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posted on 13 December 2011
According to the European Commission's
statistics office, half of UK businesses use
mobile broadband to browse the web on the go or in the office via
3G dongles or modems.
In fact, the significant rise from 36 to 52 per cent occurred
between 2010 and 2011.
A similar stat was trending around Europe with 47 per
cent of all European countries s... [read more]
posted on 25 November 2011
Should an 11-year-old own a mobile phone? No, said roughly
three-quarters of Brits, however the inconvenient truth is that
most kids already have a mobile phone or two.
In fact almost 80 per cent of 11-year-olds
already were texting, browsing and calling away.
A recent study conducted by Recumbu found that amongst the
reasons why parents did... [read more]
posted on 22 November 2011
Juniper Research calculated that
430m mobile broadband users will opt for
4G services by 2016 as businesses embrace the path
to faster mobile broadband speeds.
However, the analyst also underlined that what might seem like a
large number of people will only account for a mere 6 per cent of
the whole market, as HSPA will most likely remain the... [read more]
posted on 10 November 2011
As soon as Simon Towler, the head of spectrum,
broadband and international ICT policy at the Department of
Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), has taken the stage at the
Westminster eForum earlier today, he urged
Ofcom to hurry up with the 4G auction.
Some of you might remember that Ofcom has severely delayed its
auction because of conflicting a... [read more]
posted on 08 November 2011
Ericsson decided to put its swami hat on and
predict what the future holds and according to the tech
manufacturer, it holds a boom in mobile broadband
usage.
In more detail, it sees mobile data traffic increasing ten times
in the period of the upcoming five years, as the popularity of
smartphones among other web-enabled mobile devices
is on t... [read more]
posted on 03 November 2011
Stop complaining and start deploying, MPs stated regarding the
upcoming and lest we forget, severely delayed, 4G
auction.
In a report issued by Commons Culture, Media and Sport
Committee, MPs were also thinking about Everything
Everywhere and the prospective profit the company could make if it
decides to sell off some of the spectrum it has t... [read more]
posted on 01 November 2011
It's all data, said Three when it found that
transferring files and other content accounted for roughly
97 per cent of all of the mobile operator's
traffic.
It might be worth mentioning that Three offers truly unlimited
data tariffs, aka it does not apply FUP too drastically.
Phil Sheppard wrote on Three's company
blog:
"Calls and texts are... [read more]
posted on 19 September 2011
It seems that more bodies are becoming pushy when it comes to
Ofcom making a decision on BT's
policy on PIA, as the Communications Management
Association (CMA), an organisation for ICT businesspeople, voiced
its view that the media regulator is a too slow and indecisive.
It's probably worth recalling that Jeremy Hunt
shared a similar opinion ... [read more]
posted on 05 September 2011
Virgin Media Business has today announced that
it has signed a grand deal with an array of mobile broadband
providers, including T-Mobile,
Orange and Three (3) in order to
provide Mobile Broadband Network Ltd (MBNL) with
an Ethernet-based Sync-E service.
In other words, this is a so-called mobile backhaul service
which will give potential cus... [read more]
posted on 30 August 2011
If saving a tenner sounds like a good idea when choosing a
mobile broadband package, you might want to look at
T-Mobile.
The mobile operator and broadband provider has recently
announced that it is slashing the charge for its black or pink
dongle (otherwise known as 615 USB Modem) which used to be
£19.99 and now will cost £9.99
when taken wit... [read more]