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Police Arrest Welsh Youth For TalkTalk Hack Blackmail
Arrests just keep coming as another youngster is arrested for last month’s damaging cyberattack
EE Could Allow Ad Blocking At Network Level
EE CEO Olaf Swantee says operator is having strategic review to see whether customers should be allowed to control their mobile experience
How Media Companies Can Survive In A Mobile-First Era
CNN, Time Inc and Google discuss how technology, media firms and telecoms will impact the future of content
Vodafone Uses Wi-Fi Spectrum To Boost 4G In LAA Trial
Vodafone believes unlicensed spectrum can improve 4G coverage without disturbing Wi-Fi
Huawei And Telefonica Join Forces For 5G Development
Partners will work together on a number of 5G technologies after agreeing deal at Huawei MBBF 2015
Gigaclear Offers 5Gbps Broadband In Rural Areas
Gigaclear is trialling 5Gbps and will launch nationwide from early 2016
Ericsson Predicts 150m 5G Subscriptions By 2021
Ericsson report predicts sixfold increase in mobile data consumption and rapid adoption of 5G when it launches in 2020
Prison Phone Provider Securus Suffers Massive Hack
Significant hack of Securus comprimises over 70 million records of prison phone calls
UN Allocates Bandwidth For Global Satellite Flight Tracking System
WRC-15 paves the way fopr satellite flight tracking system following MH370 disappearance
EE Wants Three To Drop ‘Undisputed’ Reliability Claim
EE tells Advertising Standards Authority that Three's claim to be the 'undisputed' most reliable network in the UK cannot be substantiated
Vodafone Arrives At ‘Turning Point’ As It Reaches 5.3m UK 4G Users
Vodafone CEO praises £19bn investment programme in global networks as recovery, and UK 4G growth, continues
Vodafone Frustrated At Lack Of NB-IoT Standardisation
Vodafone R&D director says without NB-IoT progress, mobile industry could miss out on M2M oppoprtunity
Government Promises 10Mbps Broadband For Anyone Who Wants It
Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to reveal how 10Mbps will be made available to the entire UK by 2020
Virgin Media Has 4.6m Broadband Users As Expansion Continues
More than two fifths of Virgin Media customers take 100Mbps as firm increases top speed to 200Mbps
GSMA Repeats Calls For More Mobile Spectrum Ahead Of WRC-15
Acting director general of GSMA says mobile industry needs more bandwdith to help solve future problems
Researchers Predict 1bn VoLTE Connections For 4G Calls By 2018
VoLTE connections to surge to one billion by 2018, with two billion possible by the end of the decade, report claims
Ofcom Wants To Protect TV Frequencies At Global Spectrum Event
Ofcom supports European proposals to free up spectrum for mobile broadband at WRC-15, but wants sub-700MHz to stay for Freeview
BT Consumer Outshines Business As 415,000 Join Openreach Fibre
Champions League and BT TV boost profits, but consumer and global sales are down while Openreach competitors fight back in broadband battle
EU Abolishes Roaming But Rejects Net Neutrality Amendments
Holiday phone bills will get cheaper but has the open Internet been safeguarded?
Ofcom To Sell 2.3GHz And 3.4GHz For 4G And IoT In Early 2016
Ofcom finalises plans to sell 190MHz of spectrum, with a combined reserve price of £70m
Vodafone Brings 4G Roaming to UAE And 7 Other Countries
Business trips to Dubai and casino visits in Monaco will become a bit more pleasant for Vodafone customers thanks to 4G roaming
The People’s Operator: IPO And Jimmy Wales Give Charity-Focused MVNO Credibility
CEO of The People's Operator says its business model is working and allowing it to thrive in competitive UK mobile market
Three Boosts 4G Network Speeds ‘By 40 Percent’ With New Spectrum
Three rolls out latest network upgrade to its 4G customers, claiming it will boost speed and capacity
RootMetrics: Operators Can’t Discredit ‘Scientific’ Mobile Network Tests
RootMetrics explains how exactly it tests the UK's four major mobile operators and why its methods can combat criticism from O2
Mobile Industry Confident Ahead Of Global Spectrum Conference
GSMA says there is still much to do before WRC-15, which will allocate spectrum on a global scale, starts next month
GSMA Embedded SIM Standard Gains Momentum
More operators sign up for embedded SIM standard that could manage the Internet of Things (IoT) and make it easier to change networks
Experian Blamed After 15m T-Mobile Customer Details Are Stolen
Boss of T-Mobile US “incredibly angry” after 15 million customer details stolen from Experian server
Three Suffers Nationwide Mobile Data Outage
Customers across the UK hit by 3G and 4G drop across Three network this morning
Virgin Media Boosts Its Broadband Top Speed To 200Mbps
‘Vivid’ service provides faster connectivity with all Virgin Media customers eligible for an upgrade