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Vodafone UK Signs New MNO Deal with Dixons Carphone UPDATE

28th June, 2021 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today announced that they’ve signed a new multi-year Mobile Network Operator (MNO) partnership deal with Dixons Carphone, which separately runs the MVNO provider iD Mobile and will thus see new packages launch “later in the year.”

BT Sign OneWeb Deal to Tackle UK Rural Broadband Slow Spots

27th June, 2021 (21 Comments)

UK ISP BT and satellite operator OneWeb, which is partly owned by the UK government, have reached an agreement that will see the two working together to bring ultrafast low-latency broadband speeds to some of the hardest to reach rural parts of the country, where even their £5bn Project Gigabit programme would struggle to go.

Giffgaff UK Boost Mobile Data Allowances for Existing Plans

25th June, 2021 (14 Comments)

Mobile operator giffgaff has announced that they’re boosting the data (mobile broadband) allowances on some of their existing 4G and ultrafast 5G plans, which will apply to both new and existing customers. For example, their £12 per month “goodybag” will grow from 10GB to 12GB at no extra cost.

5G Mobile Users Gobble up to 2.7 Times More Data Than 4G

25th June, 2021 (5 Comments)

Opensignal, which uses crowd-sourced data to benchmark mobile networks, has found that 5G connected users in 20 of the leading markets for the new mobile broadband tech see much greater mobile data usage than 4G users. The biggest increase was in Japan (2.7x), while the UK scores 2.0x and Ireland came last on 1.2x.

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O2, Vodafone and Three UK Respond to EU Roaming Concerns

24th June, 2021 (31 Comments)

The controversial decision today by UK mobile operator EE to reintroduce EU roaming charges for new and upgrading customers (here) has resulted in some concern that other operators would follow suit. In response, we asked O2, Vodafone and Three UK to clarify whether they’re planning to do something similar.

Mobile Operator EE UK to Reintroduce EU Roaming Charges UPDATE

24th June, 2021 (43 Comments)

EE (BT) has followed this morning’s confusion over O2’s tougher excess data charges for EU roaming (here) by revealing that they will be reintroducing EU roaming charges for new or upgrading customers from 7th July 2021. In short, you’ll be charged £2 a day to use your allowances across 47 European countries from January 2022.

Vodafone UK Pilot 5G Standalone in London, Manchester and Cardiff

24th June, 2021 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today confirmed that their first pilots of ultrafast 5G Standalone (SA) network technology, which is being supported by kit from Ericsson (here), have finally gone live in parts of London, Manchester and Cardiff. The move follows last year’s trial at Coventry University in summer 2020.

Clarifying O2 UK’s Tougher Excess Data Charges for EU Roaming

24th June, 2021 (23 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) appears set to introduce a tougher Fair Usage Policy (FUP) for data (mobile broadband) usage when roaming around the EU. From 2nd August 2021, Pay Monthly customers will now be charged £3.50 for every GigaByte of data used over a cap of 25GB. But this is not a new approach.

GBP55m Fibre and 5G Boost Approved for Swansea Bay City Deal

23rd June, 2021 (1 Comment)

The UK and Welsh Governments have given their approval for a £55m digital infrastructure investment under the £1.3bn Swansea Bay City Region project, which will expand full fibre broadband and 5G mobile connectivity to benefit residents and businesses across Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire and Swansea.

Rupert Murdoch’s News UK Sniffs Possible BT TV Partnership UPDATE

22nd June, 2021 (7 Comments)

Rupert Murdoch’s News UK (News Corp), which publishes the Sun and the Times newspapers, has reportedly expressed an interest in a partnership with BT’s Pay TV business. The telecoms giant is currently known to be considering a sale of BTSport in order to help fund their £15bn rollout of full fibre broadband.

Vodafone UK and Ericsson Deploy Cloud-Native Dual-Mode 5G Core

17th June, 2021 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today announced that they’re working with strategic supplier Ericsson to deploy a new cloud-native dual-mode (Single Packet) core for their new 5G Standalone (SA) network in the United Kingdom. Until now, the technology had only been deployed on the campus of Coventry University in July 2020.

Vodafone UK Launch New Flexible 5G EVO Mobile Phone Plans

15th June, 2021 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today launched what it calls an “evolution in mobile phone plans” with their new 4G and 5G supporting EVO packages, which aim to give consumers and sole trader business customers more flexibility over payments, contract lengths, smartphone upgrades and the ability to trade in old handsets.

5G Speeds and Availability in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff and Nottingham

15th June, 2021 (3 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics has today published a short summary of their latest 5G based mobile broadband speeds and availability across the four primary network operators – EE (BT), O2 (VMO2), Vodafone and Three UK – in the cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff and Nottingham.

Sky Mobile UK Gives 1GB of Data Per Goal During Euro 2020

15th June, 2021 (8 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has begun rewarding customers of their 4G and 5G powered Sky Mobile plans with 1 GigaByte of free data (mobile broadband) each time England, Scotland and Wales score a goal throughout the UEFA Euro 2020 (2021) football tournament.

Vodafone Names 4G and 5G OpenRAN Suppliers for EU and UK

14th June, 2021 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today announced that their forthcoming commercial rollout of a new 4G and 5G network using Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) compliant kit will be supported by several key vendors, including: Dell, NEC, Samsung Electronics, Wind River, Capgemini Engineering and Keysight Technologies.

Mobile Operator Lebara UK to Launch 5G After Vodafone Deal

8th June, 2021 (11 Comments)

Lebara has today signed a new 3.5-year extension agreement with partner Vodafone UK, which will finally enable the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) to launch ultrafast 5G services for their customers. Until now they’ve only had access to Vodafone’s slower 4G and older platforms.

Opensignal Compares 5G Mobile Speeds Across UK and EMEA

5th June, 2021 (18 Comments)

Opensignal, which uses crowd-sourced data to benchmark mobile broadband networks across the world, has published an updated comparison of 5G performance across Europe and the Middle East (EMEA). The UK scored an average download of 121.4Mbps (13.8Mbps upload), which is roughly half what the top performers deliver.