The cellular industry has been plugging the internet of things for years under the “machine to machine” moniker, but it never caught on until smartphones, ubiquitous Wi-Fi, and cheaper sensors finally… Read more »
Verizon made a surprise annoucement in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Wednesday. Dan Mead, Verizon Communications EVP and CEO of Verizon Wireless, is retiring and Verizon’s EVP in… Read more »
Last month, Wirecard unveiled a wristband device that functioned like a digital wallet, storing credit cards, ID cards and even tickets on the end of your arm. The Smart Band was… Read more »
Batteries paired with solar panels aren’t just intriguing customers in the U.S., Europe and Japan looking to ditch their utilities. People are slowly adopting batteries and solar panels in offgrid markets,… Read more »
While the European Union dithers over EU-wide net neutrality, some European countries are marching on regardless. On Friday Slovenia’s regulators nailed carriers Telekom Slovenije and Si.mobil for violating net neutrality principles,… Read more »
It looks as if 2014 was the year that 4G found its stride in the U.K. Everything Everywhere, the first carrier to offer LTE in the U.K., grew its 4G customer… Read more »
The British government has gotten the country’s four big mobile operators to agree to boost their coverage, to tackle so-called not-spots in rural areas. EE, O2, Three and Vodafone said Thursday… Read more »
The U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), a semi-secret court that deals with complaints over the authorities’ surveillance activities, has declared that the authorities’ tapping of major internet cables that touch the… Read more »
The European Commission has launched an investigation into Orange’s proposed takeover of Spain’s Jazztel. France’s Orange already has a Spanish subsidiary, whose connectivity Jazztel resells as a mobile virtual network operator… Read more »
Following a successful pilot in a village in the north of England, EE intends to connect around 1,500 rural communities in the next few years. Read more »