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• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  HTC forecasts sales decline for sixth consecutive quarter

  Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC has forecast a sales decline for the sixth consecutive quarter in the face of competition from rivals

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  Three promises 'no premium pricing' for 4G

  Mobile operator Three hits back at its larger rivals by promising 4G connectivity without the price hike

• February 01, 2013 01 Feb'13

  Ofcom launches consultation on liberalising 4G spectrum

  Vodafone and 3 have asked Ofcom to allow 4G connectivity across their existing spectrum

• February 01, 2013 01 Feb'13

  Government reviews data security rules to widen device clearance

  The government has re-categorised data security to widen the range of devices beyond Blackberry cleared to handle government data

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  Is BlackBerry 10 enough to woo the business world?

  We ask whether the new BlackBerry 10 software will bring the enterprise back into the fold

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  EE adds nine more towns to 4G network

  EE has announced the availability of 4G in nine more towns, extending the reach of its network to 45% of the UK population

• January 30, 2013 30 Jan'13

  BlackBerry drops RIM brand at BB10 launch

  Mobile manufacturer chooses launch of its BlackBerry10 OS and first touchscreen phone to drop Research in Motion as its brand name

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Smartphone shipments break records in 2012

  Juniper Research claims smartphone sales broke 200 million in the last quarter of 2012, bringing the annual total up to 671 million

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Samsung smartphone sales make profits soar

  Samsung profits grew significantly in Q4 2012 helped by sales of its Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 mobile devices

• January 24, 2013 24 Jan'13

  Nokia bounces back in Q4

  Nokia returned to profit in the fourth quarter of 2012, reporting profit of €439m and sales of over €8bn

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  Apple reports record quarterly sales - but still disappoints Wall Street

  Apple has reported its highest ever sales figure in a quarter as the pre-Christmas period drives significant increases in iPhone and iPad sales

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  Vaizey promises ‘mechanisms’ to meet spectrum needs

  Ed Vaizey says 4G roll-out is not enough and more spectrum must be freed up to support UK businesses

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  RIM unveils BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10

  A week before the launch of its BlackBerry 10 operating system and handsets, RIM offers BES 10 for download

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  Why is Phones 4u entering the mobile operator market?

  We look at why mobile retailer Phones 4u wants to offer its own contracts and what that means for the industry and consumers

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  BYOD: People pay for devices to use for work

  Over half of employees buy their own devices for work use, according to new report from mobile device management specialist Good Technology

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  EE announces entry level 4G tariff for £31

  EE today announced new tariffs for its 4G contracts, including lowering the price of its cheapest offer and offering a data heavy premium option

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Phones 4u launches LIFE mobile virtual network on EE infrastructure

  Phones 4u has revealed plans to launch its own mobile network, LIFE Mobile, in March 2013, running over EE’s 3G network

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  ZTE predicts major losses for 2012

  Delayed projects and shrinking sales saw net profits plummet 240% at Chinese telecoms company ZTE in 2012

• January 18, 2013 18 Jan'13

  O2 to sell phones without chargers by 2015

  A three-month trial by O2 and HTC shows 82% of customers don’t need the charger when they buy a new mobile phone

• January 18, 2013 18 Jan'13

  Google buys King's Cross site for UK headquarters

  Internet giant Google spends £1bn on a 2.4 acre site in the King's Cross area of London where it plans to open its UK headquarters in 2016

• January 17, 2013 17 Jan'13

  Met Police to equip officers with 30,000 mobile devices

  The Metropolitan Police wants to roll out 30,000 mobile and tablet devices to officers this year to give better information on the beat

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  Poor connectivity is biggest barrier to NHS mobile working

  Poor connectivity has been outlined as the biggest barrier to mobile working in the NHS, according to a study from the Department of Health

• January 14, 2013 14 Jan'13

  BT SmartTalk links smartphones with landline accounts

  Telecoms giant BT launches an app to enable users to be billed as if using their landline when making calls on their smartphones

• January 11, 2013 11 Jan'13

  BlackBerry services down for Vodafone users

  Both companies are keeping quiet about whose technology is at fault while BlackBerry users across Europe suffer the outage

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  Nokia doubles Lumia sales in fourth quarter

  Smartphone manufacturer Nokia releases preliminary results, showing it has shipped 4.4 million Lumia handsets in the three-month period for Q4

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  Europe-wide patents could spread smartphone wars

  We look at how upcoming legislation for a single European patent will affect the ongoing battles between smartphone and tablet manufacturers

