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Not Stopping Nuisance Calls

One person spotted something about Ofcom’s confusing phone numbering system. Something so interesting it turned into a money spinner.

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New Technology For The Disabled

A collection of mobile tech to help people with disabilities

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Will Nokia Show A New 6310 At MWC?

Nokia has form - bringing back phones from the past - what we want this year is a new 6310

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The Three Rings Of Mobile Phones

All this 5G is interesting, but if I can't get a signal it's a bit pointless

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Motorola Goes Back To The Future With Razr

Motorola changed the world with the Razr in 2003, recent patent filings show that the re-birth of Razr may do the same thing again.

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Wireless Charging's Dirty Secret

A University of Oxford spin out claims to cracked the wireless charging problem which no-one admits exists.

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The Moving Parts In Your Mobile

Even your digital watch might have mechanical parts.

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2019 Is The Year When Everything Changes

A secret revolution led by the mobile networks could lead the down downtrodden handset manufacturers to reclaim their industry.

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Brexit Could Cripple The UK's Mobile Phone Test Labs

Millions of pounds worth of phone testing work could go overseas as a result of Brexit, and it's a US agreement not an EU one which lies behind the problem.

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Why 5G Isn't Here Yet Even Though We Are Being Told It Is

The hype about 5G is running ahead of the technology and standards.

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How I Hacked Hospital RFID

Tap to enter? The phone that let me through forbidden doors.

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Why Folding Screens Change Everything

Folding screens are not that important for phones, the real growth will come with applications we have not yet thought about.

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'Bad Science' Mast Protests Will Hold Back 5G

Tin hat nutters can no longer be safely ignored, the wealth of the nation is at stake.

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Do you speak 5G?

Minding you language might mean stealing a meabing.

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Barclays Is One Of The UK Business Which Doesn't Understand 5G

Apparently, 28% of UK businesses don't understand what a 5G is. Barclays has written a report to show how it is one of them

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Why Pornography Is The Future of 5G

When correctly viewed, everything is lewd, I can tell you things about LoraWan, and Linux OS, and there's a propagating RAN.

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Motorola Razr 2019: Prepare To Be Disappointed

The fantasists have take over and come up with what they think the new RAZR will be like. They have created an impossible task for Lenovo

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Why New 5G Services Will Be Free

Mobile network and billing have lived in different silos. Now with 5G it will be necessary for them to understand each other.

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Huawei Vs Ericsson: Naming Names

If you only listen to mainstream media you’d think that Huawei was the only 5G manufacturer in the world.

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I Do Like To Be Beside the 5Gside

Sports and entertainment are the first areas of consumer applications for 5G

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The Emergency Services Network will Be A Decade Late

The ESN is late. And will get later.

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The Church Of England Can Ease The UK's 5G Coverage Woes

With beam steering and neutral host, churches could be the ideal sites for 5G base stations, and if the networks won't put them there then perhaps the Church should.

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Vodafone Dividend Cut Is A 5G Broadside To BT

Shareholders will profit as Vodafone invests wisely.

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Big Data Bundles Are A Waste Of Money

Mobile data usage does not seem to be affected by cost when comparing countries, but usage is much lower than you would expect.

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Huawei: Winners And Losers

Nothing happens in isolation. If Huawei is taken out of the equation, on the back of a Trump/China trade war there will be consequences.

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Why 5G Isn't Just Faster 4G

A mix of different, elegant technologies makes 5G one of the most ambitious technology roll-outs.

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Why The Apple Share Price Has A Lot Further To Fall

Not selling Apple shares is an act of faith

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Mobile Signals Too Unfit To Go To The Gym

People would rather change gyms than have no signal/

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If We Are Worried About Huawei Who Else Should Cause Concern?

You might think that the Huawei controversy is about security or trade. But it might be about something else...

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How 5G Is Keeping Liverpool Healthy

Liverpool has ambitious plans to make the life of citizens better with 5G

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Is 5G Dangerous?

The National Register of RF Workers annual “Update on Current Knowledge of RF Safety” is an event for people who understand RF, how it propagates, frequencies and powers, and who spend much of their...

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Ofcom Does Something Good

Ofcom to sell spectrum 50,000 times cheaper, and you thought DFS made unbelievable claims.

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Nokia Exec Says What He Thinks

Complaining that a rival's code is badly written is best kept to the pub, and not something to tell the BBC.

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It's Time For EE To Disappear

Everything Everywhere has never really worked as a brand, with BT now re-branding it's time for the name to be retired.

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Vodafone Puts Its Foot On The Throttle For 5G

Vodafone has launched 5G with new tariffs based not on the amount of data you use but how fast you use it.

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Why Apple Is Wrong To Drop Face ID

If Apple is about to do a volte face on it's biometric tech, this would be a retrograde step.

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The Government's New Plan For Spectrum Is 'Share and Enjoy'

The motto of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is "Share and Enjoy" it's now government policy.

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The U.S. Leads The World In Millimeter Waves

There is more to being optimistic about 26 GHz and above than just conjecture and experiments. We now have customers and experience.

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Having Your Phone Tracked Is Good For Digital Democracy

Being watched lets those who make decisions know why you voted the way you did.

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Millions Will Lose Out When Government Kills 2G

Typical phone replacement rates are something like every twenty months, so killing off something which saw it’s heydays twenty years ago really shouldn’t affect anyone should it?

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How To Fight Cancer With Your Smartphone

While you are awake your phone is crushing candies, killing pigs and tweeting your lunch. It waits until you go to sleep to shape the future of medicine.

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Why The Folding iPhone Will Be $3000

Apple has form and chutzpah in pricing. What once seemed outrageous is the new normal and it can be expected again.

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Will Ofcom Apply A Spectrum Cap?

While the government has been busy doing politics, OFCOM has done incredible things with public good to the fore, but it's biggest challenge is yet to come with 700 MHz.

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Best And Worst London Restaurants For Mobile Coverage Ranked

A recent survey of London dining places focused not on the food but the connectivity.

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U.K. Government Punts £30 Million To Solve 5G Rural Coverage Problems

The government spent £150m on the disastrous Mobile Infrastructure Project so why is it right to now put £30m into the new rural connectivity programme?

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New Acer Laptops Announced At IFA Trade Show

IFA, the trade show which has grown from the ashes of Cebit opens this week, so journalists are let in amongst the fork lifts and cranes.

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New Samsung Galaxy A90 5G Is Terribly Slow

With a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 the new Samsung Phone doesn't deliver what you would expect

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Making The Magic Of Harry Potter Real

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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Oppo’s Reno 2. But Do You Need Five Cameras?

The megapixel arms race steps up a notch

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The Government’s Worst Kept Mobile Coverage Secret Is No Longer Secret

The four UK mobile networks have for some time been planning to work together on rural coverage by sharing networks.

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