Tesco Mobile is to sponsor of Digital Matters, a free online learning programme from Internet Matters for primary school teachers to teach media literacy and online safety education, Tesco Mobile says 30 per cent of teachers are citing a lack of training as a significant barrier to teaching online safety effectively and 21 per cent

Millions of UK households are sitting on a stockpile of unused mobile phones, potentially losing billions in trade-in value according to recycling site Compare and Recycle. The study, conducted in collaboration with YouGov, found that 5.68 million UK households have at least three unused, but still functional, mobile phones stored at home. More than half

Vodafone Group is building a massive logistics hub in Luxembourg to store mobile and fixed network equipment for its European markets. The 26,000-square-meter facility will be managed by the Vodafone Procurement Company and is expected to enable more efficient movement of equipment, such as antennas and routers, across Vodafone’s European businesses. Vodafone estimates that 88

The UK will miss out on £11bn of infrastructure investment to deliver 5G Standalone to 95 percent of the population by 2030 and 99 percent of the UK population by 2034 unless the Vodafone Three merger goes ahead. So says Vodafone UK’s Chief Network Officer, Andrea Donà, citing findings from research that indicate nationwide 5G

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

HMD has signed a sponsorship deal with FC Barcelona. The three-year deal sees Human Mobile Devices become a Global Partner of FC Barcelona, and the Official Mobile Phone Partner of the club. The partnership is designed to raise awareness of Human Mobile Devices through digital advertising opportunities at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys and Spotify

Circular economy startup Reboxed has launched ReboxedOS, a platform aimed at helping brands manage consumer electronics trade ins and inventory management The platform allows companies to establish and scale co-branded resale, trade-in, and recycling programs, with a focus on both revenue growth and sustainability. It has been designed to integrate with existing systems, allowing brands

Swisscom Broadcast is deploying 300 of Nokia’s ‘Drones-as-a-Service’ networks across Switzerland to enable emergency response, handle perimeter protection, and conduct infrastructure inspections. The drones communicate over 4G or 5G networks. The drone-in-a-box as-a-service solution includes a Nokia drone, docking station, parachute, payload equipment such as a dual gimbal camera, software ground control station, and a

Regulator calls for evidence on innovative solutions to disrupt UK mobile number spoofing from abroad and mobile messaging scams Phone companies will have to identify andblock calls from abroad under strengthened industry guidance introduced by Ofcom to protect the public from scam calls. Current rules do not require operators to block all calls from abroad

American mobile networks may be forced to allow customers to unlock their phones within two months of activation, even before their contracts have lapsed if FCC proposals succeed. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel (main pic) has proposed new unlocking rules that would allow consumers the freedom to take their existing phones and switch from one mobile

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

Quickline Communications CTO and 5G Testbeds and Trials programme programme director Ian Smith is the new head of UK Telecoms Innovations Network taking over from Nick Johnson. UKTIN brings together industry, academia, and government stakeholders to advocate for telecoms R&D talent in investment, cooperation and commercialisation. The 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme is the government’s

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

Virgin Media O2’s ‘s contract mobile base reduced by 74,500 for the first three months of the year ending Q1 at 16.0 million. Total mobile connections grew to 45.1 million from growth in IoT and wholesale MVNO connections incuding Sky Mobile and Tesco Mobile. The contract base dip was caused by reduction in handset sales

Currys’ iD Mobile MVNO will be sponsoring Channel 4‘s free streaming E4’s ‘Bright Entertainment’ channel. IDMobile, which runs on the Three network, will use the sponsorship to promote a new logo and branding identity. The sponsorship ident feature voice-over from actor and comedian Matt Berry. E4 Bright Entertainment’ is primarily aimed at the 16/18–34 age

 Vodafone Business has launched ‘Your Business Can’, a new brand campaign aimed at helping small and medium sized businesses source the digital tools to enhance cybersecurity. Vodafone Business reckons 46 per cent of UK SMEs felt that they could increase profits and efficiency by making better use of digital tools, whilst 40 per cent admitted that

Apple will defend itself from the US Justice Department which is accusing the Cupertino giant of violating US federal and state antitrust laws. The 800-page complaint was filed on Thursday in a US. District Court in New Jersey by the Justice Department and 16 other US state and district attorneys general and says Apple has

TalkTalk Wholesale Services has rebranded as PlatformX Communications (PXC) and combined its Virtual1 and TalkTalk’s Wholesale Services and national network into the UK’s largest independent wholesale telecoms platform. PXC has been operating as an independent company within TalkTalk Group since March 1st. CEO Tom O’Hagan (main pic )commented: “The launch of our new company and

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

Focus Group has acquired RPM Communications which sells cloud-based telephony to the healthcare sector. The move bolsters the growth of Focus’ specialist healthcare division Think Healthcare which is an approved supplier to NHS RPM Communications and is also a preferred supplier to NHS England. “When the opportunity arose to further enhance our capabilities and bolster

