According to UK customer surveys, 4G is still too expensive for them. Although the new tariffs from network releasing 4G this summer have not been revealed yet, consumers believe that their coming bills will be much more costly, if companies follow the pricing strategy that EE has taken, who are the first network to offer 4G.

To make up for these hiked prices EE has issued an update on the data contracts matter: customers will be able to sign up for data contracts that can accommodate multiple devices. The data allowance will be split between Smartphone’s in 4G and other tablets or mobile broadband devices you own.

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Google is a giant not only in the Internet world, but are slowly expanding there expertise and knowledge to new markets. Most recently they are trying to change the mobile market place. Google has announced the coming release of a budget phones, the Google Moto X. The low cost phone is set to compete with the likes of the Samsung S4 and The HTC One X with a quad core processor but at a much lower price. This phone will be Google’s first budget phone set to make a statement to the rest of the market that the time of overpriced handsets have come to an end.

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Ofcom, UK’s radio spectrum managing company, has made an important step in its delivery of 4G mobile services across the country. The next generation of broadband services is here. Ofcom’s auction was successful and competing companies have started to deliver improved mobile broadband (4G).

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Students can benefit of great mobile phone and tariff plan deals at Virgin. Owning a NUS Extra card can open the gate to important discounts which can be accumulated for maximum benefit. Their cumulative nature and the variety of devices and plans make Virgin ideal for shopping for that perfect offer.

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The average UK citizen usually pays a £20-£30 pounds monthly to support their mobile phone contract. Competition and plummeting phone prices have led to some extraordinary offers advanced by leading brands like T-Mobile. The company now promises costs under £10 for those customers willing to purchase an uncomplicated device which contains mostly basic features. Here are the two phone models you can obtain for free if you decide to sign up for T-Mobile’s lowest priced deals.

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Text messaging has already made history, but also contributed to ruining the way we communicate one with another. However, the involved companies’ worries point to a different direction. The short message service or SMS helped companies make billions, but nowadays it is showing a negative trend. Could the service released in December 1992 have gone past its peak already?

The 20 years of texting may be a time long enough to lead to a downfall. After all, we are talking about the technology and communications world, where an innovation is quickly replaced with a new version of it. The new generation of users is less interested in the SMS and more into free data services like the BlackBerry Messenger or WhatsApp. Many such services are out there, gathering millions of users.

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Customer complaints about the price increases seen on their contracts have finally been addressed. Ofcom now requires operators to offer greater clarity in contracts about the potential that exists for price increases. These rises in prices are usually left for the customer to meet, as operators are often unwilling to shelter the costs as that would impeded on their profit margins. However, forcing customers to dig deeper each time because they are bound by contracts will be a thing of the past, as they have been given the right to refuse it.

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The international CES always makes January a more interesting month, and sets the pace for the kind of innovative year it will be. The mobile industry was somewhat hushed this year, in contrast to other years, but that’s probably because of the kind of success that was recorded in the year passed. Below are some of the announcements made at the show.

RIM is looking to recover its lost glory by bringing Blackberry 10 touchscreen phones. When Android brought all that business capabilities, RIM faced a challenge as its niche had been invaded. Years later, and the company has been struggling to capture the attention of its once loyal crowd with its new offering in the Blackberry 10.

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The 4G service has been introduced into UK by Everything Everywhere (EE) in 11 cities including London, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Edinburg and a few others. Apart from this, 2,000 square miles of network will be added on a monthly basis. By Christmas, EE plans to cover 16 cities, securing access to 4G network across UK.

After having re-purposed their existing 2G services, EE has finally been able to launch their 4G service, thus successful in placing itself ahead of O2 and Vodafone, at least until Ofcom decides to auction off the available spectrum. Offering 5 levels of contracts, EE lets customers pick plans depending upon their estimated data consumption. The 8GB plan is offered for £56, 5GB for £51, 3GB for £46, 1GB for £41 and 500MB for £36, on a monthly basis.

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