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4G is coming, and with it the benefits of faster speeds and a better experience with mobile broadband. The Ofcom auction of spectrum in February this year awarded licences to Everything Everywhere, Hutchison 3G UK, Telefónica (O2), Vodafone (VOD) and BT and services are expected to start rolling out this summer using the 800MHz band vacated by the terrestrial TV services.
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April 3rd 1973 – the date of the first ever public call globally on a mobile phone. The call was made by Motorola employee Martin Cooper on a Motorola DynaTAC device that resembled a brick at 22 cm tall, weighing around 1 kg (nearly the same as a bag of sugar) and with a talk time of just over 30 minutes.
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Countdown starts to mobile payments for all
* Financial institutions representing 90% of UK current accounts commit to spring 2014 launch of first industry-wide mobile payment service
* Sending security-protected payments by mobile will be as easy as texting, without the need to disclose account details
* Customers will be able to send and receive payments straight from their account after simple sign-up process with their provider
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On 3rd December 1992 a young engineer, Neil Papworth, sent the first text message from his computer to Vodafone's Technical Director, Richard Jarvis. The message simply said 'Merry Christmas' and thus began the worldwide phenomenon of text messaging. |
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