UK gets more phone numbers
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THE RASH OF VoIP services being peddled in the UK has meant that the country has to release a new batch of phone numbers. Telco watchdog Ofcom has barked that it would establish the prefix &quot;056,&quot; allowing
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Report casts spotlight on surveillance Britain Official figures have revealed that UK law enforcement agencies and other government agencies made 439,000 requests to tap telephones and email addresses in a 15 month period between 2005 and 2006.â¦
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More than a third of Britons believe the level of service they receive from call centres has got worse, a survey says.
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Mobile phone giant Vodafone says it will introduce 10 new 3G handsets, many of which will be useable in Europe and Japan.
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LONDON Orange, a unit of France TÃ©lÃ©com, rolled out its third-generation mobile phone services Monday in France and Britain, joining the growing ranks of cellular operators hoping to entice Europeans with offerings like video calling, music downloads
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Nearly 8 million mobile phone users have switched carriers and kept their cell numbers since a new rule allowing that flexibility went into effect one year ago, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
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Bridging the gap Workshop roundup The proliferation of mobile phones has led to a situation in which many professional workers have at least two numbers and two voicemail boxes to juggle.â¦
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Slap on the wrist for Openreach The UK now has 735,000 unbundled phone lines in BT's local exchanges, but "planned quality levels" have not been met for Business As Usual lines (individual lines rather than bulk migrations), according to the Office of the Telecoms Adjudicator's monthly report.â¦
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More people want to be students in the UK this year - with a 78.8% increase among the new EU states.
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Nearly 8 million mobile phone users have switched carriers and kept their cell numbers since a new rule allowing that flexibility went into effect one year ago, the Federal Communications Commission disclosed Tuesday.
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ChildLine Scotland reports a sharp rise in the number of calls from young people who were being bullied.
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TEXT message language will be used in a new Government campaign to tackle mobile phone theft.   The Home Office is asking "r u getting the msg?" in a pounds 500,000 campaign to tell youngsters that stolen handsets will be blocked from all networks within 48 hours of being reported lost.
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The UK&#39;s biggest service provider, with million customers, is leading the 3G push with 10 new handsets, seven of which will be exclusive to Vodafone - with the Sharp 902 debuting as Europe&#39;s first two-megapixel camera phone.
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The number of emergency ambulance calls in England has hit a new high, figures show.
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Some 26,000 more people applied for university courses in the UK this year than in 2007, a rise of 6.7%.
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Some net phone firms must give customers access to emergency numbers rules regulator Ofcom.
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In a push to expand its international business, InChord Communications Inc. is expanding operations in the United Kingdom and Sweden with two strategic investments.