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Mobile networking
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December 10, 2012
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Dec'12
4G application day arrives
Mobile operators wanting to apply to take part in Ofcom’s spectrum auction have to submit their bids before the regulator kicks off the process
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December 10, 2012
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Dec'12
CIO interview: Steve Whatson, IT director, Metropolitan Police
Steve Whatson, director of ICT for the Olympics and Major Change at the Metropolitan Police Service, discusses the challenges of IT transformation at the Met
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December 10, 2012
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Dec'12
CabWifi wins Transport for London approval
A free Wi-Fi service for black cabs will begin to roll out across London in early 2013.
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December 10, 2012
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Dec'12
Three chooses Huawei for managed services contract
UK mobile operator Three will transfer staff to Huawei, and its partner Tech Mahindra, to manage its core network and operations.
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December 07, 2012
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Dec'12
Citrix buys corporate MDM tool company Zenprise
Citrix has bought mobile device management (MDM) company Zenprise for an undisclosed sum to boost its corporate mobile tools portfolio
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December 05, 2012
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Dec'12
IT managers look to telephony in the cloud
A survey shows 80% of IT managers see the benefits of moving their telephony and unified communications systems to the cloud, but less than half are using the solutions
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December 04, 2012
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Dec'12
Mobile phone market growth slows
The overall market for mobiles only grew by 1.4%, but smartphone shipments are still exploding, according to IDC
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December 04, 2012
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Dec'12
Orange to pre-install mobile security on Android phones in 2013
Orange Android devices will come pre-installed with the Lookout Mobile Security application to counter malware and spyware
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December 03, 2012
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Dec'12
Internet controls to be decided this week at WCIT
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is hosting the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai
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November 29, 2012
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Nov'12
ICO fines text spammers Tetrus Telecoms £440,000
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fines marketing firm Tetrus Telecoms £440,000 for sending millions of spam texts to mobile users
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November 28, 2012
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Nov'12
EE ups data allowance on 4G mobile broadband
EE, the only operator to run a 4G network in the UK, increases its mobile broadband data allowances without upping the price
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November 28, 2012
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Nov'12
Nokia wins patent case against RIM
Nokia has won its dispute with Research In Motion (RIM) after a year of fighting over its patent licensing agreement
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November 28, 2012
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Nov'12
Ovum urges CIOs review MDM policies to support BYOD practices
IT departments must review IT support contracts and invest in mobile device management (MDM) for staff using their own devices at work
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November 27, 2012
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Nov'12
Ericsson takes Samsung to court over patent dispute
Ericsson is suing Samsung for patent infringement, despite negotiating over the use of the inventions for almost two years
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November 26, 2012
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Nov'12
Greater Anglia rolls out train station Wi-Fi
Train operator Greater Anglia partners with The Cloud to offer free Wi-Fi at 100 of its stations in the east of England
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November 23, 2012
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Nov'12
Ofcom publishes proposals for white space devices
Regulator Ofcom takes steps towards enabling devices to use the gaps between spectrum bands – so-called 'white spaces' – for connectivity
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November 22, 2012
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Nov'12
Orange launches free call and text app
Orange takes on the ‘over the top’ providers with its own application, called Libon, enabling users to make calls and send texts for free
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November 21, 2012
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Nov'12
First tests of EE 4G network show inconsistent coverage
The first tests of EE's 4G network show coverage for less than half of Manchester city centre and inconsistent 4G connections
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November 20, 2012
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Nov'12
Mobile OS Android users choose Wi-Fi to transfer data
Research from Nielsen claims 78% of data transferred over Android OS devices uses Wi-Fi connections rather than 3G mobile data allocations
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November 16, 2012
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Nov'12
Ofcom to free up 700MHz spectrum for mobile networks
Telecoms regulator Ofcom hopes to avoid a capacity overload on mobile networks by releasing more frequencies by 2018
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November 14, 2012
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Nov'12
IT professionals too trusting of Generation Y