Focus Group has acquired RPM Communications which sells cloud-based telephony to the healthcare sector. The move bolsters the growth of Focus’ specialist healthcare division Think Healthcare which is an approved supplier to NHS RPM Communications and is also a preferred supplier to NHS England. “When the opportunity arose to further enhance our capabilities and bolster

Doro UK and Ireland MD Peter Marsden is heading up a new Doro direct-to-consumer division, He has been replaced as MD by senior channel account manager Ben Crompton. Crompton has 20 years’ experience in the mobile industry and has worked at Orange and BlackBerry. He joined Doro in 2019 and will be working to expand

Vodafone has signed a multi-year partnership with Superstruct Entertainment to be official connectivity partner of the Boardmasters music festival held in Cornwall in August

Telefonica MVNO, giffgaff is providing street newspaper the Big Issue with 250 refurbished smart phones which will be given to new sellers to enable them to generate cashless sales.  This is Big Issue’s first partnership with a mobile network, and the first time that Big Issue sellers have smartphones with NFC technology, The Giff Gaff supplied-phones

Ofcom is holding a consultation over its plan to overhaul the licensing and configuration regulations governing customer-installed indoor mobile phone boosters.

The Mobile Phone Museum has partnered with the PK Porthcurno, Museum of Global Communications in a new exhibition on the 40-year history of the mobile phone.

The Unite trade union has attacked the proposed Vodafone and Three merger saying it is a threat to national security and will cost consumers £300 a year.

Technology consortium Smart Nano NI, has launched the largest 5G testbed in Northern Ireland in Derry-Londonderry to accelerate smart manufacturing in the country.

The rollout of 5G and a related set of communication capabilities, known as 5G New Calling (5GNC), could open up new revenue streams for mobile operators writes Henry Calvert, head of networks at the GSMA.

Around 14.4 million iPhone Lightning cables could end up in landfills following the iPhone’s transition to USB-C, according to circular economy pioneer Music Magpie.

Exertis may close its Raunds, Wellingborough warehouse and distribution facility next year (above) and move the activity into its £50 million state-of-the-art Burnley Bridge complex.

Around three million owners of older iPhones will soon be receiving $65 each in damages from Apple after a class action that accused Apple of slowing their devices succeeded reports San Francisco’s Mercury News

MVNO Lyca Mobile has extended its 10-year partnership with West Ham United and now includes the club’s Women’s Team in its sponsored activities. Lyca’s activities with West Ham Mobile Cup will include the West Ham United Foundation girls’ tournament. Also, West Ham United fans will be able to purchase Lyca Mobile ‘Fan Plans’ which will

It’s more important than ever that brands can develop new mobile apps quickly and cost-effectively writes Perry Krug , Head of Developer Experience at Couchbase 

Three has built its hundredth 4G rural site as part of the Shared Rural Network programme. The £1 billion SRN programme will increase all operators’ 4G coverage increase to 90 per cent of UK 95 per cent by 2026.

A £40 million fund for local and regional authorities to accelerate 5G innovation and pioneer digital connectivity for residents and business is now open for applications,

The European Parliament has adopted the final report of the PEGA Committee of Inquiry which included eight recommendations on telecom networks to address the growing threat of unauthorised intrusions and surveillance campaigns wrtes Rowland Corr, VP of Government relations at international telecoms security firm, Enea The move is a much-needed broadening of scope recognising a wider

Virgin Mobile’s planned job cuts of 2,000 people by the end of the year is just the start of  further cost cutting measures across the industry.according to top telco analyst Paolo Pescatore.  Some people have already left the business. The number of redundancies includes some changes already announced internally. Some jobs are in consultation and

Worrying about whether you can afford to use a phone while away is ‘bonkers’ writes Virgin Media O2 COO Gareth Turpin A year and a half ago Virgin Media O2 proudly became the odd one out by not following the other major mobile networks in reintroducing EU roaming fees All O2 and Virgin Mobile customers

Vodafone Is using Ericsson’s new A3218 compact antenna to make planning applications easier, and improve 5G capacity, coverage and performance without increasing its antenna footprint.

Handset manufacturers may have to redesign their devices by 2028 if a provisional agreement to require user-replaceable batteries EU is approved by the EU Parliament and Council.

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.

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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Ericsson shareholders have failed in their bid to sue Ericsson’s CEO and board members over the scandal of its payment of bribes to ISIS terrorists in 2019 which caused its stock to drop by a third. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has dismissed the securities litigation brought by certain

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.

Virgin Media O2 added 297,000 mobile connections during the first three months of the year. This includes connections from wholesale customers such as Sky Mobile.

Vodafone, Three and BT have accused Virgin Media O2 of confusing customers with “misleading and incorrect information and chasing publicity with sensationalist headlines”.

