Fixed line voice, internet and WAN services provider Spitfire Network Services Ltd has been signed by BT Wholesale as as an MVNO to connect its SME enterprise and IoT customers to EE 4G and 5G. on its own Spitfire core network.

“The launch of Cloud Market seemed an appropriate time to bring our three organisations together under one brand” Digital Wholesale Solutions (DWS) and Union Street brands have been harmonised under the ‘Giacom’ brand and the group’s four ordering portals have been unified into a single portal called Cloud Market.

European Commissioner Thierry Breton (main pic) has warned Apple against artificially limiting of data transfer speeds and battery charging times with cables not MFI-certified or approved by Apple.

London-based consumer tech youngster Nothing brand founded 2020 has concluded a $96 million fundraising round.

A dozen mobile network operators and the GSMA have agreed to new targets to reuse and recycle all mobile devices by 2030.

The famous London Olympia exhibition venue is getting 5G coverage as part of the venue’s £1.3bn regeneration. The installation is by BAI Communications (BAI), the shared infrastructure provider that brought 4G cellular coverage to London Underground. BAI is the official distributed antenna system partner for Olympia and will build the infrastructure that will enable 5G

Ofcom has agreed with BT Group, Openreach, Sky, TalkTalk, Three, Virgin Media O2, and Vodafone to better support women to technology careers within the telecom industry. “Having a diverse workforce is crucial to the success of any organisation. But for too many women, climbing that career ladder in a male-dominated industry can be a real

UK customers could save more than £400 each on average by extending the life of their smartphones, tablets or laptops by a year according to a report by Asurion Europe  The report maintains the UK population could be saving over £18.8 billion by keeping their devices for an additional year then trading them in. It

Around 21 per cent of UK adults only access the internet with a smartphone and 1.5 million UK households now access the internet at home via a mobile, not a broadband connection.

Samsung Galaxy customers who want to fix their device repairs can now access the correct repair kits and genuine Samsung parts as Samsung’s Self-Repair program comes to the UK.

Manchester accessories distributor Mr Mobile has done a deal with outdoor adventure activity company Zip World to sell its Tech Energi charging accessoriews via vending machine taking contactless payments. Tech Energi packages its cables and power banks in containers that resemble drinks cans (below). Tech Energis expects the vending unit will dispense around 100 charging

EE plans to launch Full Fibre 1.6Gbps broadband service soon accompanied by upgraded hubs and routers. The super-fast service has been developed at BT’s research centre at Adastral Park and is built on a gigabit+ capable full fibre network which will be be EE’s fastest service available supporting multiple online devices with average speeds up

Vodafone and Three have agreed their marriage. But they still require regulatory approval and there is already precedent for the authorities rejecting such massive consolidation.

MERGER OF VODAFONE UK & THREE UK TO CREATE ONE OF EUROPE’S LEADING 5G NETWORKS (London and Hong Kong, 14 June 2023) Vodafone Group Plc (“Vodafone”) and CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings Limited (“CKHGT”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (“CK Hutchison”), have entered into binding agreements in relation to a combination

Office phones will cease to exist in 13 years says unified comms group Ringover,

Virgin Media O2 has been named the best network in the UK for combined connectivity experience, according to mobile network benchmarking specialist GWS. GWS collects data from 17,500 local markets in 25 countries and collects more than 54 million data points collected daily from mobile consumers  For thee statistics it collected data over six months

Even smart fridges now used as gateways to launch malicious activity

Half the UK population is unaware of the imending 3G network switch off according to an Opinium survey sample of 2,000 UK adults last December, Respondents were asked:  ‘In 2023 mobile providers will start to switch off their 3G networks to focus on 4G and 5G. Were you aware of this before today? Fifty one

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB),  has accused Apple of colluding with the USA’s top spy agency, the NSA, to infect iPhones with malicious code to eavesdrop on calls of diplomats and other people of interest.

Edinburgh is the worst city for losing mobile signal and more than 14 per cent of UK smartphone users get average download speeds below 10Mb according to an analysis by Opensignal, which provides network data from billions of measuring points. Opensignal’s latest analysis states most people lose mobile signal for one per cent of the

Vodafone has partnered partnership with sport charity Sported to offer free connectivity, digital skills training and grants under a new scheme called Sports.connected.

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Bare bones BT Group MVNO Plusnet Mobile is shutting down over the coming months with customers being offered a 30-day SIM for £8 a month to switch to EE. Pusnet’s fixed broadband customers are unaffected. Plusnet Mobile sold just SIM-only plans. It is closing down so that BT’s mobile offerings are all consolidated with EE.

In a blow to alternative network providers, Ofcom has allowed Openreach to sell its Equinox 2 full-fibre services at lower prices to retail providers.