Targeting your audience. It is important to make sure that you know exactly who your target audience is before you start promoting. Getting the right audience for your event, will be one of the determining factors to its success. If youre an events management company, your audience needs to be people/businesses that will be in … Continue reading How To Host An Event
Ofcom has revealed that Vodafone was the most complained about network during the final three months of 2014, with 0.15 complaints per 1,000 customers. Vodafone overtook EE in the quarter, who had been the most complained network for the seven previous quarters, but saw its number of complaints fall 0.2 to 0.12 per 1,000 customers. … Continue reading Vodafone most complained about network in Q4 2014
Samsung re-established its global smartphone sales lead over Apple in Q1 2015 after holding on by its fingernails in the final quarter of last year. This was according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker which revealed that Apple’s sales share fell sequentially from 19.85 per cent to 18.2 per cent. Meanwhile, Samsung increased its … Continue reading IDC: Samsung re-establishes sales lead over Apple
Apple posted record revenues and profits in its fiscal Q2, helped by iPhone sales soaring 40 per cent from the same period last year. For the three months ending March 28, 2015, revenue increased 27 per cent year-on-year to $58 billion (£38 billion) while profit grew by a third (33 per cent) to $13.57 billion … Continue reading Apple posts record revenues and profits for Q2
Prime Minister David Cameron has absolutely guaranteed businesses that a new Conservative Government will do all that it can to ensure that the infrastructure is put in place for faster mobile and fixed broadband and that all not spots’– where signal availability drops off – are filled in. Speaking at the launch of the Conservative … Continue reading PM pledges commitment to boosting mobile broadband coverage
EE is expecting BT’s £12.5 billion acquisition of it to be approved by the end of this year, allaying fears it may take longer. BT sealed its multi-billion pound deal of the mobile operator on February 5. At the time, it was expected the deal would be finalised by March 2016, provided it gained regulatory … Continue reading EE expecting BT acquisition to be approved this year
The global wearables market was worth $8.9 billion in 2014, according to research from Futuresource UK, with 56 million devices shipped worldwide. The biggest growth was in the connected watches and fitness trackers category, which grew by 140 per cent from 2013, with Futuresource UK expecting a further 50 per cent surge in 2015. Nine … Continue reading Global wearables market worth estimated $8.9million in 2014
Apple has admitted that demand for its Watch could exceed supply at launch on April 24. The manufacturer’s first wearable product is being made available for preview and pre-order tomorrow. However, as with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in September, Apple has revealed that it may be able to meet customer demand for the … Continue reading Apple: “Watch demand could exceed supply”
Microsoft’s only handset launch at Mobile World Congress has gone on sale in the UK today. The Lumia 640 will be joined by its larger variant, the 640 XL, by the end of the month. The 640 has a five-inch display, 8MP camera, a 1.2GHz processor and 2500mAh battery. It is available in glossy cyan, … Continue reading Microsoft Lumia 640 goes on sale today
Android stretched its UK sales share lead over iOS to 14 per cent ahead of a number of Q2 flagship releases running the former. This is according to the latest sales share figures from Kanar Worldpanel ComTech for the three months ending February 28. The Google operating system continues to lead the UK market with … Continue reading Android stretches UK sales share lead over iOS to 14pc
Three-owner Hutchison Whampoa has reached definitive terms to buy O2 from Telefonica in a £10.25 billion deal that will create the UK’s largest network with around 35 million subscribers. In January, the Hong Kong based company had entered exclusive talks with O2’s owners to buy the UK’s second largest network but Telefonica has now confirmed … Continue reading Hutchison Whampoa Agrees Terms To Buy O2
The Apple Watch will be available for pre-order in the UK from April 10, with the device going on sale on April 24. The iPhone-maker’s first entry in to the wearable market was officially launched at an event today (March 9) in San Francisco, where CEO Tim Cook called it Apple’s most personal device ever. … Continue reading Apple Watch to go on sale in UK on 24th April
Planning an event can definitely get those grey hairs coming through, but we want to stop that from happening, well¦ at least help slow it down! It’s probably the most stressful part of the whole period. After reading this we want you to really understand what steps are needed in order to plan a successful … Continue reading Event planning is a pretty big deal…
Vodafone UK CEO Jeroen Hoencamp has admitted its network isnt as good as it should be as the operator embarks on a £1 billion investment programme this year. In an interview with the Financial Times, Hoencamp laid out plans for the spend, claiming nothing else matters without the network. This is part of Project Spring, … Continue reading Vodafone UK CEO Hoencamp: “Network isn’t good enough”
Increasing rollout of 4G technology will mean more than a third of the world’s population will have access to LTE by the end of 2015, according to data from GSMA Intelligence. The new data calculates that 4G coverage will rise from 27 per cent of the global population at the end of 2014 to 35 … Continue reading 4G to reach third of world’s population by end of 2015