Vodafone and Coventry University have collaborated to expand their 5G Standalone 5GSA Media Innovation Lab in Coventry to develop new 5G use cases around media and broadcast events such as festivals and live content contribution in isolated locations. Vodafone and Coventry University deployed the UK’s first live 5G Standalone (5G SA) network in 2020 to

EE has expanded its mobile network to another 1,500 remote communities including Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. The upgrades are part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN), a £1 billion joint initiative between mobile network operators and the UK Government to extend 4G connectivity to 95 per cent of the UK’s geography by the

Reduction of up to £6 a month leads to increase in orders

700 5G smartphone models are now available 

BAI-hosted 5G Tube connectivity follows December 4G switch on

Unlimited texts and voice calls for all customers who are moved to O2 from next month.

Coverage is provided in partnership with BAI Communications

In the future, BAI’s infrastructure will be 5G-ready to allow for more upgrades and 4G and 5G could be rolled out simultaneously

The trends of 2022 are said to continue into the future- with the metaverse, standalone 5G and satellite connectivity to start becoming prominent in 2023

Horsham based TAL manage a range of broadband products for large and small brands

EE is delivering its 5G beyond urban areas and allowing towns to benefit from its network

This announcement builds on Ericsson’s history within telecommunications and supports the government’s ambition to be a leader in future communications and global standards

14pc have switched mobile provider in the past 12 months

The app will help households understand their home energy consumption, monitor their power usage and find ways to cut costs

Customers could be hit by price rises of around 14pc at the end of March

Sylwia Kechiche, Principal Analyst at Ookla, discusses the topic of consolidation and how it may impact consumers if network convergence is carried out incorrectly

Dr Paul Carter of Global Wireless Solutions shares his insights from his teams work and talks about how technology is evolving more than ever

Businesses need to being adopting a proactive approach to customer service to better support and retain valuable customers, says Ben Booth, CEO of MaxContact

The company was certified following a lengthy accreditation process

The SOC will provide 24/7 management every day for ICT assets across the Northern Ireland Civil Service

This smart home and cyber security expansion comes after a survey revealed that over 12.7 million UK consumers plan to take up a smart home security product in the future and around 80per cent of UK consumers are worried about their digital identity being stolen

Its overall user base increased from 20.2 million to 369.7 million

Day three of the event focused on the digital self, and how consumer trends are evolving

This segment highlighted the efforts telcos are taking towards providing customers with affordable bundles and what is BT’s response to some of CCS Insights predictions 2023

Day two of CCS Insight’s predictions examined the digital community and ways in which digital communities and organisations are changing and what this will mean for people around the world

Day one of CCS Insight’s predictions looked at ‘the bigger picture’ in the digital world

The Next Wave report is the largest consumer 5G research with 49,000 consumers across 37 countries interviewed

The portfolio covers broadband controller, WiFi controller and operational tools

Monthly contracts will dominate over the next decade

This year’s race weekend takes place November 17 to 20 at the Yas Marina Circuit

Talks of consolidation has been rife within the telecoms industry ever since Virgin Media and O2 merged in 2021. Now it seems that mobile networks Three and Vodafone want to strike a deal, as well as some in the broadband space. Analysts in the industry share their thoughts…

Vodafone is to sponsor UK Armed Forces Rugby Union (UKAF). The UKAF Rugby Union is a combined team of the best players and support staff from the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force.

Executives complain of not getting customer metrics data quickly enough says Sagacity survey

The discussion was moderated by Richard Webb and the panel included; Virgin Media O2 business head of strategy innovation and 5G- Sandeep Raithatha, BT head of forecasting- Colette Jackson, Three Business director of trading- Tristan Runswick and Vodafone head of radio and performance- Ker Anderson

Key product take up across the UK and Europe contributed to strong results

The network upgrade comes after EE’s launch of new smartphone plans on 5G capable handsets

The company has also successfully trialled the use of recycled aggregate to minimise environmental impact of its fibre rollout

Shane Kelly previously spent six years at Dixons Carphone

48pc said they would actively search for a new provider

Roaming IoT connections will jump 1,140 per cent during the five-year period

The move grows Focus Group’s foothold around the M4 corridor and the Midlands region

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

Homes and businesses across Devon, Dorset and Somerset are already benefitting from Jurassic Fibre’s network and the expansion to Cornwall reflects its commitment to level up in the South West

The company has seen recent growth with the acquisition of Relove Technology, and another part of this growth is that the new management team will take majority ownership of the business

RootMetrics carried out 642,296 unique tests across 16 cities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales where EE was rated the best network for speed, data and overall performance

Locations such as Dartmouth, Milford on Sea, Aberystwyth, Holywood and Irvine join Brighton, Blackpool, Edinburgh and Bangor to benefit from 5G connectivity

The figure will double by 2026 to 4.3 billion, reports Berg Insight 

Lyca Mobile is one of the only operators to not have reintroduced EU roaming charges, helping to bring down costs for UK customers 

Both companies have a shared commitment to reduce the impact of e-waste and drive a positive change

$10 million in grants offered to anyone who can crack Lockdown Mode

The distributor also sponsored the club last season