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<title>Sky acquires 500,000 broadband customers from Telefonica UK</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/01/deal.worth.307m.leaves.telefonica.to.work.on.4g.services/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1362139640_skylogo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[BskyB is acquiring Telefonica UK's landline and home broadband services. The deal, claimed to be worth around £200 million ($307 million) will see Sky become the second largest Internet service provider in the country, thanks to the addition of an extra 500,000 customers from Telefonica's Internet services, O2 and BE....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ofcom issues rules, timetable for UK 4G spectrum auction</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/12/spectrum.auction.set.to.finish.before.april.2013/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/ipad2012-lte.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[UK regulator Ofcom has issued rules for the upcoming 4G spectrum auction in the country. The newly-released timetable will see network operators such as Vodafone and O2 submit bids for spectrum from January onwards, with the combined reserve prices for the 800MHz and 2.6GHz ranges being auctioned totaling over £1.3 billion ($2 billion)....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK carriers form company to speed future 4G rollout</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/18/digital.mobile.spectrum.limited.to.move.freeview.channels/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1343920598_celltower.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The UK may have a quicker overall rollout of faster mobile network services than previously thought. Mobile carriers Everything Everywhere, O2, Vodafone, and Three have stopped their legal threats, and have joined together to create a company specifically to aid in deploying LTE services in the 800MHz band by clearing it of TV signals....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Future O2 UK, HTC handset to sell without charger</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/25/carrier.aims.to.reduce.environmental.impact.of.phones/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1348619584_ukplug.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[O2 and HTC will sell a future phone without the charger bundled in the box. According to Pocket Lint, the pilot scheme between the phone manufacturer and the UK carrier seeks to reduce the number of "wasted" charger in circulation, forcing customers to use existing chargers for other devices, a USB port on a computer, or to buy a charger separately....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>O2 UK adds prepaid Pocket Hotspot MiFi device to range</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1343925793_thumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[UK mobile network O2 has brought out its Pocket Hotspot. The MiFi device, like many others, enables up to five devices to go online simultaneously, connecting to the hotspot over 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. The carrier claims maximum download speed can reach up to 21.6Mbps, while upload speeds peak at 5.76Mbps....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vodafone, Telefonica pooling network resources in UK</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/vodafone-non_apple-micro-sim-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Mobile carriers Vodafone UK and Telefonica UK (known as O2) are going to work together to create a shared network grid, the two companies have announced. The combined efforts of the two networks will see an increased coverage area for both companies in the short term, and a smoother national rollout of LTE services, currently aimed for the year 2015. LTE or "4G" services, currently nonexistent in ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nokia Lumia 610 now shipping to UK buyers</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/30/lumia.610.arrives.at.uk.retailers.and.carriers.priced.at.15.per.month/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/nokialumia610-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Nokia launched the Lumia 610 smartphone in the UK on Wednesday. As the company's entry-level Windows Phone-powered device, it has just 256MB of RAM and is relegated to Windows Phone 7.5. Major UK carriers and retailers including Vodafone, Orange, O2, T-Mobile, Three, Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4u will sell the phone starting at just £15 (about $23) per month on a contract, with no money down....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 14:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK Samsung Galaxy S III added to DC-HSPA compatibility list</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/Samsung-GalaxySIII-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[On May 16, British mobile telecom carrier O2 announced that they are building out a DC-HSPA wireless network capable of 42Mbps wireless downloads in the UK's largest cities. Samsung has jumped on board the effort by announcing yesterday that the Samsung Galaxy S III would connect to the DC-HSPA network. The Galaxy S III is expected to launch in the UK on May 29....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 06:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>O2 UK's LTE tests hit 150Mbps in real speeds </title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/celltower-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[UK wireless provider O2 has shared some results from its ongoing 4G LTE tests in London. Involving 1,000 consumers and businesses, some have reported reaching speeds as high as 150Mbps, which is on par with some top-rung home Internet offerings and the theoretical peak of LTE. A more representative number range was the average of between 20 and 50Mbps, however....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Leak: RIM ex-CEO would have let Android, iPhone use BIS</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/13/rim.would.have.used.bis.servers.for.basic.data/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/jimbalsillie-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[RIM's former co-CEO Jim Balsillie had proposed using BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) servers to provide data for non-BlackBerry hardware shortly before he resigned his position, new leaks uncovered on Friday.  The method outlined to Reuters would have let carriers offer Android and iPhone devices with cheaper data plans that limited Internet access to chat (possibly BlackBerry Messenger) and soc...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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