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EE UK Deploy 50 Extra Freshwave 5G Small Cells in Central London to Boost Mobile

2nd September, 2025 (4 Comments)

Wireless infrastructure provider Freshwave has today revealed that they’ve worked with UK mobile operator EE (BT) to deploy a further 50 new Small Cell based outdoor 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) units across the City of London area, which are helping to expand the network operator’s coverage and performance.

Netomnia to Extend UK Broadband Reach via Openreach’s FTTP Network

2nd September, 2025 (34 Comments)

One of the UK’s largest alternative broadband networks, Netomnia (Substantial Group), has revealed that they’re in the process of joining Openreach’s (BT) network in order to harness their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) products in areas where their network doesn’t yet reach or may be unlikely to reach in the future. But the initial reach will be limited.

O2 UK Starts Putting WiFi Calling Live on Pay As You Go Mobile Plans

1st September, 2025 (12 Comments)

Some customers of mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media), specifically those on their Pay As You Go (PAYG) plans, this week began to notice the sudden appearance of Wi-Fi Calling on their service (ISPreview Forum) and 4G Calling (VoLTE) is also expected to follow by the end of this year.

London Broadband ISP CommunityFibre Launch Data Roaming eSIM Mobile Plan UPDATE

27th August, 2025 (4 Comments)

Alternative network ISP CommunityFibre, which has so far built their 5Gbps speed full fibre broadband (FTTP) network to cover 1.342 million UK homes (plus c.200k businesses) – mostly in London, today claims to have become one of the first altnets to launch an international data roaming eSIM mobile service – available across over 160 countries.

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LSBUD Finds UK Telecoms Industry Delivers 37.5% of Searches for Digging Work

26th August, 2025 (2 Comments)

The LSBUD (Line Search Before You Dig) organisation, which provides an online asset search facility to UK civil engineering firms for underground pipes and cables, has published their Digging Up Britain 2025 report and revealed that telecoms (broadband, mobile etc.) remains the “most active industry” when it comes to searching before digging (37.5% of all searches). But this was down from 39% last year.

Results of the UK’s Largest Mobile Network Survey for the River Severn Region

21st August, 2025 (5 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave has today published its results from the UK’s “largest mobile coverage survey“, which used bin lorries to test the 4G/5G (mobile broadband) network coverage and speed of each mobile operator across the River Severn Partnership Advanced Wireless Innovation Region (RSPAWIR) – reflecting 33 councils in Wales and England’s West Midlands.

O2 UK Finally Adding 5G Support to Pay As You Go Mobile Plans UPDATE

20th August, 2025 (15 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has confirmed that they’re currently in the process of “enhancing” their Pay As You Go (PAYG) SIM services and plans during the second half of 2025, which among other things seem to be finally adding support for their latest 5G (mobile broadband) network.

O2 UK to Upgrade 4G and 5G Mobile Signals for 22 Haven Holiday Parks

19th August, 2025 (8 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) and partner Freshwave have today revealed that they’re in the process of upgrading their 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) network for visitors to 22 Haven holiday parks across the UK “ahead of a summer of staycations“. We’ll overlook that it’s already the latter half of summer and the deployment won’t finish until 2026.

Monzo Looks to Copy Revolut by Preparing to Launch a UK Mobile Service

19th August, 2025 (8 Comments)

Digital banking company Monzo has revealed that they’ve begun to “explore” how they could launch their own mobile provider in the UK, which seems likely to echo the approach that rival banking and money management app Revolut recently began to take (here); although we’re still waiting for the latter to take their training wheels off.

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Customers of UK Mobile Provider Mozillion Suffer WiFi Calling Problems UPDATE

18th August, 2025 (13 Comments)

Mobile operator Mozillion, which is a virtual network operator (mvno) that harnesses EE’s national 4G and 5G platform, has confirmed that some of its customers are experiencing ongoing connectivity problems (i.e. it stopped working) with their WiFi Calling service.

Three UK Users Complain of Outdoor Hub Reboots on 5G Broadband UPDATE

18th August, 2025 (12 Comments)

Some customers of mobile network operator Three UK (VodafoneThree), specifically those who took the new 5G Outdoor Hub (Green Packet Y5-210MU) option for their Three Home Broadband service, are finding that the router has recently developed an annoying habit of rebooting itself – often once every hour (variable and intermittent).

RootMetrics Names EE as BEST UK Mobile Operator in H1 2025 Study

18th August, 2025 (14 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has today published their H1 2025 study of UK mobile networks (calls, texts etc.) and 4G/5G mobile broadband speeds. The results once again name EE as the best mobile provider after they scooped up the highest scores and fastest data speeds across most categories.

Wavemobile Struggles to Get Big UK Mobile Operators to Fix WiFi Calling

16th August, 2025 (21 Comments)

The Technical Director for rural connectivity provider Wavemobile, Anthony Timson, has complained that the “biggest issue” they face today is the interaction devices roamed onto their network face with respect to the popular WiFi Calling service. Users who roam on to Wave’s network find that the big mobile operators (EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK) seem to block it.

Giffgaff UK Discounts 5G Unlimited Mobile Data Plan to £15 a Month

15th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

Mobile network provider giffgaff, which harnesses O2’s virtual operator (MVNO) platform in the UK, has launched a new promotion that slashes the monthly price of their unlimited data (mobile broadband) plan on an 18-month “flexible” minimum term from £25 to £15 per month.

Survey Claims 35 Percent of UK Landowners Don’t Want to Host 5G Mobile Masts

13th August, 2025 (18 Comments)

A new survey of 500 national landowners, which was conducted by telecoms investor AP Wireless UK – a company with a strong vested interest in this area, has claimed that 35% of respondents are considering terminating their mobile mast agreements, citing concerns over rent cuts, legal pressure and loss of trust in mobile network operators.

SMARTY UK Mobile Launches Double and Triple Data Boosted Plans

12th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

SMARTY, which is a virtual mobile operator (MVNO) on Three UK’s (VodafoneThree) network, has moved to celebrate the summer holidays by significantly boosting the data (mobile broadband) allowances on some of their Pay Monthly SIM Only plans. For example, one of the cheapest £7 plans now comes with 24GB of data (up from 8GB) at no extra cost.

North Yorkshire UK Looks to Wind Up NYNet 100 Broadband Company

12th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

The North Yorkshire Council (NYC) in England has proposed to wind-up the NYNet 100 company, which was originally created to help carry out procurement and contract management for the local authority’s Superfast North Yorkshire (SFNY) project. This has helped 201,000 premises in the rural county to access faster broadband over the last 15 years.