Comment UK surely a more appropriate target? (Score 5, Insightful) 172
If this can work in the U.S., presumably it would work even better in the UK with similar internet usage and a much higher population density.
UK Government to Shut Down GSM Networks 94
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."
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