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Major telecoms providers sign new charter to end unexpected mid-contract price rises

– Major telecoms providers sign new charter to end unexpected mid-contract price rises and make social tariffs easier to access, helping millions manage living costs.

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CMA secures commitments from Apple and Google to improve fairness in app store processes and enhance iOS interoperability

– Commitments would deliver immediate improvements to the way UK developers publish apps and how they access Apple’s tools.

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Storm Goretti now so dangerous people in the UK are about to get emergency alert on their phones

– The Met Office in the UK has announced an uncommon red weather warning as Storm Goretti brings exceptionally strong winds, as a result an emergency alert will be sent affected UK residents.

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o2 to switch off its 3G service

– Customers of the UK’s largest mobile network are being advised to update their devices or risk losing access to mobile internet. The warning follows O2’s announcement that it will switch off its 3G network later this year, describing the technology as a “relic of a bygone era.”

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Ofcom investigates BT and Three following mobile network outages

Mobile operators are required to take appropriate and proportionate measures to identify and reduce the risks and prepare for the

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Umlaut Connect names EE as the UK’s best network for 11th straight year

– EE are proud to end the year with recognition from Umlaut Connect that they have once again – for the eleventh consecutive year – been named the UK’s best mobile network.

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Ofcom enables satellite calls, texts and data to help eliminate mobile blackspots

– The race to bring satellite calls and texts to ordinary smartphones has begun, after Ofcom announced its final decisions about how the technology can be rolled out.

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Ofcom fines Virgin Media £23.8 million for putting vulnerable customers at risk of harm

– Ofcom has fined Virgin Media £23.8 million, after it disconnected telecare customers during its programme to migrate customers to digital landlines.

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Authorities from the UK, US, Canada, Australia and NZ to enhance cooperation on telecoms security

– Telecoms regulators and government agencies from the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, convened by Ofcom, have published a joint statement on working together more closely to strengthen the security and resilience of telecoms networks and tackle consumer-facing risks from scams and fraud.

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Spoofed numbers blocked in crackdown on scammers

– Scammers hiding behind fake numbers will be unmasked under a new partnership with Britain’s biggest phone companies to protect the public from fraud. 

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