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3rd September, 2021 (37 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has launched new discounts and devices across their range of 4G and 5G based unlimited Home Broadband packages, which now start at just £14 per month for 24-months of service on their 4G plan or £22 for 5G (the 5G price is largely unchanged). You can optionally also bundle-in various gadget gifts.

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3rd September, 2021 (3 Comments)

Contract-free mobile operator VOXI, which is a virtual operator (MVNO) sibling of Vodafone UK, will later today introduce a new range of discounts across their plans and also boost the data allowances for mobile broadband usage. But these will only be available to order until 7th October 2021.

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3rd September, 2021 (58 Comments)

Mobile operator 1p Mobile have begun to inform their UK customers of a change to their service that will see a new “minimum monthly spend” requirement of £2.50 being introduced from 1st October 2021. Customers who have set an auto-top-up will thus also see their minimum threshold go from £2 to £3.

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Ericsson AIR3227

2nd September, 2021 (6 Comments)

Vodafone UK has teamed up with network supplier Ericsson to conduct a new trial in Central London, which demonstrated an impressive 43% reduction in the energy consumption of their 5G mobile broadband network (reaching up to 55% at off-peak times). The operator has also re-farmed some of their 900MHz band to boost 4G.

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1st September, 2021 (7 Comments)

A new study from crowd-sourced mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal has highlighted how mobile broadband users in Germany, Italy and the UK saw “significantly faster” 5G average download speeds when they were also connected to additional amounts of 4G spectrum, through older 4G technology.

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1st September, 2021 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator giffgaff has recently announced that they’re launching a brand-new golden goodybag (mobile plan), just for students. Students will be able to access a special £10 goodybag, which provides 13GB of data (3GB more data than giffgaff’s regular £10 golden goodybag), as well as unlimited UK calls and texts and EU roaming.

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26th August, 2021 (2 Comments)

Network builder Freshwave, which specialises in deploying 4G and 5G mobile cells that can often be harnessed by other operators, has announced that over 40 new cell sites will be added to their existing coverage in the Croydon area of South London. The same approach will also pave the way for 5G adoption in the future.

children_working_education

26th August, 2021 (0 Comments)

The UK Government has today launched its “back to school and college campaign” to set out the experience that students can expect from September 2021, which among other things includes support for remote education when young people test positive for COVID-19 and need to isolate. A £75 broadband grant forms part of this.

vodafone uk 2017 mobile sim logo

25th August, 2021 (3 Comments)

Vodafone UK has today launched a new initiative that offers SIMs packed with 20GB of free data (mobile broadband), as well as free calls and texts every month for 6-months, to charities across the country. The hope is that this may help some of the 1.5m households – approximately 6% of the population – who live in digital poverty.

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18th August, 2021 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has today published a very brief snapshot of how mobile broadband (data) traffic, via 4G and 5G connectivity, was impacted during the recent UEFA Euro 2020 football tournament and the British F1 (GP) race at Silverstone this summer.

ee mobile sim cards

18th August, 2021 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has announced that their “Stay Connected” feature, which effectively enables unlimited mobile broadband use on even 4G or 5G Pay Monthly plans with capped data allowances, has been extended to work with ‘Essential’ and ‘Smart’ plans on tablets, laptops and mobile WiFi router devices, as well as data SIMs.

farming rural broadband mobile and cows

16th August, 2021 (7 Comments)

The Broadband Stakeholder Group, which is a think-tank that advises the UK Government, has today published new research from Analysys Mason that examines some of the commercial and technical practicalities of providing faster broadband coverage to areas in the UK that are hardest to reach.

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ee mobile sim cards

11th August, 2021 (10 Comments)

Customers of mobile operator EE (BT) can now add Netflix’s video streaming service as an inclusive benefit on their “Smart” plans. The provider has also made their “Full Works” plan available on Android devices (previously it was only for iPhones), allowing users to choose Netflix, Apple Music and BT Sport plus “full speed unlimited data.”

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10th August, 2021 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP, TV and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today announced that they will recruit a further 400 UK staff (c.300 will be field engineers and 100 will work in retail roles), including 100 apprentices, as part of a £10bn plan to upgrade their fixed line and 5G mobile networks over the next 5-years.

vodafone uk sim holder

9th August, 2021 (72 Comments)

Well, that was one of the fastest U-turns in history. Mobile operator Vodafone UK, which in June 2021 (here) told ISPreview.co.uk they had “no current plans to change our approach to roaming in the EU” (this after rival EE reintroduced roaming charges), has now decided to introduce such charges after all.

farming rural broadband mobile and cows

9th August, 2021 (2 Comments)

The North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA), which represents Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland in England, recently announced that they will put £7 million toward a new 5G and Future Connectivity Fund, which is largely intended to help boost mobile and “full fibre” broadband connectivity in rural areas.

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5th August, 2021 (17 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics will today publish a new biannual H1 2021 report into the performance of 5G (mobile broadband) networks in the United Kingdom, which praises EE (BT) for their “consistent broad availability … fast speeds and reliability.”

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