Mark Bridge writes:
So that’s CES week over. This year’s show seemed particularly US-centric, given the amount of 4G LTE mobile technology kicking about. Not that the UK isn’t making its own 4G plans; far from it. But let’s start at the beginning...
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Ofcom has announced a number of new proposals for making 4G mobile spectrum available in the UK.
There are revised plans for promoting competition and new measures designed to ensure 4G coverage is available to at least 98% of the population.
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Ofcom has just published its latest quarterly complaints data, which details the major UK telecoms providers that caused the most complaints between July and September 2011.
These are generally cases where a consumer has contacted Ofcom because they haven’t been able to resolve an issue with their network operator or supplier.
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A new Ofcom report says smartphone ownership nearly doubled in the UK between February 2010 and August 2011 - increasing from 24% to 46% penetration - with take-up higher in the UK than in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
In addition, the number of people using their mobiles to go online was higher in the UK than in any other country surveyed.
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With less than two weeks until Christmas, the mobile phone industry still keeps delivering major news stories.
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