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Latest Telecoms News from UK
UK Hospital Trials Wireless 'plaster' for monitoring patient health
A wireless digital 'plaster' that can monitor vital signs continuously and remotely is being tried out with patients and healthy volunteers at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, in a new clinical trial run by Imperial College London researchers....
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British Politician Prosecuted for Road Accident While Using Mobile Phone
A senior British politician is to be prosecuted for prosecuted for allegedly driving without due care and attention and driving while using a mobile phone without a hands-free kit....
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O2 to build 1500 new network sites across the UK in 2010
UK mobile network operator, O2 has unveiled plans to accelerate growth of its mobile network and build significant headroom for mobile data, in a multi-year programme of investment totaling hundreds of millions of dollars....
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Pay as You Go mobile broadband overtakes contract deals
October sales figures from the UK broadband comparison web site, Broadband Expert show for the first time that consumers prefer Pay as You Go mobile broadband to contract mobile broadband....
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Almost All UK Digital Media Advertising Budgets Now Include Mobile Ads
New research conducted by the UK's Internet Advertising Bureau - the trade association for online and mobile advertising - found that 73% of marketers believe mobile will be the medium to see most growth over the next 5 years....
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T-Mobile Customer Details Were Sold to Rival Company
T-Mobile UK has admitted that some of its staff may have sold customer details to a rival network....
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UK Bus Company Starts Accepting Mobile Tickets
A UK bus company, Arriva has launched a mobile ticketing service, which the company says is believed to be the largest deployment of its kind in the world, covering approximately 1,000 routes served by Arriva's regional fleet of 4,500 buses....
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Fewer Complaints About Mobile Content Services in the UK
The UK has seen a 62% drop in complaints about premium rated mobile phone services over the past year, reports the industry regulator, PhonepayPlus....
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UK Considers Opening up White-Space Radio Spectrum
The UK's telecoms regulator, Ofcom has started a consultation on plans to license a new technology that could wirelessly link up different devices and offer enhanced broadband access in rural areas...
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UK enterprises wasting £264 million per year on mobile costs
A survey of UK businesses has suggested that companies are wasting money by not deploying fixed-mobile convergence systems within their offices. ...
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