posted on 20 January 2011
Mobile internet networks are increasingly being dominated by
users viewing online video content, a recent report has
revealed.
Results from a study conducted by Bytemobile show that 40 per
cent of all mobile broadband allowances have
been used for downloading videos in 2010.
These numbers are only expected to increase over in 2011,
... [read more]
posted on 18 January 2011
Only 10 per cent of the mobile broadband users consume up to 90
per cent of operator's bandwidth, a recent study by Bytemobile has
revealed.
This means that the remaining majority of the provider's
customers have not been using their broadband allowances to the
fullest.
Further findings from the report show that the more active
cus... [read more]
posted on 11 January 2011
The number of mobile broadband subscribers is
set to reach 1 billion by the end of this year, Ericsson said in a
statement.
Only in 2010 the subscriptions to this network surpassed 500
million globally, the provider revealed.
With the constant improvements made on mobile broadband and the
increasing popularity of smartphones and tab... [read more]
posted on 10 January 2011
Simplifydigital has previously reported on
Ofcom's recent decision to allow mobile phone operators to use the
2G spectrum to carry out 3G services.
However, mobile broadband providers have
voiced mixed views on the earlier-stated issue.
In more detail, the decision is to give mobile broadband
providers an opportunity to snatch up th... [read more]
posted on 10 January 2011
Among the craze of newer tablets, smartphones and 3D TVs coming
out this year, it seems there is one good old product which will
always remain dear to consumers' hearts, or in this case
stomachs.
Since a free iPhone application for ordering Domino's pizza was
released in September 2010, the food chain has cashed in on £1
million in ea... [read more]
posted on 05 January 2011
It has recently been said that the rollout of 4G networks might
give a boost to the UK's mobile broadband services.
A newly published article on ZDNet UK has reportedly claimed
that technological innovations such as WiMAX and Long-Term
Evolution could in fact lead to a "much-improved mobile
broadband".
The earlier-mentioned developm... [read more]
posted on 20 December 2010
If you want to find an O2 dongle under your Christmas tree this year,
you should register by the end of today to avoid being let down
this festive season.
O2 has decided to keep a strict deadline, so those who order
until the end of today would definitely get their dongle before the
festive celebrations begin.
Consequently, if you d... [read more]
posted on 20 December 2010
It seems Vodafone's mobile broadband customers who
use the service on a PAYG (Pay-As-You-Go) basis will have only 2GB
to browse through from February 1st 2011.
Vodafone found that customers, who pay
£15 a month for 3GB rarely use up the whole allowance, so the
mobile broadband provider decided to strip out 1GB from the offer,
rather t... [read more]
posted on 09 December 2010
Fibre broadband may see a very strong competitor, providing an
upcoming 50Mbps+ mobile broadband speed trial
proves to be a success.
Arqiva, a media services company and founder of SeeSaw, a UK
live TV streaming website, has joined forces with Alcatel-Lucent in
order to conduct a high speed (50Mbps or more) experiment in mobile
broadb... [read more]
posted on 17 November 2010
BE Broadband has recently found that most of UK's businesses
were not entirely happy with their broadband services.
A newly launched BE
Broadband subsidiary, BE Wholesale showed that two-thirds of
businesses surveyed believed that slow web browsing speeds are in
fact a restriction to this country's economical growth.
More than half ... [read more]