Telecoms
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BT releases new account management and support app
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The app includes the real-time status of BT services in their customer’s area and tools to help optimise a customer’s broadband, including testing broadband speeds and restarting a BT Home Hub remotely.
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Vodafone PAYG users can now top-up in more places
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The mobile firm has partnered with PowaTag to enable users to top-up by using an app to scan a specialised tag from a poster or catalogue and instantly renew or increase their allowances.
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BT sees boost in TV subscriptions
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BT signed up more than 60,000 new TV subscribers in the first quarter of the current financial year, taking the total number of subscribers to 1.2m. It’s also announced the signing of 100,000 customers to its new mobile service.
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Ofcom seeks views on telecoms and digital market shake-up
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The suggestion most likely to dominate headlines is to force the separation of BT’s Openreach division which is used by the majority of phone and internet providers to supply customers.
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How to get your mobile unlocked and how much it’ll cost – the OFFICIAL answer from Ofcom
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To make things as simple as possible, telecoms regulator Ofcom has put together a handy guide how to get your mobile network to unlock your handset and how much it’ll cost you.
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Sky announces 12 months of free fibre as battle with BT hots up
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Unlike some broadband contracts which with come with 18 or 24 month contracts, Sky’s free offer only requires customers to sign-up to a 12 month contract, meaning they can walk away as soon as the free period expires.