Tag Archives: BT
Mocana & VeliQ offer mobile app protection for BYOD
Mocana app security automation added to VeliQ’s mPaaS
In a partnership aimed at protecting mobile apps for BYOD (Bring-Your-Own-Device) installations, Mocana and VeliQ have announced a strategic partnership. They will integrate the Mocana Mobile App Protection (MAP) solution into VeliQ’s mobility Platform as a Service (mPaaS). The objective is to enable enterprise IT managers to secure mobile apps and their data in seconds, without having to write any code. It will be available from VeliQ as the snappily-named ‘Mobi Mobile App Protection by Mocana’, or MAP. The pair claim it will deepen the security offering of the VeliQ cloud-based mobility Platform as a Service (mPaaS) offering. Continue reading
Posted in BYOD, Mobile applications, Vodafone, mobile security
Tagged Adrian Turner, Alex Bausch, BT, Capgemini, kpn, mobile app protection, Mocana, mPaaS, T-Systems, VeliQ, Windmill International
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BT hunts new mobile partner in wake of £200m 4G splurge
Former subsidiary O2 could even be in the frame
BT‘s surprise entrance in Britain’s recent 4G auction may have had a hidden agenda, it has emerged, with news that it wants to team up with a mobile partner in a renewed drive into the sector. What’s more it may even join forces with O2, the operator it sold to Spain’s Telefónica 12 years ago. When Ofcom put the super-fast spectrum up for sale earlier this year [2013], BT paid almost £200 million for its chunk of the airwaves, bidding aggressively and ending up with more than it needed to boost just its Wi-fi coverage. Continue reading
Posted in 4G, Financial, Vodafone, mobile news, o2, telefonica
Tagged BT, internet tv, o2, telefonica
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UK finally sells off its 4G/LTE spectrum
Rating: Sees BT re-entering mobile space ‘super-Wi-fi hotspot’
The UK comms regulator, Ofcom, has finally announced the results of its 4G spectrum auction. The four existing UK mobile operators have won new spectrum and we have seen a subsidiary of fixed-line incumbent, BT -Niche Spectrum Ventures win spectrum, too. This means that BT has re-entered the cellular market after – in our humble opinion, the disastrous decision to float off its mobile arm – O2. But BT many not be planning to become the UK’s fifth national mobile network operator, according to John Delaney a research director for consumer mobile with IDC. Anyway, EE and Vodafone have acquired spectrum in both 800MHz and 2.6GHz bands, while Hutchison (3UK) and Telefonica (O2) only got 800 MHz spectrum. Niche Spectrum Ventures (NSV) only has acquired spectrum in the 2.6 GHz band. Continue reading
Posted in 3, 4G, Everything Everywhere, LTE, Mobile Operators, Vodafone, o2, telefonica
Tagged BT, IDC, John Delaney, ofcom
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Britain’s Ofcom ushers in prospects for ‘white space’ mobile broadband
New consultation aims to increase capacity without wrecking digital TV signals
UK regulator, Ofcom, has signalled that new City-wide Wi-Fi networks using ‘white spaces’ (the gaps in between bands of spectrum used to broadcast TV) could be up and running by Q1 2014. The announcement comes as Ofcom tries to avert a nationwide ‘capacity crunch’ and follows its own recent research revealing how Britain will need 80 times more airwave space in around 18 years (2030) than is currently needed. Continue reading
Posted in 4G, Everything Everywhere, LTE, Mobile Operators, Vodafone, mobile news
Tagged BT, capacity crunch, ofcom, white space
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EE rebrands and launches 4GEE pricing
Rating: Offers free Wi-fi to offset 4G loading
The UK’s EE has announced that it will be folding the old Everything Everywhere, Orange and T-Mobile branded into EE. From the 30th October [2012], all existing Everything Everywhere, Orange and T-Mobile stores will become newly branded EE stores. As predicted, it is called it’s 4G LTE based offering – 4GEE. The launch of the EE brand will be backed by a multi-million pound marketing campaign across TV, print and digital media channels. It has also finally revealed pricing for its 4GEE services and significantly decided to move into content in a big way with EE Film. In a move which should help to off-load traffic from its 4G and 3G networks, 4GEE customers will get free access to BT Wi-fi hotspot network. It also modestly claims that its 4GEEroll-out will be the fastest roll-out of any UK network in history. Continue reading
Posted in 4G, Everything Everywhere, LTE, Mobile Operators, orange, t-mobile
Tagged BT, EE, film, IDC, John Delaney, orange, Pause & Play, pricing, t-mobile
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Mixed industry reaction to Ofcom’s UK 4G announcement
Rating: Most observers see Brits as 4G laggards
There’s been a mixed reaction to yesterday’s [July 24th 2012] announcement by UK telecoms governing body, Ofcom, to plans to finally auction spectrum for use by 4G style networks. [See here]. What most observers seem to have missed is the fact that there’s no compunction to use LTE – the standard favoured by telecoms companies, over WiMAX – which IT orientated suppliers seem to prefer. There’s also no clear guidelines about what Ofcom intends to do about Everything Everywhere’s (EE’s) attempts to use existing 1800 MHz for 4G purposes. Instead Ofcom has hinted very heavily that two internationally recognised parts of the spectrum – 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz will be made available. Continue reading
Posted in 3, Everything Everywhere, LTE, Mobile Operators, WiMAX, Wifi, o2
