Tag: Networks
Nine more UK towns added to EE's 4G roll out: Watford, Barnsley and more
EE's 4G roll out across the UK continues at a pace, with the companies superfast mobile download speeds hitting nine more towns today. Barnsley, Chorley, Coventry, Newport, Preston, Rotherham, Telford, Walsall, and Watford are all now 4G-enabled, bringing the total…
EE 4G hitting 27 more UK towns by June: Oxford, Blackpool, Basildon among the chosen few
EE are continuing the roll-out of their 4G service at quite a pace now, announcing that 27 new towns will be getting the super-fast mobile download speeds by June, including Oxford, Blackpool and Basildon. That brings the total number of…
4G free on Three – LTE speeds at no extra cost, say network
Three have revealed that 4G speeds will be available to their customers at no extra cost when their superfast network begins to roll out. Three customers with a compatible device will get access to 4G services through their existing SIM…
Free for all London Underground Wi-Fi from Virgin Media ends on Tuesday
Reading this post while waiting for the Tube on London's Underground, connected to Virgin Media's Wi-Fi network? Enjoy it while you can; from Tuesday, the free-for-all service goes premium. Virgin Media will end the free service next week for all…
Vodafone "Nearly New" scheme offers pre-owned high end smartphones at cut-rate prices
After a top-spec smartphone, but suffering from post-Christmas bank balance blues? This might be the answer: Vodafone has just lifted the covers off its Nearly New smartphone price plan, offering pre-owned smartphones of the highest order at significantly cheaper prices….
O2 mobile contract bills to rise 3%, and there's nowt you can do about it
Mobile network O2 will be upping the price of all of its monthly contract costs, adding 3.2% to monthly bills from next February, regardless of the price of the contract you originally signed up for. While users on PAYG plans…
Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited formed to speed up UK 4G auction
Wider 4G coverage in the UK took a step closer to reality today following the formation of the Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited, comprising O2, Vodafone, EE and Three. The jointly-controlled company will be in charge of making sure the 800MHz…
Three now offering £5 a day unlimited internet deals when abroad
Three are hoping to make using the mobile web while abroad a little less painless by today revealing a new £5-a-day unlimited roaming package. The £5 a day Euro Internet Pass lets Three's network customers access the web to their…
O2 forced to give 9,000 porn pirates' details to smut baron
Over 9,000 O2 broadband customers caught illegally downloading pornography will have their personal details handed over to a major porn baron pressing for a settlement payout, it has been revealed today. Ben Dover, the pseudonym for British porn actor,…
Virgin Media readying new 4G mobile trial: new network coming?
Hot on the heels of this morning's 4G announcement from Everything Everywhere, Virign Media have revealed that they too will once again be trialling LTE connectivity in Britain's urban areas. According to RegHardware, Virgin Media will be "dropping fibre-connected LTE…
