Once seen as a niche feature for digital nomads and international travellers, eSIM suddenly become a mainstream standard writes Jacques Bonifay, CEO and co-founder of Transatel and a pioneer of an early pioneer of eSIM technology In September 2022, Apple changed the game by launching the first eSIM-only iPhone in the U.S. But the groundwork

Samsung reclaimed the top spot in global smartphone shipments for Q1 2025, driven by strong performance across both its premium and mid-range segments, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

HONOR has launched £250 mid-range smartphone featuring a 108MP main camera, a dedicated AI camera button, and a 6.7-inch AMOLED display. The 400 Lite 5G introduces an AI Camera Button, offering quick access to photography tools and Google Lens. A short press opens the camera, a tap takes a photo, and a longer hold starts

Exertis IT has bought Apple Authorised Service Provider Group 8  to expand its presence in the circular economy. Ironically, Exertis itself is seeking a buyer as parent company DCC plans to concentrate on the energy sector Group 8 has been in business for more than 20 years and provides specialist Apple support and repair services across

The winners of the Mobile News Awards 2025 were unveiled at a glittering ceremony at the London Hilton on Park Lane last night (April 3) celebrating the very best in the UK mobile industry hosted by Milton Jones More than 500 guests from companies from across the sector gathered to see the results of the

Barclay Communications and Three Mobile UK have teamed up to support charities and social enterprises across Northern Ireland by offering cost-price mobile packages and direct financial donations.

London and Brussels rank among the worst major European cities for 5G coverage writes Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini, of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) . This is surprising given their international status, especially when compared with countries such as the United States, Sweden, Portugal, the Gulf States, China, and South Korea, which are

Vodafone’s Gen Z focussed MVNO VOXI Mobile has reached a million subscribers.. Launched in 2017 as a sub-brand of Vodafone, VOXI was designed to appeal specifically to younger users with a flexible, contract-free model and unlimited access to Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Snapchat and YouTube — without eating into data allowances. “Reaching one million customers is

Apple’s encryption standoff with the UK Government leaves users exposed writes Tom Gaffney, Director of Business Development and Embedded Security at F-Secure, Apple has made headlines in recent days after removing its most advanced data security tool for UK customers. The company’s decision to withdraw its Advanced Data Protection  feature from the UK market marks

EE is expanding its 5G standalone (5G SA) network to additional towns and cities across the UK as part of a major upgrade. The operator, which launched 5G SA in September 2024, aims to cover over 28 million people in 50 locations by the end of March 2025. The latest expansion includes towns such as

Likewize has named seasoned US executive Ryan O’Hara as its new CEO, taking over immediately from ex-Caudwell Group luminary Rod Millar, who has led the company since 2019. O’Hara has extensive leadership experience across technology, media, and consumer services, having held senior positions at News Corp, Madison Square Garden, and media and technology company Gemstar-TV

Labour MP Josh MacAllister is pushing to limit children’s smartphone use and curb addictive social media content. In October 2024, he introduced the Safer Phones Bill, which proposes to restrict phone use. MacAllister’s Private Member’s Bill was presented to Parliament today (Friday). It seeks to make it a legal requirement for all schools in England

Challenger MVNO Honest Mobile says it has signed up 100,000 users to its new Smart eSIM which automatically switches to another network when the primary signal is weak or unavailable. For £3.75 a month, the Smart eSIM works alongside a user’s main SIM, providing unlimited data on 200+ apps via EE, O2, and Three. It

Eurostar Global Electronics has rebranded itself as ‘ege’ to reflect its evolution from a reseller of end-of-life mobile devices to a comprehensive technology solutions provider. The rebrand includes a new visual identity but maintains the company’s core focus on innovation, reliability, and industry partnerships. Founded in 2007, ege began as a small reseller sourcing mobile

