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Year in Review 2012: Verizon accelerates copper-to-fiber transition

Posted on March 23, 2013December 26, 2014 by Daniel Kobale

The news: Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) is emphatic that it is not going to expand its FiOS FTTH footprint outside of cities that already have the service, choosing instead to focus on expanding the fiber optic service in its existing markets. At the same time, the telco is migrating its copper network to fiber in areas that are near a current FiOS deployment. Following Hurricane Sandy, ...
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EE 4G UK: Devices, speeds, availability, coverage, prices

Posted on November 28, 2012April 20, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

UPDATED: Now with prices 30 October 2012 7:25 GMT / By Dan Sung & Chris Hall Everything Everywhere is now available in the UK, with a new network and a new brand, known simply as EE bringing with it the first 4G service in the UK. Now that the auction for other 4G spectrum bands has been brought forward in order to stave off possible appeals and gripes by the network's rivals. The new EE...
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Does your security system’s SMS alert use O2?

Posted on November 23, 2012June 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Security systems over a year old which use the O2's TAP gateway service to deliver an SMS text message to key holders when their alarm is activated, now need to switch to another provider. O2 withdrew their "TAP" gateway product in March 2012. Plus other major networks to follow! The change may well cause problems for a number of alarm systems. The SMS TAP service uses a landline connection ...
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Faster 4G mobile broadband coming to the UK this year

Posted on September 18, 2012December 26, 2014 by Daniel Kobale

"But Vodafone says Ofcom's approval of a Everything Everywhere's application to use existing bandwidth shows a "careless disregard" for consumers." Faster mobile broadband is coming to the UK this September after Ofcom approved an application by Everything Everywhere to use existing bandwidth for its 4G network. The company, which owns Orange and T-Mobile, will be able to use its existing ...
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Orange, T-Mobile merge to create UK’s largest carrier

Posted on September 18, 2012January 5, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

Summary: Decreasing revenue and heavy competition trigger the UK's biggest mobile merger, which will give the new joint venture the lead position in the UK with more than 28 million customers Orange and T-Mobile are to merge their British operations to create the UK's largest mobile carrier, their parent companies said on Tuesday. The as-yet-unnamed joint venture will have a combined customer ...
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Orange and T-Mobile UK merge to crush O2 and Vodafone

Posted on September 18, 2012January 5, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

Orange and T-Mobile are to merge. Currently the third and fourth biggest mobile phone providers in the UK, the two companies are being combined by Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom to form the UK's largest, as-yet-unnamed network, like some kind of Power Ranger-style megazord phone network. Deutsche Telekom owns T-Mobile, which employs 6,500 workers in the UK, and France Telecom owns Oran...
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