Proposal passed to enable passengers planes, trains and boats to access broadband speeds of more than 10Mbps by the end of the year Ofcom has passed a proposal to allow passengers traveling on boats, planes and trains to have access to superfast broadband speeds when travelling in the UK. The first commercial deployments are likely…
Smartphones launched in 2013 consumed more than seven times the data of one launched in 2009 and 40 percent more data than 2012 models, according to Actix’s latest research on global mobile users. Apple handsets dominate data use with almost twice the data per session than the average Android phones. Neil Coleman, Director of Global…
A new study from user experience design agency Foolproof has unveiled an emerging trend in smartphone ownership and intention. It shows a movement in the market away from Android toward iOS and the iPhone with every new smartphone a user owns. Whilst many commentators suggest that Android is winning the battle for market share based…
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…
Thefts of smartphones and other expensive handheld gadgets are on the rise, since criminals see them as easy pickings for very little risk. What Mobile’s Alex Walls explains how to keep the thieves at bay You might have seen the CCTV footage: a man on a bike cycles past someone using their mobile phone in…
Industry regulator clarifies rules allowing consumers to exit mobile, landline and broadband contracts if prices are increased Consumers and small business will be able to exit their mobile phone, landline or broadband contracts early without penalty if their provider puts up prices, Ofcom has today confirmed. Ofcom added that customers must be given 30 days’…
