UK Government to Shut Down GSM Networks

An anonymous reader writes "Mobile Gazette is reporting that the British government wants to shut down the UK's GSM networks next year and re-use the frequencies for gambling terminals and a new citizen surveillance program extending the use of the new compulsory ID cards. Although we should perhaps welcome the move away from old-style 2G mobile phone networks, there are perhaps a few worrying things about the new "Big Brother" citizen monitoring that the government is proposing to put in."

Re:Is it me?

[Trogre]

Funny, I don't remember anything too obvious or lame on 4th of January this year.

Re:April Fools

[Anonymous Coward]

Of course it is.
The Government could never get that project in place by next year.
  RJG.

Re:Is it me?

[TangoCharlie]

It's you... because as far as I know, it's not the 4th of January in the UK.

Re:Ouch

[carou]

For me the eyes-burning pink-colored css-styled atrocity that is today's main page was kind of a giveaway.

After games.slashdot.org, nothing would surprise me.

MOD PARENT UP

[NigelJohnstone]

+5 insightful

OMG: Another

[phorest]

Blair lied, cellphones died!