North Korea gives foreign visitors access to mobile web
North Korea is to grant foreigners access to mobile internet service while in the country, but its citizens remain cut off from 3G signals.
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UK 4G Auction raises £1bn less than expected: winners revealed
Ofcom has raised £2.34bn in its UK 4G auction, providing widespread access to superfast mobile internet across many parts of the country. However, this amount was around £1bn less than it was hoping for.
Everything Everywhere hit by £249m loss
UK 4G provider Everything Everywhere has reported a pre-tax loss of £249m, as the mobile operator was hit by slow end of year sales and regulatory cuts.
Virgin Media sold for $23.3bn- becomes largest broadband firm in the world
US cable giant Liberty Global has bought Virgin Media for $23.3bn, creating the largest broadband company in the world on terms of customer and country reach.
Virgin Media for sale? US cable firm Liberty eyes takeover
US billionaire John Malone’s cable group, Liberty Global, is in talks with Virgin Media about a possible deal with Richard Branson’s UK cable company, according to a news report.
Right to reply: Virgin Media takeover highlights ‘triple play challenge’ for media firms
Liberty Global is in talks with Virgin Media to buy out the UK cable and mobile operator. According to Adrian Drury, principal analyst at Ovum this could be the largest shake-up in the UK telecoms and media sector since the merger of the T-Mobile and Orange UK mobile network operators in 2010.
Half of Brits ‘prefer to watch catch-up TV on the big screen’
Over half of the UK (51%) prefer to watch catch-up services on a TV, rather than a smartphone or tablet.
Top advertising tips: Moving display marketing forward in 2013
Online video advertising and rich media has boomed in recent years, but what are the key display marketing trends to prepare for this year? Gustav Mellentin, CEO at Adform, looks at why video and social will be big drivers in online display advertising campaigns in 2013.
4G UK auction: 2 surprise bidders revealed
There will be two relative strangers to UK mobile users among the firms bidding in next year’s 4G auction.
Google sells Motorola set-top box division for $2.53bn
Google is planning to sell Motorola Home, the TV set-top box business of its Motorola Mobility subsidiary to Arris Group, a broadband device vendor, for $2.35 billion.