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Ofcom tells UK mobile industry to tackle 'bill shock' or face further regulation

Ofcom is calling on the UK mobile industry to address the problem of consumers receiving unexpectedly high bills. It follows recent research that suggested 1.4 million mobile phone ‘contract’ customers may have been affected by ‘bill shock’ in the past six months.

The regulator says it may introduce new rules if mobile networks don’t tackle the problem.

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Dolby expands beyond audio and puts HDR photo technology in smartphone cameras

Dolby is demonstrating HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo encoding on a smartphone at Mobile World Congress this week.

The technology combines a number of photos with different exposures to produce a final image that captures shadows and highlights without over-exposure or under-exposure. Each photo is saved as an JPEG-HDR file, which enables it to be viewed on conventional photo viewers. However, the additional HDR information remains in the image file, offering the opportunity of returning to the image after it was taken and using HDR software to adjust the exposure.

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UK gets its first commercial 4G broadband service

Wireless service provider UK Broadband has switched on its 4G LTE system covering the Southbank and Borough areas of Southwark in London.

Not only is it the first TD-LTE 3.5GHz deployment in the world, it’s also the first commercial 4G deployment in the UK.

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Mobile World Congress podcast: 1st March 2012

Mark Bridge and James Rosewell report from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona... and today’s show has a strong focus on user interfaces and the user experience.

You can listen to the programme on our website audio player, via iTunes, by using our RSS feed or by downloading the MP3.

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