• January 09, 2013 09 Jan'13

  Mobile banking demand drives app development innovation

  Barclays bank's decision to use private cloud and Linux will help it cut development costs and compete in the mobile banking sector

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  VoIP awareness up but user numbers remain low

  A report from Ofcom claims four in five consumers know what voice over internet protocol (VoIP) is, but just 29% use the technology

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  CES 2013: Qualcomm launches Snapdragon 800 processors

  Mobile chip maker Qualcomm uses opening keynote at CES to unveil its latest processor range

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  CES: Samsung says BYOD will be the norm by 2014

  Mobile manufacturer Samsung claims the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) workplace trend is at a tipping point and will become mainstream in a year

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  William Hill bets on mobile for gambling on the go

  High street bookmaker William Hill tells Computer Weekly how mobile technology has changed the company and attracted new customers

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  Samsung predicts fifth record quarter

  Samsung Electronics expects its fifth consecutive quarter of record profits driven mainly by smartphone sales

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  HTC profits plunge 90% in fourth quarter

  The Taiwanese mobile manufacturer sees profits fall from NT$11bn in 2011 to just NT$1bn at the end of 2012

• December 28, 2012 28 Dec'12

  First smartphone and tablet designs from Africa are launched

  A touchpad tablet and a smartphone have been launched by the Congolese company, VMK, and claim to be the first African designs on the market.

• December 27, 2012 27 Dec'12

  Top 10 personal computing articles of 2012

  The year 2012 will go down in history as the year when people voted with their wallets and decided that tablets are good enough for work.

• December 27, 2012 27 Dec'12

  Samsung requests US ban on Ericsson products

  Samsung has filed a complaint against several Ericsson products with the US International Trade Commission (ITC).

• December 24, 2012 24 Dec'12

  Top 10 mobile stories of 2012

  Undoubtedly 2012 has been another big year for mobile. From high-profile launches to security scares, from hot tablets entering the enterprise to huge players trailing with their tails between their legs, mobile is certainly the direction in which ...

• December 21, 2012 21 Dec'12

  Nokia and RIM settle patent dispute

  A one off payment and a new licensing agreement has seen the dispute end between the two mobile heavyweights

• December 21, 2012 21 Dec'12

  RIM sees fall in subscriptions as profits plummet

  BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has announced another set of disappointing quarterly financial results.

• December 20, 2012 20 Dec'12

  BT bids in Ofcom 4G spectrum auction

  BT sets up a specialist company – Niche Spectrum Ventures – to bid for 4G spectrum, despite claims it is uninterested in the mobile market

• December 20, 2012 20 Dec'12

  Australian University to give Freshers iPads

  The University of West Sydney is planning to distribute 11,000 iPads to students that enroll next year

• December 20, 2012 20 Dec'12

  Ericsson chooses to step away from ST-Ericsson joint venture

  Swedish telecommunications equipment maker, Ericsson, will take 8bn kronor ($1.2bn) charge in Q4 on its stake in ST-Ericsson joint venture

• December 19, 2012 19 Dec'12

  Malware spammers target Android OS

  Google’s mobile operating system, Android, has been hit again by malicious malware causing devices to send out spam SMS messages

• December 18, 2012 18 Dec'12

  Samsung withdraws its injunction request against Apple in EU courts

  Samsung has withdrawn its request for an injunction on Apple products in Europe

• December 18, 2012 18 Dec'12

  City of London makes Wi-Fi free

  A Wi-Fi network provided by The Cloud, running across the financial centre of the City of London, has been made free to the public

• December 18, 2012 18 Dec'12

  US judge rejects Apple request to ban Samsung sales

  A judge in the US has denied Apple’s request to ban sales of Samsung smartphones that Apple claims violates its patents

• December 13, 2012 13 Dec'12

  EE names 17 more 4G towns and cities

  The mobile operator will be bringing high-speed connectivity to users in 17 more locations in March 2013

• December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12

  CIO interview: Susan Cooklin, CIO, Network Rail

  Susan Cooklin has had an eventful 2012, delivering major technology upgrades while driving projects to help the Olympic Games run smoothly

• December 11, 2012 11 Dec'12

  EU businesses embrace remote working with mobile device provision

  Eurostat report shows 48% of companies across the European Union (EU) provide employees with a portable device for working on the move

• December 10, 2012 10 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

• December 10, 2012 10 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

• December 07, 2012 07 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

• December 06, 2012 06 Dec'12

  Court to review Apple, Samsung patent verdict

  A US court is to review a jury’s decision to award Apple $1bn in damages in its patent dispute with rival Samsung