HONOR plans to transition from a smartphone manufacturer to a global leader in AI-driven device ecosystems and will invest £8bn over the next five years to accelerate AI innovation and ecosystem development. At MWC today (Sunday) the manufacturer unveiled a three-step roadmap highlights HONOR’s commitment to innovation, openness, and collaboration, inviting industry partners to co-create

At MWC Xiaomi today (Sunday) Xiaomi  announced the 15 Series, its latest flagship smartphone lineup, The series features Leica Summilux optical lenses and is powered by Xiaomi HyperOS 2, said to offer system performance improvements, enhanced connectivity, and AI capabilities. Xiaomi also introduced Xiaomi Pad 7, Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro, Xiaomi Buds 5 Pro, Xiaomi

Apple is furious that itr has been forced with withdraw its Advanced Data Protection system from iPhones and other Apple products in the UK, stating that it is “gravely disappointed” by the development. The tech giant confirmed that its opt-in Advanced Data Protection would no longer be available to users in the UK, citing concerns

Virgin Media O2 has 23.2 million mobile connections across its contract and prepaid services, with 850,000 new connections added in 2024 across its O2, Giffgaff, and wholesale partners, including Sky Mobile and Tesco Mobile. The company’s contract base now stands at 15.8 million , with 16,000 net additions in Q4 , marking a return to

The new £599 iPhone 16e, has sparked discussions about its potential impact on the sales of higher-priced iPhone models. Featuring the A18 processor, the 16e opens uo Apple Intelligence AI to wider mass market.  With a 6.1-inch OLED display, and a 48-megapixel camera, the iPhone 16e offers a compelling package at a more accessible price

Virgin Media O2 has a reputation for providing customers with excellent products, writes Lutz Schüler, Chief Executive, Virgin Media O2. Whether it’s offering ultrafast gigabit broadband right across our national network, rewarding our customers with exclusive access and perks through Priority, or delivering innovative mobile offers like inclusive EU roaming, our customers rightly have high

Vodafone reckons nearly a million UK children have been conned by online scams over the past year. The data comes from a survey of  2,000 parents, children aged 11–16, and over 4,800 teacher. It found that 13-year-olds are the most frequently targeted. The average financial loss per scam is £103, often causing anxiety, depression, and a

The UK government has issued a “technical capability notice” to Apple under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, compelling Apple to provide access to users’ encrypted iCloud data according to a report that originated in The Washington Post and which has been picked up by Reuters and The Guardian. At time of writing the Govt had

A study by Censuswide, commissioned by Virgin Media O2, reveals that the average household has £218 worth of unused mobile phones. Despite this untapped value, only one in 10 people have traded in a device over the past five years. Virgin Media O2 is urging households to recycle their old smartphones through O2 Recycle, highlighting

The global smartphone market returned to growth in 2024 after two consecutive years of annual declines, according to preliminary results from Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse. Samsung continued to lead the market in 2024, led by strong demand for its S24 series and A-series product lines. The S24 series, the first phone positioned as an AI

Lyca Group’s London operation will be cut to a skeleton staff of 48 to handle regulatory and compliance issues as part of a reorganisation to streamline its business operations, slash costs and improve global growth. Lyca’s is consulting with around 300 staff about the job cuts. The UK workforce will be reduced to a core

Almost half the UK population believes AI features on smartphones are overhyped, according to a new study commissioned by Uswitch.com, the comparison and switching service. The survey, conducted by research firm Opinium, quizzed 2,000 UK adults last month. The results reveal that consumers want AI tools to be practical, intuitive, and relatable. For brands to

Vodafone UK and eSIM Go have partnered to enable UK organisations to become instant MVNO’s without any upfront costs or technical expertise. This solution, described as an ‘MVNO-in-a-box’ allows businesses to seamlessly integrate mobile services into their digital platforms. eSIM Go’s platform already supports over 300 MVNO partners globally, including prominent brands like Western Union,

