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Vodafone UK Trial Simultaneous Use of Multiple 5G Standalone Network Slices

25th February, 2025 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that they’ve completed a new trial that showcased their ability to deliver multiple 5G Standalone (SA) network slices simultaneously for different use cases. This included one that delivered a seamless live video stream and another that was required to ensure guaranteed upload speeds for a photography agency at the same site.

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London Ranks Bottom in MedUX Test of UK and EU 5G Mobile Performance

25th February, 2025 (1 Comment)

Network testing and benchmarking firm MedUX has today previewed a new study, which examined the performance and quality of 5G (mobile broadband) networks from EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK across London. Sadly the results, which also tested 14 other major European cities, put the UK’s capital at the very bottom of the table.

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Wireless Broadband Provider Dyfed Telecom Hit by Winding Up Petition

25th February, 2025 (6 Comments)

Kidwelly-based wireless broadband provider and supplier Dyfed Telecom Limited, which over the past few years has helped to connect various premises in rural Wales to broadband using a mix of mobile (EE powered 4G/5G), satellite (Starlink) and WiFi based solutions, has suffered a blow after HMRC filed a winding-up petition against the business.

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Study Compares UK and EU 5G Standalone and NSA Mobile Broadband Speeds

24th February, 2025 (3 Comments)

Network testing firm Ookla (i.e. Speedtest.net, Downdetector.co.uk) has today published an interesting new report that examines the adoption and performance of 5G Standalone (5GSA) based mobile broadband networks across the UK and Europe. This also compares the new technology against existing Non-Standalone (NSA) 5G networks.

Eutelsat OneWeb in First Successful Trial of a 5G Non-Terrestrial Network

24th February, 2025 (12 Comments)

European satellite operator Eutelsat has announced that their OneWeb network, which is a global constellation of broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) that is partly still supported by the UK government (11% stake), has just conducted the “world’s first successful trial” of a 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN).

Mobile Operator Scores Key Court Win in Dispute Over UK Mast Leasing and Renewal UPDATE2

21st February, 2025 (2 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone UK has won a key court case against leasing firm AP Wireless (inc. the affiliated Icon Tower company). Some operators believe the firm could risk damaging their roll-out of 5G based mobile broadband technology, such as by pushing up their costs and threatening the viability of future deployments.

Vodafone Trials Optical Broadband Drones to Fix Mobile Masts

20th February, 2025 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Vodafone has revealed that they’ve begun “piloting” (no pun intended, we think) a new type of done that is designed to help restore connectivity to mobile masts, such as when their underground data capacity cables are cut or damaged. The drones employ a special optical wireless link.

Virgin Media O2 Sees UK FTTP Broadband Builds Surge and NetCo On Track

19th February, 2025 (21 Comments)

The latest Q4 2024 results from Virgin Media and O2 have been published, which saw their fixed broadband base grow by +12,000 in the quarter (vs 16.2k in Q3) to total 5,738,900. The provider’s full fibre (FTTP) network also built to another 485,500 premises, primarily via nexfibre (up from 281k in Q3), while mobile connections grew to total 45.7 million.

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HS2 Signs £99.6m Passenger Telecoms Deal for New UK Rail Network UPDATE

17th February, 2025 (8 Comments)

High Speed 2 Ltd, which is a non-departmental public body that is wholly funded by the UK Government’s Department for Transport (DfT) and oversees the HS2 rail project, has signed a £99.6m deal (£80.5m in public funding) with Hitachi and Telent to design and deploy telecommunications services across the new rail network, including passenger voice and broadband connectivity.

Ofcom Propose to Share Upper 6GHz Band for UK Mobile and WiFi

13th February, 2025 (11 Comments)

After conducting more research, the UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today formally begun to consult on a proposal that will allow low power indoor WiFi and mobile broadband (4G, 5G etc.) networks to “share” access to the upper 6GHz radio spectrum band (6425 to 7125MHz). But full implementation could take years.

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Freshwave Claims Better Indoor Mobile Signals Can Grow UK Economy by £70bn

13th February, 2025 (11 Comments)

Wireless infrastructure provider Freshwave, which is backed by investment firm DigitalBridge and naturally has its own vested interests in this field, have published a new study that claims a focus on improving indoor mobile (4G, 5G etc.) signals and “eliminating mobile dead zones” could help to grow the UK economy by £70bn a year.

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Virgin Media O2 Switches on 5G Standalone for UK Businesses UPDATE

13th February, 2025 (2 Comments)

After launching their first commercial 5G Standalone (SA) based mobile broadband network for consumers in February 2024 (here), mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today expanded the service’s availability to include large enterprise, public sector, and SME (business) customers on eligible tariffs.

Ofcom Refines Thinking on Cost of Adding Power Backup to UK Mobile Sites

10th February, 2025 (34 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published the results of a recent study it conducted into the costs of improving power resilience at UK mobile network sites (masts etc.). This finds that the cost of ensuring “almost everybody” could maintain access to the emergency services for up to 4 hours, in the event of a power cut, would be approx. £1bn.

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Streetwave UK Launch Map of Mobile Coverage and Speeds in Brent

8th February, 2025 (0 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave, which is currently conducting various UK surveys to study the coverage and speed of 4G and 5G mobile broadband networks using bin lorries and private vehicles, has published another free and interactive visual map of their results – this time for the London borough of Brent.

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Ofcom Propose to Auction Upper 1.4GHz Band for UK 4G and 5G Mobile UPDATE

4th February, 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed to auction off a 25MHz (spectrum frequency) slice of the 1.4GHz band (i.e. the “upper block” of 1492 to 1517MHz) to mobile operators (EE, O2, Vodafone / Three UK), which will be able to use it for their 4G and 5G based mobile broadband services.

RootMetrics Test Names EE as BEST UK Mobile Network for H2 2024

4th February, 2025 (8 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has today published their H2 2024 study of UK mobile networks (calls, texts etc.) and mobile broadband performance, which once again sees EE (BT) continuing to win all the award categories, followed by Vodafone and Three UK. But O2 (Virgin Media) found itself at the bottom of the table.

Vodafone UK Surge to 1.55 Million Broadband Users as Mobile Falls to 18.3M

4th February, 2025 (11 Comments)

Mobile operator and ISP Vodafone UK has today published their Q3 FY25 financial results, which confirms that their fixed line broadband base grew by a new record to total 1.549 million customers (up by 72k in Q3 vs 50k in Q2). But their mobile base fell again to total 18.3m (down by -174k vs -93k in Q2), due entirely to a fall in their prepaid/PAYG base.