While some operators in some countries (like the U.S. and Japan) have already celebrated birthdays for their LTE services, 4G in the UK hasn’t even been born yet. But now at least it looks like we might have a due date. UK regulator Ofcom today set out new proposals for…

Mobile phone networks, get your houses in order. Here is how much mobile data consumption is expected to grow in the next four years…

Apple’s and Android’s stronghold on the U.S. smartphone market has been the case for many quarters already, and figures out today from Nielsen show how that has translated into a domination of the business of mobile content as well: phones based on Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)…

Smartphone penetration is slowly approaching the tipping point where it will be more common to have a smartphone than a feature phone among the general population. Ofcom says the UK and Japan are among the countries leading the way to that milestone as consumers turn away from PC usage—a trend…

Consumers are increasingly using Facebook for video - but, despite studios and broadcasters hosting more of their content on the social network, it remains mostly a gateway to video hosted elsewhere.

Several days into the Carrier IQ story—which raised privacy concerns around software that claims to be an innocent diagnostics tool—and some handset makers and at least a few carriers are scrambling to clear their names of any CarrierIQ association, although the discussion is unlikely to end here.

Consumers in Europe may be feeling the smarting bite of the economic winter settling in around us, but when it comes to internet and mobile usage, there is some small relief coming: a series of legal actions point to host of new rights for private individuals. UK regulator Ofcom has…

European countries must ensure they have auctioned their analogue TV spectrum for use by higher-speed mobile networks by January 1, 2013, according to a new agreement.

Frustrating news for those in the UK who have eagerly been awaiting the first 4G services. The country, home to some of the most mobile-savvy consumers in the world, is now facing a delay well into 2012 before its national operators can even begin to consider how they would deploy…

The UK is preparing to roll out a new, superfast mobile broadband service that would also more than double the amount of spectrum that is currently available for mobile broadband. Regulator Ofcom today announced plans to go ahead with “white spaces” broadband services, which run on unused spectrum originally allocated…

Given that today’s big mobile news in the UK is that BlackBerry devices (and specifically the free messaging service BlackBerry Messenger) had a big role to play in the riots that took place around London this weekend, the following comes as just one more reminder of how big smartphones are…

Pay-for content bought through carriers’ mobile portals should no longer be regulated by the UK premium-rate phone services regulator PhonepayPlus, UK media regulator Ofcom is proposing. Instead, carriers would be responsible for self-regulating the content.

After an “Arab spring”, it’s been a summer of security breaches. But, while the press, politicians and police chiefs turn themselves inside-out over voicemail “hacking”, each is overlooking the root cause - lax data security rules.

Big news today in the world of mobile payments: the three largest operators in the UK have announced a joint venture to offer mobile wallet services to its customers, in the hopes of finally kick-starting a service that has been long on discussion but painfully short on execution up to…

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: a scary cell phone warning from the World Health Organization; Tapjoy dishes the dirt on Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) pulling the pay-per-install model; some hints at Motorola’s new products; eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) lashes out on mobile data in the UK;…

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: more details spill about Google’s not-so-secret mobile wallet launch today; worrying stats about malware for Android in China; O2 tops mobile broadband survey in the UK; ex-Nokia (NYSE: NOK) executives’ $60 million VC fund.

The UK communications regulator Ofcom is planning its largest-ever auction of mobile phone spectrum in 2012 with the aim of enabling high-speed internet connectivity around the UK while also guaranteeing competition.

The UK’s congested wireless networks may soon be getting an extra traffic lane: today, Ofcom took one further step along the route to putting services into the country’s “white spaces”, or parts of unused radio spectrum between television channels. A similar plan is gradually progressing through the U.S. regulatory system…

Media and telco regulator Ofcom wants to force Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and O2 to give up their portions of the 900 MHz mobile spectrum to allow another operator to provide wireless broadband in rural areas. The government, as set out in its wide-ranging but poorly received Digital Britain policy review…