A team of cyclists led by Onecom, Onestream, and WeBuyAnyPhone.com founder and entrepreneur Darren Ridge has raised over £30,000 in a sponsored bike ride to buy a Cubbie unit space for Havant Academy in Leigh Park. Cubbie units are sensory management systems designed to provide a controlled environment are often used in schools, therapy centres,

At the end of a week when it was announced Exertis owner DCC Group is selling the distributor to focus on its energy business, UK CEO Tim Griffin is upbeat and positive about the news. “It’s not a drama from my point of view. I see it as a big opportunity to have an owner

Currys’ MVNO iD Mobile, has reached the two million subscriber milestone, adding 488,000 new subscribers in the past year.  iD Mobile, whch launched nine years ago is hosted by Three and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Currys. It positions itself as a “value” network promoting affordability, flexibility, and a variety of features. It received ‘Great

Craig Smith, Group Managing Director of ICT Reverse and Mazuma Mobile, is among 50 entrepreneurs listed in the “Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders for 2024”   out of 700 nominations from 39 towns and cities. The competition was created by the investment firm LDC, part of Lloyds Banking Group. The Top 50 celebrates entrepreneurs “who

EE has added extended reality retail demonstration experiences in its Westfield. White City store flagship store, Shoppers can try out the HTC Vive XR Elite, PlayStation VR2 and Meta Quest 3, alongside the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, TCL NXTWEAR S+ and the XREAL Air 2 Pro glasses  It follows steady growth in the XR sector

Vodafone and Three have pledged to maintain tariffs for their SMARTY and VOXI MVNO customers.at £10 or below for two years from the completion of the proposed merger of the two networks. They say they will also provide a pricing framework that encourages other MVNOs to access their additional network capacity. Upon approval of the

The second-hand smartphone market grew seven per cent in the second quarter of 2024, according to the latest research from CCS Insight. But although shipments of devices increased, the value of the secondary market declined by 13 per cent to $7.7 billion due to the popularity of older devices such as the iPhone 11, which

Business technology provider Focus Group has racked up its tenth acquisition in its financial year with the takeover of Hampshire-based telecoms IT reseller Silver Lining. Silver Lining offers telephony, cloud computing, networking, cybersecurity, and managed IT services, including technical support, infrastructure management, disaster recovery, and cybersecurity. The deal also includes Atmoso, a channel-only provider that

Private 5G networks across West Sussex are to be deployed to boost local food and wine production using testing sensors, drones, and cameras. The initiative has been given a £3.8 million grant from the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology It brings together a consortium including West Sussex County Council, West Sussex Growers, Brighton University,

The GSMA, the global organisation uniting the world’s mobile ecosystem, is a sponsor for this year’s Mobile News Circular Summit, the UK’s only conference focused on the secondary market channel Scheduled to take place on October 22-23 at the Park Plaza Riverbank in London, Circular Summit will bring together industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators to

Vodafone is promising contract customers a new phone every year without any early upgrade fees or remaining charges. They must  exchange their existing device for an iPhone 16 or a model from its range of ‘Pristine’ refurbished phones. Under the  Vodafone Xchange scheme customers can choose a phone with 0% APR and customisable upfront costs.

Apple has been hit with an £11 billion tax bill following the European Court of Justice’s confirmation of the EU Commission’s decision in a tax case against Apple, ending years of legal battles. The ruling holds Apple accountable for unpaid taxes worth up to €13 billion, underscoring the Commission’s fight against aggressive tax planning by

The iPhone SE and basic iPhone 14 models are staying in the iPhone lineup which should help to maintain used value of these models as the iPhone 16 now moves to the top of the tree. The iPhone 16 range is the usual standard (£799) Plus (£899), Pro (£999) , and the Pro Max (£1,199)

If you thought iPhones were immune from savage depreciation, look away now. The iPhone 15 series depreciated by 55.57 per cent on average in its first year and is the first lineup in iPhone history to lose more than half of its value in the first 12 months. This is according to a  price tracking

