The UK government has started a consultation about its plans to speed up the roll-out of mobile broadband services in England. Its consultation document, entitled ‘Mobile connectivity in England’, sets out proposed changes to planning regulations.
This would make it easier and quicker for networks to erect new masts and put other antennae on buildings.
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Podcast - 1st May 2013
This week's news report begins with quarterly figures from Samsung and Apple - and a discussion about what the future may hold for iOS.
We also talk about instant messaging versus SMS, the end of Best Buy's European joint venture with Carphone Warehouse, patent wars, white spaces and connected cars.
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Categories: Handsets and manufacturers, Retailing, Networks and operators, Operating systems, Applications, Podcasts
Tags: podcast, apple, ios, samsung, messaging, sms, research, carphone warehouse, legal, white space, m2m
Money, messaging, microphones and M2M
Mark Bridge writes:
This week there was only one set of financial results that attracted the mainstream tech media. Apple reported the first drop in quarterly profit for several years as figures fell by 18% to around £6.1 billion. On the positive side, it made around £6.1 billion profit. It also announced dates for its developer conference in June and promised a new version of iOS.
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Categories: Handsets and manufacturers, Networks and operators, Operating systems, Applications, Opinion
Tags: opinion, apple, ios, samsung, zte, lg, research. nokia, legal, htc, microsoft, ofcom, m2m, white space
Microsoft says mobile phone manufacturer ZTE has agreed a licensing deal that provides coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio for smartphones and tablets using the Android and Chrome operating systems
Last week Microsoft announced that Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Hon Hai had signed a similar license agreement covering Hon Hai and its Foxconn subsidiary.
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Nokia has won a court injunction in Amsterdam that prevents HTC from using a microphone made by STMicroelectronics.
The microphone, which is part of the flagship HTC One smartphone, has apparently been developed exclusively for Nokia.
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