Category: Mobile Broadband

Free wifi access in Costa coffee shops is nothing new, but a deal with O2 has been struck giving customers access to a free service.

Everything Everywhere is upping the level of its lobbying to get 4G rolled out sooner rather than later with the launch of a 4GBritain campaign.

It seems strange for a mobile provider to be using broadband connections in a poorly served area both for mobile and broadband to improve mobile coverage, but that is what Vodafone appears to be doing.

Sky broadband customers apart from those on the free Lite service will get free WiFi via The Cloud with the service launching around mid April 2012.

McDonald's restaurants have been offering free WiFi since 2007 via The Cloud, but has now signed a five year deal with O2.

Ofcom is consulting on what should happen to Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT-Freeview) and whether it should be shuffled around the radio spectrum to make more space for mobile broadband.

In an attempt to avoid the bill shock that many people have when they inadvertently forget that when roaming they are outside of their inclusive calls and data allowance, the EU has set lower retail price caps.

Everything Everywhere who are looking for approval to re-purpose their 1800 MHz spectrum will now have to wait a couple more weeks as the consultation deadline has been extended.

London Overground customers will be able to access the Internet for free for 1 hour a day at 56 stations on the overground network.

Ten key roads around the UK are set to benefit from better mobile coverage, and 60,000 rural homes should see mobile coverage extended to them.