Three UK and the Countryside Alliance have announced a partnership that'll see them working with local MPs and campaign groups to help get people online in rural areas where broadband is poor or non-existent.
The Rural Broadband Working Group plans to give away dongles and wireless 'MiFi' devices along with almost 4 million MB of mobile broadband access.
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In this week's edition of The Fonecast we're talking about the UK's first 4G broadband trial, Google's mobile payment scheme, Symbian's plans, Ofcom's dongle research and some cheering customer satisfaction figures.
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Iain, James and Mark discuss the week's top mobile news headlines, covering the UK's first 4G trial, Google's mobile payments, Symbian's plans, Ofcom's broadband study and some customer satisfaction research.
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Ofcom has published its first-ever research into the performance of mobile broadband across the UK.
It's looked at dongles and datacards rather than smartphones, discovering that 17% of UK households use mobile broadband. Around 7% of households use mobile broadband as their only internet access; a figure that's more than doubled since 2009.
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Everything Everywhere and BT Wholesale are working together to test 4G Long Term Evolution mobile broadband as an alternative to fixed-line broadband in rural areas.
A field trial will start from September, involving up to 100 mobile and 100 fixed-line customers living around the St Newlyn East area of Newquay. This is expected to be the UK’s first customer trial of 4G LTE high-speed broadband.
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