Four in 10 mobile phone users don’t know they can challenge their provider on expensive monthly bills after using their phone abroad, a new study has revealed. The research by Which? showed that one in six people (17%) who used their mobile abroad in the past year were unexpectedly met with a high mobile phone…
Mobile phone operators could be made to share their networks in rural areas of the UK where signals are weak under plans being considered by ministers. Some parts of rural Britain have just one or two of the main mobile phone networks available, or none at all, leaving some people without any signal. It is…
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…
Researchers claim to have revealed weak spot in WiFi networks. WiFi networks can be infected by a virus that can spread through populated areas like the common cold, according to researchers at the University of Liverpool. Members of the School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and Electronics designed a virus that could spread quickly…
Twenty years ago (give or take a few weeks) Nokia announced a new mobile phone that was to cement its early leadership in the mobile phone market The Nokia 2110 went one to become not just one of the best selling top-end handsets of its time, but also defined how a mobile phone should look…