• December 05, 2012 05 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

• December 04, 2012 04 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

• December 04, 2012 04 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

• December 03, 2012 03 Dec'12

  Half of UK Visa payments will be mobile by 2020

  Some 50% of UK Visa payments will be made through mobile devices by 2020

• November 29, 2012 29 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

• November 28, 2012 28 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

• November 28, 2012 28 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

• November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12

  RBS launches digital wallet trial

  RBS adopts Visa Europe’s digital wallet with a roll-out of technology that makes it easier for customers to securely buy on the move

• November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12

  Apple sacks head of maps

  Apple has sacked Richard Williamson, the executive in charge of Apple Maps, after months of embarrassment over application’s performance

• November 27, 2012 27 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

• November 26, 2012 26 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

• November 26, 2012 26 Nov'12

  Apple drags more devices into patent battle with Samsung

  The number of devices that allegedly infringe patents held by Apple and Samsung continues to grow with Apple adding six more products.

• November 23, 2012 23 Nov'12

  UKtech50 winner: Warren East, CEO of ARM

  ARM CEO and UKtech50 winner Warren East talks to Computer Weekly about fostering the market innovation necessary for the digital age

• November 22, 2012 22 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

• November 22, 2012 22 Nov'12

  US court orders Apple disclose HTC patent deal to Samsung

  A US judge has ordered Apple to disclose to Samsung details of its ten-year patent-sharing deal with rival HTC

• November 20, 2012 20 Nov'12

  Nationwide completes mobile banking roll-out

  The latest milestone to be reached in Nationwide’s £1bn five-year IT transformation sees the launch of its mobile banking service

• November 20, 2012 20 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

• November 19, 2012 19 Nov'12

  Intel CEO Paul Otellini to step down in May 2013

  Paul Otellini will retire in May 2013 after eight years as CEO of Intel and almost 40 years of working for the chipmaker

• November 16, 2012 16 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

• November 14, 2012 14 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

• November 14, 2012 14 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

• November 13, 2012 13 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

• November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12

  Hillarys Blinds rolls out custom sales app using SAP Afaria

  Blinds and curtains supplier Hillarys Blinds has developed an Android app for sales agents that synchronises with its back-end SAP ERP system

• November 12, 2012 12 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

• November 12, 2012 12 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

• November 12, 2012 12 Nov'12

  Gartner: BYOD will encourage self-support

  Self-support communities will offset the cost and manpower of providing a helpdesk for staff who use their own devices, according to Gartner

• November 12, 2012 12 Nov'12

  Apple and HTC bury the hatchet

  Rival smartphone makers Apple and HTC have settled all outstanding disputes over patents

• November 09, 2012 09 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

• November 09, 2012 09 Nov'12

  BlackBerry 10 approved for US government

  RIM's yet-to-be-launched BlackBerry 10 platform has been awarded the US government’s security certification

• November 08, 2012 08 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

• November 07, 2012 07 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

• November 07, 2012 07 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

• November 07, 2012 07 Nov'12

  iZettle launches mobile payments in UK

  Swedish firm iZettle partners with EE to offer its technology to small businesses, enabling them to turn mobile phones into payment terminals

• November 05, 2012 05 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

• November 05, 2012 05 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

• November 02, 2012 02 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

• November 01, 2012 01 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?

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  Microsoft launches Windows Phone 8 OS

  Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8, its latest operating system (OS) for smartphones it hopes will take share from Google Android and Apple

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  Apple announces management shakeup

  Apple has announced the departure of two high profile executives in the firm's biggest management shakeup since co-founder Steve Jobs stepped down as chief executive.

• October 29, 2012 29 Oct'12

  Apple unapologetic in admitting Samsung did not copy iPad

  Apple has published a statement on its website acknowledging a High Court ruling that Samsung did not infringe design patents in the UK

• October 26, 2012 26 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

• October 26, 2012 26 Oct'12

  Apple fails to meet iPad expectations for Q4

  While Apple iPhone sales continue to impress, the number of iPad shipments miss analyst expectations

• October 26, 2012 26 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

• October 25, 2012 25 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

• October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12

  Google Nexus 4 leaked by Carphone Warehouse

  Mobile retailer Carphone Warehouse has published specifications for a new Google smartphone in advance of its launch

• October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12

  Mobile pioneers risk being sacked

  A group of UK workers are driving the use of consumer devices in the workplace and are risking being sacked as a result.

• October 24, 2012 24 Oct'12

  Tech companies to be given £1m funding pot

  Ten start-ups from media and B2B sectors will be chosen to receive a share of £1m as well as management and mentoring from UK brands