Make your next event stand out from the crowd with the latest event technologies The event industry is always moving and sometimes it can be hard to keep up¦ but dont worry, were one step ahead. Technology experts are predict huge changes in the things that could make or break your event. Have you heard … Continue reading How to Make Your Event One to Remember
Thanks to Fusion Productions innovative show design and excellence in Event Production, Clarke White Publishing has appointed Fusion to produce the show. What promises to be a fantastic celebration of one of the fastest moving technology industries, the annual event has sold out in record time. Fusion Productions Managing Director, Oliver Rowe, says “We thank … Continue reading Fusion Productions Appointed In Major Industry Awards Production Contract
Furthering their work as preferred supplier for Trinity Mirror Midlands with Coventry Telegraph and Birmingham Post and Mail news brands, Fusion will deliver this prestigious event on Friday 20th March at Coventry Cathedral. Following their highly successful production work on the Coventry Telegraph Business Awards at Coventry Cathedral and the Birmingham Post Business Awards at … Continue reading Fusion Productions to Produce Pride of Coventry and Warwickshire Awards 2015
Poor mobile phone reception is costing UK businesses almost £33 million a week (£1.7 billion a year), according to new research. The study by small cell technology solutions provider ip.access claims that 2.53 million hours are lost each week by employees searching for a better mobile phone signal to make work calls in the place … Continue reading Poor mobile reception costing UK companies £1.7bn a year
EE is to invest £1.5 billion in its network over the next three years as part of plans to enable mobile coverage in every UK home and to connect previously unconnected communities. In the second phase of its network strategy, it has committed to voice and 4G data coverage across 90 per cent of the … Continue reading EE to spend £1.5bn on its network over the next three years
Apple iOS has closed the gap on Android as the UK’s most popular operating system to just 8.5 per cent, according to the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. In Q4, its OS share was 42 per cent, up 13.1 per cent year-on-year and 11 per cent from the previous quarter. In contrast, Android’s share … Continue reading iOS closes the gap on Android as the UK’s leading OS
It’s never been more important to take data privacy and protection more seriously. January 28th is Data Privacy Day, to serve as a reminder to businesses and the general public that they need to keep their private data secure. It’s not the most exciting part of running a business, but it’s important to dedicate sometime … Continue reading 5 reasons to beef up your data security
Apple says the Apple Watch – revealed alongside the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in September – will launch in April. Chief executive officer Tim Cook made the comments on an analysts call after the company posted profits of £11.8 billion for the three months ending December 27, the biggest quarterly profit ever by a … Continue reading Apple Watch to be launched in April 2015
Ofcom has announced its plans to ensure that the UK is a leading country in the development of the Internet of Things by working with the industry to promote innovation and investment. The UK regulator says there are currently more than 40 million connected devices int he UK alone with this number expected to grow … Continue reading OFCOM outlines their UK “Internet of Things” Strategy
Hutchison Whampoa has confirmed it is in exclusive talks with Telefonica to buy O2 UK for £10.25bn in cash. The move closely follows news of BT’s planned acquisition of EE, late last year, and marks another seismic shift in the UK mobile landscape, heralding further consolidation. In a statement Hutchison Whampoa said it had entered … Continue reading Hutchison Whampoa offers £10.25bn for O2 UK
Windows Phone OS will be phased out and replaced with mobile tailored version of Windows 10 Microsoft will replace its Windows Phone OS with a modified version of its new Windows 10 operating system, it has revealed. At the launch event for Windows 10, the US-based software company said that at some point in 2015 … Continue reading Microsoft ditches Windows Phone for Windows 10
Google has announced that it will cease sales of Google Glass on January 19 with the manufacturer insisting the product has a future. The product had been available as part of the Glass Explorer Programme in the UK since last summer, following its release in the UK last Autumn. The programme allowed software developers to … Continue reading Technology giant insists wearable still has a future despite sales ending on January 19
On January 1, 1985, Michael Harrison, son of former Vodafone chairman Sir Earnest Harrison, made a call using the Transportable Vodafone VT1 as Vodafone pipped BT Cellnet to make the first UK mobile phone call. According to the operator, Michael Harrison secretly left his family’s home just before midnight to surprise his father with the … Continue reading 30 years today since the first UK mobile phone call was made
The UK’s leading mobile operators have agreed a deal with the Government to invest £5 billion to improve infrastructure and guarantee 90 per cent coverage by 2017. EE, O2, Vodafone and Three have struck a binding agreement with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to halve the number of areas with poor coverage, known … Continue reading Networks and Government agrees £5 billion deal to end “not-spots”
BlackBerry has revealed its second handset of 2014, the no-nonsense BlackBerry Classic based on the Canadian manufacturers traditional handset design. The 3.5-inch touchscreen device is based on the BlackBerry Bold design. The last handset in this range. the Bold 9900, was launched in May 2011. The handset is available to pre-order now priced at £349 … Continue reading Blackberry reveals “no-nonsense” Blackberry Classic