Telecoms

  • Ofcom gives go-ahead to early UK 4G services

    Ofcom gives go-ahead to early UK 4G services

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    Telecoms regulator Ofcom says it will allow Everything Everywhere – owners of Orange and T-Mobile in the UK – to launch 4G mobile data services using its existing bandwidth. The decision means 4G services, which allow faster data speeds and downloads than existing 3G services, are expected to launch this year. Other networks must wait…

  • YouView – enhancements we’d like to see

    YouView – enhancements we’d like to see

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    We list the enhancements and improvements we’d like to see brought to YouVIew.

  • Sky’s NOW TV brings Hollywood’s biggest films to YouView

    Sky’s NOW TV brings Hollywood’s biggest films to YouView

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    Sky’s NOW TV service is now available on YouView, bringing premium movies to the nascent on-demand TV platform. YouView combines broadcast channels with broadband delivered content from catch-up services such as the BBC’s iPlayer and 4oD. ISPs TalkTalk and BT are also making content available to their broadband customers. Launching on YouView today, NOW TV…

  • O2 launches personal WiFi hotspot

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    O2 has launched a rival to Three’s popular MiFi mobile broadband hotspot. The O2 Pocket Hotspot is a pocket-sized device which allows up to five devices, including tablets and laptops, to go-online simultaneously. 
The new device is available with two Pay & Go data options: a daily top-up and 1GB or 2GB bundles (both of…

  • Lords call for switch to internet delivered TV

    Lords call for switch to internet delivered TV

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    The UK should consider scrapping terrestrial broadcast content in favour of internet-delivered content (IPTV), according to a House of Lords report on broadband accessibility. The report says the move away from TV down the aerial would drive the take-up of faster broadband and would allow Government to impose a Universal Service Obligation (USO) on ISPs,…

  • The Sweeney’s Regan and Carter star in latest Orange cinema ad

    The Sweeney’s Regan and Carter star in latest Orange cinema ad

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    Orange today announced the latest instalment of the its Gold Spot series os cinema ads will star The Sweeney’s crime-fighting duo, Jack Regan (Ray Winstone) and George Carter (Ben Drew). Premiering nationwide on Friday 3rd of August, the ad opens with Regan and Carter walking into an East End pub, ‘The Dog and Bone’, in…