mobile networks

Cisco Targets 4G Mobile Networks With ASR 5500

Cisco has unveiled the ASR 5500 appliance to help power the next generation of mobile networks

12 years ago

Sprint To Close Down 2G Nextel Network

US operator Sprint is to close its 2G Nextel network next year as part of its 4G LTE rollout plans

12 years ago

US 4G Network LightSquared Goes Bust

The US 4G network LightSquared has declared bankruptcy but insists Chapter 11 is not the end

12 years ago

O2 Touts 150Mbps London 4G Trial Success

O2 is trumping the 'success' of its 4G trial in London, which delivered download speeds of up to 150Mbps

12 years ago

New Standard Takes The Pain Out Of Wi-Fi Hotspots

Future hotspots will take the strain, moving users easily from mobile to Wi-Fi networks

12 years ago

Alcatel-Lucent Touts Mobile Wi-Fi Hookup With LightRadio

Alcatel-Lucent has an answer for device users who fancy moving seamlessly between Wi-Fi hotspots and mobile networks

12 years ago

Everything Everywhere Could Unify Orange and T-Mobile Brands

Everything Everywhere is investigating the possibility of phasing out its existing brands

12 years ago

Siri Blamed For Apple iPhone 4S Data Greed

The voice-activated personal assistant blamed for dramatic increase in mobile data use

12 years ago

Ofcom And Mobile Providers Take RIM To Task Over Porn Access

BlackBerry mobiles allow kids to access porn sites but RIM promises to block illegal content in a matter of days

12 years ago

Everything Everywhere Pledges £1.5bn Net Spend

Britain's largest mobile operator is to invest £1.5bn to improve its mobile network and prepare for 4G

12 years ago

Video To Drive Mobile Data Traffic Increase

Mobile data traffic is to grow ten fold by 2016, adding to the data strain for many mobile networks

12 years ago

Vodafone Extends Rural Femtocell Trial

Vodafone will extend its femtocell trial into more 'not-spot' rural communities, to improve 3G coverage

12 years ago

MoD Halts GPS Jamming After Safety Complaints

A huge naval exercise has been banned from using GPS jamming technology after safety complaints

12 years ago

Government Pledges £150m For More Mobile Towers

The Conservatives have pledged money to improve mobile coverage in the UK's so called not-spots

12 years ago

London Needs 70,000 Cells For 4G Broadband

Today's 3G may crumble at the Olympics, warns Boris Johnson - beyond that, decent 4G needs a lot more cells

13 years ago

Smartphones Worse Than 2G Handsets For Rural Calls

Smartphones are slightly worse than 2G handsets for making voice calls in rural areas, research has found

13 years ago

Ofcom Faces Criticism Over Rural Mobile Coverage

An advisory panel has urged Ofcom to ensure that rural areas suffer no more mobile 'not-spots'

13 years ago

O2 Admits East London Network Outage

O2 customers are once again experiencing network difficulties, this time in East London and Essex

13 years ago

O2 Refuses Compensation Claims After Outage

O2 has refused to pay compensation after its service in the South East was affected by theft and vandalism

13 years ago

GSMA Slams Euro Call For Ban On Wireless In Schools

A European report that calls for a ban on mobile phones and Wi-Fi in school is "unscientific” says the GSMA

13 years ago

Huawei Lands Major Everything Everywhere Deal

Huawei has signed a major deal with Everything Everywhere to upgrade its 2G mobile infrastructure

13 years ago

LTE Adoption Continues With Users Expected To Top 16 Million

The uptake of LTE continues as a new report predicts it will reach 16 million users by the end of…

13 years ago

Ford To Offer In-Car Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot

Fancy updating your Facebook status while in the car? Now you can thanks to Ford's rolling Wi-Fi hotspot

13 years ago

Royal Wedding Highlights Tech-Savvy Monarchy

There seems to be a big event happening today in London. Tom Jowitt looks at how the Monarchy is embracing…

13 years ago

Libyan Rebels Create Their Own Mobile Network

Rebels improve communications by taking a mobile phone network from Colonel Gaddafi

13 years ago

O2 Claims LTE Trial Success In Slough

Test LTE network could sort out the UK's mobile broadband 'capacity crunch', says O2

13 years ago

Ofcom Outlines Mobile Spectrum Trading Plans

Ofcom has published its proposals to allow mobile phone operators to trade valuable radio spectrum

13 years ago

Nokia Siemens Networks To Upgrade O2 Network

Nokia Siemens Networks has been selected to upgrade O2's mobile network in the south of England

13 years ago

Microsoft Investigates WP7 ‘Phantom Data’ Reports

Microsoft is checking reports that some Windows Phone 7 handsets are sending 'phantom data'

13 years ago

Ofcom Opens Up 2G Spectrum For 3G Services

Improved mobile broadband speeds could be on the way, thanks to a move by Ofcom to increase network capacity

13 years ago