Category: Mobile phones
Out-of-contract mobile customers overpaying, claims Which?
Which? is urging mobile phone users to take action when their contract comes to an end, with new research revealing those who push for a better deal could save up to £96 a year. The consumer watchdog surveyed more than 4,000 members of the public in October 2020 to establish how mobile customers behaved when…
Vodafone to give free connectivity to 250,000 school children
Vodafone Schools Connected with Dev Griffin @ Salusbury School The Vodafone schools.connected programme is now open to primary and secondary school children across the UK. The emergency package helps pupils who find it difficult to access education from home because they don’t have the right connectivity. Reports suggest children in England are…
Giffgaff top performing ‘lockdown’ mobile network
According to business consultancy Yonder, Giffgaff was the top-performing mobile network, followed by Tesco Mobile, for meeting customer needs during lockdown. Giffgaff was named by Yonder as the fourth-best performing business across all sectors under lockdown, behind Netflix, Amazon and Amazon Prime. Tesco Mobile followed closely in fifth and O2 was eighth out of 65…
Doro 8050 handset now on O2 network
Doro, the mobile phone company for seniors, has launched the Doro 8050 handset on the O2 network in the UK. This handset is compatible with the Response by Doro service that contacts responders in the event of the user experiencing an emergency situation. Costing £20.98 per month for 1GB of data the handset is marketed…
Doro partners with Sky Mobile
Doro, the leading global supplier of telecommunication solutions for seniors, has partnered with UK telecoms provider, Sky Mobile. This partnership will see Sky Mobile customers, including senior users, gain access to Doro’s inclusive technology. Two new phones are launching on the Sky Mobile network: Doro 7030 and Doro 8050. The Doro 7030 is available via Sky Mobile…
Doro and giffgaff donate phones to seniors
Doro, a global supplier of mobile phones for seniors, has partnered with mobile network giffgaff to donate 500 Doro phones to isolated elderly people across the UK. The Doro-led initiative seeks to counteract the effects of loneliness during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It forms part of a wider push to deliver 2000 phones to isolated…
EE Mobile Network data report – usage shifts from cities to suburbs
EE has released its Mobile Network data report from February to May 2020, tracking the changing trends and habits of the UK’s most used apps and services throughout lockdown. What it found was that in the UK, EE’s network saw a 45% increase in traffic for Apps used primarily to communicate - including WhatsApp, Houseparty,…
Vodafone offers free access to NHS UK services
With the spread of the Coronavirus across the UK, access to reliable health information has never been more crucial. As a result, Vodafone has decided to give all of its mobile customers, including VOXI and TalkMobile customers, free access to NHS UK online, including the web sites of NHS England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales,…
MWC cancelled over coronavirus fears
The world's largest mobile phone showcase, Mobile World Congress (MWC), has been cancelled over coronavirus concerns, organisers have confirmed. Due to be held in Barcelona from 24-27 February, the event is usually attended by 100,000 people, about 6,000 of whom travel from China. Organisers, the GSM Association (GSMA), said it had become "impossible" for the…
Over half of users have problems with mobile network, says GWS
Mobile network tester Global Wireless Solutions has released the results of its most extensive nationwide customer experience test of mobile network performance to date. The detailed assessment involved GWS’ engineers collecting close to one million data and voice task tests on iOS and Android devices, alongside nationwide focus groups conducted in partnership with Jigsaw Research,…