Google Play Music has pressed play on a deal that brings Lady Gaga, Rihanna and 5 million more new songs to your Android phone’s music store. Google has done a deal with European licensing and publishing groups to add more than 5.5 million tracks, including meat-decked GaGa and good girl gone bad RiRi. The deal …

EE has kicked off its SIM-only deals — but some customers are already talking about quitting the UK’s first 4G network. A month after launch, EE is now supplying SIM cards to put in your LTE phone, no matter where you bought it. But some customers are stuck without any service as they’re unable to activate their SIM. Other customers …

There’s only one thing better than high definition — and that’s high definition for free. Telecoms watchdog Ofcom is backing the BBC and friends in calling for up to 10 more HD channels on Freeview. The BBC, Channel 4 and broadcasting infrastructure company Arqiva want to add 10 more HD channels to Freeview to tempt telly addicts into upgrading their …

Charity begins at phone. That’s the charitable intention behind The People’s Operator, or TPO, a new mobile phone network that donates a quarter of profits to charities, community groups and other good causes. The People’s Operator uses Orange and T-Mobile’s infrastructure and works like any other phone network, including free calls and texts to anyone also on TPO. And you …

Sony admits it’s failed to challenge the iPhone and Samsung Galaxy S3 yet, but promises a flagship follow-up to the Sony Xperia T that will rival the best of the smart phone best. “We will create in the near future a flagship Sony model that can compete with Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy S3,” said one of Sony’s mobile phone bosses. Speaking …

4G has barely arrived in the UK, and plans are already underway for 5G. Authorities are looking ahead to the next, next generation of super-fast Internet for phones and tablets — as it’s revealed we used twice as much data as last year. Telecoms watchdog Ofcom is already looking to 5G. That may seem like looking far ahead, but Ofcom …

The mobile phone watchdog has given phone networks a slap on the wrist for not telling us enough about data on our mobile phones — which all too often leads to a nasty shock when the bill comes in. The communications ombudsman said networks needed to be clearer about data limits, especially hidden limits. Chief ombudsman Lewis Shand Smith told …

With the launch of Windows Phone 8, the previous crop of Microsoft-powered phones became a gaggle of lame ducks. But Microsoft isn’t ready to take those ducks round the back of the barn to shoot them just yet, with new features emerging for the update to Windows Phone 7.8. Hopelessly mixed farmyard animal analogies aside — animalogies? — phones such …

Oh Google — how did it come to this? The Google Nexus 4 has turned from triumph to disaster in less than half an hour. That’s how long the Nexus 4 took to sell out on Google Play, leaving some very angry potential customers struggling with a broken website and an empty shopping basket. But even if you were one …

The next generation of BlackBerry is coming in the new year, and already the new phone is squaring up to the iPhone 5. Codenamed the BlackBerry London, or L-series, the new phone will be one of the first to show off BlackBerry 10, the long-delayed and much-anticipated update to the BlackBerry operating system. Indian site BBin posted this picture of …