By Islam Rashad UK telecom providers are undergoing a transformative digital revolution. The rollout of 5G, fibre broadband networks, and IoT, coupled with the introduction of AI, is driving innovation, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing customer experiences. These advancements are reshaping telecom operators into Digital Service Providers positioning them as essential enablers of the UK’s

IT managed services provider Redsquid has acquired Aberdeen-based *IT Hotdesk to boost service offerings in the region. IT Hotdesk’s team and operations will be integrated into Redsquid’s existing structure. This is Redsquid’s third acquisition this year. In August Redsquid bought OptivITy, a managed service provider specialising in the film industry. In March it acquired Epoq

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

The proposed merger between Vodafone and Three is nearly a done deal. The Competition and Markets Authority has agreed that a significant network upgrade by the merged company could address competition concerns and allow the merger to proceed. The CMA now states that a legally binding commitment from Vodafone and Three to undertake their proposed

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

Customers must be told upfront in pounds and pence about any price rises their provider includes in their contract, under new consumer protection rules announced today by Ofcom. UK phone, broadband, and pay TV companies will no longer be able to include price rises linked to future inflation rates in their contract terms. New Rules

Virgin Media O2 has used a helicopter to deliver three new 4G mobile phone masts to the remote Uist islands in the Outer Hebrides as part of the £1bn Shared Rural Network programme. Uist is a group of six islands that are part of the Outer Hebridean Archipelago, which is part of the Outer Hebrides

Decreasing data plan costs and expanding mobile networks are allowing more people than ever to enjoy online gaming writes Mathew Ratty, CEO and founder of ad fraud prevention provider TrafficGuard. Mobile betting draws in the majority share of online gamblers, especially younger bettors. The Gambling Commission found that three quarters of 18–34 year-olds use a

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

Focus Group has continued on its takeover trail acquiring Midland Telecommunications Management Ltd, which trades as  Midland Telecom & IT. Focus this month secured £21.3 million in investment funding from Hg Capital Trust, an investor in European and transatlantic software and services. Focus was founded in 2003 by Ralph Gilbert and Chris Goodman in Brighton

MVNO iD Mobile has declined to comment on a report in The Sunday Times that parent company Currys, is being pressured by its largest shareholder J O Hambro to sell the Three-hosted operator. JO Hambro’s UK Equity fund holds 4.5 per cent  of Currys’ shares and sent out an investor letter stating, “The pressure will

New Ofcom rules mean networks will have to send clearer roaming alerts to mobile customers from October and provide information about charges. Ofcom says the quality of information being provided to roaming customers has been inconsistent and unclear and that its research found 19 per cent of holidaymakers were unaware they could face roaming charges.

The Government has has announced it is pushing for a sweeping prohibition on mobile phones in schools across the country in a bid to curb distractions and foster a safer learning environment. Under the new guidelines, schools have been instructed to implement stringent measures to enforce the ban effectively. Options include requiring students to hand

Virgin Media O2 and its shareholders Liberty Global and Telefónica are to challenge BT Openreach with their own net network company called NetCo to build fibre network infrastructure. The venture is ley to Virgin Media O2’s ambitious plan to upgrade 16 million homes across the UK to full fibre as a major competitor to BT’s

Telecoms customers must be told upfront about any price rises their provider includes in their contract, under new consumer protection plans set out today by Ofcom. Ofcom is to stop telecoms companies from levying mid-contract price rises and introduce tougher protections for customers by banning this practice The new ruling woud apply to new contracts. A

Mobile marketplace platform Mozillion has been certified by TikTok Shop as an approved refurbished mobile tech provider.

Currys’ MVNO iD Mobile has amassed 1.5 million subscribers using Three’s network, up from from its 800,000 customers five years ago.

