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Ofcom sets UK 4G auction timeline, should see multi-carrier rollout by June 2013

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, Nov 12, 2012 a 5:05 am

Ofcom has made good on its plans to push forward the auction for the UK’s 4G mobile spectrum auction. Applications will start in December this year and the roll out to consumers is expected to be no later than May / June 2013. Everything Everywhere already has its 4G LTE network rolling out across the UK so this will be a huge relief to the other UK networks.

Apple paying less than 2% tax on overseas profits in the billions

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, Nov 5, 2012 a 4:29 am

Apple is paying less than 2% tax on its profits from overseas sales which are thought to be in the region of 37 billion dollars. The details were revealed in Apple’s 10K filing which was presented to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The news comes for UK newspaper The Guardian

Apple rewrites its apology to Samsung, now appearing in UK newspapers

By chrisoldroyd, Friday, Nov 2, 2012 a 7:17 am

Apple has rewritten its apology to Samsung following its previous version which was labeled as “non-compliant” by the court that made the initial ruling. Apple was told by Lord Justice Longmore, Lord Justice Kitchin and Sir Robin Jacob that it had to change the wording of the statement and that it should be carried on its home page with at least an 11-point font. The new statement is now appearing in UK newspapers but has not yet appeared on Apple.com.

EE launches the UK's first LTE network

By chrisoldroyd, Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 a 4:43 am

Today, EE (Everything Everywhere) has officially launched the UK's very first LTE network. The service will initially roll out across eleven UK cities with that coverage increasing by 2000 sq miles every month.

Multi-carrier UK LTE rollout now set for Spring 2013, EE exclusive won't last that long after all...

By chrisoldroyd, Wednesday, Oct 3, 2012 a 3:59 am

The UK government has announced that the mobile networks in the UK have buried their differences and agreed a new timetable for the roll out of LTE. The agreements were made at a meeting yesterday involving Ofcom and the rival mobile networks. It was agreed that all of their differences would be settled and the one aim would be to get the roll out of LTE expedited with a target now of Spring 2013

Hands on with the iPhone 5 on the new EE 4G LTE network in the UK

By James Richardson, Tuesday, Oct 2, 2012 a 7:03 pm

I was lucky enough to get invited to a little get-together this week to test out EE's -- formerly Everything Everywhere, the parent company of Orange and T-Mobile -- LTE 4G speeds on a selection of devices, including the iPhone 5.

Everything Everywhere branding goes live in the UK, still waiting on iPhone 5....

By James Richardson, Monday, Oct 1, 2012 a 8:33 pm

The last couple of weeks have been noteworthy for EE (Everything Everywhere) in the UK. Combining Orange and T-Mobile, the company first announced its new EE branding at the launch of its 4G LTE network, and shortly thereafter it was plastered up on the big iPhone 5 event map for the whole world to see. And now it's going up on local shops as well.

Best iPhone 5 PAYG nano-SIM options for traveling to the UK

By Alex Dobie, Saturday, Sep 22, 2012 a 4:35 pm

If you’re visiting the United Kingdom with a GSM unlocked iPhone 5, your main options for Pay As You Go SIMs are limited to two of the five major networks. At the time of writing, only Three, T-Mobile and O2 offer nano-SIMs on Pay As You Go (pre-paid) deals.

Read on for a breakdown of what you can expect, as well as a few other options you may want to consider.

Hundreds of iPhone 5 units stolen in Japan and UK

By Simon Sage, Friday, Sep 21, 2012 a 11:42 am

The iPhone 5 is just barely available to the public and already two high-volume burglaries have cleared out the inventory in some stores. In the UK, an O2 store assistant from Ilford is suspect of stealing some 252 iPhone 5 units and an unspecified amount of cash from the store's safe at around 1:30 AM this morning.

How to track your iPhone 5 delivery if you’re in the UK

By chrisoldroyd, Friday, Sep 21, 2012 a 3:24 am

If you are in the UK and sitting at home or in the office impatiently waiting for your iPhone 5 delivery, this information could help to calm your nerves. If you use the tracking information provided by Apple on its website, you will more than likely see that your iPhone 5 shipment is being handled by a company called Syncreon Parcel Delivery. A quick visit to their track and trace service and the bad news is that your iPhone 5 is in Hinkley; do not despair, it's probably not.