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 »
Reports are coming in that people on Orange and T-mobile have been suffering from really crappy 3G service ever since EE launched its 4G network. Apparently, actually getting data down the pipe has gotten increasingly, infuriatingly difficult. Has EE somehow forsaken its old 3G service for the shiny new 4G? Read More >>
A T-Mobile advert claiming to offer users "unlimited free texts forever" has been investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority, after two people queried the existential issue of whether something can really be proven to last "forever." Read More >>
EE's just announced that its 4G network will be switched on for public consumption on October 30th. That means there's just 27 days to wait till you can finally ride the sweet, sweet waves of blazing 4G, either directly with a new EE contract, or by switching from your current Orange or T-Mobile plan. Read More >>
EE's unleashed some of its line of 4G-enabled phones for purchase, meaning you can now snap up an iPhone 5, a Samsung Galaxy S III LTE, a HTC One XL or a Huawei Ascend P1 LTE on either Orange or T-Mobile. Of course, you can't actually use 4G just yet, but at least you're prepped for the switch, right? Read More >>
Featured comment by Etheos:
"In the end I ordered through Phones4U because I went home last night and saw that the estimated delivery date of the grey one was no longer there as 1..." More »
Featured comment by Westyfield2:
"According to Orange customer service regarding the 4G launch
"They're just holding off for Apple to give them the go ahead to announce it. Mid week ..." More »
If you needed any more proof that we're going to get a new nanoSIM-equippediPhone 5 in the next week or two, this should put your mind at rest. NanoSIMs have apparently started arriving at network operators, including T-Mobile in Germany, and that could pretty much mean only one thing. Read More >>
Featured comment by Etheos:
"I can see how it would restrict people into a network but if it could be built in that when you want to switch to a new network you can simply type in..." More »
Everything Everywhere is making a renewed push into the contactless mobile payment world, signing a five-year deal with Mastercard to bring NFC payments and more to Orange and T-Mobile users. Read More >>
Featured comment by marc.williamson.9083:
"I've had an Orange UK Galaxy Nexus since launch and am sooooo tired of waiting to be able to use the NFC payment system, there are paypoints in some s..." More »
The time scales for Everything Everywhere's controversial but welcome early doors launch of a 4G service in the UK have just got a little clearer, with sources claiming we'll see the first brave pioneers able to connect their dongles from this October. Read More >>
Ofcom's finally approved Everything Everywhere's plan to swap 2G spectrum for 4G to roll out an LTE network before the end of this year, meaning Orange and T-Mobile can now roll out blazing fast 4G in the UK from September 11th. This year. Finally. Read More >>
A man in Manchester had apparently simply had it with his phone. Maybe he lost signal for the umpteenth time, or maybe he'd just had a horrendously massive bill land on his doormat. Either way, he took it out on T-mobile shop, wrecking the place in full view of everyone. Read More >>
I can't say this surprises me, but our networks have more or less all come out and said: "What, Symbian? No thanks." None of them are picking up Nokia's beastly new 808 PureView, even if it has an incredible 41-megapixel camera. Read More >>
T-Mobile has joined O2, Vodafone and Three in offering a capped mobile data plan for travellers, so its users don't end up with a £150 phone bill for daring to send a horrified Tweet from the streets of Magaluf. Read More >>
Featured comment by raven:
"It was cheaper to get their (vodafones) £10 a month deal for 25mb per day and then cancel it when you get back, ive done this for the past 2 years ho..." 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 »
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 »