Getting online during the Olympics in London will probably be a chore thanks to the jammed mobile networks, but companies are doing their best to roll out free WiFi across the city. Recently, Virgin equipped multiple Tube stations with free WiFi access on platforms, and now O2 has announced that it will be rolling out free WiFi access outdoors in certain parts of the city.
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O2 rolling out free WiFi across London
O2 offering 10% discount for outage victims
The O2 network outage affected millions of customers across the UK last week, and naturally users weren't too pleased. As a result, O2 has stepped forward to offer up compensation to all the customers that were affected. On its blog, the carrier notes that 10% will be offered off of July’s bill, which will be applied in September. That’s the equivalent of three days worth of service even though the outage only lasted a day.
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O2 restores 2G and 3G network connectivity
UK carrier O2 was stricken by a network outage affecting 2G and 3G service yesterday, with the network finally managing to restore 2G service this morning. Now the carrier has updated its network status to say that 3G service has been restored. O2 recommend that if any customers are still having issues with 3G, that they should disable then re-enable 3G connectivity.
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O2 claws back 2G after nearly a day of downtime; 3G work-in-progress
Carrier O2 is beginning to recover from its embarrassing network failure, after suffering more than seventeen hours of voice and data downtime in some areas of the UK. Faults first began registering around midday on Wednesday, with O2 phones unable to connect; as of 8am BST today, O2 has confirmed that its 2G service is back online for those customers affected, which means incoming and outgoing calls should be functional.
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O2 and Vodafone partner on infrastructure for 4G future
UK carriers O2 and Vodafone have announced a new collaboration on 2G, 3G and 4G infrastructure, which will see the companies pool basic network infrastructure in an attempt to speed LTE's arrival. Under the scheme - which is also expected to save both carriers money in the long run - O2 and Vodafone will each continue running independent spectrum and competing services, sharing maintenance duties for the basic hardware and decommissioning unnecessary base-station sites.
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Samsung Galaxy S III UK pricing revealed
The Galaxy S III has been revealed this week in London as Samsung's next-level smartphone hero, and the prices are flooding in for UK carriers galore. Starting with Vodafone UK, this carrier gets the device on the 30th of this month (as opposed to the 29th as the rest of Europe will get the device) and will be getting an exclusive on the 32GB model of the device for the first month it's out on the market. While the rest of Europe will be getting the device on the 29th, it seems that the entirety of the UK will have to wait just one more day.
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Galaxy S III carrier enthusiasm grows as O2 jumps onboard
Where one carrier goes, others must follow: after Vodafone UK's confirmation yesterday that it would offer the "next Galaxy" - aka the Samsung Galaxy S III - now arch-rival O2 has joined the club. "Excited about the next Samsung Galaxy?" O2 took to Twitter to rhetorically ask, "So are we - that's why it'll be coming to O2!"
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O2 LTE trial sees speeds of 150Mbit/s
While LTE is florushing in the United States, South Korea, and Japan, things have been slow to start in Europe. O2 began a LTE trial in the UK back in November, with a limited number of trialists given LTE USB sticks to test the service in select parts of Central London. The trial is still ongoing, but O2 has released some results from the testing so far.
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HTC One Series April 5 release: Best Deal Roundup
The HTC One X and One S made their European debut on Monday, impressing us here at SlashGear as well as reviewers across the internet. The phones are expected to ship from retailers tomorrow, and the UK carriers have announced their pricing plans for the handsets. We’ve rounded up all the necessary information, so head on past the jump if you’re interested in picking up either handset and want the best deal. Read The Full Story
Samsung Galaxy S II O2 Android 4.0 update goes live
Samsung Galaxy S II owners on O2 UK can get a taste of delicious Ice Cream Sandwich today, with the carrier confirming that Android 4.0 for the smartphone has been released. The much-anticipated update follows Samsung's release of the generic ICS ROM earlier this month; at the time, the Korean company warned that carrier versions might take longer to arrive.
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HTC One X and One S release dates confirmed
Itching to get your hands on the new HTC One X, or the One S, in good ol’ Blighty? You won’t have to wait that much longer. They'll both be landing in just a couple of weeks, according to both O2 and Phones4u. O2 took to Twitter to confirm that HTC’s new flagship handset, the One X, will be landing on their network on April 5th, although no tariffs have been confirmed yet.
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O2 closes number leak loophole [Update: Official comment]
UK carrier O2 has apparently fixed the loophole that exposed subscribers' mobile numbers to websites they visited using their handset's data connection, though there's still no official explanation as to how the issue arose. Controversy sparked earlier today, when one O2 subscriber realized browsing sites via his phone's data connection transmitted his number in among the header data; a proof-of-concept site prompted the expected outcry against the carrier. Update: O2 has commented officially on the issue; more after the cut.
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