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How to turn off mobile data for specific apps on Samsung mobile phone (RESOLVED)

– On Samsung Galaxy devices you can stop apps from using mobile data through several built-in methods, ranging from background restrictions to advanced automated routines. 

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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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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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Ofcom issues statement regarding O2 price rises in the UK

– Ofcom has issued the following statement regarding o2’s announcement in regards to price increases for its customers.

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Rising Memory Costs Disrupt China’s Smartphone Component Market

– The memory supercycle is accelerating, and smartphone manufacturers are taking the hit. DRAM giants are ratcheting up prices as supply for older technologies like DDR4 remains scarce.

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BT to deliver 5G standalone to 99% of the UK population by the end of 2030

– BT EE are announcing their ambition to deliver 5G standalone to 99% of the UK population by the end of FY30 – four years ahead of any other UK mobile operator’s  stated projections.

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