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Google Pixel Owners Suffer UK Mobile Calling Problems on Spusu

11th November, 2024 (16 Comments)

Some customers of SIM-Only mobile operator spusu, specifically those that own various particular models of Google’s popular Pixel Smartphones, have been complaining that they often struggle to make or receive calls on the operator’s network when connected via 4G (VoLTE). But efforts are underway to resolve the problem.

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O2 and Vodafone UK Users Suffer Month of Poor Signal in Cullingworth

9th November, 2024 (12 Comments)

Customers of mobile operators O2 and Vodafone in the West Yorkshire (England) village of Cullingworth have struggled to get a usable network service for over a month after one of Cornerstone’s (CTIL) local masts suffered a power cut. But a “safety related defect on the structure” appears to be delaying repairs.

Vodafone UK Offer 6 Months Half Price on Unlimited Data SIM Plans

8th November, 2024 (0 Comments)

New customers looking to take one of Vodafone‘s Pay Monthly 4G and 5G SIM Only mobile plans with unlimited data (mobile broadband), specifically those operating under a 24-month minimum contract term, may like to know that the operator has launched a new discount that cuts their prices in half for the first 6 months of service.

Three UK Launch Black Friday Discount on 4G and 5G Home Broadband

8th November, 2024 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has become the latest telecoms provider to introduce some big Black Friday discounts, which starts today with their 4G and 5G powered unlimited Three Home Broadband packages that have just been given a price cut on their monthly rental down to only £19 per month on a 24-month term (£28 on a 1-month term).

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BT Group See FTTP Broadband Cover 15.9 Million UK Premises as 5G Tops 80 Percent UPDATE

7th November, 2024 (29 Comments)

The BT Group has today published their latest biannual H1 FY25 results to Sept 2024, which reveals that Openreach’s UK full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network added 2.1 million premises to their coverage in H1 to cover 15.9m, while EE’s 5G mobile coverage increased to 80% of the population (up from 75% in H2 FY24). The fibre build rate has also been accelerated again.

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Virgin Media O2 UK Switches on First 5G Standalone Small Cells

6th November, 2024 (9 Comments)

After launching their commercial 5G Standalone (SA) mobile network during February 2024 (here), O2 (Virgin Media) has today followed that up by claiming to have become the “first UK operator to switch on 5G standalone small cells“. Customers in Birmingham city centre will be the first to benefit from the faster mobile broadband kit (up to 300Mbps).

Mobile Operator iD Mobile Tops 2 Million UK Subscriptions

6th November, 2024 (4 Comments)

Low-cost mobile operator iD Mobile (Currys), which harnesses Three UK’s national 4G and 5G network via a virtual operator (MVNO) partnership, has today celebrated another significant milestone by reaching a total of 2 million subscribers (up by 488,000 in the year) and ahead of its original projections.

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Channel Islands 5G Boost as Sure Complete Airtel Vodafone Acquisition

5th November, 2024 (3 Comments)

Mobile and broadband operator Sure, which serves the English Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, has announced the completion of their move to acquire rival Airtel Vodafone. The deal also signals the start of their pledge to invest £48m into building a new “world-class” 5G mobile network across the islands.

Mobile Operator O2 UK Quietly Discontinues Pay As You Go Data SIMs

4th November, 2024 (10 Comments)

Some customers of O2 UK’s (Virgin Media) Pay As You Go Data SIMs (mobile broadband) have recently been surprised to find that they can no longer top their plans up with extra data. The reason for this appears to be because the mobile operator quietly removed them from sale during early August 2024.

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New Vodafone 5G Mast Design Could Cut Number of UK Masts

4th November, 2024 (16 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has recently begun to introduce a new space-saving “Quad Stack” design of 5G mast across parts of Greater London, which is not only intended to help improve mobile broadband speeds but could also contribute to actually reducing the number of masts and the number of street-level equipment cabinets in some areas.

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nPerf Finds Top EU Countries Beat UK for Mobile Broadband Speeds

31st October, 2024 (8 Comments)

Internet benchmarking firm nPerf has today released the results of a new study into mobile broadband (3G, 4G and 5G) performance across several EU countries, which analysed 61,696 internet speed tests via their app (crowdsourced) to reveal that the average UK download is 80Mbps – this makes the country slower than Italy, Spain, Germany, Ireland, France and Portugal.

O2 UK Offers Pay As You Go Mobile Customers a Free DATA Boost

31st October, 2024 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has announced that, until 5th February 2025, both new and existing Pay As You Go (PAYG) mobile customers will get the chance to boost their data (mobile broadband) by up to three times the amount for no extra cost (e.g. those with a 10GB plan can boost it to 30GB – GigaBytes).

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Autumn UK Budget 2024 Commits £500m to Broadband and Mobile UPDATE4

30th October, 2024 (6 Comments)

The new Chancellor of the Labour Government, Rachel Reeves MP, has today announced her first Autumn 2024 Budget and confirmed that she would commit “over £500m of funding next year” for “improving reliable fast broadband and mobile coverage across our country, including in rural areas“.

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Ookla Claim Quarter of UK Smartphone Users Suffer Network Outage at Least Once a Month

30th October, 2024 (2 Comments)

A new survey of over 1,000 UK smartphone users by Omdia, which was commissioned by network testing firm Ookla (i.e. Speedtest.net, Downdetector.co.uk), has revealed some of the biggest frustrations that UK Smartphone users have with their devices, with spam calls and messages, slow-loading web pages, and network outages as the top pain points.

Study Finds Three UK’s 3G Switch-Off Boosted Speeds, But Hurt Coverage

30th October, 2024 (15 Comments)

Mobile network analyst firm Streetwave has used data gathered from across Northumberland (England) and Ceredigion (Wales) to examine the recent switch-off of 3G mobile services in those areas by Three UK, which resulted in median (average) mobile broadband download speeds rising by 22%, but “Essential Coverage” declined by 8%.

Virgin Media O2 UK Broadband Users Grow to 5.73M as FTTP Adds 281K Premises

30th October, 2024 (6 Comments)

The latest Q3 2024 results from Virgin Media (O2) have been published, which shows that they’re home to 5,726,900 fixed broadband customers (up by 16.2k in Q3 vs -12.2k in Q2) and expanded their full fibre (FTTP) network to 281,100 premises – primarily via nexfibre (down from 295k in Q2). VMO2 has also sold a minority 8.3% stake in Cornerstone (worth £186m).

Vodafone Upgrade 4G and 5G Mobile at UK Holiday Parks and Nearby Communities

29th October, 2024 (2 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone has today announced that they’ve teamed-up with wireless infrastructure provider Freshwave to provide “improved high-speed” 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) connectivity at Haven’s many holiday parks across Yorkshire, Norfolk and Kent in England, as well as Scotland, North Wales and various coastal communities.