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GWS Name Virgin Media O2 Best Combined Mobile and WiFi Provider

8th June, 2023 (16 Comments)

Global Wireless Solutions has today published the results of a confusing new study that measured the network performance of operators that have combined their mobile and broadband ISP businesses. Overall, the study found that the fastest download speeds by a combined provider were seen by Virgin Media O2 (138Mbps average).

Virgin Media O2 Highlight Next SRN 4G Mobile Upgrades in the Highlands

8th June, 2023 (0 Comments)

O2 (VMO2) has today confirmed that they will either build or upgrade a total of 30 masts in Jamie Stone MP’s constituency – Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross – over the “next few months“, which forms part of the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) project to help boost 4G (mobile broadband) coverage.

EE Deploys 411 New Small Cells to Boost UK 4G and 5G Mobile

8th June, 2023 (24 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has announced that they’ve deployed another 411 small cells (tiny base stations) on UK street furniture and buildings in order to boost the coverage and speed of their 4G based mobile broadband network (total of 611), which they claim allows customers to “take advantage of download speeds of up to 300Mbps.”

Gov Launch New £7m Fund to Test UK Rural Broadband Solutions UPDATE

6th June, 2023 (8 Comments)

The UK Government will today launch a new £7 million fund as one part of their wider Unleashing Rural Opportunity strategy, which will be used to “test out new ways” of bringing together satellite, wireless (FWA and mobile) and fixed line broadband ISP solutions to help “support farmers and tourism businesses” in rural areas.

Amazon Says No Current Plan to Bundle Mobile Tariff with Prime

5th June, 2023 (17 Comments)

Internet retail and streaming giant Amazon is reportedly in the very early stages of exploring whether or not to add a Mobile phone service as an extra feature of their paid Prime membership, which already offers limited music streaming, cheaper deliveries, video streaming, Kindle books and various other benefits.

Clarifying Some Myths Around the UK Shutdown of 3G Mobile

3rd June, 2023 (69 Comments)

In recent weeks the news has been full of reports (e.g. here and here), which frequently warn – without challenge – that the move by Mobile Network Operators (MNO) O2, Three UK, Vodafone and EE to withdraw old 3G services will push “millions of people” into “digital poverty” and disconnect them from the internet. But are they correct?

53% of UK Mobile Users See Average Downloads Below 30Mbps

1st June, 2023 (12 Comments)

New data from mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal has revealed that 53.3% of UK Smartphone users achieve average mobile broadband download speeds below 30Mbps (sub-“superfast” level), while 14% suffer sub-10Mbps downloads and 4.7% of users spend over 5% of their time with no mobile signal at all.

EE UK Pilots 3G Switch Off in Warrington from 17th July 2023

26th May, 2023 (28 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has announced that they will conduct an initial pilot of their 3G withdrawal scheme in the Cheshire (England) town of Warrington from the week of 17th July 2023. This will be followed by their national programme, which aims to move customers off the old data (mobile broadband) network by early 2024.

Ofcom Spring 2023 Study – Gigabit Broadband Covers 73% of UK

19th May, 2023 (20 Comments)

Ofcom’s Spring 2023 report into UK fixed line broadband and mobile coverage has found that “full fibre” (FTTP) now reaches 48% of the UK (up from 42% in Sept 2022), while 73% are within reach of a gigabit-capable network (up from 70%) and 73-82% of premises can get outdoor 5G cover from at least one operator (up from 67-78%).

Vodafone Top 1.22m UK Broadband Customers and Cuts 11,000 Jobs

16th May, 2023 (13 Comments)

Vodafone UK has released their latest Q4 FY23 results, which reveals that their fixed line broadband ISP base grew strongly to total 1.223 million customers (up by 65k in the quarter vs 47k in Q3 FY23), while their mobile base also now totals 17.92 million (up by 118k vs 259k in the previous quarter). But job cuts galore.

Virgin Media O2 Deploy 4G at 50 UK Rural Mobile Masts Under SRN

15th May, 2023 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has today confirmed that they’ve so far deployed “reliable” 4G based mobile broadband coverage across a total of 50 rural sites in the United Kingdom, which forms part of their commitment under the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) project with the Government.

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Councils Warn Digital Divide Holding Some Back in Broadband Slow Lane

12th May, 2023 (16 Comments)

The Local Government Association, which represents councils from across England and Wales, has published a “new” report that warns of how poorer households are being left behind in the “broadband slow lane“, with access to fixed broadband being 15 percentage points lower in the most deprived areas than in the least deprived.

SMARTY UK Offers 100GB Mobile 5G SIM for £12 Per Month

11th May, 2023 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator SMARTY, which is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) on Three UK’s network, has launched a new SIM Only offer that gives new customers 100GB of mobile broadband data for just £12 per month, and you can also still get unlimited data for just £16 per month (£20 after 12-months).

BT Finish First Live UK Field Trial of OneWeb Linked 4G Mobile

7th May, 2023 (6 Comments)

BT’s Chief Security and Networks Officer, Howard Watson, has revealed that the operator has just completed a live field trial that, for the “first time ever“, made it possible for them to deploy a 4G (LTE) mobile cell site that was backhauled (data capacity) over OneWeb’s constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband satellites.

EE Offers Free UK Mobile Broadband Data for King’s Coronation UPDATE2

5th May, 2023 (23 Comments)

Customers of mobile operator EE (BT) may be pleased to learn that they’ll be zero-rating data (free usage) across their entire mobile network for the Coronation of King Charles III on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th May 2023, “as the nation unites to celebrate the crowning of His Majesty” (yeah.. ok).

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Virgin Media O2, Starlink and Wavemobile Trial Brings 4G to Remote Wales

5th May, 2023 (15 Comments)

O2 UK (VMO2) has completed a unique trial in an extremely remote part of Wales, which successfully worked with Starlink’s network of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Wavemobile to deploy a mobile broadband capable 4G signal to the area around the South Stack Lighthouse in Holyhead, Anglesey.

EE UK Launch New Console Trade-In Service and PC Gaming Laptop Bundles

3rd May, 2023 (4 Comments)

Mobile network operator EE (BT) has today launched a new console (video gaming) trade-in service that offers cashback for old gaming hardware. On top of that, they’ve also launched a new range of PC gaming packages featuring premium laptops, which are designed to complement their 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) plans.