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Apple Pay up 300% as £30 limit removed

On: Wednesday, 31 May, 2017
With half of UK shops now supporting limitless Apple Pay payments, usage is up 300% in the last year, Apple report. Apple Pay is an app for iPads, iPhones and the Apple Watch which mimics the contactless payments you can make on debit and ...
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New 5G test hits 6.4Gbps at 60mph

On: Tuesday, 30 May, 2017
The Americans are jostling for prominence in rolling out fast 5G, and they might just have hit on the most impressive test yet. Now Ericsson and Verizon have shown the ability to reach data speeds hundreds of times faster than 4G – fr...
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Three 4G only available 50% of the time

On: Wednesday, 24 May, 2017
Three 4G coverage is falling compared to rivals Vodafone and O2, according to a new study of 30,000 customers by crowdsourcers OpenSignal. Berkshire-based Three were the first to launch 3G back in 2003, making them the country’s first...
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5G ‘close’ as Russian test hits 25Gbps

On: Thursday, 11 May, 2017
Ericsson’s latest test of a prototype 5G network in Moscow has produced data rates 100 times faster than anything we’ve seen before. Phones on the network were able to process data at staggering 25Gbps speeds. A 25Gbps connectio...
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