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Tag: Telecom Operators
European Parliament favours ‘net neutrality’, ‘end of roaming’ laws
The European Parliament announced that it has adopted “net neutrality” law that ensures telecom operators are “barred from blocking or slowing down selected services for economic or other reasons.” The members of…
BT emerges as worst broadband provider in the UK
BT has snatched away the crown of most complained about broadband provider of the UK in the last quarter of 2013 from Everything Everywhere – the first time since Ofcom started publishing…
BT wants to end Ofcom imposed subsidies to BSkyB, TalkTalk
BT has asked Ofcom to let is stop providing broadband to its rivals BSkyB and TalkTalk at subsidised rate arguing that the companies have profited enough from the rules designed by the…
India investigating Huawei for hacking into network of state-owned telecoms company
Huawei is under investigation in India for allegedly hacking into network of state-owned telecoms company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). It has been claimed that the Chinese company tried to sabotage BSNL’s…
Verizon outs first transparency report; 386 data requests from UK
As promised, US Telco Verizon has released its first transparency report for 2013 revealing that it received over 320,000 data requests from local, state or federal law enforcement agencies in the US…
Ofcom: Users can switch telecom providers without incurring penalty
Ofcom has issued a guidance under which users will be allowed to change their telecom providers who raise their prices unexpectedly without incurring any penalty. According to the new guidance, which is…
Ofcom proposes stricter fault repair, new installation rules for BT Openreach
Ofcom has proposed a set of stricter rules for BT Openreach requiring the telecom giant to carry out 80 percent of fault repairs within two working days, regardless of the nature of…
Ofcom: Users won’t have to pay for calls made to 0800, 0808 from mobile
Ofcom has revealed its plans of freeing up calls to 0800, 0808 and 116 numbers from mobile phones starting June 2015 in a bid to clear the confusion surrounding the pricing structure…
Three wants users to ‘Feel at Home’ in 11 countries
Three UK has added four new countries including the US to its ‘Feel at Home’ plan taking the tally of countries where it offers free roaming to 11. Three started offering its…
BT bags free Wi-Fi network deal in Cardiff
BT is soon going to install free public Wi-Fi service across Cardiff’s city centre. As part of the superconnected cities vision contract, the firm will be seen using city street infrastructure and…
Everything Everywhere extends 4G coverage to 14 new UK towns, cities
Everything Everywhere, one of Britain’s leading mobile operators, has announced expansion of its 4G network coverage in 14 new towns and cities. Benfleet, Caerphilly, Carlisle, Chepstow, Caldicot, Canvey Island, Cwmbran, Grays, Harlow,…
Ofcom license fee hike may see 4G prices soar in UK
Mobile operators in the UK may have to pay up to £244.4m extra (cumulative) if Ofcom goes ahead with its proposed plans of hiking annual fees for licensing the 900MHz and 1800MHz…