British carrier O2 has axed its mobile wallet service less than two years in. The firm has suggested this has to do with newer initiatives, but Juniper Research analyst Windsor Holden… Read more »
Three carriers now offer super-fast mobile broadband services in the UK, although EE has had a valuable headstart on its rollout. Underdog Three will join the party in December — and… Read more »
The UK’s biggest mobile carriers have now all detailed their 4G offerings, and at the low-end price point Vodafone offers a 2GB cap while EE and O2 offer 1GB. However, the… Read more »
The WhatsApp/Skype rival Tu Me didn’t take off, but Tu Go — which instead extends handset functionality to the desktop and tablet — seems to be a greater success. That said,… Read more »
EE has enjoyed a de facto monopoly on 4G in the UK since last year, but Vodafone looks set to offer higher data caps and attractive extras when it joins the… Read more »
O2’s 4G services will go live in London, Leeds and Bradford on 29 August, with 10 more cities to follow this year. With EE’s 4G already up and running, that just… Read more »
It appears that LTE subscriber numbers at EE — a carrier that still has a monopoly on 4G in the UK — are increasing at an accelerating pace. But rivals are… Read more »
Although it claims the move “isn’t about subsidies”, O2 is effectively moving away from the traditional model where carriers subsidize the phones they sell up-front, then bury the real cost in… Read more »
The UK’s second-largest mobile carrier, O2, has become the latest to sign a deal with Virgin Media in order to give its customers free internet access on the London Underground. Read more »
The deal will make Sky the UK’s second-largest fixed-line broadband and voice player. It also makes it more likely that the O2 UK mobile business will be open for a merger… Read more »