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• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  Lumia boost fails to save Nokia results as profits tumble €150m

  Nokia releases first quarter results for 2013, reporting a loss of €150m despite encouraging sales of its flagship Lumia smartphone range

• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  US team claim revolutionary battery breakthrough

  US researchers claim they have made a technological breakthrough to shrink the size of batteries by 10 times yet still offering the same power

• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  Apple shares hit 16-month low

  Apple shares have hit a 16-month low due to concerns that the lower than expected phone and tablet sales may cause the company to miss its revenue targets.

• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  Mobile access to council websites increases

  There is a high demand for mobile access to council websites, according to Socitm, the Society of IT managers

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  O2 offers regular handset 'refresh'

  The new O2 Refresh tariff allows users to pay off the balance of their handsets to upgrade to the next big thing

• April 09, 2013 09 Apr'13

  Microsoft hits Google with EU competition complaint

  High-profile search and tech companies have filed a complaint accusing Google of anti-competitive actions in the mobile sector

• April 09, 2013 09 Apr'13

  EE promises to double 4G speeds

  EE says 10 cities will get 4G speeds of more than 20Mbps by the summer as the company refarms its 2G spectrum

• April 08, 2013 08 Apr'13

  Huawei looks to five years of growth

  As Huawei posts a year-on-year rise in profit, it promises five more years with a compound annual growth rate of 10%

• April 08, 2013 08 Apr'13

  HTC profits tumble in Q1 despite HTC One launch

  Taiwanese mobile device manufacturer HTC sees Q1 profits plummet despite launching its HTC One flagship handset in the same quarter

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  Samsung profits rocket by 53%

  Samsung today announced guidance for its upcoming financial results, showing significant rises thanks to its successful smartphone range

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  Facebook announces new software for Android devices

  Facebook has launched a new user interface for mobile users, which tightly integrates the social network within the device

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  Facebook phone announcement expected soon

  Facebook is to announce a joint venture with handset maker HTC to capitalise on the increased use of social networking on mobile devices

• April 03, 2013 03 Apr'13

  Cisco plans to buy UK-based Ubiquisys

  US networking giant Cisco wants to extend its service provider portfolio by picking up UK-based small cell specialist Ubiquisys

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  4G taxis come to London and Birmingham

  Mobile operator EE brings 4G connectivity to 50 black cabs in London and Birmingham

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  Mobile operators must change tack to claw back revenues

  Operators need to find new sources of revenue and use unique skills to tackle the threat of OTT providers, according to Juniper Research report

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  BlackBerry 10 ships one million in first quarter

  BlackBerry revenues fell in the fourth quarter, but the Canadian mobile manufacturer remains hopeful its new OS and devices will boost profitability

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Strategic investments drive modest growth in IT spending

  The relatively stable economic climate has resulted in modest IT investment, according to Gartner’s latest quarterly spending forecast

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Ofcom slams Orange in broadband complaints report

  Ofcom says more consumers complained about Orange than any other internet service provider (ISP) after it cancelled its free broadband deal

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  Banks must re-engage with customers through technology, says Accenture

  Banks must use IT to help them better engage with customers – who are increasingly keeping them at arm’s length – says Accenture

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Yahoo buys UK teenager’s app for £18m

  Yahoo has acquired Summly – an app created by a UK teenager – for £18m, making him one of the world’s youngest self-made millionaires

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Apple buys WifiSLAM for $20m

  Apple buys indoor mapping start-up WifiSLAM for $20m to boost its location technology and compete with Google’s indoor capabilities

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  4G take-up could boost online retail market by £1.8bn, says eBay

  eBay claims 4G mobile connectivity could boost the UK mobile retail sector by £1.8bn in a year as more consumers shop on their smartphones

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  CESG denies BlackBerry 10 insecurities

  CESG - the the information assurance arm of GCHQ - denies reports BlackBerry’s latest OS doesn’t pass muster when it comes to security

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  Apple devices are the top choice for enterprise

  Despite the growing popularity of Android in the European market, businesses still choose to use Apple and its iOS mobile OS for work

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  Case study: Hamilton Fraser embraces BYOD with MobileIron

  How insurance firm Hamilton Fraser is using MobileIron to enable employees to bring their own devices while following company policy

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  CESG says BlackBerry’s new BB10 software not secure enough

  The government's technical security advisor CESG says BlackBerry's new BB10 software is not secure enough for essential work

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  ARM CEO Warren East steps down

  Warren East, CEO of semiconductor firm ARM, is retiring from the company after almost 12 years in the leadership role

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  Getting started with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10

  We give you a guide to upgrading your existing BlackBerry infrastructure for the latest BB10 devices

• March 15, 2013 15 Mar'13

  Samsung launches Galaxy S4 with improved software and Knox security

  Samsung's latest smartphone, the Galaxy S4 – which was released in New York – aims to boost software and Android OS security

