Telecoms
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Ofcom announces 4G auction winners
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Telecoms regulator Ofcom today announced the winners of the 4G mobile spectrum auction. 4G networks will allow operators to offer ultrafast mobile broadband services to consumers and businesses. Seven companies bid for 28 lots of spectrum in two separate bands – 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz. The lower frequency 800 MHz band is part of…
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BlackBerry Z10 goes on sale at Three
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Three is now offering the brand-new BlackBerry Z10 through its online and retail stores. The Z10, the first of a new generation of BlackBerry devices, runs new BB 10 user interface which breaks with the past by losing the traditional Blackberry trackpad and keyboard. Instead users get a large 4.2-inch full-touch display which places their…
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How do I get the best deals on Internet data? Go SIM-only
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SIM only deals are the most cost effective way of buying a mobile data plan.
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How to get a smartphone on a budget and use pay as you go sims
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Yes, you can have the latest smartphone & make savings.
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Virgin Media and Liberty in takeover talks
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UK cable TV and broadband provider Virgin Media has confirmed it’s in talks with Liberty Global, the US pay-TV firm owned by John Malone, concerning a possible take-over. Virgin Media is the UK’s second largest pay-TV platform with 4.9m subscribers but the nation’s third largest platform behind Freeview and Sky. According to the Financial Times.…
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TalkTalk returns to growth with YouView, fibre and mobile signups
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TalkTalk has returned to growth in the third quarter, adding 10,000 broadband customers. The company saw a slight reduction in churn – the measure of customers moving to rivals – which fell from 1.6% to 1.5%. In November TalkTalk announced it had sold 29,000 YouView customers since launching the product in September, today it confirmed…