Today The Guardian is claiming that News Group Newspapers, which publishes the News of the World and The Sun, has paid out more than £1 million in out-of-court settlements over private investigators hacking into the mobile phone voicemail messages of public figures. In January 2007 a News of the World reporter was jailed for hacking into the mobile phones of three royal staff.
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Ofcom has published its second consultation into the mobile sector; a document called ‘Mostly Mobile’. It says competition has driven the success of the UK mobile market, although some consumers struggle to understand pricing and services, while others suffer from poor coverage (so-called ‘not spots’). Currently 51% of all UK telecoms revenue comes from the mobile sector - and by mid-2010, Ofcom says more than half of all telephony in the UK will be mobile.
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