Telecoms regulator Ofcom has produced a series of maps showing coverage of digital communications services, including outdoor mobile coverage and mobile broadband availability.
The maps have been created from data supplied by communications providers.
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Everything Everywhere is enabling UK customers on Orange and T-Mobile to use the 3G signal from either network.
It follows what the company called the ‘big switch-on’ last year, which allowed Orange and T-Mobile customers to to make calls and send texts using the other network.
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Analyst firm Berg Insight says HSPA and LTE mobile technology accounted for 20.6% of the total number of broadband connections on PCs and tablets in Europe at the end of 2010.
The number of mobile broadband subscribers grew by 33% year-on-year in 2010 to 33.9 million and is expected to keep growing to 96 million by 2016. In North America the figures were lower, with mobile broadband accounting for just 13.2% of the total number of connections.
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