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Barclays teams up with BT to offer free public wi-fi in UK branches
BT today announced that Barclays will become the first major UK high street bank to offer free wi-fi access for its customers in branches nationwide. The new wi-fi service is the latest move by Barclays to make banking easier for its customers - by providing more opportunities for them to access ... Read more »
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LTE–Advanced
The dust has barely settled on LTE and now the CSPs are talking of LTE-Advanced.... LTE Release10 boasts increased peak data rate, DL 3 Gbps, UL 1.5 Gbps via "bonded carriers" Read more »
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LTE News
Ofcom has authorized all five mobile operators to trade the rights to the radio spectrum they hold, covering 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz. 3 UK has a pilot LTE network in Maidenhead and Slough, to be followed by a consumer-based trial, and awarded an infrastructure supply contract. 3 UK has agreed to buy 2 ... Read more »
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Virgin Media wins London Underground wi-fi contract
Virgin Media has won the contract to provide wi-fi to the London Underground. The contract is only for ticket offices, escalators and platforms because it would have required major construction work to have added connectivity to the network's tunnels. From July 2012 all Tube passengers will initially be able to connect ... Read more »
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3G mobile data network crowd-sourcing survey by BBC News
In July, the BBC asked people to join a survey of the UK's mobile phone coverage by downloading an app for Android phones. During three weeks over the summer, 44,600 people allowed their mobile coverage to be tracked for our 3G survey. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14582499 Read more »
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Tesco plans free WiFi in stores
Tesco is planning to offer WiFi access in its stores, in what would mark a significant increase in the availability of free internet access in the UK. The move comes as Britain’s biggest retailer seeks to embrace customers’ changing shopping habits, but also reinvigorate its domestic business, under new chief exec Philip ... Read more »
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BBC to survey UK mobile coverage
The BBC is conducting a major survey into the state of mobile phone coverage in the UK. Over the course of the next month, the project will attempt to chart the availability of 3G and 2G services up and down the country. Full article here. Read more »
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Volunteers sought for 4G LTE trial in Cornwall
Volunteers in an area of Cornwall are being sought to trial new high-speed 4G broadband as part of a joint project by Everything Everywhere and BT. Read full article on BBC website here Read more »
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Irish mobile operators in network-sharing deal
O2 Ireland and eircom on Wednesday announced they will share mobile network infrastructure, a deal that will see them consolidate some existing cell sites and jointly build new ones. In an announcement that was remarkable in that it did not provide details of any specific mobile technologies, O2 and eircom ... Read more »
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UK Trial to test 800Mhz LTE Rural Application
Cambridge Wireless and Nokia Siemens Networks are looking for a rural location to trial a new LTE network. http://www.itpro.co.uk/631816/rural-lte-trial-seeks-home?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ITPro%2FToday+%28IT+PRO+-+Today%29 Read more »
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