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Mobile Operators Vodafone and O2 UK to Start 4G Network Sharing

7th June, 2012 (4 Comments)

Mobile phone operators O2 UK (Telefonica) and Vodafone have today officially entered into a new Network Sharing agreement that will help them to “deliver the capability for a nationwide” deployment of “4G” superfast Mobile Broadband services and close the Digital Divide between rural and urban areas by targeting 98% indoor population coverage across 2G / 3G by 2015.

Ericsson Predicts 5 Billion World Mobile Broadband Subscribers in 2017

6th June, 2012 (3 Comments)

Global telecoms giant Ericsson has released its second Traffic and Market Report, which reveals that global Mobile Broadband subscriptions will grow from 1 Billion in 2011 to 5 Billion in 2017 when 85% of the world’s population will have internet coverage via 3G services and 50% via superfast “4G” (Long Term Evolution) technology.

UPD T-Mobile and Orange UK Boost Mobile Broadband via Smart Signal Sharing

23rd May, 2012 (2 Comments)

Mobile group Everything Everywhere (Orange UK and T-Mobile) has today launched its new Smart Signal Sharing technology, which means that if a customer’s Mobile Broadband connectivity begins to fade (e.g. down to one bar of signal) then it will seamlessly prioritise a 3G signal from the other network instead.

Carbon Footprint for 1MB of Mobile Broadband Data on O2 UK is 11g CO2e

21st May, 2012 (1 Comment)

Ever wonder how “green” your Mobile Broadband connection is? Probably not but mobile operator O2 UK, which has just had the carbon footprint of its network independently verified via a “robust analysis” from the Carbon Trust, is going to tell you anyway.

4G Mobile Broadband Spectrum Auction Could Force UK Rail Coverage

7th March, 2012 (0 Comments)

A new report created by Mott MacDonald for Ofcom has suggested that the much delayed auction of 800MHz and 2.6GHz radio spectrum, which will be used to deploy the next generation of 3G and 4G superfast Mobile Broadband services (e.g. LTE), could boost mobile coverage of the national UK rail network by including an “obligation for rail corridor coverage” in future licenses.

UK Broadband First to Launch Commercial 4G Mobile Internet Service via 3.5GHz

29th February, 2012 (1 Comment)

UK Broadband (UKB), a sibling of Hong Kong based telecoms firm PCCW, has today switched on the world’s first deployment of TD-LTE (Huawei’s Time Division – Long Term Evolution) Mobile Broadband technology using the 3.5GHz spectrum band in London. UKB claims that this also represents the “first commercial deployment” of a 4G service in the UK.

3 Mobile Upgrades UK Network with 42Mbps Capable Evolved HSPA Tech

29th February, 2012 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK (3UK) has engaged in a spot of potentially very misleading marketing today by announcing the rollout of a “4G” HSPA+ ( Evolved HSPA ) technology upgrade that will increase the services maximum Mobile Broadband download speeds from up to 21Mbps (current) to 42Mbps. Except that’s not 4G, not even close.