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Three UK Launches New Big Data 40GB Mobile Broadband Plan

25th August, 2015 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has added a new option to their Mobile Broadband plans, which gives you 40GB (GigaBytes) of data to use for the not insignificant price of £45 per month, although this is still double the previous top allowance of 20GB (from £21-23 per month).

Ofcom Launch Optimistic UK Mobile Network Coverage Checker

13th August, 2015 (12 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has launched a new Mobile Coverage Checker, which they hope will make it easier for consumers in the United Kingdom to view the 2G, 3G and 4G (Mobile Broadband) signal quality of Mobile Network Operators in any given area. But it’s not that different from what is already on offer.

NFU Begins Survey of Broadband and Mobile Quality Among UK Farmers

4th August, 2015 (14 Comments)

The National Farmers Union (NFU), which represents 55,000 members across England and Wales (around 70% of full time farmers support the NFU), has launched a major new survey of its members in order to find out how many are suffering from a poor fixed line broadband service or mobile signal.

Vodafone UK Brings 4G Mobile Roaming to 63 Destinations

30th July, 2015 (0 Comments)

Vodafone has announced that customers of their 4G (LTE) based mobile plans in the United Kingdom will now be able to make use of the same connectivity and their existing allowances (calls, texts and data [Mobile Broadband]) while roaming across 63 destinations worldwide (70 if you include 3G or 2G).

Vodafone Find Altnet Fix for Rural 3G Mobile Open Sure Signal Rollout

29th July, 2015 (0 Comments)

Vodafone has found a fix for some of the communities in their Rural Open Sure Signal (ROSS100) project, which until recently had been unable to benefit from the Femtocell tech (i.e. uses fixed line services to boost local mobile signals) because the related areas suffered from a lack of good fixed line broadband.

Poor Home WiFi Driving UK Home Internet Users to Mobile Broadband

22nd July, 2015 (4 Comments)

A new survey of 2,000 British adults from Global Wireless Solutions (GWS) has claimed that 1 in 4 people are using a Mobile Broadband (3G, 4G) connection at home in order to get online because their fixed line broadband fuelled home WiFi service is not good enough.

Using Mobile Broadband While on Holiday is Growing More Common

14th July, 2015 (0 Comments)

A new AeroMobile and OnePoll survey of 4,250 adults in the UK, Germany and UAE between 25th March and 7th April 2015 has shed new light on how much people use their mobile phone while abroad versus when at home, which is despite the often significantly higher roaming charges that can be incurred.

Gov Sets Out Policy to Boost UK Mobile and Broadband Infrastructure

11th July, 2015 (4 Comments)

The Government has published a new document that very roughly sets out some of the legislation that will be made over the coming months and years in order to ensure the delivery of “world-class digital infrastructure in every part of the UK“. Some of the measures include plans to allow taller mobile masts and reduce fibre broadband deployment costs.

Look Out – Another UK Rural Broadband and Mobile Debate in Parliament

9th July, 2015 (8 Comments)

The Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP, Dr Dan Poulter (Conservative), has secured a 30 minute debate on the topic of poor rural broadband and mobile connectivity for Monday next week, which will no doubt rehash many of the familiar concerns over the Government’s Broadband Delivery UK project.

Scottish MP Calls for Easy UK Mobile Contract Exit in Areas of Poor Signal

6th July, 2015 (7 Comments)

A recently elected Highlands MP in Scotland, Drew Hendry (SNP), has called for a radical change in Ofcom’s regulatory policy that would allow UK mobile phone customers to exit their contracts without penalty if they suffered from poor or no signal coverage. But notspots or areas of weak signal are common.

EE Once Again Named London’s Fastest Mobile Broadband Provider

25th June, 2015 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has come top in the latest RootMetrics study of Mobile Broadband (3G and 4G) performance for the United Kingdom’s capital city of London, with the operator reporting the fastest median download speed of 25.4Mbps and the fastest uploads of 19.3Mbps. Vodafone was a distant 2nd.

Vodafone UK’s Rural Open Sure Signal Brings 3G Mobile to Broad Chalke

22nd June, 2015 (2 Comments)

Vodafone has announced that their Rural Open Sure Signal (Femtocell) technology has been expanded to help the isolated “not-spot” community of Broad Chalke in Wiltshire (England) to receive a 3G based Mobile Broadband and voice service.

EU Says Governments Can’t Force Universe Mobile Broadband Coverage

19th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

Efforts by the Government to force UK mobile operators into offering universal coverage have been dealt a blow after the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruled that such a legally binding Universal Service Obligation (USO) cannot, under current EU rules, be forced upon providers.

O2 UK to Deploy New 100Gigabit Backbone Network to Boost Capacity

17th June, 2015 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator O2, which is currently in the process of being gobbled by the parent of Three UK for £10.25bn (here), has picked Ciena’s 6500 converged packet optical solutions to help it roll-out a new 100G (Gigabits) based backbone network around major cities, including London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Liverpool.

WiFi Networks to Carry 60 Percent of Mobile Data Traffic by 2019

16th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

A new report from Juniper Research has predicted that Mobile Network Operators (MNO) will offload 60% of their Smartphone and Tablet based Mobile Broadband (3G, 4G) data traffic to WiFi networks by 2019 (equivalent to 115,000 Petabytes), which is up almost four-fold from 30,000PB this year.

Gov Consultation Opens to Improve UK Mobile Coverage on Trains

12th June, 2015 (3 Comments)

Mobile reception when on-board one of the United Kingdom’s many train services is, more often than not, a mixed bag where patches of good reception can quickly evaporate into nothing to interrupt your entertainment or work flow. As such the Department for Transport has launched a new consultation with the aim of finding a solution.

UK Competition Regulator to “Fast Track” GBP12.5bn BT and EE Merger

9th June, 2015 (6 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority has predictably approved last month’s request by BT for their £12.5bn merger with mobile telecoms giant EE to be “fast-tracked” to a full in-depth phase 2 investigation of the acquisition, which should save a little time.