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Ofcom Cuts UK Mobile Licence Fees for 900MHz and 1800MHz by GBP60m

18th Jul 2025 (0 Comments)

After much debate, the UK telecoms regulator has today agreed to reduce the total amount paid by the primary mobile network operators – EE, O2 and Vodafone / Three UK – to use the 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz radio spectrum bands by around £60m per year. The bands support the use of 2G and 4G mobile (mobile broadband) services.

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Survey Claims UK Alternative Broadband Networks Still Confident of Future

17th Jul 2025 (12 Comments)

A new survey of 300 alternative networks, ISPs, suppliers and other companies has found that 83% of altnet decision makers believe their companies will grow over the next year, while 77% said they are planning to increase their investment in the coming 12 months. Similarly, 70% believe the forthcoming consolidation will have a positive impact.

Ofcom UK Confirm Changes to 3.9GHz Band for 5G Mobile and Wireless Broadband

17th Jul 2025 (2 Comments)

Ofcom has introduced changes to its existing licence for the 3.9GHz (3925 – 4009MHz) radio spectrum band, which among other things will adjust the authorised frequency from 3925-4009MHz to 3800-3884MHz (i.e. making it more efficient) and allow Three UK (VodafoneThree) to harness it for fixed wireless and 5G based mobile broadband services (Three Home Broadband).

Ofcom Study Examines UK Speed and Coverage of 4G and 5G Mobile Networks

17th Jul 2025 (6 Comments)

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today published their 2025 Mobile Matters report, which uses Opensignal’s crowdsourced data (collected between October 2024 and March 2025) to benchmark the performance of UK mobile broadband networks by both technology (2G to 5G), nation and operator choice – including Three UK, O2, Vodafone and EE.

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Openreach Recycles UK Home Broadband Kit to Help Slash Plastic Use

17th Jul 2025 (17 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today announced the launch of a new range of Optical Network Terminals (ONT) from Nokia – the wall-mounted optical modems that get installed in homes alongside their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP lines, which use re-engineered casings made from 85% recycled plastic.

CityFibre UK Lays 286km of Fibre for FTTP Broadband Build in Bognor Regis

17th Jul 2025 (0 Comments)

Roughly three years have passed since CityFibre first started rolling out their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the West Sussex seaside town of Bognor Regis (here). But the operator has today revealed that they’ve so far laid over 286km of new fibre in the town.

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UK Ranks Poorly in Ookla’s European Study of 5G Mobile Availability

17th Jul 2025 (5 Comments)

Broadband network benchmarking firm Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular internet Speedtest.net website and App, has published the results of a new Q2 2025 study that ranks European countries by their level of 5G mobile network availability. But the UK somewhat unsurprisingly comes in near the bottom with an availability level of 45.2%.

30 Government Funded 4G Mobile Mast Upgrades Now Live Across Wales

17th Jul 2025 (2 Comments)

The UK Government has this morning revealed that a total of 30 publicly-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have now gone live across Wales as part of the industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, which recently succeeded (here) in extending geographic 4G coverage from at least one operator to 95% of the UK (aggregate).

Virgin Media O2 Connect 1,000 Residents in Newcastle to Free Internet

17th Jul 2025 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) and UK tech charity Jangala have worked with the Newcastle City Council (NCC) to connect more than 1,000 local residents living in housing plus schemes at 30 different locations to a “free internet” service, which harnesses their special GetBoxes (a type of portable WiFi broadband router that uses mobile data).

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Which? Name Virgin Media and EE as Biggest UK Consumer Letdowns of 2025 UPDATE

17th Jul 2025 (11 Comments)

Consumer magazine Which? has this morning named the winners of their Shoddy Awards 2025, which lists the companies that have done poorly through the year. The bad news is that broadband ISP Virgin Media was awarded a Shoddy for the third year running due to poor ratings and price rises, while EE picked up an award for its mid-contract price rises on mobile bundles.

Broadband ISP Yayzi Deploys IPv6 Addressing Across UK Network

16th Jul 2025 (11 Comments)

Internet provider Yayzi Broadband has this afternoon informed ISPreview that they’ve begun to deploy Internet Protocol v6 (IPv6) addressing across their entire network as part of a step toward “future-proofing our infrastructure and enhancing network performance, scalability, and connectivity“. But it will take a few “days” longer before it reaches every user.

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O2 UK Boost 4G and 5G Mobile at 2,000 Postcodes in Coventry

16th Jul 2025 (0 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that over the last 12-months they’ve upgraded the network capacity and coverage of their 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) services at a total of over 2,000 postcodes across the West Midlands (England) city of Coventry.

Government Set Six Standards to Tackle Digital Divide in UK Schools

16th Jul 2025 (3 Comments)

The UK Government’s Department for Education (DfE) has today set out “six standards” that it hopes will end the “postcode lottery of school technology” and help to close the digital divide. The standards cover broadband internet, wireless networks, network switches, digital leadership, plus two safety requirements: cyber security and filtering and monitoring to keep pupils safe online.

Openreach Extend FTTP Uninhabitable Broadband Locations Pilot for 12 Months

16th Jul 2025 (16 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach has decided to extend the ongoing UK pilot of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband lines for “Uninhabitable Locations” for a further 12-months (i.e. where the service is used to connect non-traditional end points such as CCTV cameras, bus shelter signs, EV charging points, lift lines etc.).

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TalkTalk Cause Confusion for Some UK Users with Paid Email Migration UPDATE

16th Jul 2025 (11 Comments)

Some customers of UK ISP TalkTalk have been left confused after the broadband provider emailed them to notify that their free email accounts would soon be migrated to Open-Xchange’s Everymail platform, which will attract a cost of £5 per month – those who don’t agree by 8th September 2025 will lose access. But it’s not quite that simple.

Broadband ISP TalkTalk Issue Trading Update and Hints at New UK WiFi Product

16th Jul 2025 (12 Comments)

The heavily indebted TalkTalk Group, which has recently been going through another turbulent period due to payment disputes with suppliers and reports of a possible sale (here, here and here), has today published a fairly limited Q1 FY26 trading update to 31st May 2025 that attempts to highlight the positives and hints at a new home Wi-Fi proposition.

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SpaceX to Launch First 1Tbps GEN3 Starlink Broadband Satellites in H1 2026

16th Jul 2025 (4 Comments)

SpaceX’s Starlink service, which offers ultrafast broadband speeds to the UK and globally via a massive constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has published a new network update that reveals how the first of their third generation (GEN3) satellites will launch during the first half of 2026. Assuming their Starship rockets stop exploding.