Last month Apple and Ericsson went to war over the fees Ericsson is trying to charge Apple for the use of its mobile broadband patents. Apple sued Ericsson in an attempt… Read more »
Thought Apple and Samsung’s truce meant the patent wars were dying down? Think again: now Apple and Ericsson have launched a new legal battle. After a license agreement for ‘s use… 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 »
As expected, the British telecommunications regulator Ofcom has decided to free up spectrum in the 700MHz for mobile broadband use. Already used for 4G/LTE in the U.S. and Asia, this spectrum… Read more »
As predicted a couple weeks back, the British mobile operator EE has begun rolling out LTE-Advanced “4G+” across central London. The technology aggregates spectrum in EE’s 1800MHz and 2.6GHz holdings to… Read more »
The introduction of LTE-A will mean theoretical maximum speeds of 300Mbps, though of course people will get lower speeds due to capacity sharing — and they’ll need the right handsets, too. Read more »
Qualcomm dominates the thin modem market and now Ericsson, like Broadcom before it, is pulling out. Around a third of the employees in that unit will be reallocated to radio network… Read more »
Following lengthy negotiations, Vodafone’s African business will become a stronger player in South Africa by buying Neotel. Not only is Neotel the second-biggest player in fixed-line services, it also has some… Read more »
British carriers are gradually letting their customers go fully high-speed when they cross borders within the European Union. Users are well-advised to make sure they’re signed up to a roaming plan,… Read more »
The British carrier EE, which got a headstart on its rivals in offering high-speed 4G/LTE mobile broadband, said on Tuesday that it now has over 2 million 4G subscribers. What’s more,… Read more »