Telecoms

  • Blackberry signs deal with Peugeot Citroën for 10,000 new handsets

    Blackberry signs deal with Peugeot Citroën for 10,000 new handsets

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    French car maker Peugeot Citroën is to deploy 10,000 new Blackberry Z10 phones and migrate to the firm’s Enterprise Mobility Management platform, BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (BES 10). The deal is the latest announced by the smartphone firm since it hit the headlines earlier this year over poor sales. Lower than expected performance prompted Blackberry’s…

  • BT announces new iOS and Windows 8.1 WiFi apps

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    iPhone and iPad users can now automatically connect to one of BT’s 5.2 million WiFI hotspots thanks to a new apple launched today for Apple’s mobile devices. The app allows devices running iOS 6 and above to automatically connect to the web when within range of a hotspot, a feature BT says gives customers “a…

  • BT adds Sony Entertainment Television to TV line-up

    BT adds Sony Entertainment Television to TV line-up

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    BT has struck a deal to offer Sony’s UK TV channel to BT Vision and YouView from TV customers. Both TV platforms offer free aerial delivered digital terrestrial channels alongside optional subscription channels delivered via broadband. BT’s £7 per month channel pack offers SD versions of some of the UK’s most popular channels including UKTV’s…

  • BT announces February Barclays Premier League games

    BT announces February Barclays Premier League games

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    BT Sport is to screen 5 live Barclays Premier League games in February, including matches featuring “four of the current top five teams.” The matches include Arsenal v Manchester United at the Emirates on Wednesday February 12 and Chelsea v Everton ten days later and Liverpool v Arsenal on Saturday February 8 at Anfield. BT…

  • Three starts switching on 4G, exempts more users from roaming charges

    Three starts switching on 4G, exempts more users from roaming charges

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    Three customers can now use their existing bundled minutes when visiting the USA, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Macau. In August the network launched its Feel At Home service which lets customers user their standard bundled data, call and text allowances instead of paying international roaming charges. It has now expanded the service to cover a…

  • 29 town and cities gain EE 4G in time for Christmas

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    EE’s superfast 4G network has gone live in a further 10 cities and towns with a further 19 due to be switched on before Christmas. 4G mobile broadband offers significantly faster speeds than the previous generation 3G and allows those working away form home or accessing movies and music on their mobiles or tablets to…