The success of a joint venture between the Lake District’s Northern Fells community and network operator EE to provide 4G mobile Internet speeds in the one of the UK’s most remote rural areas points to the need to accelerate and expand the roll-out of next-generation infrastructure, says teliqo’s Russell Lux.
North Korea is to grant foreigners access to mobile internet service while in the country, but its citizens remain cut off from 3G signals.
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.
Google has launched ‘Free Zone’, a new mobile web service aimed at giving millions of people in the developing world to access the Internet (and Google’s ads) via basic mobile phones without data charges.
The UK switchover from analogue to digital terrestrial television, which will free up capacity for 4G services, has finally been completed. The analogue digital signal is to be switched off today for the last time, with TV viewers in Northern Ireland being the last to watch non-digital TV.
Everything Everywhere (EE) has set the launch date for its LTE (4G) launch in the UK, offering Orange and T-Mobile customers with superfast mobile internet connections on 30th October.
China has crossed a tipping point in technology as China’s mobile internet use has overtaken traditional PC internet access. With over 530m people connected by mobile, this is a reminder that the mobile web experience will be the first internet experience for many consumers in the world’s largest internet market.
As of the fourth quarter of 2011, half of black mobile users in the US owned a smartphone (up from 44 percent in Q4 2010) and 58% accessed the mobile Internet, more than any other race/ethnic group, according to new research.
Behavioural targeting firm nugg.ad is introducing new tools to help advertisers target mobile users based on their preferences.
As mobile commerce reaches a new level of maturity, consumers are increasingly using portable devices to engage with brands, find information and make purchases.