A new eSIM only MVNO called Slice Mobile owned by Lyca boss Allirajah Subaskaran’s company Paraspara has launched offering talk, text and data plans on the EE network.  Slice Mobile was conceived by gffgaff founder and ex-CEO Gav Thompson Like giffgaff, Slice Mobile is using the “community-powered” approach where customers, or “members,” are encouraged to

Following the success of the blockbuster movie, Human Mobile Devices (HMD) has partnered with Mattel to create the £99 HMD Barbie Phone. The phone is a feature phone, not a smart device, and aligns with HMD’s belief that younger people are trying to limit their screen time. It was developed with Mattel’s design team and

EE MVNO Lycamobile UK says it has been wrongly hit with a winding-up petition from HMRC and that the amounts claimed have already been paid. The company says a winding up order from  HMRC was issued in error and is not connected with the recent ruling of a tribunal that it must pay £51 million

Leading MVNO Lebara has been sold to the European private equity firm Waterland Private Equity by its main existing owners, Alchemy and Triton Partners, who acquired the MVNO in 2020. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals. Waterland specializes in a “buy-and-build” strategy, acquiring and consolidating businesses. It was established in 1999 and has its

HMD, which now calls itself Human Mobile Devices, has introduced a smartphone it says can be easily repaired at home. The HMD Skyline’s back is removed by turning one screw and levering it out with a guitar pick. The screen, any bent ports, and a depleted battery can be accessed and fixed. The phone has

Eurostar Global Electrnics’ logistics arm, Eurostar Logistics, has rebranded as Tech3PL to reflect its three-pronged strategy of being technology-driven and handling third-party logistics and fulfilment. The service covers logistics and supply chain management, including transportation, warehousing, freight forwarding. The rebrand comes a year after Eurostar commissioned a new 43,000 sq ft distribution and logistics centre

Pioneer secondary market provider musicMagpie’s global revenue dipped by £8.1 million, from £61.9 million to £53.8 million, for the six months to May compared to the same period last year. This drop is primarily attributed to strategic changes in its USA operations, shifting to a sourcing-only model. Despite the overall revenue decline, UK consumer technology

Drastic action needs to be taken to encourage businesses to repair devices rather than replacing them to help boost the UK economy writes Adam Whitehouse founder of TMT First, the Staffordshire provider of technology lifecycle services. Whoever is in power needs to encourage people to get devices repaired – they need to make it easier

EE has opened its second Experience store in Manchester, a year after the launch of the first Experience store in Manchester’s Trafford Centre. EE reports that this new store has produced a 25 per cent boost in footfall compared to previous stores in the area. Manchester is now the first city to have two of

Vodafone’s prepay team has given its 2024 Vodafone Prepay Campaign of the Year award to distributor GK Telecom  GK is a PAYG SIM distributor for all networks, and also distributes for MVNOs such as Giffgaff, Smarty, Voxi, and Lebara. The company handles all the tariff refreshes and summer and winter promotions for Vodafone and other

Around 70,000 Taylor Swift fans at the Cardiff concert used up enough data to download more than 700 full-length HD movies, Vodafone reports. More than 3.314 terabytes of data were sent and received during the show. “Swifties recorded such a huge increase in data consumption that they beat Harry Styles and Pink concerts by 1.1TB

Vodafone has added a ‘Good Grade’ option in its refurbished phone range which claims to offer customers savings of up to £216 over new. Good Grade is described as “excellent working order but some visible signs of use, such as small scratches, dents or marks on the case and screen”. Good Grade devices, include iPhone

Ofcom has fined BT £2.8m because subsidiaries EE and Plusnet  did not  provide more than a million customers with clear contract information before they signed up for a new deal. Ofcom said: “The company broke our consumer protection rules designed to ensure telecoms customers get clear, comparable information about the services they are considering buying.”