While most IT managers think employees stick to policy, most 18- to 30-year-olds play by their own rules, using personal devices at work
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November 14, 2012
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Nov'12
Smartphone sales rocket 47% in third quarter 2012
Gartner figures show smartphone sales jumped nearly 47% in Q3 2012, but overall mobile shipments fell as feature phone sales dropped off
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November 13, 2012
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Nov'12
Vodafone blames southern Europe as revenues plummet 7.4%
Vodafone reports revenues down 7.4% year-on-year for the first half of the fiscal year, blaming weak markets in southern Europe for the drop
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November 12, 2012
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Nov'12
Banks ramp up investment in innovation despite slowdown
Retail banks are increasing spending on innovation as they attempt to better engage customers through mobile and online channels
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November 12, 2012
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Nov'12
Ofcom sets date for £1.3bn 4G frequency spectrum auction
The application deadline for mobile operators to bid for 4G frequencies is set for 11 December 2012 as Ofcom finalises the spectrum auction rules
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November 09, 2012
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Nov'12
BYOD devices to double by 2014
The number of consumer devices brought into the workplace will hit 350 million by 2014, according to a study from Juniper Research
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November 08, 2012
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Nov'12
Samsung dominates smartphone market as global shipments grow 44%
Global smartphone shipments grew to 173.7 million units in Q3 2012, with Samsung taking a 32% market share of 55.5 million units
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November 07, 2012
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Nov'12
Apple loses patent case to VirnetX
Apple has been ordered to pay $368m in damages to VirnetX after a court ruled it had infringed on two of the software firm’s patents
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November 07, 2012
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Nov'12
Government departments get go-ahead to use iPhones for sensitive data
Government departments have been given the go-ahead to use iPhones to send and receive sensitive emails
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November 06, 2012
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Nov'12
ARM and C&WW backs Cambridge Weightless wireless standard
The Weightless standard wins the backing of industry heavyweights hoping to help it on its journey to creating the ‘internet of things’
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November 05, 2012
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Nov'12
UK spectrum valued at £52bn
Government research shows the UK’s spectrum contributes £52bn to the economy each year, thanks mostly to mobile services
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November 05, 2012
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Nov'12
Microsoft and Google eye unused UK spectrum
Microsoft and Google are in discussions with the UK government about unused sections of airwaves known as white space
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November 02, 2012
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Nov'12
O2 ramps up roaming charges for outside EU
After being forced to cut rates for users in Europe, the mobile operator increases roaming charges for outside the EU
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November 01, 2012
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Nov'12
4G: The business benefits
We know how 4G can speed up our music downloads or offer smooth video playback, but what benefits can it bring to business?
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October 30, 2012
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Oct'12
How will the 4G LTE roll-out benefit your business?
An EE survey of the business benefits of 4G LTE shows improved mobile working and innovation the main advantages of the superfast broadband
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October 26, 2012
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Oct'12
Vodafone reveals trade in deal for 4G launch
Vodafone may not be rolling out its 4G network until the spring, but it is already touting a trade-in deal for users to upgrade to the faster speeds
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October 26, 2012
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Oct'12
Samsung posts record profits as smartphone sales soar
South Korean electronics company Samsung records a 91% rise in profits as smartphone sales and display shipments rocket
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October 25, 2012
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Oct'12
Windows 8 OS is available now – but is it the right choice for your business?
Windows 8 combines a desktop operating system (OS) with tablet-touch functionality, which will bring benefits to some organisations - but not all
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October 24, 2012
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Oct'12
BYOD creating security risks for 80% of companies
Businesses are opening themselves up to security threats by failing to manage bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programmes properly
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October 24, 2012
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Oct'12
EE continues to blame regulation for drop in revenues
Mobile operator EE's third quarter results produce a mixed bag, with revenues down 3% but contract customer numbers up 250,000
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October 24, 2012
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Oct'12
Mobile users were over half of London 2012 web traffic
More than half of the peak-time traffic to the London 2012 Olympics web servers came from mobile devices, says CIO
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October 23, 2012
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Oct'12
Will BlackBerry 10 put RIM back on top for enterprise?