• March 12, 2013 12 Mar'13

  O2: ‘We have not lost a single customer to EE’

  O2’s head of enterprise says no customers have been drawn to EE's 4G and expects a challenge to entice them even after all operators launch

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  UK businesses still ignoring flexible working

  Almost a quarter of UK companies lack a flexible working policy, while 36% fear reducing the number of desks would not be beneficial

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Lamouche jumps ship from ST Ericsson

  ST Ericsson CEO resigns as the telecoms chip firm is dumped by partner STMicroeletronics

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  Midlands health trust trials BlackBerry 10 OS on PlayBook with Z10 roll-out

  The Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust tests the Blackberry 10 operating system (OS) for a mobile fleet deployment

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  Samsung loses UK patent battle with Apple

  Samsung has lost its UK patent battle with Apple, days after announcing it would seek further cuts to the damages awarded to Apple in the US

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  Google’s Motorola Mobility to cut 10% of workforce

  Google’s Motorola Mobility is to cut 1,200 jobs – 10% of its global workforce.

• March 07, 2013 07 Mar'13

  Apple iPhone growth outstrips Android OS smartphones in the US

  Apple's iPhone has overtaken Google Android operating system (OS) mobiles, which had a second slow month in a row in December 2012

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  Businesses and IT suppliers to collaborate on big data

  Businesses are to collaborate to work out how to exploit the rapidly growing volume of data generated by social media, mobile devices and the internet of things.

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  HTC revenues plummet again

  HTC revenues continue to drop, with another $4bn wiped from its coffers in just one month

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  Santander launches Android banking app in UK

  Santander has released an Android mobile banking app to meet increasing demand for mobile transactions

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  Google ousts Apple as investors' technology favourite

  Google has ousted Apple as a favourite among investors because of growing confidence in Google’s ability to capture advertising revenues

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  Met risks rolling out 30,000 mobile ‘paperweights’, says London Assembly

  Mobile devices rolled out at the Metropolitan Police could be useless without a strong business case, says a London Assembly committee

• March 05, 2013 05 Mar'13

  Airlines to become biggest investors in mobile services

  By 2015, airlines will be the biggest spenders on technologies to help them engage digitally with mobile consumers, research finds

• March 05, 2013 05 Mar'13

  Rapid malware growth for smartphones, reports G Data

  Malware is increasingly targeting smartphones and tablet PCs with an Android operating system, according to a malware study from G Data

• March 04, 2013 04 Mar'13

  Samsung seeks cuts to Apple patent payments

  Samsung Electronics wants a review of the patent damages awarded to Apple after winning a reduction of about 45% to the $1.05bn bill

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  BYOD to force mobile operators into services

  O2’s former European president claims mobile operators will lose enterprise contracts if they don’t focus on services

• February 27, 2013 27 Feb'13

  350,000 different types of spam SMS messages were targeted at mobile users in 2012

  350,000 different variants of unsolicited spam SMS messages were accounted for in 2012, with 53,000 variants logged for December alone

• February 27, 2013 27 Feb'13

  M-commerce sales hit £7.5bn in 2012

  Sales through mobile devices reached £7.5bn in 2012, equating to 12% of total e-retail sales

• February 27, 2013 27 Feb'13

  Booking.com embraces mobile apps

  Head of mobile marketing for Booking.com talks about mobile strategy and accumulating more than 10 million downloads in less than two years

• February 26, 2013 26 Feb'13

  Metropolitan Police technology strategy under review

  The London Assembly is reviewing the Met’s technology strategy to assess whether it can cut costs and retain service levels

• February 26, 2013 26 Feb'13

  Intel steps up Android chipset efforts at MWC

  Intel hopes to increase its mobile presence with more powerful systems on a chip based on Atom processors, at Mobile World Congress

• February 25, 2013 25 Feb'13

  Will the Nokia portfolio win over the world?

  As the former leader of the mobile market tries to entice customers to use its handsets, we ask whether the strategy will succeed

• February 25, 2013 25 Feb'13

  Visa and Samsung partner to accelerate mobile (NFC) payments

  Visa and Samsung have announced a global alliance in order to accelerate near-field communication (NFC) mobile payments.

• February 25, 2013 25 Feb'13

  Samsung launches SAFE with Knox for mobile devices enterprise security

  Samsung has unveiled software which enables a secure work profile to run on a Samsung mobile device

• February 25, 2013 25 Feb'13

  Can Huawei compete with Apple and Samsung?