This year’s WWDC is one of the most significant Apple events in recent years writes IDC vice president for data and analytics Francisco Jeronimo.  With smartphone, tablet and PC sales slowing down due to high adoption rates and offering just incremental improvements from the previous version of devices, Apple needs to reignite consumers excitement to

Emporia Telecom has formed a strategic retail partnership with Mobile News Awards Best Onine Customer Servce Consumer winner Fonehouse, Fonehouse will launch Emporia’s first 5G device, the £299 ME.6. The handset is aimed at users of any age, which is a change from Emporia’s usual target market of “simple pbones for old people’. The ME.6

Self-repair company iFixit has scrapped its two-year-old Samsung Repair Hub because it “consistently faced obstacles that made us doubt Samsung’s commitment to making repair more accessible”. The Samsung Repair Hub aimed to provide local independent repair businesses with tools and parts to repair Galaxy devices Samsung UK says iFixit’s announcement is specific to Samsung US.

Work-from-home HMRC staff have lost £1m of mobile phones and laptop computers equipment reports Matthew Davis for the Telegraph HMRC staff working from home have lost £1 million worth of laptops and mobiles, according to new data released by the Telegraph. The figures show that approximately 10 mobile phones and two laptops go missing each

Ericsson and Tele2 have upgraded the Swedish national Friends Arena in Stockholm with 5G in time for the Taylor Swift tour. The arena is named after the children’s rights organization Friends,  Tele2 plans to upgrade all Swedish stadiums with Ericsson 5G technology to meet the demand for connectivity, mobile ticketing, and live TV broadcasts. Around 150,000

BT Group has started moving broadband-only connections off copper to digital landlines over full fibre broadband as part of its goal to switch all customers off the current PSTN by January 2027. BT Consumer has resumed non-voluntary migrations for customers who haven’t used their landline in 12 months and who aren’t classified as vulnerable or

Consumers are still showing significant resistance to buying and using refurbished phones. A YouGov survey of 2,544 adults has revealed that while most people had heard of refurbished phones, only six percent currently own one. Despite the awareness, 70 percent of those who knew about refurbished handsets were unsure which networks provided them. while there

Hits 150 sites as part of its Shared Rural Network rollout. The Isle of Eigg, a community-owned island in the Hebrides, has beome the 150th site to benefit from improved mobile connectivity after Virgin Media O2 used helicopters, boats, and off-road vehicles to deliver and install a new 4G mast on the island. The SRN is

Honor and Porsche Design come up with another collaboration, the Honor Magic6 RSR, yours for just £1,599. We’ll let the press release speak for itself: “Born out of a joint pursuit of innovation,this cross-industry collaboration brings together exceptional performance with timeless luxury design, offering a special-edition smartphone that meets the needs of modern users who value

Another week. another Focus Group acquisition. This time the latest addition to the Focus Group is Brighton and Hove mobile services and communications provider Cellular Solutions, set up in 1999. Focus Group last month secured £21.3 million in investment funding from Hg Capital Trust, an investor in European and transatlantic software and services.  The two founders

SIM-only MVNO Spusu has pledged to extend its 2024 price freeze until January 2026. Spusu is a family-owned Austrian provider that launched in Vienna in 2015 and in Italy in 2020. It launched its UK operation a year ago. The EE MVNO will not utilise regulatory permission to raise bills annually in accordance with the

HMD, which now stands for ‘Human Mobile Devices’ has launched a range of ‘Pulse’ branded phones designed to be repairable by consumers. They are the HMD Pulse Pro, (price to be announced) HMD Pulse+ (£129) and HMD Pulse (£99). The HMD Pulse range is built so owners can replace a damaged display, fix a bent

Virgin Media O2 is using the Starlink constellation of low earth orbit satellites  to boost mobile services in most remote locations as part of the Shared Rural Network programme. Starlink’s LEO satellites will connect to phone masts unreachable with fibre optic cables or microwave to give connectivity to more rural communities. The Starlink mobile backhaul

