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Mobile and broadband contracts in new shake up by Ofcom

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January 15, 2013

Ofcom has now begun consultation on a new ruling which will allow users to escape minimum mobile and broadband contracts if the price is increased. Following hundreds of complaints the regulator feels it could be time to take action. Public outcry has been increasing following a year of surprise price rises, which have been introduced…

20 year anniversary since the first SMS Message

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December 3, 2012

On this day 20 years ago, Matt Makkonen sent a message from a PC to a mobile device using Vodafone’s UK network. The content of the message read ‘Merry Christmas’, and sparked the birth of SMS (short message service) protocols, which are now used by an estimated 4 billion people world wide. In a very…

Latest research shows mobile data speeds in London are significantly slower than New York

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October 16, 2012

Mobile broadband users in London, receive connection speeds that are up to four times slower than their counterparts in New York. According to extensive research carried out by RootMetrics, mobile download speeds in New York are ‘significantly faster’ that in London. The results have been collated from 16,707 on the ground tests across both cities.…