Black Friday or Cyber Monday weekend is the UK’s favorite time to buy refurbished devices, according The Big Phone Store’s Managing Director, Steven Athwal, managing director of refurbushed phone retailer The Big Phone Store. The Big Phone Store, the trading ame for Euro Communications Distribution extracted data sourced from Google Trends. To find this data,

Iridium and Qualcomm’s dream of covering the world’s surface with an emergency texting service accessible through Snapdragon satellite-chip Android smartphones is over.

How has eSIM changed consumer behaviour? The long-term impact of eSIM on consumers is yet to be seen, but the emerging changes have already begun writes Hamish White, founder and CEO of eSIM pioneer Mobilise As the technology continues to evolve, we can expect the capabilities and definitions of mobile providers to change in line

Ericsson has slashed £2.4 billion off the book value of Vonage, the American cloud communications provider it bought for £5 billion in 2022.

Virgin Media O2 and Ericsson are to provide a 5G standalone private network to venues hosting a national BBC Children in Need charity games tournament

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.

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 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.

The head of Commercial for EE Bridget Lea has been appointed general manager of Snap, the parent company of Snapchat,

Telecom software solutions provider PiPcall has appointed former Orange senior VP Duncan Ward, as its new CEO.

The Android platform is now riddled with scam apps that can hijack user’s personal data. Cybersecurity experts ESET says there has been an 88 per cent increase in the number of SpyLoan loan apps that can steal sensitive information from infected Android devices This has led to a 19 per cent overall growth in the

BT Mobile was the most complained-about mobile provider in the first three months of the year says Ofcom. Customers complained mainly about issues with changing providers and how their complaints had been handled. Sky Mobile, Tesco Mobile, and EE attracted the fewest number of complaints during Q1.

Ex-Three financial director Paula Benoit has joined utilities and connectivity Glide, as chief financial officer. Glide operates across s the UK and Europe and specialises in connecting student and built-to-rent accommodation, shared HMO living, and business parks with fibre broadband and wifi. It has its own national full fibre network reaching over 100,000 premises, Benoit has

Vodafone Business says its free V-Hub digital advisory service is now being accessed globally by ore than five million users in small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and small-office, home-offices (SOHOs) across 14 European and African countries.

Marc Allera, the CEO of BT’s Consumer Division would be an ideal prime candidate to take over as  BT Group CEO from Philip Jansen (main pic) says top telco analyst Paolo Pescatore. “This has been on the cards for some time” said Pescatore. “There’s not much more left for him (Philip Jansen) to do. He

Sky Ireland has paid Irish the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) €54,000 to avoid prosecution for failing to put consumer references on customers’ bills as required by law. Consumer references are defined as the numbers required to switch service provider Failure to comply is an offence . ComReg found the discrepancy after investigating complaints by

Vodafone and Three will announced their marriage in less than 48 hours according to Reuters, creating a network with 27 million customers. The new merged company, expected to be announced on Friday will be 51 per cent owned by by Vodafone and 49 per cent owned by Hutchison. Analysts say it wil be worth around

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.

Around a 64 per cent of people in the world’s least developed countries (LDC) are still offline in least developed countries writes Hamish White, CEO of SaaS solutions provider Mobilise This equates to 720 million people , or 27 per cent of the global offline population, even though the these countries population makes up just 14

The West Midlands Combined Authority is the best-connected region for 5G according to a mobile coverage study from telecoms analyst Umlaut. The report analyses 5G coverage across the UK’s Combined Authority areas and shows two-thirds of locations in the region can get 5G from at least one network operator. This is 300 per cent coverage

Inflationary pressures will squeeze sales of mid-tier phones but sales of 5G flagship devices are expected to hold up

Swings and roundabouts for gigabit-connected experiment

Two Magic tricks claim class-leading camera and video performance 

Thinner and smaller Find N successor debuts next week

Funds will pay any US Department of Justice costs

Seven-year partnership to continue

The global used device market is set to soar to 413 million units by 2026

Only the second non-Korean to head Poland division

By Lyca Mobile Chairman, Allirajah Subaskaran As 2022 draws to a close, it marks two and a half years of financial struggle for many. A result of the pandemic, staff layoffs and the recent conflict in Ukraine, the cost of living crisis has well and truly bitten. Value for money has once again been thrown

