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Vodafone Claims First to Conduct UK 5G Mobile Trial at 3.4GHz

12th April, 2018 (5 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today claimed a “major milestone in UK telecommunications” by becoming the first in the country to test the new 3.4GHz radio spectrum band on a live 5G network, which ran between Manchester and the company’s HQ in Newbury (Berkshire).

Ofcom Reveal Initial UK 4G and 5G Mobile Spectrum Auction Winners

5th April, 2018 (12 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today revealed the preliminary winners from their auction of the new 4G Mobile friendly 2.3GHz and future 5G destined 3.4GHz radio spectrum bands. All of the major mobile operators have won a slice and the total value of the principal stage is £1,355,744,000.

UK Government Goes Hunting for the First 5G Mobile City

30th March, 2018 (7 Comments)

The UK government has today proposed to develop a “large-scale, citywide testbed” as part of a multi million pound “5G city” trial of the future high speed Mobile technology, which forms part of their Urban Connected Communities Project.

5G Mobile Innovation Network Goes Live to Oversee UK Trials

27th March, 2018 (0 Comments)

The government supported UK5G innovation network has officially launched this week to help research, develop and oversee trials of the future 5G Mobile technology, which could one day deliver peak Mobile Broadband speeds of 20Gbps (with under 5ms latency) and eventually replace 4G.

Cambridgeshire UK Tout £5.5m to Boost FTTP Broadband and Mobile

21st March, 2018 (2 Comments)

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority in England has today proposed to invest a further £5.5 million into helping expand the availability of 300Mbps capable FTTP “full fibre” broadband, as well as improving Mobile (4G and 5G) and public WiFi coverage over the next 4 years.

EE UK Fills 12000km2 of UK Notspots for Mobile Network Coverage

19th March, 2018 (22 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has announced that they’ve “filled in” 12,000 square kilometres of mobile not-spots in the last 12 months, which forms part of their aim to extend geographic (landmass) 4G network coverage to 95% of the UK by the end of December 2020 (currently 90%).

Fixed Wireless ISP Connexin Drops Out of UK Spectrum Auction

16th March, 2018 (0 Comments)

Fixed wireless access ISP Connexin, which operates broadband networks in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (England), has this morning suddenly dropped out of next week’s UK auction for the 4G friendly 2.3GHz mobile spectrum band and the 5G friendly 3.4GHz band.

O2 Study Believes 5G Mobile Will Save UK Households £450 Per Year

15th March, 2018 (23 Comments)

A new report from mobile operator O2 has claimed that future 5G networks could save UK households £450 a year on energy, council and food bills. Apparently it’s all due to swanky things like smart grids, discounts on council tax (hah!) and reducing food waste etc. Break out the salt for some pinching.

Ofcom to Begin UK 4G and 5G Mobile Spectrum Auction Next Week

12th March, 2018 (4 Comments)

The national telecoms regulator has today confirmed that their auction of 4G and 5G friendly Mobile spectrum, which will see 40MHz of frequency in the 2.3GHz band (2350-2390MHz) and 150MHz in the 3.4GHz band (3410-3480MHz and 3500-3580MHz) being distributed, will begin on Tuesday 20th March.

Government Name Six UK Winners of £25m for 5G Mobile Trials

10th March, 2018 (0 Comments)

The government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has today named six projects that have won a slice of £25 million (public funding) to help trial the next generation of 5G based Mobile and fixed wireless broadband ISP technology at various locations across the United Kingdom.

Ofcom Consult on UK Rural 5G Mobile Coverage Obligation at 700MHz

9th March, 2018 (5 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today launched a new consultation, which seeks to establish what sort of future 4G or 5G based coverage obligation will be attached to the 700MHz band of radio spectrum for mobile network operators (due to be auctioned off during late 2019).

Ofcom Clears 6 UK Mobile Operators to Bid on 4G and 5G Spectrum

27th February, 2018 (2 Comments)

The national telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today approved six telecoms operators’ to take part in the forthcoming auction of 4G and 5G friendly radio spectrum, which will see 40MHz of frequency in the 2.3GHz band and 150MHz in the 3.4GHz band being distributed.

Mobile Operator O2 UK Confirms First 5G Test Bed Set for London

22nd February, 2018 (2 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 UK (Telefonica) has today announced that they too are planning to conduct a test of future 5G ultrafast Mobile Broadband technology, which will take place at The O2 venue in North Greenwich later this year.

5G Mobile Spectrum Auction Proceeds After Appeal by Three UK Fails

14th February, 2018 (6 Comments)

Last night the Court of Appeal in London rejected Three UK’s final attempt to have Ofcom impose a 30% spectrum cap on their forthcoming auction of 4G and 5G friendly radio spectrum in the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands, which would have stopped EE (BT) from bidding and hampered Vodafone.

Best and Worst UK Train Operators Ranked by Internet Reliability

31st January, 2018 (6 Comments)

A new survey of 27,819 train passengers, which was conducted by Transport Focus during autumn 2017, has revealed that just 30% of commuters are satisfied with the reliability of their on-board internet connection (56% dissatisfied and 14% undecided). Southeastern came bottom (18% satisfied).

Giffgaff Predict UK 5G Mobile Data Use Per User of 100GB by 2025

30th January, 2018 (11 Comments)

Mobile operator giffgaff, which harnesses O2’s Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) platform, has predicted that the future rollout of 5G services within the UK could push their average monthly data usage per user (SIM) from 3.95GB (GigaByes) in 2017 to 98.34GB by 2025.

BT Pick Nokia ReefShark Chipset to Fuel Future 5G UK Mobile Network

30th January, 2018 (3 Comments)

Telecoms operator BT has said that they expect “huge network performance improvements” after choosing to adopt Nokia’s new ReefShark chipsets into EE’s UK mobile network, which they hope will enable their network to “unleash the full potential” of future 5G technology.