Vodafone has once again launched a broadside against UK telecomms watchdog Ofcom, claiming that the decision to let Everything Everywhere launch a 4G network at the end of this year gives "an unjustifiable head start to the largest player which could seriously undermine competition in the UK market for many years to come." Read More >
Featured comment by AaronBooth:
""Orange and T-Mobile's parent company has said a lack of action by rival operators is part of the reason the UK lags other countries in the rollout of..." More »
It looks like someone's been listening to the Angry Virgin Media man, as it's emerged today that some members of parliament are concerned BT might end up with too dominant a position in our telecomms world once again. Read More >
Featured comment by JacobyXY:
"Should have said thats a Wireless broadband setup. There are repeaters dotted around the estate I live on. Going back to a business that is located in..." More »
Everything Everywhere, the annoyingly named, pain in the arse to type, new network formed by the merger of Orange and T-Mobile, has completed its technical fiddlings, meaning users of both companies can now switch, seamlessly, between the two networks when using 3G services. They have now become one. Read More >
Featured comment by lwsrbrts:
"Seconded. I travel 60 miles to work every day and my phone flips to Orange's woeful network on the way. It never switches back to T-Mobile unless I fo..." More »
Three's pretty tetchy over the whole 4G auction in the UK, fearing the "big" guys could muscle it out of decent spectrum. Now, according to the Times on Sunday, Three's parent company has thrown its toys out of the pram and threatened to pull out of the UK unless it gets a decent chunk of LTE-capable spectrum. Or has it? Read More >
Featured comment by flynndean:
"Absolutely there should be coverage. But having lived in the South West for over 3 years, and working in a job that requires me to travel a lot for wo..." More »
Microsoft has launched a thing with a silly name, which it's calling So.Cl. Apparently we are supposed to pronounce this as "Social" due to it being the OS giant's next big attempt at launching a full social network. Read More >
Featured comment by kwiiiq:
"To be fair to Microsoft this isn't and was never meant to be a social network competitor to Facebook, Twitter or Google+ - it's been online for a long..." More »
There's not long to wait now to get your mitts on Android's new Emperor, but for those looking to jump on the Galaxy S III bandwagon we have some good news for you. It's not quite 4G-fast, but it'll still be blazing compared to your standard 3G phone thanks to a 42Mbps DC-HSPA boost. Read More >
Featured comment by scaramoosh:
"You cannot get that on O2...
What you will get is a contract with a 500mb limit so you'll go through it at them speeds in 12 seconds and you wont h..." More »
Virgin Media's chief operating officer, Andrew Barron, has been writing angry letters about BT to anyone who'll listen, claiming it isn't fair that a large proportion of the government's broadband upgrade subsidies are sucked up by the telecomms giant. Read More >
In need of a new computer and broadband connection? Can't stomach the hefty prices of fibre? How about the whole lot for just £159 for a year then? That's what Martha Lane Fox's new Get Online @ Home initiative is offering in an attempt to cut the cost of internet access across Britain. Read More >
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"It's aimed at getting the elderly, charities and small businesses online, it's not meant to be a cheap way for you to get you hands on decent kit. The..." More »
T-Mobile inadvertently provided 1,099 customers with a whole bunch of new friends by emailing customers' email addresses to each other. The gaff saw everyone on T-Mobile's Hothouse mailing list get acquainted whether they liked it or not, followed by several attempted email recalls and finally, a sheepish apology. Read More >
Featured comment by Sam Gibbs:
"I've seen some systems where there's actually a limit to how many people you can shove in the to: box -- not that that stops the CC box from over flow..." More »
O2 has decided that now is a good time to throw us some super-fast-flavoured 3G, boosting current speeds ahead of future 4G plans, whilst other networks play cat and mouse with all those spectrums. Read More >
UK ISP TalkTalk has announced it'll be taking the lead in the new rush to offer porn-free internet connections, with the network soon to ask all of its subscribers to confirm their filtering options. In short, you'll have to tell it you want porn, if you want porn. We'll assume you do. Read More >
O2 has launched a new bolt-on mobile package it's calling O2 Travel, which gives its monthly contract and pre-pay customers a cross-European bundle of calls and mobile data for a fixed price of £1.99 a day. Read More >
A triumphant press release from BT today claims it's ahead of schedule when it comes to rolling out its fibre broadband network in the UK, with some 10m homes now able to plump for the joy of faster internet. Which is great news, if you've won the broadband postcode lottery and live near a capable exchange. Read More >
O2 has launched a voice and messaging app under the odd name of Tu Me, which offers users of all mobile networks an alternate, free way to make and receive voice calls. Read More >
Featured comment by CaptainLove:
"Seems this also offers location a la google latitude, though apple already offers this through find my friends. Oh O2." More »
Looks like Anonymous isn't all that happy with Virgin doing what it was court ordered to do and blocking The Pirate Bay across its network. The hacking collective has forced the Virgin Media website offline with a classic DDoS attack, which kicked off at 5pm last night and still seems to be going strong this morning. Read More >
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