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Vodafone offers customers six months of discovery+ Entertainment Free

Vodafone Pay Monthly customers can now enjoy discovery+ Entertainment for six months at no extra cost, offering customers access to some of the world’s best real-life content all in one place, including exclusive discovery+ Originals and coverage of Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

UK Deals Vodafone UK

·5 years ago

UK government launches £30m competition to speed up OpenRAN adoption

The UK government has launched a new £30m competition to speed up the adoption of OpenRAN, as part of its 5G Diversification Strategy. The competition will tackle the world’s over-reliance on a small number of telecoms vendors by developing new, innovative solutions in the UK.

UK Connected

·5 years ago

Samsung Galaxy M32 launches in the UK

Samsung has launched the Samsung Galaxy M32 in the UK. The latest addition to the Samsung Galaxy M series, comes with an Infinity-U super AMOLED display and versatile quad camera on top of a 5,000mAh battery.

Devices and OS Samsung Android UK

·5 years ago

BT deploys Intelligent Asset platform across Port of Ipswich

BT and Associated British Ports (ABP) are trialling the next generation of Internet of Things (IoT) and sensor technology to speed up the movement and processing of cargo goods and digitise the Port of Ipswich’s logistics and operations processes.

Connected UK BT Group

·5 years ago

Vodafone and AWS tech brings autonomous boost for Aurrigo

Autonomous vehicle specialist, Aurrigo, is one of the first UK companies to benefit from a partnership between Vodafone and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Amazon Automotive UK Vodafone UK

·5 years ago

BT launches Home Essentials Fibre Broadband Social Plan

BT’s social tariff, Home Essentials is now available for customers to buy online. Announced back in April, BT Home Essentials is exclusive to those on Universal Credit and a range of other means-tested benefits, the package offers fibre broadband and calls for £15 a month, saving customers £240 a year compared to an equivalent package.

Connected UK BT Group

·5 years ago

UK Emergency Alerts Test to take place in Reading, June 29

Back in May of this year, the UK Government announced plans to launch a UK Emergency Alerts warning service. Ahead of introduction a series of public trials were to take place. Following a successful test in East Suffolk on the 25th May 2021, the second test will take place in Reading on the 29th June 2021, 1-2pm.

News Connected UK

·5 years ago

Vodafone UK becomes exclusive mobile network partner for Dixons Carphone

Vodafone UK and Dixons Carphone have signed a new deal creating an exclusive, multi-year partnership, with a new commercial framework focused on "driving great service, innovation and loyalty".

UK Vodafone UK

·5 years ago

NVIDIA Powers Tursa Supercomputer at University of Edinburgh

NVIDIA's NVIDIA HGX high performance computing platform will power Tursa, the new DiRAC supercomputer to be hosted by the University of Edinburgh.

Connected UK

·5 years ago

Vodafone launches commercial 5G Standalone services pilot in London, Manchester and Cardiff

Vodafone has launched a commercial pilot of 5G Standalone service in London, Manchester and Cardiff, which will allow partners to test devices on the new infrastructure. 5G Standalone will act as a catalyst for the creation of a new wave of mobile applications not possible with existing networks.

5G Connected UK Vodafone UK

·5 years ago

EE bringing back roaming charges for UK users in Europe

From January 2022, EE will start charging UK customers to use their phones in Europe, having previously said it had no plans to reintroduce roaming costs, even after they could do so under the U.K.-EU trade agreement signed in December 2020.

EE Connected UK

·5 years ago

MCE brings Computer Vision to Vodafone UK

mce Systems has unveiled its cosmetic assessment technology for smartphones, which enables users to objectively self-grade their device's value for trade-ins. The feature is now available to Vodafone UK customers through a white label app created by mce, and will be available globally at a later time.

Connected UK Vodafone UK

·5 years ago

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