Research in Motion is pinning its recovery hopes on the upcoming enterprise-focused BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system
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October 23, 2012
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Oct'12
Virgin Media boosts broadband but drops mobile revenues
Telecoms giant Virgin Media shows a steady rise in revenues for the third quarter but admits to a slowdown in its mobile business
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October 23, 2012
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Oct'12
EE reveals UK's first 4G pricing plans
EE, the first mobile operator to bring 4G to the UK lays out its pricing plans, offering up to 128GB of data for business customers
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October 22, 2012
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Oct'12
Three boosts staff numbers in Scotland
The mobile network will spend £3m revamping its Glasgow offices and add 380 new jobs
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October 18, 2012
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Oct'12
Virgin Media tube Wi-Fi to remain free until 2013
Virgin Media is in talks with wholesale operators to make its London Underground Wi-Fi service available on more contracts from next year
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October 18, 2012
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Oct'12
Mobile operators form company to protect TV signals
EE, O2, Three and Vodafone sign up to a joint venture - Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited - to ensure 4G roll-out doesn’t affect Freeview signals
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October 18, 2012
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Oct'12
Citrix debuts mobile virtual apps as analysts warn of obsolescence
Citrix debuts cloud and mobility releases, but analysts warn they may soon be left behind in an increasingly competitive and evolving market
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October 17, 2012
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Oct'12
O2 drops Ericsson after outage
Mobile network O2 blames Ericsson’s central user database for the faults last week and in July, telling customers it will drop the software
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October 16, 2012
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Oct'12
Facebook opens first engineering centre outside the US in London for mobile
Facebook has opened an engineering centre in London today, its first outside the US to develop its mobile products
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October 16, 2012
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Oct'12
Network health puts sector off mobile working
Healthcare organisations are embracing mobile working like never before, but the issue around network coverage is causing concern
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October 15, 2012
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Oct'12
O2 blames network node for outage
10% of O2’s customers were unable to make calls, receive texts or download data last week after a network node for connecting traffic failed
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October 12, 2012
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Oct'12
Case Study: Groupon gets a remote voice with Natterbox
Inspired by the Olympics, Groupon adopts a UK-wide cloud PBX solution to integrate with its Salesforce deployment through Natterbox
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October 10, 2012
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Oct'12
Microsoft CEO: 'We are a devices and services company'
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer signals "fundamental shift" in supplier's strategy as Windows 8 is prepared for release
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October 10, 2012
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Oct'12
Huawei kicks off £1.3bn investment with new headquarters
Chinese networking company Huawei to take 140,000ft² in Reading as part of its £1bn investment into its UK business over the next five years
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October 10, 2012
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Oct'12
CIOs to ditch BlackBerry for iPhone by 2017
A survey from Virgin Media Business shows most CIOs intend to substitute BlackBerrys in the enterprise with the Apple iPhone
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October 09, 2012
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Mobile payments set to grow to 17 billion transactions in 2013
The number of customers paying for goods and services with mobile phones is estimated to grow to 17 billion transaction worldwide in 2013
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October 09, 2012
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Oct'12
Government launches £100m technology pot for nurses
The government is providing £100m in technology for nurses and midwives in a move designed to free up time with patients
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October 09, 2012
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Oct'12
Telefónica launches business to sell mobile data
O2 parent company Telefónica is to offer user data from customer's mobile phones to organisations who want to analyse customer activity
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October 08, 2012
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Oct'12
Government confirms £35m funding for ‘5G centre’
The fund made up of government and private sector money will create a new centre for the University of Surrey to develop mobile broadband solutions
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October 05, 2012
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Oct'12
Security firm warns against Samsung Galaxy Tab for enterprise use
Security specialist Context Information Security says vulnerabilities in the Samsung Galaxy Tab make it unsuitable for use in the enterprise
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October 04, 2012
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Oct'12
Skype launches customer Wi-Fi service
The video calling company teams with Wicoms to offer a service for businesses wanting to provide free Wi-Fi to their customers
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October 04, 2012
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Oct'12
Telefonica Digital graduate scheme encourages international outlook
Telefonica Digital’s two-year European graduate programme offers international opportunities. Two graduates share their experience.
