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Broadband provider O2 will from midnight tonight (Friday May 8th) block access to The Pirate Bay. The move will also mean that customers of Be Broadband, a subsidiary of O2, will also have their access blocked. "The main UK internet providers were ordered by the high court to block access …
Read More »London getting Europe’s largest Wi-FI network for Olympics
Mobile network O2 is to provide free wi-fi access across the London boroughs of Chelsea, Westminster and Kensington as part of a roll out that aims to become Europe’s largest free wi-fi zone. The wi-fi network will be provided through base stations attached to street equipment such as phone boxes …
Read More »O2 begins 4G trial in London
The UK’s second largest mobile operator O2 is set to begin a trial of 4G high-speed mobile internet services in London. The Telefnica owned telco will be testing out the 4G technology known as LTE (long term evolution) which theoretically allows data speeds of up to 150Mb/s.The trial will run …
Read More »We Sing UK Hits gets O2 arena gig
Nordic Games has collaborated with The O2 arena to get We Sing UK Hits in front of music lovers. The Wii karaoke game will be promoted at the British Music Experience – an interactive museum celebrating the culture and history of popular UK music – via its website, trailers, competitions, …
Read More »There will be no iPhone 5 tonight
Those hoping to pick up a brand new, redesigned iPhone tomorrow look set for a disappointment. Less than three hours ahead of Apple’s official San Francisco iPhone event, TNW claims to have word on precisely what the company has planned. And as has been previously rumoured, the site claims that …
Read More »Latest Windows Phone 7 update rollout begins
Microsoft has begun rolling out Windows Phone updates to the new 7.5 ‘Mango’ version in a process that isn’t expected to be complete until the end of October. Introduced back in May, the new features of Mango include improved social networking integration and the ability to translate text from the …
Read More »Xperia Play coming to O2 in June
O2 has announced it will begin stocking the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play at the start of June. The PlayStation-certified phone was originally due for release on April 1st, but the mobile phone provider delayed it after discovering a number software bugs. It turns out these will be fully resolved very …
Read More »Orange goes alone on Xperia Play
Sony Ericsson’s long-awaited Xperia Play finally launches in the UK tomorrow – but only one of the four major mobile operators will be stocking it. This morning Vodafone confirmed that stock problems meant that it would not be able to offer the handset as planned tomorrow morning. O2 had confirmed …
Read More »O2 delays Xperia Play launch
UK mobile phones provider O2 has announced that it will not be stocking Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play from April 1st as planned. In a blog post, O2’s head of testing Stuart Hibberd blamed the decision on software bugs and SE’s inability to resolve lingering concerns in time for the official …
Read More »Orange and T-Mobile confirm iPad 2 support
The first UK mobile networks have confirmed their intentions to stock the iPad 2. Everything Everywhere – or Orange and T-Mobile as most of us will know them – told TechRadar that its stores will be stocking the new tablet as soon as it arrives in the UK later this …
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