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Freshwave claims UK missing out on £103bn boost from better indoor Mobile signals

15th September, 2026 (3 Comments)

Wireless infrastructure provider Freshwave, which naturally has its own vested interests, have today published their 2026 Mobile Connectivity ROI Index that claims poor indoor mobile network (4G, 5G etc.) connectivity could be damaging the UK economy to the tune of £103bn a year.

Nottinghamshire UK gets new map of mobile network cover and performance

15th September, 2026 (1 Comment)

The Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) in England and consultancy firm FarrPoint have just completed their “most comprehensive survey of mobile coverage across the county to date“, which has resulted in the release of a new coverage map to help give residents a clearer picture of where mobile services are strong and where gaps remain. EE was found to deliver the “best coverage overall“.

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LSBUD report UK telecoms industry delivers 36.2 percent of searches for digging work

10th September, 2026 (0 Comments)

The LSBUD (Line Search Before You Dig) organisation, which provides an online asset search facility to UK street works firms for underground pipes and cables, has published their Digging Up Britain 2026 report and revealed that telecoms (broadband, mobile etc.) remains the “most active industry” when it comes to searching before digging (36.2% of all searches, down from 37.5% in 2025).

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SCF publish guide to help UK local authorities understand mobile small cells

9th September, 2026 (1 Comment)

The Small Cell Forum (SCF), which is a trade organisation that works to help accelerate the roll-out of related mobile networks, has today published the first part of a new guide to help UK Local Authorities understand how small cells can support better mobile connectivity in their towns and cities.

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Lodestar Networks calls on Ofcom to help fix UK community mobile networks

9th September, 2026 (1 Comment)

Communications provider Lodestar Networks, which specialises in building local community 4G mobile (calls and broadband) networks using shared UK radio spectrum, has called on the regulator to improve the current licensing framework so that networks like theirs don’t have to find it so “difficult … to grow beyond isolated indoor sites or short-lived trials“.

Mozillion offers preloaded 100GB 5G mobile SIM for 24 months at £126

8th September, 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Mozillion, which is a virtual operator (mvno) that harnesses EE’s national 4G and 5G based mobile broadband network, has launched a time-limited special offer that gives new customers 100GB of preloaded data every month for 24 Months for an upfront payment of £126 (equivalent to just £5.25 a month).

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O2 UK deploy outdoor 4G and 5G mobile Small Cells in Canterbury

8th September, 2026 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) and network connectivity provider Freshwave have this morning revealed that they’ve successfully deployed a total of four new 4G and 5G capable outdoor Small Cells to boost network coverage across busy areas of Canterbury in Kent (England), delivering faster mobile broadband and more reliable calling etc.

Study ranks UK 46th globally for the average cost of mobile broadband data

8th September, 2026 (6 Comments)

Comparison site Broadband Genie has today published a new study, which analysed 3,446 SIM-only mobile phone tariffs across 234 “countries” to identify the average cost per GigaByte (GB) of data (mobile broadband) for each. The United Kingdom ended up ranking 46th with an average of $0.27 (£0.20) per 1GB of data – behind Italy and France, but in front of Germany and Spain.

Tesco Mobile Grows to 5.9 Million UK Customers on Revenues of £1.23bn

7th September, 2026 (9 Comments)

Mobile operator Tesco Mobile, which is one of the UK’s largest virtual (mvno) mobile providers and harnesses O2’s national network, last week published their latest annual accounts to the end of 2025 and revealed that they are now home to a total customer base of 5.9 million (up 3.51%). The company’s revenues also climbed 11% to £1.23bn.

O2’s Satellite mobile service extended to UK business customers

7th September, 2026 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that their recently launch consumer Direct-to-Device (D2D) based O2 Satellite service (here), which enables normal Smartphones to connect to their UK mobile network via Starlink’s cell-focused broadband satellites, is being made available to business customers via O2 Business.

Ookla Study Reveals Quality of 4G and 5G Mobile Signals on London Underground

2nd September, 2026 (5 Comments)

Network benchmarking giant Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service, has today published one of the first independent studies of real-world 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage quality on the London Underground. The good news is that it works and exists exactly where TfL says it should.

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New Rules for Speeding Up Certain Broadband Installs is Causing Delays UPDATE

30th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

The government’s new changes to the Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) approval processes in England (here) are causing additional delays to some of Openreach’s new broadband installs. Ironically the changes are being introduced to correct for the delays and increased costs of telecoms operators trying to deploy new networks into large buildings (MDUs etc.) under the prior system.

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Sky Mobile UK Becomes First O2 MVNO to Launch 5G+ Standalone Support

28th August, 2026 (10 Comments)

Customers of virtual mobile operator Sky Mobile, which is estimated to be home to around 4-5 million customers in the UK, have just become the first O2 (Virgin Media) powered Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) to introduce 5G Standalone (5G+) technology for better mobile broadband performance and more.

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UK Team Finds Tiny Atomic Changes Can Create Smarter Wireless Antennas

26th August, 2026 (1 Comment)

A team of researchers from the Queen Mary University of London have discovered a new way to make wireless communication devices, such as antennas, more adaptable by making tiny atomic changes to the structure of a material that can “dramatically improve its ability to respond to electrical signals“. The work could have applications in everything from home Wi-Fi to satellites and mobile broadband networks etc.

Broadband ISP Nufibre Launch eSIM Based Unlimited UK Mobile Plan

26th August, 2026 (18 Comments)

Internet provider Nufibre has become the latest company to launch an eSIM-only powered virtual mobile operator service with the launch of nuSim, which appears to be based around an unlimited data (mobile broadband), calls and texts plan that cost just £15 per month (including 20GB of roaming data when within the EU).

New MyCharity Mobile Operator Helps UK Customers Donate to Charity

25th August, 2026 (6 Comments)

Another day brings the launch of yet another new eSIM based virtual UK mobile operator (mvno) to the market, this time called MyCharity Mobile. As usual they’ve come up with a semi-unique selling point, which enables customers to donate to any charity of their choice while paying for their mobile plan (15p from every £1 spent).

O2 UK Boost Mobile Speed and Cover in Westminster via 24 New Small Cells

25th August, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) have this morning reported that they’ve successfully deployed a total of 24 new 4G and 5G capable Small Cells across the Westminster area (borough) of London, which will boost local data capacity (mobile broadband) and customer experience of their network.