Tagged 4G, BT, everything everywhere, Hutchison 3G, Informa Telecoms & Media, Interoute, korea, Lee Myall, Nomura, ofcom, sky, talktalk, Thomas Wehmeier, UK, virgin media
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Everything Everywhere W7 Mango users have to wait
Rating: Everybody Else has got the Nokia Lumia 800 update
Drat and double drat as Dick Dastardly used to say! Over here in Blighty [UK], Nokia Europe has been quietly rolling out the third update to Windows Phone 7.5 (W7 Mango). See our previous story here. However, the update is operator specific. Initially only the likes of BT, Vodafone and some 3 UK users could receive the software update – 1600.2487.8107.12070 But if you click on the appropriate Nokia Europe support page here you’ll find that users on every other UK network except Everything Everywhere can get the update. Boo-hoo! Because GoMobile News is on the Orange network (one half of Everything Everywhere along with T-Mobile UK). Unable to tell you exactly what’s in the update, we’ll have to be content with a hot top on how to reboot a Lumia 800. Continue reading
Mobile Marketing Campaigns for the Olympics 2012
Now, I would have loved to say that I wrote this myself. I didn’t. This is from an article from our mates over at bespoke analyst house MobileSquared
Key Olympic Sponsors’ mobile marketing plans
The Coca-Cola Company: “Coca-Cola invites teens around the world to ‘Move to the Beat’ of Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Ad&Mktg, Mobile Agencies, Mobile Marketing, mobile news
Tagged adidas, british airways, BT, coca-cola, EDF Energy, GE, lloyds tsb, MacDonalds, Mobile Marketing, mobile SQUARED, Omega, panasonic, visa
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Vodafone should buy BT – period
Rating: They’ve never taken our advice before, though
So. GoMo News was attending an excellent pre-Xmas event hosted by well-known Public Relations company, Hotwire. Naturally, we ran into a prominent UK mobile analyst who has refused to be identified but he does share a first name with us. Anyway, we got talking about the future of telecoms in the UK and concluded that Vodafone really does need to acquire BT, the UK’s entrenched fixed line Telco. It’s a natural fit for both but then telecoms companies have a long history of ignoring our advice. Continue reading
Oranges texts us to say we can save £48 per annum
Rating: & Virgin Mobile UK users can now utilise the Orange network
It’s not every day that a utility company (which is what mobile network operators effectively are) get in contact to say that they can reduce your monthly bill. Well, that’s exactly what’s just happened. We signed up for Orange Best Plan service and every six months the company reviews our existing plan to see if we could be getting a better deal from Orange. Apparently we could. However, you have to go online to review your Best Plan review – through ‘Your Account’. That wasn’t easy. We should also mention that Virgin Mobile (UK) contacted us to say that we can now use the Orange network as well. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Operators, orange, t-mobile, virgin
Tagged BT, Easy Mobile, everything everywhere, orange, ROK, t-mobile, Toucan, virgin mobile
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Telegraph implies signal blocking will affect Olympics
Rating: Think laterally -more alternatives than swapping to O2
A report in the Daily Telegraph here has caused mayhem by implying that only 02 customers will be able to make and receive calls in the corporate entertainment areas of the forthcoming London Olympics. The report alleges that this is thanks to a deal struck between O2, BT and the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG). The really contentious part is where the story says, “A combination of an O2 sponsorship deal and signal-blocking technology could spell chaos for mobile phone users.” Continue reading
UK Wi-fi provider, BT, launches Android/iPhone apps
Rating: A darker shade of Purple, harem, harem [cough]
Kind of good news for those Brits who subscribe to BT’s fixed broadband offering. There are now free iPhone and Android applications which gives BT Total Broadband customers access to free and unlimited Wi-Fi from their mobile phones. It’s easy to download this app and all you have to do is opt into the BT Fon service. Only catch? The Android UI uses a version of purple almost indistinguishable on our Motorola Dext handset’s screen. Continue reading
BT loses out to mobile operators
British Telecom (BT) is the largest land-line operator in the UK, and it has a serious problem: mobile operators. BT loses money every time a customer calls a mobile phone, and it has just been handed a very bad piece of news by the court of appeal. Read on… Continue reading
Top 10 Broadband Awards 2008
O2 top the winner’s table for comparison website inaugural awards
19th August 2008 – London, UK: Top 10 Broadband the UK’s leading broadband comparison site and guide (www.top10-broadband.co.uk) has today announced the results of its inaugural annual broadband awards. Winners included O2 as the fastest broadband provider, BT as the winner in the wireless broadband category [...]
Posted in Press Release
Tagged AOL, Broadband, BT, o2, talktalk, top ten, virgin media, Vodafone
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New Ad To Separate The Trademark BT Couple
BT launch new Home Hub with multi-layered media campaign
BT’s new ad campaign has a twist in store for viewers, with Adam, the character played by Kris Marshall, moving out of the home he shares with his on-screen partner Jane, for his dream job – putting the relationship under pressure and implying the couple’s separation.
BT pokes [...]
