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Channel Islands 2023 Map - Guernsey and Jersey

10th September, 2025 (0 Comments)

The Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority (JCRA) has followed Ofcom’s changes in the UK by making radio spectrum licences for mobile networks on the English Channel Island of Jersey more technology neutral. The move should make it easier for local mobile operators to harness existing allocated spectrum to support the latest 5G (mobile broadband) services.

space satellite broadband spacecraft by 123rf

9th September, 2025 (6 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today confirmed that they will “move ahead with plans” to make the UK the “first country in Europe” to authorise Direct to Device (D2D) satellite services for use in regular mobile bands via “standard smartphones“. The change could be used to help mobile operators improve their 4G and 5G coverage and roaming features.

9th September, 2025 (17 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that their latest 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile network will be going live in a further 17 new towns and cities by the end of 2025. On top of that, customers have been told to expect a “significant boost” to 5G connectivity as they become the “first operator in the world” to deploy Advanced RAN Coordination (ARC) tech.

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East Midlands Rail Train at Station PR 020425

7th September, 2025 (4 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave has today 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 – while travelling along the Midland Main Line (MML) from London to Sheffield in Yorkshire via the East Midlands.

Mobile user near the sea by 123rf ID46966156

5th September, 2025 (20 Comments)

People living, visiting and working along the North Norfolk (England) coast recently ran into an unusual problem with mobile roaming after their mobile phones began connecting to the ‘Maritime‘ network. The seamless change meant that locals ended up being hit with high roaming charges for calls and data usage, as they were no longer connected to a domestic network.

TV and UK video streaming with remote control by 123rf ID91109979

5th September, 2025 (56 Comments)

The topic of UK broadband coverage and the future of TV came up for debate in Parliament yesterday, which did a good job of highlighting the challenges. On the one hand, some MPs believe that the “switch-off of terrestrial TV in the 2030s is completely premature and unrealistic“, while the government warned that as terrestrial TV audiences fall, the cost of keeping it would eventually become unsustainable.

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eSim on a Smartphone by 123rf

5th September, 2025 (28 Comments)

Consumer mobile provider SMARTY, which is a virtual mobile operator (MVNO) on Three UK’s (VodafoneThree) national UK network, yesterday finally joined the large club of providers able to offer eSIM (Electronic SIM) support to their customer base of mobile users.

Tesco-Mobile-UK-SIM-Card

4th September, 2025 (47 Comments)

Tesco Mobile, which is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) on O2’s national platform, appears to be causing some confusion among their base by informing “all of our current Pay as you go (PAYG) customers” that they are in the process of being “migrated” to the provider’s new PAYG Essentials tariff.

5g and mast uk tower microwave mmwave by 123rf

3rd September, 2025 (9 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today revealed that they will begin accepting applications from network operators for their auction of the 26GHz and 40GHz millimetre wave (mmW) bands from 17th September 2025. The large chunk of radio spectrum will be used by mobile operators to deliver faster 5G data (broadband) services.

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VMO2-Free-SIM-National-Databank

2nd September, 2025 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today announced that they’re working with both the Scottish Government and Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) to help people get online. This involves donating 1,200 refurbished smartphones and mobile data SIMs to Citizens Advice Bureaux (CABs) across 12 Local Authorities throughout Scotland.

Freshwave-EE-City-of-London-PR-011024

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-Engineers-Clothing

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.

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O2-WiFi-Calling-Smartphone

1st September, 2025 (13 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.

eSim on a Smartphone by 123rf

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.

Works to lay new paving slabs and temporary footpath closed red warning sign on London sidewalk

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.

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 mobile sim

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.

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