Telecoms

  • Review: BlackBerry Q10

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    The BlackBerry Q10 is one of the newest handsets from Blackberry, the company formerly known as RIM. Blackberry has had a troubled time of late – its Playbook tablet tanked, its previous generation handsets failed to excite and a promised operating system update was seriously delayed. Against this backdrop of misery, gloom and poor expectations…

  • Ofcom refuses to grant BT access to Sky Sports

    Ofcom refuses to grant BT access to Sky Sports

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    BT’s YouView customers are unlikely to gain access to Sky Sports 1 & 2 for the foreseeable future after Ofcom refused to grant BT an interim order awarding it access to the channels. BT has asked the regulator to investigate Sky for “an abuse of dominance” after the two companies failed to agree a carriage…

  • BT finally launches BT Sport for retail YouView boxes

    BT finally launches BT Sport for retail YouView boxes

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    Later than promised, BT has finally enabled owners of retail YouView boxes who also take a BT Infinity broadband connection to add its new sports channels to their package. As reported last week by seenit.co.uk, to order the channels box owners must pay a £49 activation fee and commit to a 12 month contract. Two…

  • It’s not just Virgin Media customers who are locked out of BT Sport

    It’s not just Virgin Media customers who are locked out of BT Sport

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    A few days ago I looked at the frustrations of Virgin Media customers who face missing out on BT’s new sports channels when they launch today. While they’re certainly the most voluble group missing out on the channels, they’re not the only one. YouView customers who purchased their own boxes but have connected them to…

  • O2 announces 4G switch-on date

    O2 announces 4G switch-on date

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    O2 says it will launch its new “superfast” 4G services later this month in London, Leeds and Bradford. The company will become the second to offer 4G, which offers faster mobile data speeds, and follows rival EE’s launch last year. O2 says its service, which will cover five million people from launch, will launch its…

  • BT Sport signs up Liverpool friendlies

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    BT Sport has snapped up rights to cover Liverpool FC pre-season matches including clashes with Celtic, Valerenga and Steven Gerrard’s testimonial.  The broadcaster confirmed its latest signing just hours before its new £1bn channels launch on Thursday evening. Yesterday channel bosses announced the launch night programming would be available free to all homes with Freeview,…