A technology expert has expressed concerns that business mobile phone contracts are often too difficult to understand.According to a survey by TOP10.com, 42 per cent of British people find mobile contracts confusing, with 46 per cent are worried that they may be overcharged or on the wrong tariff.Flora Graham, mobile phones editor at CNET UK, [...] CONTINUE
Businesses have been told to make the most of transferable skills in order to maximise their potential.A report by Capita Learning and Development has shown that 70 per cent of business leaders think a lack of staff skills is the biggest threat to their ability to capitalise on the economic recovery.Furthermore, many businesses have admitted [...] CONTINUE
The Welsh Assembly Government has announced the launch of a new £2 million fund aimed at helping firms in the rural parts of the country benefit from access to business broadband services.Under the new initiative, both households and business premises located in broadband ‘not-spots’ will be able to apply for grants of up to £1,000.This [...] CONTINUE
The popularity of mobile broadband technology across the UK has been tipped to soar over the next few years by a top Google executive.A recent study carried out by YouGov on behalf of Acision found that 84 per cent of mobile broadband users have encountered problems with the quality of service they received over the [...] CONTINUE
Mobile broadband users are embracing the convenience of being able to access the internet while on the move but the majority have experienced quality of service problems, a new report has found.Research carried out by YouGov for mobile data services provider Acision revealed that 84 per cent of mobile broadband users had encountered problems with [...] CONTINUE
British manufacturing businesses may need to trade outside of Europe, in countries such as China, if they are to survive the eurozone debt crisis.According to the latest Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), the PMI has dipped from 58 to 57.5, mainly as a result of a drop in export orders.Michael Baxter, editor of Investment and [...] CONTINUE
Businesses have been told to make sure they have a social media policy in place to protect themselves against staff indiscretions.According to a study by Gartner, social networking services will replace email as the main communication channel for 20 per cent of businesses by 2014, while many will also use it to complement existing communications.Doug [...] CONTINUE
A mobile phone expert has suggested that the antenna and signal issues with the new iPhone will not affect its popularity.Apple recently accepted that there had been problems with the iPhone 4 and, after investigating, has confirmed that the system of calculating signal strength will be reconfigured.The issue arose when the phone was gripped in [...] CONTINUE
New research has demonstrated how an increasing number of businesses and homes in the UK are now getting access to broadband services.According to the figures from the UK Online Measurement Company (UKOM), 38.8 million people had access to the internet in May, up from 36.9 million in May 2009.Furthermore, of the 1.9 million new Brits [...] CONTINUE
Business mobile users have been warned of the dangers of racking up large data charges while overseas.The European Commission recently implemented new roaming rules that mean any customers travelling within another member state will have a data-roaming limit automatically set at €50 (£41.50).Furthermore, operators will have to send a warning to businesses mobile customers when [...] CONTINUE
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