Telecommunications industry

UK avoids recession as economy stronger than first thought at end of 2022

GDP rose by 0.1% in final three months of last year despite fears over inflation and financial turmoil

Larry Elliott Economics editor

31, Mar, 2023 @7:36 AM

Openreach kept us waiting nine months to install broadband

Delays have cost us £2,000 in travel costs because we can’t work from home

Miles Brignall

13, Mar, 2023 @7:00 AM

Hull’s cream-coloured phone boxes given Grade II-listed status

K8 boxes are last in the line of classics, say campaigners as nine still in working order get heritage protection

Mark Brown North of England correspondent

03, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM

New mobile puck will allow smartphones to send texts via satellite

Low-cost device launched to solve mobile blackspots with SOS and two-way texting for Android and iPhone

Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor

24, Feb, 2023 @9:00 AM

Report reveals deteriorating labor conditions at big US wireless carriers

Wage theft, security issues and health problems on the rise after AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile outsource retail stores, report finds

Michael Sainato

16, Feb, 2023 @11:00 AM

US firm Liberty Global buys stake in Vodafone after tumultuous year

‘Cable cowboy’ John Malone rules out takeover bid but says he believes UK telecoms company is undervalued

Alex Lawson

13, Feb, 2023 @6:52 PM

UK mobile and broadband firms plan huge price rise for existing customers

Exclusive: Consumers would save £600m if EE, Vodafone, O2 and others kept to increases in line with inflation

Mark Sweney

13, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM

Mobile and broadband prices: UK watchdog reviews inflation-busting rises

Ofcom could implement tougher protections against hefty bill increases midway through contracts

Mark Sweney

09, Feb, 2023 @10:36 AM

I believed the SMS was from my bank – and fell victim to a $22,000 scam

When I play it back in my mind, I can clearly see points where I should have twigged – but I was blind to the signals

Anonymous

24, Jan, 2023 @4:00 AM

Millions of UK mobile and broadband users face 14% bill rises from April

BT, EE, TalkTalk, Three and Vodafone among suppliers allowed to increase monthly charges

Miles Brignall

19, Jan, 2023 @12:17 PM

Telstra and TPG deal to share mobile networks in Australia’s regions struck down by ACCC

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission finds deal would lessen competition and leave consumers worse off

Josh Taylor

21, Dec, 2022 @12:33 AM

TPG reveals emails of 15,000 iiNet and Westnet customers exposed in hack

Telecommunications company says hacker searched for customers’ cryptocurrency and financial information