The UK will continue to lag behind in 5G unless Vodafone and Three can join together and match the scale of the combined operations of BT and EE and Virgin Media and O2  said Three UK CEO Robert Finnegan who was announcing the network’s 2023 performance. The CMA is due to announce tomorrow if it

Likewize and Mazuma Mobile both emerged as double winners in the Mobile News Awards 2024 which saw 21 trophies given out in front of a crowd of 500 mobile industry guests at The London Hilton on Park Lane last night hosted by Hal Cruttenden. Nearly 100 entries competed for the top awards judged by 13

EE’s newest retail concept, the EE Studio,has won the ‘Best New Store” category of the Retail Week awards. The Studio was opened last June in its flagship store at Westfield, White City, West London and covers 4,325 square feet and aims to showcase state-of-art connectivity and technology solutions. The Studio offers visitors a range of “experience

Vodafone Business estimates the slow rollout of standalone 5G is costing small and medium enterprises £8.6 billion a year in potential productivity savings. Standalone 5G networks offer superior coverage, speed, and connectivity compared to non-standalone setups, unlocking advanced services such as augmented reality, autonomous vehicles, and IoT. In its report, titled “Supercharging Small Businesses,” Vodafone

5G connections will account for over half of the world/s mobile connections by 2029, says GSMA Intelligence. This will rise to 56 per cent by 2030 making 5G the leading connectivity technology. Connections surpassed the one billion mark at the end of 2022 rising to 1.6 billion connections by the December last year. This is

At Mobile World Congress Xiaomi has just launched its latest flagship smartphone series, the Xiaomi 14 Series developed in collaboration with Leica. The Xiaomi 14, has a more compact design with a triple-camera setup and Leica Summilux lenses Xiaomi 14 (256Gb) will cost £849. Anyone who buys one before the end of March will get

If you’ve ever wanted to spend the night at the BT Tower – rejoice. The BT Tower is being sold for for £275m to MCR Hotels, who plan to turn it into a hotel. The BT Tower is now largely obsolete as a telecoms facility as the all-digital age beclons. Ntwork operations provided from the

Mobile News’ Circular Summit conference held last November has facilitated the establishment of a UK Circular Standards Committee to oversee agreed standards of quality for the sale of used devices. Leading figures from VMO2, GiffGaff, EE, Vodafone, Three, PhoneCheck, eBay, BackMarket, CCS Insights, Currys, and Music Magpie have already joined the committee,following a presentation at Circular

Vodafone UK has reported a 5.2 per cent increase in service revenue in its latest quarterly financial update, demonstrating strong performance across both its Consumer and Business segments. The mobile sector witnessed an addition of 18,000 contract customers, attributed to robust seasonal trading and an improvement in consumer contract retention by 0.8 percentage points year-on-year.

Rugged handset specialist Bullitt Group has gone into administration with the loss of 100 jobs after a critical planned restructuring failed. Mobile News understands 100 staff were let go on Friday after the plan to move them across to a new company failed, and that none of them had been paid for two months. The

Vodafone and Microsoft have joined forces in a 10-year collaboration partnership to develop a new AI and IoT connectivity platform and revamping Vodafone’s global data centre cloud strategy.  Vodafone will invest £1.18 billion over the next decade in  cloud and customer-focused AI services developed with Microsoft.  Microsoft will use Vodafone’s fixed and mobile connectivity services.

Reports that BT is facing massive fines for not meeting the deadline to remove Huawei equipment from its core network appear to be premature.

