The mobile giant EE has signed up 500,000 customers for its super-fast 4G service in seven months, raising the pressure on rivals including Vodafone, which has pushed back its 4G launch until late summer.

"4G is going to replace bad broadband," declared Olaf Swantee, the chief executive of the mobile giant EE, as he claimed that the signal from his new super-fast 4G phone network is so strong that customers are not bothering with wi-fi – even in the home.

Britain’s biggest mobile phone company today disappointed the City after it reported a slowdown in revenue growth — despite being the first UK carrier to launch a super-fast 4G mobile internet service last October.

It's a risky thing to set a target price for an auction as the Government has done with the sale of bandwidth for 4G mobile phone broadband services.

The company which owns top London advertising agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and Bartle Bogle Hegarty yesterday warned of an “abrupt halt” in ad spending by clients since September.

The company which owns top London advertising agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and Bartle Bogle Hegarty yesterday warned of an “abrupt halt” in ad spending by clients since September.

Customer concerns over mid-contract price hikes imposed by phone and broadband companies are to be investigated by the telecoms watchdog.

The Japanese mobile giant Softbank is in talks to buy a ¥1 trillion (£8bn) stake in Nextel Sprint, the third largest cellphone group in the US.

Orange and T-Mobile's rivals reacted with fury yesterday after Ofcom's decision to give the networks a significant head start on offering super-fast 4G mobile internet to their customers.

Orange and T-Mobile's rivals reacted with anger yesterday after Ofcom's decision to give the networks a significant head-start on offering super-fast 4G mobile internet to their customers.

The vast majority of mobile phone stores are misleading customers about the possibility of price increases on so-called fixed contracts, according to a watchdog.

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Union leaders expressed dismay today at news of almost 100 job losses in mobile phone shops.

Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile took five years to tell customers their voicemails had been hacked by the NOTW, they admitted to the Leveson Inquiry yesterday.