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Sutton to Boost Mobile Coverage with New Open Access Deals

16th February, 2022 (5 Comments)

Residents, visitors and businesses in the South London Borough of Sutton (England) could soon see an improvement in the area’s 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage after the Sutton Council signed two new open access agreements – one with Freshwave and the other with Ontix – as part of their Digital Strategy.

Opensignal Compares Global Impact of 5G on Mobile Data Speeds

15th February, 2022 (2 Comments)

A new study from crowdsourced mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal has examined how mobile broadband download speeds have changed, across 100 countries, since 5G networks were introduced. For example, average 4G and 5G download speeds in the UK were 39.7Mbps at the end of 2021, up from 21.7Mbps at the start of 2019.

Three UK Launch New 5G Hub for Unlimited Home Broadband UPDATE

15th February, 2022 (84 Comments)

New customers of mobile operator Three UK, specifically those taking their 5G based unlimited Home Broadband packages (priced from £21 per month), are now being supplied with a new hub (router) from ZTE. This appears to replace the prior model that was supplied by Huawei (their 4G hub also moved to ZTE last year).

Virgin Media O2 Aims to Reach 50 Percent of UK with 5G in 2023

15th February, 2022 (13 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media / VMO2) has today pledged to extend their ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband) network coverage to reach 50% of the UK’s population in 2023 (not to be confused with geographic coverage). At the same time, they’ve also revealed that their 5G network already reaches 64% of London’s population.

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Quickline Claim UK First with Launch of 5G Standalone Broadband UPDATE

14th February, 2022 (6 Comments)

Broadband ISP Quickline has today claimed to be the “first” company in the UK to offer Standalone 5G (SA) technology, which will be used to bring superfast and ultrafast broadband speeds to rural areas. The first services will offer speeds of up to 450Mbps, but there are “plans” to hit “gigabit capability” by summer 2022.

Ofcom Sets Initial Views on Future of UK Mobile and Spectrum

9th February, 2022 (13 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published two new discussion papers that set out their “initial thinking” on how UK mobile markets might develop and how networks may need to evolve to meet future demand. But they do not currently propose any major new regulatory interventions or new consumer pricing rules.

Study of 5G Broadband Speeds and Availability in 16 UK Cities

9th February, 2022 (22 Comments)

Mobile testing firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has today published a new H2 2021 summary of 5G based mobile broadband performance and availability across the United Kingdom, which reveals how each of the primary network operators – EE (BT), Vodafone, Three UK and O2 (VMO2) – performed across 16 of the biggest metro cities.

Vodafone UK Updates on Changes to Roaming and Basics Plans UPDATE

9th February, 2022 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has informed us of some changes they’ve made to their SIM-Only “Basics” plans from 6th and 9th February 2022, which relates to the introduction of new roaming options (costs), the removal of data capping (not quite what it sounds like) and the enabling of a spend manager.

Gov Names Winners of New Pilots to Aid 5G via Street Furniture UPDATE

8th February, 2022 (1 Comment)

The UK Government has today awarded £4m to support 8 new 2-year long pilots under the Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator (DCIA) project, which will test ways of making it easier for network operators to access and deploy 5G mobile (mobile broadband) infrastructure on street furniture and public buildings.

EE UK Customers Hit by Huge USA Roaming Bills and Suspensions UPDATE

3rd February, 2022 (27 Comments)

Some of EE’s UK mobile customers, specifically those who are currently roaming in the USA or Canada, have complained of being hit by massive data (mobile broadband) bills – some rising into the thousands of pounds – and of unexpected account suspensions. This is despite the users having a free roaming add-on enabled.

BT Results – FTTP Hits 6.4 Million UK Premises as TV Joint Venture Unveiled

3rd February, 2022 (36 Comments)

The BT Group has published their Q3 2021/22 results, which saw Openreach expand the coverage of gigabit Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband to 6.44 million UK premises (up by +662K vs +615K in Q2) and BT enter into “exclusive discussions” with Discovery to create a 50:50 joint venture with BTSport and Eurosport UK.

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Gov Levelling Up Plan Confirms Nationwide Gigabit Broadband for 2030

2nd February, 2022 (30 Comments)

The government will today publish their “flagship” Levelling Up White Paper, which sets out their “plan to transform the UK by spreading opportunity and prosperity to all parts of it” and also confirms their revised broadband target – that “by 2030, the UK will have nationwide gigabit-capable broadband.”

Vodafone UK Nears 1 Million Fixed Broadband ISP Customers

2nd February, 2022 (5 Comments)

UK ISP and mobile operator Vodafone has today published their latest results (financial Q3 FY22), which reveals that their fixed broadband base added another +29k customers (vs +22k in the previous quarter) to make for a total base of 991,000, which should see them pass the magic million mark before their next update.

Mobile Operator Truphone Signs UK MVNO Deal with BT for EE UPDATE

1st February, 2022 (3 Comments)

Global-focused mobile operator Truphone, which is based in London, has today signed a new 5-year agreement with BTWholesale to use their Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) services, which will enable them to harness EE’s national 4G and 5G network. But it could mean another network swap for UK customers.

Nokia Achieve New 5G Mobile Broadband Speed Record of 3Gbps

28th January, 2022 (3 Comments)

A joint trial conducted by Nokia, China Mobile (CMCC) and MediaTek has successfully achieved a new Standalone 5G (SA) download speed record of 2.94Gbps (Gigabits per second), which isn’t as fast as some previous tests but, crucially, it was achieved using modest amounts of spectrum within the common 700MHz and 2.6GHz bands.

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UK SPF Calls for Changes to Improve Spectrum Sharing for 5G

27th January, 2022 (4 Comments)

The UK Spectrum Policy Forum, which acts as an industry sounding board for policymakers, has published a new report on how spectrum sharing could be improved to help provide innovative 5G mobile services. At present there’s a risk that the UK could lag behind other countries that “move faster on the introduction of automated sharing.”

BT Begin OpenRAN Trial in Hull UK to Boost Mobile Broadband

26th January, 2022 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they’ve joined with existing network supplier Nokia to conduct one of their first UK trials of Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) technology in the East Yorkshire City of Hull, which they hope will “enhance [the] mobile broadband experience” for locals.