Next year will see many more device-to-device satcoms services says Peter Kibutu,Advanced Technology Lead at 5G satellite consultancy TTP There will be further partnerships between terrestrial network providers, which own most of the desirable spectrum and have access to a large subscriber base, and non-terrestrial providers. These joint ventures will tackle rural and remote black

5G Stand Alone upgrades will result in a significant shift away from legacy 4G network architectures next year writes Jack Waland, Technical Programme Manager of The Scotland 5G Centre 2023 has been a pivotal year for investment in 5G networks, both public and private. The market has continued to expand globally, moving beyond mobile broadband

Apple has expanded its Self Service Repair program to include the iPhone 15 lineup and M2-powered computers. The service is now available in 24 additional European countries, including Croatia, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Switzerland. This expansion supports 35 Apple products across 33 countries and is available in 24 languages. Apple Diagnostics for Self

A third of UK businesses are still ignorant abut the discontinuation of the pubic switched network and chage to VoIP scheduled to take place by December 2025.

“New” EE has introduced EE TV which includes content and hardware such as Apple TV 4K and EE’s set-top boxes at subscruption prices from £18 to £76 a month There are three device options: EE TV on Apple TV 4K (live TV and access to streaming apps and Apple’s services with an EE-branded remote), EE

Phones 4U (In Administration) has lost its case against the mobile networks iin which it accused them of colluding to shut the retailer down in 2014. 

GK Telecom managing director  Ravi Navaratnam, has won EE’s new ‘Shining Star’ Award, designed to recognize “an individual who has excelled in the channel”.  

Three’s proposed merger with Vodafone is now ‘vital’ to enable the required investment scale, said Three CEO Robert Finnegan. The network today revealed its Q3 results which showed total revenue of £1.8bn, an increase of two per cent over the same period last year. Three now has 10.7 million active customers, an increase of four per

The telecoms industry provides the basic infrastructure on which we build our digital lives writes Nick Johnson, Head of the UK Telecoms Initiative Network. Continuously developing this infrastructure is critical to further unlocking opportunities for economic and societal benefit. It will also ensure the UK is well positioned to lead global scientific and technological advancement,

Virgin Media O2’s mobile contract base put on 50,000 new users in the third quarter of the year to a total of 16.1 million with monthly consumer contract churn remaining low at one per cent. 

EE is being relaunched as ‘New EE’ with the biggest marketing campaign since the brand’s launch in 2012. As part of a new raft of services and products, EE has partnered with Apple to launch a new TV streaming service called ‘EE TV.’ The new TV service will offer flexible TV packages accessed from an

AI and advanced photography are the major highlights of Google’s latest smartphones, the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, with a ‘focus’ on enhancing photography and communication intelligence.  The Android 14-powered Pixel 8 is priced at £699 (128GB) and £759 (256GB), while the Pixel 8 Pro comes in at £999 (128GB), £1,059 (256GB), and £1,179 (512GB).   Both

Nokia has launched a range of rugged 5G devices for use in environments such as ports, mines, chemical plants, and offshore oil platforms.

Andy Morris has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Likewize Europe to replace Gerry O’Keefe who is retiring from the business.

Virgin Media O2 is trialling a rural project to help farmers protect their and other property from theft as well as monitor livestock movements and whether gates are open or closed.

EE has boosted 4G coverage in the southern Lake District following the upgrade of two masts. 

Apple is expected to sell over 150 million units of its new iPhone 15 lineup within the first 12 months of release, according to research firm IDC.

Apple’s new iPhone 15 range will cost more or less the same as the iPhone 14 range a year ago. The ’15’ prices range as high as £1,599 for the top-spec Pro Max with 1TB storage down to £799 for the base 15 with 128BGB. Apple is offering £600 trade-in for a 128GB iPhone Pro

OPPO has informed the High Court that it does not accept the Court’s jurisdiction to set a global fair and reasonable rate (FRAND) for Nokia patent renewals and has accepted an injunction against using and implementing the patents while it prepares to appeal the Court’s decision.

Belfast unified comms provider Barclay Communications has launched a service called ‘Barclay Bounce’ that allows business customers to easily switch between O2, Vodafone, EE without paying early termination charges or starting a new contract. The company has invested £500,000 in the new service including a £350,000 CRM system and £150,000 in specialist engineering staff to