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Power Outage UK Telecoms

22nd April, 2026 (34 Comments)

Mobile network operators, such as EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK (VodafoneThree), have reportedly warned the government that, in a worst-case scenario, the current energy crisis and rising costs may force some of them to ration access to their network or slow mobile broadband (4G, 5G) speeds in order to reduce energy usage.

5G on Omni image by Freshwave

22nd April, 2026 (1 Comment)

Wireless infrastructure provider Freshwave has today announced that they’ve worked with UK mobile operators EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) to start rolling out the next “evolution” of their indoor focused small cell Omni Network, which could initially only harness 4G but has now been upgraded to handle 5G (mobile broadband).

rural mobile mast site uk

22nd April, 2026 (2 Comments)

A new report has claimed that telecoms infrastructure providers in the UK’s mobile network sector are using “new tactics” to secure more favourable lease renewals on mast sites. The tactic is said to be enticing landowners to negotiate without professional representation (i.e. risking agreements that reduce rents or overlook key protections).

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SpeedGeo UK Mobile and Broadband Speedtest Study

22nd April, 2026 (0 Comments)

The SpeedGeo project, which compares global internet quality by benchmarking the connection speeds of real users, has published their 2026 results for the United Kingdom. The outcome once again awards Virgin Media as the fastest broadband ISP, while Three UK came top for mobile broadband (4G, 5G etc.). But some big names are missing.

O2 Mobile Mast Picture from PR 310326

21st April, 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA / 5G+) mobile broadband network in Surrey (England), which is said to reach “up to” 1.2 million residents across 33 large towns, 48 smaller towns and 194 rural villages.

Virgin Media O2 Engineers Digging Trench

20th April, 2026 (10 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of its parentage with broadband ISP Virgin Media (they harness the same build teams), has today confirmed another batch of seven locations and regions across the UK that will benefit from an upgrade to their latest full fibre (FTTP, XGS-PON) broadband technology. Technically it should be 8 locations, but we already wrote about one.

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Gold Award Trophy Held in Hand 123RF - 166249402

18th April, 2026 (15 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has published the results from their latest UK mobile network satisfaction survey, which questioned 5,137 adult customers in January 2026 about their chosen UK mobile phone operator (mix of Which? Connect panel and members of the public). Overall, Talkmobile topped the table with a customer satisfaction score of 83%, while Three UK placed last on just 65%.

Tenby Mobile Mast by Ryan with permission 080426

18th April, 2026 (20 Comments)

At the start of January 2026 a mobile phone mast in the Pembrokeshire (Wales) seaside town of Tenby suddenly disappeared, leaving locals to suffer extremely poor service quality no matter what network they used (some areas even have no signal at all). At the same time some mobile operators continued to deny there was even a problem, until very recently.

Virgin-Media-O2-2025-Engineer-on-a-Single-Visit-Install

17th April, 2026 (5 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of its parentage with Virgin Media (harnessing the same build engine), has today announced a £2.9 million investment in the large County Durham (England) town of Darlington to help upgrade 18,000 homes to full fibre (FTTP) broadband. The work is linked to the planned acquisition of altnet Netomnia.

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Mobile network signal tower uk by 123rf

14th April, 2026 (0 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave has published the results from a recent survey they conducted into mobile network coverage and mobile broadband (4G, 5G) speed across Caerphilly in Wales, which involved two surveys over an 18-month period and revealed a strong post-merger boost for Vodafone and Three UK (VodafoneThree). On the flip side, O2 actually suffered a decline.

golden cup best broadband isp by 123rf

11th April, 2026 (3 Comments)

Network benchmarking giant Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service, has named mobile operator Three UK as the United Kingdom’s Top-Rated Speedtest Awards winner during Q3-Q4 2025.

Virgin-Media-O2-5G-SA-Mobile-Mast-Surrounded-by-Trees-2023

10th April, 2026 (15 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA / 5G+) mobile broadband network in 47 large towns and cities, 79 smaller towns and 597 rural villages across West Midlands (England). The development also means that their 5G+ network now covers more than 85% of the UK’s population.

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Nexfibre-engineers-and-CEO

9th April, 2026 (3 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of its parentage with Virgin Media (harnessing the same build teams), O2 and giffgaff, has today announced a £44 million investment in Greater Manchester to help upgrade 318,000 premises to full fibre (FTTP) broadband. The announcement relates to the planned acquisition of “fellow ‘altnet’” Netomnia.

Highland Council Bin Lorry Scottish scottishfuturestrust PR 090625

9th April, 2026 (5 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave have today shared the results from a recent survey they conducted, which tested the mobile broadband coverage and performance of 4G and 5G networks – including EE, Three UK, Vodafone and O2 – across the Moray Council area in Scotland. Overall the study found a 40 point performance gap between the best and worst mobile networks.

Virgin Media O2 2025 UK Apprentice Engineers

7th April, 2026 (13 Comments)

Network operator nexfibre, which shares some of its parentage with Virgin Media (harnessing the same build teams) and giffgaff, has today followed up the recent announcements for Crawley and Bradford (here) by announcing a further seven UK locations – reflecting a total of 226,000 premises at a cost of £31.7m – that will benefit from an upgrade to their latest full fibre (FTTP / XGS-PON) broadband technology.

Nexfibre-engineers-and-CEO

1st April, 2026 (5 Comments)

Following on from this morning’s announcement of nexfibre’s network expansion across Bradford (here), we’ve now spotted that the operator also appears to have announced a similar £6.8m deployment to reach “up to” a further 42,000 premises in the West Sussex (England) town of Crawley with their full fibre (FTTP) network.

O2 Mobile Mast Picture from PR 310326

1st April, 2026 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve recently switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA / 5G+) mobile broadband network in 14 large towns and cities, 16 smaller towns and 252 rural villages across East Sussex (England), including Brighton and Hove.

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