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October 03, 2012
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Oct'12
EE to launch 4G services on 30 October 2012
After weeks of speculation, the operator formed from the merger of Orange and T-Mobile will offer 4G services from the end of this month
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October 03, 2012
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Oct'12
4G victory was technical, not political
Speedy execution of the digital television switchover and clearing of spectrum improved the 4G timetable, not negotiations by central government
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October 03, 2012
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Oct'12
4G spectrum cleared early by Arqiva and DigitalUK
The unexpected progress in clearing spectrum for the 4G auction later this year has brought the possible roll-out date forward by five months
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October 02, 2012
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Oct'12
4G meeting to determine spectrum future set for today
Sources say the meeting between mobile operators, Ofcom and minister for media, culture and sport, Maria Miller, will happen this afternoon
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October 01, 2012
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Oct'12
Labour pushes for spectrum cash to be spent on housing
With up to £4bn expected to be made from the 4G spectrum auction, The Labour Party calls on government to spend the money on building affordable housing
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September 28, 2012
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Sep'12
Buro Happold adopts Polycom video conferencing
Engineering firm Buro Happold cut costs and travel time with video conferencing facilities using Polycom RMXs and Microsoft Lync
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September 27, 2012
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Sep'12
BT revamps One unified comms service as CEO Luis Alvarez takes the helm
BT Global Services updates the BT One UC portfolio, to include Microsoft Lync and mobile applications, as Luis Alvarez takes up the CEO post
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September 27, 2012
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Sep'12
UK ranks only eighth in world internet freedoms
The UK has fewer internet freedoms than seven other countries, including Estonia and the Philippines a report has revealed
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September 26, 2012
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Sep'12
Small cells could be the answer to mobile performance
Virgin Media Business is hoping to wholesale its fibre broadband to mobile operators so they can incorporate small cells into their networks and boost mobile signal
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September 25, 2012
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Sep'12
BYOD: IT must tackle printer security
With more staff bringing their own devices to work, IT needs to rethink its printing and scanning policies
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September 25, 2012
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Sep'12
Remote working cuts employee desk space
As the trend for working remotely grows, a Citrix survey claims it will erode the need for desk space in business premises
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September 24, 2012
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Sep'12
Boeing to build Wi-Fi into planes from 2013
Aerospace company Boeing commits to building Wi-Fi capabilities into its 747-8 and 777 planes powerful enough to stream live TV
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September 21, 2012
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Sep'12
Suffolk County Council rolls out app design tool in schools
Suffolk County Council is to roll out an app development tool that will enable students across the region to design their own smartphone apps
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September 20, 2012
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Sep'12
Interview: Catherine Doran, CIO, Royal Mail
A year into the job, Royal Mail CIO Catherine Doran talks about transformation, business change, and recruiting 100 new IT staff
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September 14, 2012
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Sep'12
O2 hopes to speed up 4G auction process
O2 is rushing to launch its own 4G service, following EE’s announcement of an imminent roll-out
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September 13, 2012
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Sep'12
Intel makes breakthrough on digital radio chips
After 10 years of research, Intel Labs finally reveals fully digital radio transceivers that fit on 32nm system-on-chips (SoCs)
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September 13, 2012
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Sep'12
WiGig wireless products due in 2013
WiGig, the wireless standard for linking devices over the 60GHz spectrum, should be product-compatible before the end of 2013
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September 13, 2012
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Sep'12
MDM is not security, warns mobile security expert Eric Green
Mobile device management (MDM) is not about security, says US security expert Eric Green from Mobile Active Defense Partners
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September 13, 2012
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Sep'12
Few firms test security of mobile apps, survey shows
