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9th December, 2025 (11 Comments)
The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today approved UK mobile companies and satellite operators to join forces and use the airwaves (mobile spectrum bands) to support Direct to Device (D2D) services, which will allow standard unmodified Smartphones to connect via satellites to improve 4G and 5G (calls, texts and broadband) coverage in remote areas and roaming.
9th December, 2025 (14 Comments)
Mobile operator EE (BT) has once again come top in the annual 2026 umlaut connect UK Mobile Network Test, which deployed a range of different benchmarks to test 4G and 5G performance (voice and broadband) across 16 cities, 24 smaller towns and along 10,170km of major roads. On the flip side, O2 (Virgin Media) continued to be ranked at the bottom.
8th December, 2025 (13 Comments)
Customers of mobile provider Talkmobile, which is a virtual operator (MVNO) on parent Vodafone’s (VodafoneThree) national UK 4G and 5G network, have been notified that they too can now “automatically use both the Vodafone and Three networks” (i.e. the new Multi-Operator Core Network or MOCN – detailed here and here).
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5th December, 2025 (0 Comments)
Mobile operators across the world, including some of Starlink’s own partners, have been put on notice of greater competition after SpaceX’s CEO, Elon Musk, hinted he might use his mega-constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites to launch his own mobile network. Musk has now filed to trademark the name “Starlink Mobile“.
4th December, 2025 (1 Comment)
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has given its blessing to the “early 2026” introduction of short “notice, short duration licences” for outdoor and indoor use in the 2320-2340MHz radio spectrum band, which could support everything from pop-up 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) coverage to TV broadcasting etc.
3rd December, 2025 (4 Comments)
A new survey from Viasat and the GSMA (Global System for Mobile Communications Association), which questioned 12,390 mobile phone users across twelve markets (including the UK), claims to have revealed the “booming consumer demand” for Direct-to-Device (D2D) satellite services (mobile calls, texts and internet data).
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2nd December, 2025 (15 Comments)
A new virtual mobile operator (mvno) has launched today called Rocket Mobile, which claims to have been “built exclusively for football fans” and will harness 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) connectivity from Three UK’s (VodafoneThree) national UK network infrastructure.
2nd December, 2025 (2 Comments)
Wireless infrastructure firm Cellnex UK has today announced that they’ve partnered with the Harrow Council in London to deploy Small Cell technology across the Borough’s street furniture, which will target 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) connectivity “blackspots” around high streets and transport hubs.
2nd December, 2025 (2 Comments)
Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’re looking to spread some festive cheer and help data-hungry customers to stay connected this festive season, not least by gifting 10GB (GigaBytes) of 4G and 5G data “throughout December” to millions of their customers “at no extra cost“.
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1st December, 2025 (5 Comments)
Telecommunications infrastructure provider and licensed UK retail service provider Teleauora has revealed that they’re seeking new powers from Ofcom to help provide customers with “gigabit-capable fibre and wireless” broadband services – focusing on residential homes, offices, and business estates, in rural and urban areas across the UK.
28th November, 2025 (0 Comments)
Broadband ISP and mobile operator Vodafone UK will today take the wrappings off their annual Black Friday sale, which introduces additional discounts on the monthly prices of their various fixed line home broadband packages and SIM-Only mobile plans, among other things.
26th November, 2025 (5 Comments)
A new company called Spacecoin, which aims to build a “decentralised” alternative to Starlink’s global mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), will today attempt to launch three satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base as part of its mission to extend internet connectivity to the 2.6 billion people globally who remain offline.
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26th November, 2025 (3 Comments)
The Chancellor of the UK Government, Rachel Reeves MP, has today announced her Autumn 2025 Budget and there appears to be no current sign of anything significantly new for broadband and mobile infrastructure (except an update on pushing gigabit broadband into MDUs). In addition, there’s no indication that any of the recent calls for targeted business rates relief on digital infrastructure have been heeded.
26th November, 2025 (5 Comments)
Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they’ve begun to switch on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband network in Norfolk (England) as part of its UK-wide rollout, which is now live in a total of more than 500 locations (70% of the UK’s population or c.49 million people).
26th November, 2025 (3 Comments)
Network analyst firm Streetwave, in collaboration with Growing Mid Wales and the Welsh Government (WG), has shared the results from a recent survey they conducted, which tested the mobile broadband coverage and performance of 4G and 5G networks – including EE, Three UK, Vodafone and O2 – around the recently held Royal Welsh Show.
26th November, 2025 (6 Comments)
One of our readers has spotted (here) that mobile operator TPO (The People’s Operator) appears to be in the process of gearing up for a relaunch into the UK market, which may come as a surprise to many after the original company went bust in early 2019 (here) – disrupting services for around 15,000 customers in the process.
25th November, 2025 (0 Comments)
Mobile operator O2 has revealed that more than 50% of Scotland’s population can now be reached by their 5G mobile network, while its next generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) network has so far gone live across 54 Scottish towns and cities. On top of that, Virgin Media has invested £330m to expand gigabit broadband to more than 1.5 million Scottish premises.
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