O2 has started its first large scale 4G internet trial in the UK and the honor has gone to the city of London. The telecom operator’s trial covers 15 square miles area, stretching from Canary Wharf to Kings Cross. The trial will also cover areas like South Bank and Westminster and will last for nine [...]

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Telecom company Three UK revealed that data is responsible for 97 percent of traffic on its network. The data shows the growing importance of smartphones, where data is taking precedence over calls and texts. The revelation just goes to prove that the new age phones are getting used very differently from the traditional phones. The [...]

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With the advent of 4G, 3G sounds like an old news, but in reality many of us are still stuck with 2G, despite paying the premium pricing for 3G access. BBC recently conducted a crowd-sourced survey of 3G hotspots in UK and came up with some disappointing factoids. Essentially, telecom industry is not delivering on [...]

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There are rumors that Apple would be launching a cheaper iPhone this year. However, the latest rumor at the moment is it is going to grant 3G functionality to iPod Touch. But it would be closer to iPad 3G than iPhone, as it would only get data capability. iPod Touch had long been touted as [...]

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Samsung finalized the date for its 10.1 inch tab, Galaxy Tab 10.1. The tablet would hit the market shelves on August 4, 2011, so you still have to wait for over a month to lay your hands on the device. There will be a simultaneous launch for 3G and Wi-Fi version, in contrast to the [...]

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Ofcom consumer research has come out with its new report which claims that the Orange provides the tardiest mobile internet service in the UK. The company’s 3G service is used by almost 17 percent of UK household, which provides average speed of about 1.4Mbps only. O2, on the other hand, provides the fastest 3G service. [...]

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We might be moving towards 4G, but there is no level playing field even when it comes to 3G. Your internet surfing speed might be severely compromised if you happen to live in places like Milton Keynes or Liverpool. Top10.com has compiled a list of UK cities which are right at the bottom when it [...]

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As we told you last week, thanks to the Olympics, London Tube commuters will be getting Wi-Fi on the platform by 2012. But this news is nowhere near as exciting as it sounds. As I said in the original post on Tube Wi-Fi, we don’t exactly have money to splash around do we? Wi-Fi on [...]

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