Organisations are struggling to manage the challenges of the mobile era, with less than a third formally testing their mobile applications
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September 12, 2012
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Sep'12
O2 builds free public Wi-Fi on Cisco networking equipment
O2 will build out its free Wi-Fi network using networking technology from Cisco
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September 12, 2012
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Sep'12
Nokia Siemens Networks in talks to sell business support systems
Nokia Siemens Networks is looking to sell its business support systems (BSS) unit to focus on its mobile broadband network equipment division
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September 11, 2012
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Sep'12
Everything Everywhere poised to launch UK 4G mobile network
Everything Everywhere – rebranded 'EE' – is set to launch high-speed 4G mobile networking in the UK with download speeds up to 40Mbps
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September 11, 2012
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Sep'12
UK mobile operators back down on 4G legal action
UK mobile operators have agreed to cooperate on getting UK 4G launched, rather than take legal action against Ofcom, the Financial Times has reported
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September 03, 2012
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Sep'12
EU pushes for spectrum sharing to encourage wireless innovation
The European Commission releases a report calling for spectrum to be shared between providers and be multi-purpose to improve coverage for citizens
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August 31, 2012
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Aug'12
Leading PC suppliers announce Windows 8 devices
HP, Dell, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo and Sony have announced products, from laptops to smartphones, which will run Microsoft’s new operating system.
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August 30, 2012
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Aug'12
Intel gets commercial backer for wireless charging chips
Intel revealed the capability four years ago, but today Integrated Device Technology confirmed it would develop and build chipsets for wireless charging
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August 29, 2012
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Aug'12
Is O2 Unify winning customers over?
We talk to Paul Osborne, managing director of O2 Unify, to see if the company’s partnership with 2e2 has enticed customers to get their communications services from the 18-month-old firm
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August 28, 2012
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Aug'12
Smartphones to kill off landlines within five years
New research from Virgin Media Business claims smartphones will make the office landline redundant within five years
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August 24, 2012
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Aug'12
Samsung to power 3’s 4G network
The company’s European network operations team will provide the LTE Radio Access Network and core infrastructure
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August 24, 2012
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Aug'12
Two-thirds of British adults use a computer every day
Three-quarters of British households have internet access and 67% of adults use a computer every day, according to the latest figures
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August 22, 2012
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Aug'12
3 unable to launch 4G until September 2013
The mobile operator may have secured spectrum suitable for 4G services from Everything Everywhere, but it won’t be usable for at least a year
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August 21, 2012
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Aug'12
Everything Everywhere sells 4G spectrum to 3
The merged mobile operator sells a portion of its 1800MHz spectrum to the smaller rival, meaning another 4G offering could be on the cards before the end of the year
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August 21, 2012
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Aug'12
RIM set to lose stranglehold on government mobile market
Blackberry is set to lose its stranglehold on government, as moves to broaden the number of smartphone suppliers in Whitehall gather pace
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August 21, 2012
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Aug'12
Is Ofcom’s 4G decision good for users?
Everything Everywhere has a green light for its 4G roll-out, but will this encourage industry to ramp up provision or lead to more litigation?
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August 21, 2012
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Aug'12
Everything Everywhere to launch new brand in 2012
The merger between Orange and T-Mobile may launch a new name by the end of the year, but the two individual companies will remain
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August 21, 2012
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Aug'12
Ofcom signs off 4G roll-out for Everything Everywhere
Telecoms regulator Ofcom has approved Orange/T-Mobile joint venture Everything Everywhere to be first to market with 4G mobile data services
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August 20, 2012
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Aug'12
Hunt: Ofcom 'beset by threats of litigations'
Culture secretary calls on mobile operators to call off the lawyers and focus on the future of 4G to help government achieve broadband targets by 2015