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Battle of the bands: how the new 4G networks will differ
Thursday 01 August 2013
Mobile companies will use different airwave frequencies to offer 4G and this will impact on their service
David Cameron: I will allow my children to have Facebook accounts - but only if I can monitor them
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Prime Minister David Cameron has said he will allow his children to have Facebook accounts - but only if he is able to monitor them.
Sky launches £10 on-demand box to battle rival services
Friday 26 July 2013
New Now TV box gets streaming service into the living room, but consumers will still need to pay for subscriptions
BT customers flock to sign up to TV football challenge to Sky
Thursday 25 July 2013
BT has signed up more than half a million customers for its BT Sport channels in two months, giving a boost to the telecoms giant as it prepares to go head to head with BSkyB over football coverage.
Swisscom chief executive Carsten Schloter who committed ‘suicide’ could not stop looking at his smartphone
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Stressed by work and life, Swisscom CEO failed to follow advice about switching off
Tough times taking their toll on Vodafone
Saturday 20 July 2013
World’s second-biggest mobile operator is feeling pinch as punters tighten belts
Cyber Culture: Want to know how fast your broadband really is? Join the queue...
Wednesday 10 July 2013
My internet is slow. And yes, I know that sentence is a grammatical and syntactical horror show, but it's one that's generally understood.
It's fine to use your mobile at the checkout, and pretty much anywhere else for that matter
Monday 08 July 2013
You want the UK to win the future? Then let’s not constrict our use of this generation’s most empowering tools with Victorian ideas of manners
Superfast broadband scheme two years behind schedule and £207m over budget
Friday 05 July 2013
The National Audit Office reports that projects in Merseyside, Oxfordshire, Derbyshire and elsewhere will be delayed until 2017
Ofcom proposes changes to superfast broadband to promote competition
Wednesday 03 July 2013
New regulations would make it easier and cheaper for consumers to switch between providers
Worldwide tech spending set to hit $3.7 trillion by end of 2013
Tuesday 02 July 2013
Latest industry figures from Gartner show only 2% on 2012
Ban on internet porn in public places
Sunday 30 June 2013
Internet pornography will no longer be accessible in public across the UK under plans by internet providers to place an automatic block on such sites.
Spending Review: The five-year plan for infrastructure with shaky foundations
Thursday 27 June 2013
Ministers have said they will spend £100bn on projects – but how much of that is new? Oliver Wright gets digging
Vodafone to buy Germany's biggest cable operator Kabel Deutschland in £6.6bn deal
Tuesday 25 June 2013
Deal positions the mobile phone giant to become a 'triple play' provider
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- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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