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Vodafone UK – Mobile Cover Improved in Northumberland After 3G Closure

23rd Jul, 2024 (5 Comments)

The Northumberland County Council (NCC) in Northern England and mobile operator Vodafone UK have revealed that, thanks to the aid of bin lorries, they’ve been able to confirm that their network coverage improved in the county after 3G was retired in February 2024. Mobile signals now reach 92% of the county (up from 89%) and mobile broadband speeds improved by 10%.

R100 – Openreach Bring FTTP Broadband to 57K Extra Premises in Scotland

23rd Jul, 2024 (12 Comments)

Network operator Openreach (BT) has issued a progress update on their state aid supported £600m Reaching 100% (R100) project with the Scottish Government, which has now extended their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to more than 57,000 of Scotland’s hardest to connect homes and businesses.

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Ofcom Consult on Using Satellites and Aircraft to Deliver UK Mobile

23rd Jul, 2024 (2 Comments)

The UK communications and media regulator, Ofcom, has today begun seeking feedback on the potential and demand for satellites, aircraft and other airborne platforms to help improve mobile (4G and 5G) network coverage – also known as Direct to Device (D2D) and Mobile-Satellite Services (MSS).

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Cornwall Airport Newquay Gets Faster Public WiFi via Wildanet’s Fibre

23rd Jul, 2024 (1 Comment)

Liskeard-based alternative network operator and UK ISP Wildanet, which is rolling out a gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband across South West England, has boosted connectivity at Cornwall Airport Newquay by deploying a new “lightning-fast” public WiFi network to replace the previous and somewhat slower service.

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Airborne UK 5G Mobile Broadband Network Successfully Trialled

23rd Jul, 2024 (0 Comments)

A turboprop Britten-Norman Islander (BN2T-4S) aircraft has helped a group of UK companies, led by Stratospheric Platforms (SPL), to complete trials of a new advanced airborne 5G connectivity system that could be used to help extend mobile broadband coverage into remote rural areas or to provide coverage during events/disasters etc.

Virgin Media O2 Reveals UK Plan for 2G Mobile Switch Off

23rd Jul, 2024 (37 Comments)

The CTO of network operator O2 (Virgin Media), Jeanie York, has today become the first UK mobile provider to set out their plans for withdrawing the old 2G service, which will see the first customers beginning to be moved off that platform in 2025. But they won’t be switching 2G off completely, at least not for a long time.

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Ofcom Review UK Mobile Licence Fees for 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz

23rd Jul, 2024 (1 Comment)

The UK telecoms regulator has announced that, following a request from BT, it has launched a review of the annual licence fees they charge mobile network operators (EE, Vodafone, Three UK and O2) for use of three popular mobile spectrum bands – 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz – supporting 2G, 3G and 4G (mobile broadband) services.

Ofcom Propose New Ban to Tackle Abuse of UK Mobile Networks

22nd Jul, 2024 (8 Comments)

Market regulator Ofcom has proposed to ban UK telecoms operators from leasing Global Titles – numbers like +44 (for the United Kingdom) that support mobile services – to third parties. This is because such leasing can be misused to try and intercept messages and calls, disrupt the operation of networks and track the location of users of other networks.

Brsk UK to Deploy FTTP Broadband to 30,000 Homes in Runcorn

22nd Jul, 2024 (2 Comments)

Network operator and ISP Brsk, which now covers 573,050 UK premises (RFS) with their full fibre network and is in the process of being merged into Netomnia (here), has today announced that they’ve added the industrial port town of Runcorn in Cheshire (England) to their roll-out plan. A total of around 30,000 homes and businesses are expected to benefit.

Ofcom UK Hit BT with £17.5m Fine for 999 Call Handling Fault UPDATE

22nd Jul, 2024 (17 Comments)

The national regulator, Ofcom, has this morning hit BT with a fine of £17.5m for being “ill-prepared to respond to a catastrophic failure of its emergency call handling service last summer” (here), which readers may recall occurred after a technical fault (“complex software issue”) resulted in 14,000 emergency calls being disrupted. The disruption lasted for 10.5 hours.

Preston City in Lancashire Establish Digital Infrastructure Cooperative

22nd Jul, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Preston City Council (PCC) in Lancashire (England) recently announced that it will be the founding member of a new Preston Digital Cooperative (PDC) organisation, which seeks to promote digital inclusion across communities in the city through the deployment of new digital infrastructure (e.g. free broadband WiFi) and enhancing digital skills.

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Guernsey Make it Simpler for Consumers to Submit Telecoms Complaints

22nd Jul, 2024 (1 Comment)

The States of Guernsey, which is the government for the English Channel Island of Guernsey, have moved to improve and simplify the handling of consumer broadband, phone and mobile complaints by adjusting their rules to make clear that the States of Guernsey’s Trading Standards Service (TSS) will be the main body for handling such things.

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Trooli Extend Full Fibre to 370K UK Premises and OFNL Top 130K as Both Join Fibre Café

22nd Jul, 2024 (3 Comments)

Alternative UK network operators Trooli and OFNL, which are in the process of rolling out a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTT) broadband network across various parts of the United Kingdom, have today become the latest providers to join the Fibre Cafe connectivity aggregation platform.

BT to EE UK Migrations Causing Problems for Some Customers

22nd Jul, 2024 (41 Comments)

Some of BT’s broadband ISP, phone, TV and mobile customers, specifically a proportion of those who have been or are in the process of being migrated to EE, appear to be experiencing a variety of problems with the process that is causing headaches. Missing services, trouble accessing accounts and general admin errors are just some of the issues being reported.

Existing TalkTalk UK Shareholders to Provide Over £200m of Funding

21st Jul, 2024 (10 Comments)

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of UK broadband ISP and network business TalkTalk, James Smith, has revealed that the debt-laden group’s existing shareholders have “confirmed their intent to provide new funding of over £200m” to support the company’s “working capital and operational costs“.

Broadband ISP BT Confirms Closure of UK Cloud Storage Service

20th Jul, 2024 (7 Comments)

Existing customers of BT’s online Cloud storage service, which was once frequently offered alongside their various broadband packages, have been notified that the long-running service will finally be switched off on 31st October 2024. At this point “all information will be deleted“, so now might be a good time for users to download anything of relevance.

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Street Think Tank Calls for Removal of UK’s Old and Ugly Pay Phone Boxes

20th Jul, 2024 (22 Comments)

A new report from think tank Create Streets has suggested that the new UK government should make it easier for local authorities to remove old and “ugly” pay phone boxes, which are said to damage the look of many high streets by attracting litter, graffiti and.. other things.