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Madrid set to ban e-scooters as UK organisation calls for legalisation

Madrid is the latest city to ban e-scooters rented through mobile apps, Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida said. The mayor of Spain's capital said that the companies including Lime, Dott and Tier Mobility had failed to implement limits on clients' circulation and control parking. E-scooters have increasingly come under fire over safety concerns. In July, Germany's…

11 September 202411 September 2024 Chris Price Transport

Bristol bottom of mobile phone coverage list despite investment

Belfast and Cardiff ranked amongst the best cities to get a mobile phone signal while Bristol finished in last place, in a full-scale analysis of UK phone coverage. Affordable Mobiles, winners of the Uswitch Mobile Reseller of the Year award, found that all of the cities Belfast and Cardiff topped the list, alongside London and…

11 May 202111 May 2021 Chris Price Mobile phones

Can I get 5G? Vodafone announces trials in seven cities including London, Birmingham

Vodafone UK has unveiled seven cities that will become 5G test areas, with roll-outs starting between October and December this year. It includes customers in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, London and Manchester. They form part of the company's investment in building a world-class network infrastructure to support Gigabit UK, a nation where people will enjoy…

20 June 201820 June 2018 Chris Price 5G

Live Guy Diaries – Bristol

Live Guy sounds like he’s heading for the Reading Abbey which I’m sure is a girls’ school. Don’t know if that’s the kind of clues he wants to be writing on his blog but never mind.

What ever happens, our reporter, StylistBrighton, will be following close behind. Here’s how she got in in Bristol…

27 November 20082 July 2020 Daniel Sung Competitions & Promotions

How to catch Live Guy: Rule 1 – don't forget the magic words

Criminal. One winner, one very unfortunate loser. He may have a fantastic winter beard but under that mask lies the face of utter disappointment. So there’s a lesson to all you Bristolians, don’t forget the magic words…

26 November 20089 January 2016 Daniel Sung Competitions & Promotions

Vodafone Live Guy: Day 9 – Bristol

Recognise this place? Apparently it’s in Bristol, somewhere round the Old Vic by the looks of things. Of course, in the time I’ve taken to write this, Live Guy’s now moved on to some big ferris wheel somewhere, so if you want to catch the man dishing out the free Dell netbooks then you’d best get over to his blog, follow him on Twitter and study his GPS trail.

No one’s found him today…

26 November 20082 July 2020 Daniel Sung Competitions & Promotions

Vodafone rolling out HSDPA to six more UK cities

Vodafone users in London should already be enjoying improved mobile broadband access speeds thanks to HSPDA implementation last year. Soon, mobile users in Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester and Reading will also have access to faster mobile Internet…

13 May 20083 September 2019 Andy Merrett Broadband, Mobile phones

Bristol planning major extension to wi-fi project

The fine city of Bristol has selected Cityspace as a preferred partner in its plans to extend its wireless broadband network. The network was originally piloted in 2004, and the extension will cover key business areas, transport routes, and several…

30 November 2006 Andy Merrett Wi-Fi

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