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Ofcom changes UK mobile licences to include 90% geographic coverage commitment

Ofcom has changed the licences of the UK’s ‘big four’ mobile network operators to improve mobile coverage.

EE, O2, Three and Vodafone have all agreed to accept this change.

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Ofcom appoints Sharon White as Chief Executive from March 2015

UK communications regulator Ofcom says Sharon White will become its new Chief Executive from late March next year.

She’s currently Second Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury, where she is responsible for managing public finance.

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GSMA warns that UK national roaming could adversely affect service, impede law enforcement and delay the roll-out of 4G services

The GSMA has published a response to the UK government’s suggestion that ‘national roaming’ could be mandated to reduce areas of poor mobile phone coverage.

A consultation period was launched on 5th November and ended yesterday.

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BT talks to O2, Nokia and Jolla announce new tablets, Apple Watch developers get started... and Ofcom plans for more mobile capacity

Podcast - 26th November 2014

In this week's podcast we're talking about the potential purchase of the O2 UK mobile network by BT.

We also discuss new tablets from Nokia and Jolla, the end of a patent battle, mobile payments via instant messaging, app development for the Apple Watch and plans to make even more spectrum available for mobile broadband in the UK .

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Ofcom plans to release some digital TV spectrum for mobile broadband services

UK communications regulator Ofcom has confirmed its plans to make more radio spectrum available for mobile broadband services.

Following a recent consultation it now aims to release part of the 700MHz frequency band to mobile network operators.

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