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T-Mobile Top Ookla List of the Top 5 Fastest UK Mobile Broadband Operators

8th February, 2014 (6 Comments)

Global broadband ISP speed testing outfit Ookla have revamped their Net Index (Speedtest.net) service to include a useful summary of download and upload speeds for Mobile Broadband operators in the United Kingdom (as well as other countries). Interestingly the fastest operator is T-Mobile.

Government Moots Future UK Digital Infrastructure Needs for 2025-30

6th February, 2014 (6 Comments)

The Government has today called for feedback on their plans to develop a future digital communications infrastructure strategy, which aims to design a long-term plan for building even faster broadband networks, supporting the roll-out of IPv6 Internet addresses and developing 5G based Mobile Broadband technology etc.

4G Mobile Boosts Vodafone UK as Fixed Line Broadband Users Fall

6th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

Vodafone UK has reported that its new 4G Mobile Broadband services are now available in 13 cities across the country, attracting 370k subscribers (Q4 2013), and a bigger move into Pay TV is being rumoured. But sadly their fixed line broadband ISP subscriber base has suffered another sharp fall to just 59k users (down from 85k in Q2 2013).

Three UK Get 300Gbps Capacity Boost for 4G Mobile Broadband Network

6th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has signed a major multi-million pound 5-year fibre optic capacity deal with Virgin Media Business, which should improve their 3G and 4G based Mobile Broadband speeds by boosting the platforms backhaul network with an extra 300Gbps (Gigabits per second).

Three UK and EE Invest GBP1bn into Shared 4G Mobile Broadband Network

3rd February, 2014 (0 Comments)

Mobile operators EE (T-Mobile and Orange UK) and Three UK have agreed to expand their 50/50 network sharing deal, through the umbrella organisation called Mobile-Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), with an extra investment of £1 billion to improve 4G (LTE) based Mobile Broadband coverage and cut costs.

Tesco Mobile Launch 4G LTE Mobile Broadband Service At No Extra Cost

30th January, 2014 (0 Comments)

The mobile division of Supermarket giant Tesco, which is naturally called Tesco Mobile and bases its service off an MVNO deal with O2, has followed Three UK’s lead by offering access to its latest 4G (LTE) based Mobile Broadband network at no extra cost for both new and existing customers.

Arieso Claim 0.1% of 4G Mobile Broadband Users Gobble Half of All Data

24th January, 2014 (3 Comments)

Analysts working at Arieso have warned of an “explosive growth in mobile data usage“, fuelled by the latest generation of LTE based Mobile Broadband services, where just 0.1% of 4G customers were found to be “data hogs” that consume more than 50% of all downlink data (globally). iPhone5s owners were also named as the hungriest for data.

ASA Ban Three UK Ads for Misleading Ultrafast 3.9G Mobile Broadband Claim

22nd January, 2014 (9 Comments)

It’s surprising this hasn’t happened sooner. The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has, following a complaint by EE, banned several adverts for Three UK after they “misleadingly” claimed to offer an “Ultrafast” connection using their “3.9G” (DC-HSDPA) Mobile Broadband network.

Vodafone UK and EE Bring Mobile Broadband to the Channel Tunnel

9th January, 2014 (0 Comments)

Mobile operators Vodafone and EE have signed a new 10-year deal with Eurotunnel that will make their 2G and 3G based voice and Mobile Broadband services available to commuters travelling 100 metres below sea level on trains along the Channel Tunnel (North Tunnel) route that connects the UK to France (4G will follow later).

EE Set to Break 70% UK Population Coverage for 4G Mobile Broadband

7th January, 2014 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (4GEE) has revealed that its “superfast” 4G (LTE at 1800MHz) based Mobile Broadband network will exceed 70% population coverage of the United Kingdom before the end of January 2014 and that 2 million customers have now joined the new service.

Mobile Operator Three UK Hints Towards Interest in O2 Acquisition

6th December, 2013 (7 Comments)

The boss of mobile operator Three UK, David Dyson, has added fuel to the growing fire of rumours that surround their alleged interest in a merger with O2 by saying that “under the right circumstances” the United Kingdom could operate competitively with fewer operators. But there are significant complications to consider.

Three UK Begins Low Key 4G LTE Mobile Broadband Rollout

4th December, 2013 (5 Comments)

It started with a whimper. Mobile operator Three UK has quietly revealed, through a small mention in an unrelated press release, that its new superfast 4G (LTE at 800MHz and 1800MHz) based Mobile Broadband network has now finally started to go live for existing customers “at no extra cost“.

EE UK Reveals Pre-Christmas 4G LTE Mobile Broadband Rollout Plan

4th December, 2013 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (4GEE) has announced that 10 more towns around the United Kingdom have now been enabled for its 4G (LTE at 1800MHz) based superfast Mobile Broadband network and a further 19 will go live before Christmas day.

Ofcom Begins Consultation on Future Spectrum for UK Mobile Broadband

21st November, 2013 (0 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today launched an all-encompassing Mobile Data Strategy consultation that will attempt to identify and free-up a maximum of 881MHz in additional downlink radio spectrum (the 600MHz, 700MHz, 2.3GHz, 2.7GHz, 3.4GHz and 3.7GHz bands) for use by superfast 4G and future 5G style Mobile Broadband services.

BT Openreach to Conduct UK Field Trial of Rural Mobile Infill Solution

21st November, 2013 (7 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which maintains BT’s national UK telecoms network, has announced plans to launch a full field trial of its new Mobile Infill Infrastructure Solution (MiiS). The small cells based product is designed to leverage the existing fixed line network to provide mobile services into parts of the country that suffer from “non-existent or patchy” coverage.

BandRich Claim 36Mbps Average Speed in Rural Cumbria 4G Broadband Trial

18th November, 2013 (20 Comments)

BandRich has today claimed that its outdoor E500 router successfully managed to achieve average Internet download speeds of 36.49Mbps (Megabits), which occured at the edge of the network during EE’s recent trial of a new Fixed Wireless 4G (LTE at 1800MHz) based Home Broadband service in rural Cumbria (England, UK).

Ofcom Moot Code Powers for 4 Samey UK Wireless 4G Network Builders

15th November, 2013 (4 Comments)

Ofcom has proposed to grant Code Powers (i.e. approval for street works) to four almost identical companies that all exist at the same address and which all plan to expand their existing wireless masts / towers in order to facilitate the roll-out of 4G based Mobile Broadband services by Mobile Network Operators (MNO).