If you're stuck in the tunnel, you g..." More »