Telecoms

  • Three Mobile MiFi E5756

    Three Mobile MiFi E5756

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    The latest version of Three’s MiFi mobile internet hotspot is a sturdy, smart looking, matt black lozenge which will look great alongside your laptop or tablet. The MiFi E5756 allows up to 10 devices to connect to the web at the same time, though of course the more you use concurrently the slower the speeds…

  • Blackberry cancels sell-off, announces $1bn cash injection

    Blackberry cancels sell-off, announces $1bn cash injection

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    Smartphone maker Blackberry has dropped plans to sell itself to shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, and says it will instead raise $1bn to finance its turnaround plans. In September the board accepted a provisional buy-out offer from Fairfax Financial which would have seen the firm taken private, allowing it to restructure without the scrutiny associated…

  • BT credits sports investment for securing 93% of all new broadband connections

    BT credits sports investment for securing 93% of all new broadband connections

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    BT says the offer of free Premier League football helped it win 93% of new broadband connections – 156,000 new users – in the three months to September 30th. Announcing the firm’s latest results, CEO Gavin Patterson said 2 million viewers had now signed up for its BT Sport channels and that its wholesale deal…

  • EE switches 4G on in 14 more towns and cities

    EE switches 4G on in 14 more towns and cities

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    Mobile network EE has switched on its 4G super-fast data services in 14 more towns and cities. 4G speeds are now available in Benfleet, Caerphilly, Caldicot, Canvey Island, Carlisle, Chepstow, Cwmbran, Grays, Harlow, Hatfield, Kenilworth, Rayleigh, Southport and Worksop. The company is also now taking orders for its new, lower cost talk plans which now…

  • NOW TV adds Sky 1 and Sky Atlantic for just £4.99 per month

    NOW TV adds Sky 1 and Sky Atlantic for just £4.99 per month

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    A selection of Sky’s flagship channels – including Sky 1, Sky Atlantic and Sky Living – are now available via its NOW TV streaming service for just £4.99 per month.

  • BlackBerry starts rolling out latest operating system update

    BlackBerry starts rolling out latest operating system update

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    BlackBerry has started rolling out the latest version of its BlackBerry 10 operating system to customers in Europe, Canada, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. The update, BlackBerry 10 OS version 10.2, will be delivered by local mobile networks for the BlackBerry Z10, Q10 and Q5 handsets. 
BlackBerry OS 10.2 introduces several new features…