Stressed Mobile Networks Leading to Dropped Calls

Demand for data services is leading to increased failings on mobile networks, according to recent research conducted by Actix. The number of dropped data sessions and voice calls has increased by 121 percent as data demand grows. On average around 1 percent of voice and data calls fail on mobile networks however some locations deliver…

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0800 numbers to become free from mobiles

Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards called the changes “the biggest for UK telephone customers in more than a decade” Calls to so-called ‘Freephone’ numbers are to become free from mobile phones, Ofcom has announced. The telecoms regulator made the decision after finding consumers still have a poor awareness of the cost of calling numbers which…

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Devices – November 2013

This month we have Apple’s latest flagship phone the iPhone 5s on show. Some may argue that Apple products aren’t business devices but you only have to look around the city at what people are using and you will see the iPhone everywhere. Our second device is from the ‘phablet’ sector of the market. Sony…

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Britons Carry £22bn in Gadgets

New research commissioned by Affinion International finds that Britons collectively spend £9 billion a year on new devices and carry more than £22 billion worth of gadgets on their person. The report, compiled by retail research specialists Conlumino, found the value of gadgets owned by British households is up almost ten billion pounds compared to…

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