Ofcom Boosts 3G Power Limit

When the Olympics rolls into town come July, there are going to be plenty of records broken. Not all of them on the physical plane either, but in the virtual realm where UK internet traffic records are likely to be...

BT chief executive Ian Livingston has said that it could take up to six years for 90 per cent of the UK to be covered by high speed, fibre optic broadband of 100Mb/s or more. This announcement was made to British Prime Minister...

O2 is set to trial next-generation 4G data services in London, utilising a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network across parts of the nation's capital over the next nine months. Members of Parliament and regulatory body Ofcom...

Several key US technology trade groups have raised their voices in unison against an anti-piracy bill, which has been described as the music and movie industry's latest attempt to choke the internet. Ofcom has come up with its...

A report comissioned by UK telecoms regulator OfCom has revealed that the state of mobile signal, provider choice and availability of 3G is still severely lacking in many rural areas of Great Britain. According to a report in...

UK telecom regulatory board OfCom has revealed that the introduction of 4G networks may eventually lead to almost 200 percent capacity gains for customers.According to Ofcom, the 4G networks, scheduled to be unveiled...

The week began with One Mobile Ring reporting the INQ Facebook handset is to arrive next month at Carphone Warehouse, whilst T-Mobile had picked up the dual-core Motorola handset and Carphone Warehouse is to also sell a Royal...

There are two major factors when considering coverage: the phone itself and the nearest mast.A phone's antenna is crucial. The bigger it is, the better it is at picking up a signal. The ongoing battle to fit more gadgetry into...

The UK government has laid out the roadmap for upgrading the nation’s wireless services by rolling out next-generation wireless technologies coupled with bolstering up 3G coverage all across the country, it has been...

The Telecoms regulator Ofcom has published a map of United Kingdom depicting the minimum level of 3G coverage across the land in purple following a Freedom of Information request from a former business journalist. The document...

Telecommuncations giant BT and 3 have announced that they will be joining forces to eliminate mobile termination rates scheme altogether in a move that will surely infuriate other network operators. The charge which currently...

Engineers at O2 must have worked extra hours after the Telefonica-owned company hit two important targets just as the financial year came to a close.Ofcom, the telecoms regulator, reported that O2 UK had complied with its 3G...