Telecoms

  • EE to offer Nokia Lumia 625

    EE to offer Nokia Lumia 625

    UK mobile network EE has confirmed it will offer the Nokia Lumia 625 on its superfast 4GEE service, as well as on its Orange and T-Mobile UK brands. The handset runs Windows Phone and includes a 4.7-inch screen, Here Maps, Nokia Music and 5-megapixel camera. Nicola Shenton, Head Of Devices, EE said: “4G is incredibly…

  • Sky adds 34,000 new TV subscribers

    Sky adds 34,000 new TV subscribers

    Sky added 34,000 new TV customers in the last quarter, taking its total TV customer base to 10.4m and cementing its position as the UK’s largest provider of pay-TV services. The additions are revealed in the firm’s results for year to end of June which were published on Friday. The TV gains cover both its…

  • BT reveals BT Sport via retail YouView boxes details

    BT has revealed more details of how owners of retail YouView boxes will be able to receive its forthcoming sports channels, BT Sport 1, Bt Sport 2 and ESPN which are to be delivered via broadband to the boxes.

  • Sky tells Virgin Media customers: “We’ll pay your BT Sport subscription when you move”

    Sky is targeting rival Virgin Media’s customers with an offer to pay their subscription to BT Sport if they move their TV and broadband services. While BT’s forthcoming sport channels are available to Sky customers, both free to those who buy their broadband from BT and via a £12pm subscription for those who don’t, the…

  • Virgin claims UK’s “lowest” priced Samsung Galaxy S4 deal

    Virgin claims UK’s “lowest” priced Samsung Galaxy S4 deal

    Virgin Media TV, broadband and home phone customers can now get the Samsung Galaxy S4 from just £29 per month with no upfront fee. The quad-pay telco has dropped the upfront fee for a limited time only, allowing it to offer the handset at what it claims is the lowest price on the market. The…

  • BT announces “more than half a million” sport channel sign-ups

    BT announces “more than half a million” sport channel sign-ups

    More than half a million households have signed up to receive BT’s three sports channels, the company announced in Thursday. Available free to BT Broadband customers and BT TV subscribers, the channels will be available via tablet and smartphone apps, YouView from BT and BT Vision+ boxes and Sky HD+. Sky customers who have broadband…