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BBC survey shows 3G unavailable to mobile users for a quarter of the time

A BBC survey into 3G coverage across the UK has shown that people who were able to receive a data connection only managed to use a 3G signal for 75% of the time.

For almost a quarter of the time they were connecting to 2G GPRS technology.

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BBC launches crowd-sourcing app to check UK mobile coverage

The BBC is conducting a month-long survey that's designed to measure the availability of 2G and 3G mobile phone services in the UK. It's using an Android application that'll collect information and will anonymise it.

The UK 3G Survey app has been developed for the BBC by Epitiro.

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Ofcom chooses Epitiro for UK mobile broadband research project; results due early 2011

Broadband test and measurement company Epitiro has been chosen by telecoms regulator Ofcom to analyse the performance of the UK’s mobile broadband services. It'll be using its ipQ ‘Consumer Experience’ measurement technology to monitor accessibility, reliability and throughput speeds.

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