Communication industry regulator Ofcom has published a consultation about revising the licence fees paid by UK mobile networks for the 900MHz and 1800MHz spectrum bands initially used for 2G and 3G services.
In December 2010, the Government told Ofcom to revise these fees in line with current market values.
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Highest proportion of complaints from T-Mobile
Ofcom’s quarterly report of complaints against major UK telecoms and pay TV providers shows an overall drop between April and June 2013, mainly due to a fall in the number of landline and broadband complaints.
It’s the regulator’s tenth quarterly report.
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The North Yorkshire village of Weaverthorpe has been the first to benefit from the UK government’s £150 million Mobile Infrastructure Project.
In the next couple of years, hundreds of other communities are expected to benefit from the national scheme.
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Black days for BlackBerry
Mark Bridge writes:
There are bad weeks... and there are BAD weeks. Blackberry had one of the latter. It all started so well. The company announced a new flagship phablet – the Z30 – and said it would be launching its BBM instant messaging service for iOS and Android handsets at the weekend.
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The UK government has arranged a series of mobile alert tests to make sure members of the public can receive information in an emergency. It’s running trials in North Yorkshire, Glasgow and Suffolk with EE, O2 and Vodafone.
Two different technologies are being tested: location-based SMS text messaging and cell broadcast messages.
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