O2 will use virtual queuing technology and new store design to safely open its shops in Scotland and Wales to customers and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Aberdeen is set to become a forerunner for digital transformation in Scotland with the announcement of a new Gigabit-capable full fibre broadband network under the Vodafone and CityFibre Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) programme. The Vodafone and CityFibre partnership will mean that Aberdeen becomes Scotland’s first city in which nearly every home and business will have access to gigabit-speed broadband.
In conjunction with OnePoll, Carphone surveyed mobile habits of 2000 smartphone users in the UK to find out what habits annoy us most, and which habits we’re guilty of ourselves, in a bid to bring back good old-fashioned phone etiquette.
Better late than never, UK customers of Natwest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander and Ulster Bank are now able to make contactless purchases in stores and apps via their Android smartphone using Android Pay.
Apple will be reopening the Buchanan Street store in Glasgow on August 27. The Glasgow store, which remains at 147 Buchanan Street, has been closed for extensive interior and exterior renovations since January of this year.
Amazon today announced that a new fulfilment centre in Tilbury, Essex, will open in 2017, creating more than 1,500 new permanent jobs next year.
Amazon today launched Prime Now in Scotland, offering one-hour delivery on more than 15,000 popular items, to Prime members in selected postcodes in Glasgow.
Android Pay is now officially available in the UK. Android Pay will support MasterCard and Visa credit and debit cards from many of the UK’s major financial institutions.
Nine months after Apple Pay launched in the UK, Barclays and Barclaycard customers are now able to make contactless payments using Apple Pay.
Google has today announced that Android Pay will be coming to the UK "in the next few months". Android Pay will support MasterCard and Visa credit and debit cards from many of the UK’s major financial institutions.
Three’s 4G speeds will increase by up to 50% nationwide as part of an ongoing rollout of additional spectrum on the network.
Early stage, socially conscious businesses are being encouraged to bid for loan finance and mentoring support from a pioneering new funding initiative in Scotland.
