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Huawei scoops four awards at EE Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2018
The iPhone failed to win an award but Apple did take away victories in the Best Tablet/2-in-1 award and Best Smartwatch categories (Kirsty O’Connor/PA) Huawei has walked away with four awards at this year’s EE Pocket-lint Gadget Awards, beating Apple and Samsung to the main Gadget of the Year prize.…
EE to launch 5G connectivity in 16 UK cities from 2019
EE is to launch 5G mobile connectivity in 16 UK cities in 2019, the telecoms firm has said. The company, which is part of the BT Group, will roll out the new network within London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast, as well as Birmingham and Manchester first. The firm is currently running two trials of 5G…
EE adds nine London sites to 5G trial, Three announces £2 billion 5G spend
EE has announced nine new trial sites of 5G mobile technology in east London. Meanwhile rival provider Three has revealed that it is to invest £2 billion in launching 5G. Industry analysts believe that mobile network operators in the UK will begin rolling out the country's first 5G services in the fourth quarter of 2019.…
Goodbye buffer face. EE brand likely to be axed following BT acquisition
EE's buffer face campaign. The brand is almost certain to disappear completely following BT acquisition It says a lot about the fast moving and fickle tech world we live in that a brand can have so much money spent on it in terms of marketing and advertising, only for it to…
EE unveils the first sub-£50 smart phone, the Rook. That’s over 10 times cheaper than an iPhone 6
Remember when smart phones were luxury items that people aspired to maybe own one day. Well those days are well and truly gone and suddenly £500 plus for an iPhone seems ridiculously expensive indeed. OK the £49.99 Rook from EE lacks the sex appeal of an iPhone 6 perhaps. But given it's less than 10…
EE promises world’s largest festival mobile charging operation at Glastonbury
Hopefully you shouldn't have to worry about running out of juice at this year's Glastonbury Festival as EE has signed up for its third year as the official technology and communications partner with what it promises is the world’s largest festival mobile phone charging operation. EE is providing two Power Bar Exchange points on site this…
EE launches wifi calling to let you call and text when there’s no signal
EE has earned itself another UK mobile industry first this morning as it has become the first network to launch support for calls over wifi. What this means is that with supported handsets - at the moment only the Galaxy S6, S6 Edge and Microsoft Lumia 640 - even if you have no phone signal,…
EE offers a clever solution to terrible smartphone batteries with its “EE Power” scheme
Everyone knows that modern smartphones have terrible batteries - but what to do about it? Many of us have taken to carrying around an extra battery that can be plugged in via USB for some juice on the go, but what if that runs out too? As it turns out, EE might have your back.…
BT expected to keep prices high as it launches its own mobile network
The great thing about competition is that it drives down prices for the consumer. And the great thing about consolidation is that it drives down prices for the consumer. These are two contradictory axioms that underscore modern capitalism. I mention them, as it seems this week, the consumer is about to get a raw deal…
EE announces replacement for Orange Wednesdays with £1 movie streaming
EE has today announced its replacement for the long running "Orange Wednesdays" cinema tickets offer that ended last month. In a sign of the times, the company has switched from offering cinema tickets to film streaming at home. The company has partnered with on-demand service Wuaki.tv and will be offering customers a £1 film rental…
