Smartphone users ditching home Wi-Fi for 4G
Smartphone owners are increasingly switching from Wi-Fi to 4G signals at home, with 65% of mobile phone usage now occurring indoors, according to new research.
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Rural Britain ‘will out-shop inner cities on Amazon Prime Day’
Today Amazon celebrates its 20th birthday with a huge day of sales, and online shoppers in rural Britain will be better placed to bag the bargains than those in major cities due to ultrafast broadband speeds up to 40 times the UK average, according to new research.
Theresa May wins ‘Internet villain of the year’
UK Home Secretary Theresa May has been named internet villain of the year at this year’s ISPA awards, for pursuing a controversial communications data bill.
Infographic: Can Apple Music beat Spotify?
With Apple Music going live, this new infographic from IHS looks at how the Spotify rival could kick start the on-demand music market in the UK, US, France and Japan.
UK election: Labour ‘would benefit most from online votes’
As Brits go to the polls today, new research indicates that Labour would be the party to benefit most from online voting and compulsory voting in the 2015 UK General Election.
Just 1 in 10 Brits could ‘live without broadband’
Only one in ten UK broadband users say they could live without access to the internet, according to 2,000 respondents surveyed by broadband, TV and mobile comparison site Cable.co.uk.
BT returns to mobile with £5 4G package
BT has launched a low-cost 4G mobile network in the UK this week, aiming to undercut rivals O2 and Vodafone, following its acquisition of EE.
Poor internet connections ‘cost UK economy £11bn a year’
Despite a growing reliance amongst businesses on the internet, recent research has discovered that slow internet connections are costing the UK economy £11bn a year in lost productivity, as millions are left unable to work during periods of IT downtime.
UK budget: Internet of Things, 100MB broadband, banking API
UK Chancellor George Osborne has used his final Budget before the general election to announce more investment in the country’s technology industry, including in the Internet of Things and bringing ultra-fast broadband to the whole country.
Right to reply: Can the budget build a ‘Northern Powerhouse’ in the UK?
This year’s budget had a strong focus on the UK’s technology industry, including in the Internet of Things and bringing ultra-fast broadband to the whole country. DMA executive director Chris Combemale looks at some of the key economic issues and challenges that the budget raises for the marketing industry at large.