Telecoms

  • TalkTalk to offer Sky channels to YouView customers

    TalkTalk to offer Sky channels to YouView customers

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    TalkTalk says it will offer customers a range of premium channels and video on demand content via YouView. YouView combines broadcast channels with broadband delivered content from catch-up services such as the BBC’s iPlayer and premium content from Sky’s NOW TV service. The broadband provider today announced it had signed a deal to offer customers…

  • Here’s what data YouView is really collecting and why

    Here’s what data YouView is really collecting and why

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    Scared that Lord Sugar will be monitoring what you watch? Allow us to inject to reality into the YouView privacy row.

  • 4G will boost mobile data coverage to 98% of the UK

    4G will boost mobile data coverage to 98% of the UK

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    Next-generation 4G data services will bring high-speed mobile broadband to at least 98% of the UK according to telecoms regulator Ofcom. The regulator has announced plans to auction spectrum to enable mobile phone operators to offer high-speed services. Spectrum will be offered in two bands (800 MHz and 2.6 GHz) which Ofcom says will help…

  • Three: customers using more mobile data then 12 months ago

    Three: customers using more mobile data then 12 months ago

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    Three says monthly data use by its four million contract mobile phone customers has “more than doubled” in less than a year. On average contract customers used 1.1GB of data compared to just 450MB last summer. Three offers all you can eat data on all of its tariffs with prices on Pay As You Go…

  • Hands on – Kobo Touch ereader

    Hands on – Kobo Touch ereader

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    The Kobo Touch is a touch screen ebook reader which, in common with all dedicated readers, features a grey-scale screen designed to mimic the look of printed text. The device uses e-ink’s latest Pearl technology which provides crisp, easy to read text on a non-reflective screen which can be read in bright light without any…

  • YouView set top boxes now available to pre-order

    YouView set top boxes now available to pre-order

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    Major high street and online retailers are now accepting pre-orders for YouView set top boxes, ahead of the service’s launch later this week. The Humax DTR-T1000 Youview Digital TV Recorder is available to pre-order from our preferred partner Amazon.co.uk via this link. YouView combines broadcast channels with broadband delivered content from catch-up services such as…