A report from comparison website Broadband Genie says average mobile broadband speeds have increased very little in the last 12 months.
The company says Three, Vodafone and Virgin Media all advertise speeds of 'up to' 7.2Mbps, although average speeds are much lower. The highest average speeds came from T-Mobile and Vodafone, averaging around 1.2Mb.
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Marketing intelligence company comScore says 2.7 million people in the UK now watch video on mobile devices, up 75% from July last year. Overall, in all five European countries measured - the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy – the total number of people watching video on mobile devices has increased by 66% in the past year to 12.1 million consumers.
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The University of Leeds is loaning smartphones to all its fourth and fifth year medical students, enabling them to access files and assessments when they're off-campus. It's believed to be the first time a UK medical school has provided undergraduates with this level of mobile phone technology.
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The legal battle between Nokia and Apple has come to the UK. It started in 2009, when Nokia filed a patent infringement claim against Apple in the USA – and Apple responded with a counterclaim. Both companies are waiting for the International Trade Commission to rule on the claims, with an initial decision expected next year.
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Everything Everywhere, the company that runs T-Mobile (UK) and Orange (UK), is holding an Investor Conference in London today. It says its integration of the two networks is running ahead of plan, with savings of at least £3.5 billion expected.
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