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RSS pubsEC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News P is for Pubs Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the director general for the information society and media at the European Commission has said. [22 Jul 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News P is for Pubs On-Communications has said it has decided WiMax is the best technology for providing wireless connectivity to business customers. The provider announced it would be rolling out the technology to customers in Leeds, London, Manchester... [10 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News Smith claimed the cards, expected to cost £30, will make it easier for young people to prove their identity when opening a bank account, enrolling in college or proving their age in pubs and clubs. People aged 16 to 25 have been using the site... [09 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News P is for Pubs Yesterday was the 1 July deadline set by European telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, for the mobile industry to voluntarily reduce the price of data roaming and sending text messages when abroad in the EU. [02 Jul 2008]
silicon.com Classics: The 10 craziest uses of RFID
News A guide to London's wi-fi pubs The latest in our weekly look back through some of the classic stories in the silicon.com archive from the last decade is a look at the 10 best, worst and just plain crazy uses of radio frequency ID (RFID) tags. [02 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment P is for Pubs Those factors are also coinciding with the growth of the very tech that could spare you a journey, says Stewart Baines. Would you rather sweat in a traffic jam, anxious about running late for a meeting with your boss, or sit in a... [30 Jun 2008]
Femtocells to speed arrival of next-gen mobile networks?
News P is for Pubs Industry association body the Femto Forum and operator community group the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance have announced they will work together to ensure the DSL-piggybacking tech works with next generation mobile... [30 Jun 2008]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment P is for Pubs What's the tech behind that change and just how welcome is it, asks Anthony Plewes. Over the past few months, a host of airlines have announced trials or full launches of on-board mobile telephony systems. [26 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.06.08
Round-Up So much so, in fact, that half of road warriors admit they have resorted to working in pubs (yeah, right) two-thirds in busy restaurants - and one in six from toilets. Not because of a dodgy tummy, oh no - this is serious business, dear readers. [20 Jun 2008]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News P is for Pubs Laptops packing 3.5G+ for mobile broadband access could be the answer to European mobile phone operators' ARPU (average revenue per user) prayers. But they could just as well prove a network nightmare, warns industry analyst Berg... [20 Jun 2008]
WiMax Forum stamps 2.5G products with seal of approval
News P is for Pubs Earlier this week the organisation announced that 10 mobile WiMax products had received the "WiMax Forum Certified Seal of Approval". Four base stations, from Alvarion, Motorola, Samsung and Sequans, won certification, along with... [20 Jun 2008]
Complexity makes travellers miss their connection
Comment P is for Pubs High-speed wireless networks are meant to make life easier for business travellers. But now the problem for mobile workers is how to tap into all that increased connectivity, says George Malim. [12 Jun 2008]
Name that tune...the rise of Shazam
Comment The company's business started life seven years ago as a simple pay-as-you-go proposition enabling mobile users to identify song names with their phones, a service hyped by Shazam PR girls going around pubs on Friday nights - pub quizzes are an... [12 Jun 2008]
Mobile internet use 'rocketing in Europe'
News P is for Pubs The EU's mobile data market grew by 40 per cent last year, to €7bn, the research found, with 3G users doubling to 112 million in the year to April 2008. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [11 Jun 2008]
£50m mobile funding to keep police on the beat
News P is for Pubs The funding was announced by policing minister, Tony McNulty, and will see around 10,000 handheld computers distributed to 27 police forces across the UK. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [27 May 2008]
