Government crackdown on mobile ‘notspots’

The government plans to oblige mobile operators to improve their coverage, possibly by sharing rivals’ networks. Partial ‘notspots’, where there is coverage from some but not all of the mobile networks, affected a fifth of the UK, leaving people unable to make calls or send texts, it said. One possible solution would see people transferred…

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Business Owners Experience Too Many Dropped Calls

Small and medium-sized business owners are receiving a worse service from mobile operators than their landline counterparts, despite increasing reliance on mobile to run their organisations. An in-depth survey by RootMetrics, the standard for independent mobile performance information, covered over 1,000 businesses and found nearly half of business owners (46%) are losing multiple important business…

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JabbaTalk tracks the Rico Rally

This Sunday sees the start of The Rico Rally ‘Run to the Sun’ European road trip. This road trip is a 2,000 mile driving adventure where like minded petrolheads can drive their cars through some beautiful scenery on some of Europe’s best driving roads and enjoy great company. We will be tracking a BMW 135i…

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Vodafone announce a number of locations earmarked for roll-out of 4G

Vodafone has announced a number of locations earmarked for roll-out of 4G-based mobile broadband connectivity. The 4G service is already available in 233 locations across the UK. The latest locations selected for 4G deployments include, among others, Brighton, Hove and Hastings (East & West Sussex), Oldham, Swinton and Stockport (Greater Manchester), Watford, Hatfield and Hemel…

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