The ‘Faces of Disconnection’ photo series is released as Vodafone reach the milestone of donating connectivity to one million people living in digital exclusion

Billionaire warns Apple and Google not to ban the Twitter app

Offers are available until December 5

Deals are valid until November 30

With work forces moving to a more hybrid pattern, Andrew Rowley, Partnerships Director at Radius Connect, explains how Enterprise Mobility Management maintains security for business

Automatic erasure assists in “right to be forgotten” legislation

Lack of digital skills is costing the UK economy billions, but the private sector must do more, says Martin McFadyen, Virgin Media O2 Business’ Head of Public Sector

Stuart Waine of Spry Fox Networks explains the key role of seamless mobile connectivity in climate change initiatives and carbon reduction strategies

14pc have switched mobile provider in the past 12 months

Some of these deals continue until December 7

Deals will last until November 28

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

Some of these deals are valid until as late as December 20

Offers include up to £50 off new and refurbished phones

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

Utilities represent part of the critical national infrastructure in the UK, and are prone to cyber threats. Here, Alastair MacLeod, CEO at Ground Control, a satellite focused, IoT and M2M critical communications connectivity provider, examines how utilities companies can mitigate these threats to ensure commercial operations are not compromised

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

The new guidance aims to support innovation, investment and growth, by content providers, broadband and mobile companies

Over 2000 company volunteers will offer free digital skills training across the UK

In the 3Q22, demand for traditional PCs such as desktops, laptops, and workstations had a sharp decline

CityFibre experts claim full fibre roll out to boost Maidstone’s economy

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…

The survey revealed that 36 per cent of Brits have never switched providers

Offers are exclusive to Virgin Media and O2 customers

Airtime provisioning company plan.com has taken over one of its partners, Shropshire digital communications specialist Telserve.

Redsquid Cyber/Kill is the company’s Managed Endpoint Detection and Recovery solution (MDR) backed by a team of more than 30 security experts

Ocushield’s products protect from blue light and radiation 

As more companies enter the UK’s booming market for secondary devices, Northampton-based mobile parts specialist Replace Base has multiple ideas for staying ahead of the game and growing business

First shipments expected in Q1 next year Qualcomm has released its latest chips which should start shipping in smart phones early next year. The Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Mobile Platforms are aimed at the mid-tier and mass-volume segments and show improvements in connectivity, entertainment, and AI. Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

The survey showed 71pc of people say they wouldn’t even expect to pay for roaming charges

For access to most social tariffs, claimants have to prove their entitlement as often as once a month by providing screenshots or letters from the Jobcentre to their provider

48pc said they would actively search for a new provider

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 S89 Pro can withstand being submerged in water, is drop resistant and can operate in extreme situations

At no additional data cost, Virgin Media O2 users can access National Debtline, Business Debtline, Turn2us, Debt Advice Foundation and National Energy Action

The company specialises in the international distribution of consumer electronics

Pangea’s sales planner will allow its partners to plan around the upcoming switch-off

It has not been reported why the review is taking place, or how long it will last

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

Customers of all four MNOs will be able to use 4G and 5G mobile coverage on the London Underground by 2024

It comes with a rear triple-camera and is runs on a Snapdragon 695 processor 

Phones 4U owners took funds that could have sealed a deal Marc Allera tells Court on Day 15 of collusion case

Smartwatches continue to grow but wristbands dropped 40.5pc during the quarter

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

Clients of Aviva will have access to insurance, repair, upgrade and premium tech support services from Likewize

Motivations to be more environmentally friendly and the cost of living crisis are key reasons for consumers wanting to buy refurbished

The technology is expected to boost efficiency and reduce mobile network consumption 

It comes with a quad-camera set-up and 5,000mAh battery