The cost of living crisis has meant many households have had to cut down on other essentials to pay for telecom services

The not-for-profit company is owned by the West Midland Combined Authority and the DCMS and said the network will aid telecoms research, development and innovation

The National Databank was founded by Virgin Media O2 and Good Things Foundation and provides free mobile data, texts and calls for those eligible to receive

Nottingham suffered the worst of the outages by spending the most time offline and losing 9.2 million hours of broadband annually

The deal will combine BT’s expertise in fixed and mobile networks with Ericsson’s 5G network technology and enterprise solutions

It comes after the Nigerian government asks telcos to bolster security against threat of cyber fraudsters

This milestone is a step towards the company’s goals in offering full fibre broadband to 2.2 million homes and businesses by the end of 2024

Out-of-contract customers are overpaying on pay-monthly rolling mobile contracts that costs 430 per cent more than the best value SIM-only offers

The recent Experian M&A review named Praetura as the North West’s leading debt provider in 2021

Uswitch.com is calling on broadband providers to make it easier for customers to recycle unused routers, and to offer a service for customers to return old routers

Aspire is a fast growing IT managed service and cyber security provider based in North East England, with offices in Gateshead, London and Stockton-on-Tees

Nearly a million of those targeted followed scammers instructions as criminals become more sophisticated

Broadband and mobile companies such as BT, O2 and Vodafone use the rate of inflation to set its price increases.

It is one of the fastest Android smartphone product lines to reach 40 million shipments.

Likewize is the world’s leading tech protection and support company and Optus is one of Australia’s largest mobile phone carriers.

Many depend on 5G services to work from their phone

The company is targeting eight million by 2025

The investment aims to level up Britain’s hardest-to-reach areas

The most common scams were via texts, with 16 to 34 year-olds targeted the most

Around four million Brits are expected to buy the phone at launch

Aims for 15.5 million homes by end of year

Realme also unveils first laptop with Realme Book

But chip shortage will put brakes on growth according to Swedish market research firm Berg Insight

O2 has recycled more than 128,000 devices in the last year

Home phones on track to disappear from UK households by 2067

Truphone are the third-biggest provider of eSIM services globally 

Rural areas hit hardest overall

Swedish tax agency demands repayment of VAT claims

A lack of confidence in switching providers is costing consumers 

The global coronavirus pandemic has meant more people are struggling to pay their broadband and mobile bills

However online sales surge 145 per cent

One in four disabled people have trouble managing apps on their smartphones

CEO Jansen calls results ‘in line with expectations’

Realme records 14.8 million sales in Q3, growing 132 per cent QoQ

It is expected 5G smartphone shipments will hit close to 544 million units next year 

The partnership is part of Three’s strategy to deliver the UK’s fastest 5G service 

Bristol experienced the most amount of time with outages across the UK

Funding will go towards 5G carrier adoption in US and expansion into developing markets

NHS workers have been able to access greater amounts of data, voice calls and texts

Acquisition gives Tech Data $6bn enterprise value

Nearly half of respondents have sought to make network resilience a top priority 

Operator aims to keep UK connected during coronavirus crisis

The fastest tube line was the Bakerloo Line, while the District Line was the slowest

Honor-commissioned Canalys research reveals colossal growth in demand

However Uswitch has launched a service designed to inform customers of the best available speeds at their home 

The acquisition will generate an estimated 7,000 construction jobs outside the capital

The number just edges Samsung’s 6.7 million 5G units

Vendor in pole position to capitalise on 5G boom

President Young Sohn announces stat at TechCrunch event

Zen Internet found that a third of UK households don’t have Wifi access in every room

5G will be available this month, but 45pc of mobile phone users still struggle to connect to 4G

With a Mobile News Award under its belt and the million-customer milestone passed, Sky Mobile commercial director Sophia Ahmad and head of marketing Pierre Coppin have plenty to talk about

Three posted revenue of £1.167 billion for the first half of this year

A million connections will be surpassed this year Virgin Media has set out bold targets to connect up to 15 million UK homes with gigabit broadband by the end of 2021. The first homes will be connected with the gigabit speeds this year, with Southampton the first city to receive the broadband, where customers have

