Third of Brits 'used mobile for shopping this year'
As mobile commerce reaches a new level of maturity, consumers are increasingly using portable devices to engage with brands, find information and make purchases.
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Average Brit now ‘downloads 17GB of data a month’
Fixed broadband consumers in the UK now use an average of 17 gigabytes of data a month, the equivalent of streaming 12 hours of BBC iPlayer HD video or 11 movies a month, according to new research.
Nokia offers free London Wi-Fi until New Year
Nokia has launched a free wi-fi service across central London this week, to promote its new Windows 7 smartphone, the Lumia 800.
Mobile web access ‘outpacing fixed-line internet access’
Mobile is increasingly the primary platform for internet access, with 18% no longer using fixed-line to access the Internet at all, according to a new global survey.
Over 10% world population has mobile broadband: UN
Mobile broadband has reached one in eight people, or slightly over 10%, of the total world population, according to a new report by the United Nations (UN).
UK mobile web use soars, but quarter of Brits still with no internet: ONS
Mobile internet use in the UK continued to soar in 2011, with nearly half of internet users logging on in the past year via their smartphones, but a quarter of households remain without a connection as the digital divide shows no signs of closing, according to the latest government statistics.
HTC boosts cloud services with Dashwire buy
Taiwan handset maker HTC has bought Seattle-based mobile Internet app company Dashwire for up to US$18.5m to strengthen its mobile cloud services.
Brits face hefty mobile internet charges
Many Brits are unaware of the financial risks of using their mobile phone to browse the internet, a survey from thinkbroadband.com has found.
TV vs. Smartphone: Mobile Proves Strong Competition for TV
During ‘prime time’ hours, smartphone owners browse the internet on their mobiles and watch TV at an equally high rate of usage, according to new research.
Global Internet traffic ‘to quadruple by 2015’
The number of network-connected devices will outnumber people 2 in three years time, while a million minutes of Internet video to be transmitted per second, according to a new report.