at800 to test 4G at 800 MHz in York
Everything needs to test in the real world and I don’t mean by squirting something into a monkeys face. I mean by flipping a big switch and seeing how many people complain. The airwaves in York are about to get [...]
Vodafone 4G launch gets pushed back
On Voda? Waiting for 4G? Looks like you’re going to wait longer. The network wanted to get the 4G network started up either this month or next, but now it has been pushed back until September. This is almost a [...]
Sad news, 4G at 800Mhz fails to kill “Made in Chelsea”
Television, the drug of the Nation. Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation. But hey, things are still looking good for the 800MHz tests that are being performed by at800. They’ve moved onto London and have also performed tests across Brighton. Everything [...]
5G approaches, data limits explode.
Want to bust a 1GB monthly bandwidth allowance in just 8 seconds? 5G could be your answer, and Samsung have now achieved a speed of up to 1.056 Gbps for up to 2 kilometres, roughly 1.2 miles. Using a frequency [...]
BT to assist in building the O2 4G network
It’s looking like O2 and BT are getting quite pally in the 4G world. O2 got a slice of the 4G pie in the recent auctions, as did BT, but it looks like BT will be providing a large amount [...]
Is speed important to you? The results.
Getting a fast car is great. You can beat people off the lights and smile as they stuggle to keep up. Trouble is, in the long run, you’re going to run out of fuel quicker and that guy you accelerated [...]
EE Results are out – 318,000 customers on 4G
The details for the first quarter of this year show that demand for the 4G network seems to be in line with company expectations. The 4G section has been in operation for five months now and, with 318,000 customers using [...]
EE launches the Huawei E5776 – UK’s first next-generation 4G Device
Today EE have announced the launch of the UK’s first first next-generation 4G device, the Huawei E5776 mobile Wi-Fi hotspot. It’s a pretty regular Wi-Fi hotspot that allows up to ten wi-fi enabled devices to access the internet on the [...]
Londoners, keep an eye on your Gok, the 4G 800MHz test is coming
Following pretty successful tests across the Black Country, the company responsible for checking that the 800MHz 4G doesn’t bleed into digital TV is now testing in London. This test is far bigger than the first and will squirt a 4G [...]
Poll – Is speed what you want, what you really, really, want?
According to Wikipedia EE have around 28 million customers in the UK. That’s Wikipedia numbers though, so I wanted to be sure about this before I started to write this article. The Q3 2012 financial figures seem to have a [...]
EE 4G to double in speed
With other networks (most notably Three) ramping up their existing 3G speeds, EE had to do something. Three are already offering speeds on their DC-HSDPA+ network of around 12Mbps and were keen to state that they’re not in a hurry [...]
Live at EE event in London
We have been invited to The Royal Institution – Science in London where EE have an announcement to make around their 4G network here in the UK. There has been little information leak out about what this event is for and the [...]
Blackberry Q10 coming soon to Vodafone
It has been confirmed that Vodafone will soon be carrying the new Blackberry Q10. The new handset has the full QWERTY keyboard that Blackberry are famous for and runs the new Blackberry 10 OS. The device comes with a 720×720 [...]
Rejoice! 4G at 800MHz doesn’t kill Jeremy Kyle that much after all
Just last month we told you about the 800MHz testing that was underway across the Black Country. Those tests, which involved masts being erected to pump out 4G at 800MHz, were designed to see if this lower frequency would interfere [...]
50 4G enabled cabs now available in the UK
If you live in London you might have seen some of the Vodafone cabs around and about with chargers built in so you can charge your phone on the go? Well now EE have jumped on the cab bandwagon and [...]
Three to launch 4G in Q4
It seems that Three will be launching their 4G service here in the UK during Q4, after rivals O2 and Vodafone join EE in the 4G race. Speaking today as the company announced yearly profits, CEO David Dyson has said “We’re in [...]
Did Three bag a bargain?
The 4G auction is all over as we know and the winning bids are starting to appear online, however some news has come out which points to the fact Three might have bagged themselves a real bargain when it comes [...]
Virgin Media disable speed caps
The recent speed caps on Virgin Media appear to have now been lifted but don’t get too excited, they look to be coming back soon enough. The “teething troubles” have led to some customers getting pretty useless speeds on the [...]
Hook up your internal network to 4G speeds
So, you don’t have a reliable fixed-line internet connection and you decide instead to get yourself a 3G dongle. That’ll do you for one laptop or PC. If you want more computers connected you can perhaps use a MiFi, but [...]
MWC – Up close, the Orange Lumo
We took a look at the three Orange handsets that were announced a few days back at MWC. Two of them, the Orange Lumo and the Orange Nivo, are made by Gigabyte, whilst the Orange Remo is made by Alcatel. [...]