Giffgaff has been given 20 working days to pay the fine Giffgaff has been hit with a fine of £1.4 million by Ofcom after overcharging around 2.6 million customers. The fine was issued today (July 30) after the industry watchdog ran an investigation on the MVNO that is owned by Telefónica UK and uses the

CEO Ren expects flat revenues for the next two years

The MVNO will be giving existing customer unlimited data this weekend to celebrate the milestone

The firm launched in 2012 and has users across the country 

iD Mobile has also announced a 52-week partnership with the KISS Breakfast Show

‘Click fraud’ was the most common PHA with 54.9 per cent of attacks 

The patent has been fought over before and was at the centre of legal battles with HTC and Nokia in Germany

Revenues from the UK arm shrunk 5.2 per cent finishing on €1.7 billion (£1.4Bn)

It is anticipated that the operational use of the devices will begin this year 

The telecoms provider is on track to hit £130 million this year

UKFast recently announced it was on course to post a revenue of £53m for 2018 UKFast completed 2018 by finalising an investment deal with Inflexion Private Equity which takes the Manchester-based cloud specialists’ valuation to £405 million. The cloud hosting firm announced the valuation, which is based on £25 million EDITBA with the investment created

The figure was a result of Huawei’s largest spike in growth since 2010

The first core network services are expected in summer 2019

Online rivals and lack of upgrades by consumers lead to £440m losses

O2 customers were unable to access mobile data for the whole of Thursday (Nov 29), the operator will compensate all customers

Regulator has defended its decision after Virgin Media CEO Tom Mockridge described the fines as “unreasonable”

Leading Vodafone Partner blames EU ruling on roaming for diminished profitability in 2017

AO World has unveiled ambitions to become the largest online-only mobile retailer in the UK after its acquisition of Mobile Phones Direct (MPD). The online white goods retailer announced earlier this month that it has agreed to buy MPD for £32.5 million with completion of the sale due before March 31, 2019. AO World plans

A quarter of rural residents also say they can not make mobile calls according to uSwitch

The acquisition of both MPD online brands is expected to be complete before March next year

Huawei is targeting to ship 20 million in the P20 range by April next year

UK launch will be followed by push into Japan, US and Middle East 

Sony revised its yearly shipment forecast from 10 million to nine million for 2018

Dixons Carphone has said it’s putting further security measures in place to protect customer data 

From January to April 2018, Honor sold 18.07 million units in China and saw sales revenue reach £2.96 billion

Mobile solutions developer wants to double its number of licences Mobile solutions developer FutureDial is targeting to sell over one million mobile repair and diagnostics software in Europe by the end of 2019. FutureDial, backed by venture capital firm Venrock, has sold over half a million solutions in Europe since launch in July last year, […]

Almost a quarter of people believe they FTTP but this is only the case for three per cent of people

One in six mobile users haven’t checked phone bill in last six months 

Putting customers in control has led to impressive progress in three years says managing director

Data flexibility is at the heart of latest drive just three years from launch

The Honor 10 saw sales double what the Honor 9 sold in its first week of launch

3.3 per cent increase from Virgin is less than rival networks

Latest tech was needed to make low-tier products stand out from sub-£200 crowd

Gross profit is up 14 per cent from £98.8m to £113m, while EBITDA rose 27pc to £39.6m

GMC targets 50,000 in shipment within 12 months

Men are two times more likely than women to conceal their mobile bills

A study carried out by uSwitch has found more than 1.2 million school children are falling behind at school due to slow Internet speeds. 15 per cent of parents blamed the slow speeds for the negative impact on the education of their children. 

Co-founder outlines target after reporting 750,000 shipments, up from 250,000, in 2017

According to new research from Counterpoint the sector is the fastest growing in the industry

iPhone unit sales dropped one per cent in the three months to December despite the launch of the iPhone X

Total revenue for the giant ended on €11.8 billion (£10.3bn), UK revenue grew €99 million (£86.3m)

The average UK home consumes 190GB of data per month

The operator will also analyse customer time spent on 4G to see where coverage needs to be improved

It will be a five-year deal, Olive will provide Cygnet with mobile and cloud telephony solutions 

Manufacturer now has a presence in 20 counties and has eight major retail deals in the UK