  At the Mobile World Congress, Huawei unveiled its high-end smartphone – the Ascend P2 – and laid out its plans to topple the big guns

• February 24, 2013 24 Feb'13

  Mozilla announces handsets for Firefox OS

  Alcatel, LG and ZTE will be the first mobile manufacturers to bring Firefox OS handsets to the market

• February 21, 2013 21 Feb'13

  CIO interview: Carol Fawcett CIO of Dell software

  Fawcett deployed a 23 country BYOD strategy while at software firm, Quest, which was acquired by Dell. She is now hoping to take her experience to Dell.

• February 20, 2013 20 Feb'13

  The winners and losers of Ofcom's 4G spectrum auction

  The results of Ofcom’s 4G spectrum auction and what it means for the industry, the government and the users

• February 20, 2013 20 Feb'13

  Ofcom announces 4G spectrum winners

  The main four mobile operators and BT win lots in the spectrum auction, albeit for more than £1bn less than Chancellor George Osborne hoped

• February 19, 2013 19 Feb'13

  McAfee warns of NFC threat to mobiles

  As near field communications (NFC) becomes a more popular feature on mobile phones, more attacks based on the technology will arise

• February 19, 2013 19 Feb'13

  HTC One X and iPhone 5 rank highest for customer satisfaction

  In terms of satisfaction, HTC’s One X and Apple’s iPhone 5 are the UK’s favourite handsets

• February 19, 2013 19 Feb'13

  EE earnings fall despite 4G advantage

  Mobile operator EE keeps quiet on how many customers have signed up to its 4G contracts as it reports a 7% drop in earnings

• February 18, 2013 18 Feb'13

  BAE Systems and Vodafone join forces for mobile security

  The aerospace and defence company BAE Systems will work with Vodafone to offer security products for mobiles and tablets

• February 18, 2013 18 Feb'13

  Barclays brings free Wi-Fi to branches

  Barclays bank will offer free Wi-Fi in 1,500 branches after trialling BT’s wireless white label solution

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  UK and EU on track to catch up in the BYOD trend

  Enterprises in Europe lag behind in bring-your-own-device (BYOD) schemes, but catching up with integrating devices in corporate networks

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  iOS 6.1 security flaw allows iPhone lock screen bypass

  Apple may have to release another fix for its recently released operating system update iOS 6.1 to protect against thieves and hackers

• February 14, 2013 14 Feb'13

  Google battles BT in patent row

  Google has launched legal action against BT, accusing the British firm of four counts of patent infringement

• February 13, 2013 13 Feb'13

  Boots to roll out contactless payments nationwide

  Boots is to roll out contactless payments across its stores nationwide, in a deal with payment providers Visa Europe and Streamline

• February 13, 2013 13 Feb'13

  Mobile phone sales fall in 2012

  Economic pressures and increased market competition are to blame for a 1.7% in the mobile phone market in 2012, according to Gartner

• February 13, 2013 13 Feb'13

  Mobile operators failing to plan for 4G backhaul

  Network providers not investing in their backhaul to keep performance levels high, despite increase in mobile data and influx of 4G services

• February 12, 2013 12 Feb'13

  Apple releases fix for latest iOS update

  Apple has released iOS 6.1.1 as a fix for iPhone 4S users' 3G connections after some mobile operators warned of problems with the latest update to the operating system.

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  Apple seeks to improve iOS security with image recognition

  Apple is planning to improve the security of iOS on iPhones and iPads by using image recognition or response, according to a patent application

• February 08, 2013 08 Feb'13

  Interview: Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Mark Rowley

  Assistant commissioner Mark Rowley is tasked with reviewing the Met’s technology operations ahead of swingeing cuts due to come in this April

• February 07, 2013 07 Feb'13

  Southern European markets hit Vodafone revenues

  Issues in Vodafone’s southern European deployments continue to drag down revenues, despite a strong performance in emerging markets

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Interview: Rob Orr, UK managing director, BlackBerry

  UK managing director of BlackBerry Rob Orr talks about the launch of the BlackBerry 10 operating system (OS) and Z10 handset

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Liberty Global buys Virgin Media for £15bn

  Cable company Liberty Global acquires Virgin Media to speed its move into the European telecoms market

• February 05, 2013 05 Feb'13

  Recruitment firm enables BYOD through service management software

  Recruitment company SThree set up a bring-your-own-device scheme by provisioning software through service management software from Hornbill

• February 05, 2013 05 Feb'13

  Endpoint backup scales past 100,000 with Druva inSync

  Endpoint backup and BYOD data protection specialist Druva re-architects its inSync product to scale past 100,000 users

• February 05, 2013 05 Feb'13

  BlackBerry entices developers with 10.1 SDK update

  Developers will get a limited edition red Z10 and early access to an alpha version of a physical keyboard handset running BlackBerry 10

• February 05, 2013 05 Feb'13

  European banks lag behind with investment deficit in mobile channels

  European banks fall behind a global 3.4% increase in IT spending, to $118.6bn in 2013, as retail banks turn to improving customer satisfaction

• 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