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Nottinghamshire UK gets new map of mobile network cover and performance

15th September, 2026 (3 Comments)

The Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) in England and consultancy firm FarrPoint have just completed their “most comprehensive survey of mobile coverage across the county to date“, which has resulted in the release of a new coverage map to help give residents a clearer picture of where mobile services are strong and where gaps remain. EE was found to deliver the “best coverage overall“.

Mozillion offers preloaded 100GB 5G mobile SIM for 24 months at £126

8th September, 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Mozillion, which is a virtual operator (mvno) that harnesses EE’s national 4G and 5G based mobile broadband network, has launched a time-limited special offer that gives new customers 100GB of preloaded data every month for 24 Months for an upfront payment of £126 (equivalent to just £5.25 a month).

Lancashire Man Sent to Prison for Operating Rogue UK Cell Phone Tower

3rd September, 2026 (10 Comments)

The City of London Police (CLP) have revealed that Mohammed Faiyaz Iqbal (43) of Preston in Lancashire has been sentenced to more than 3 years and 8 months in prison for setting up a rogue cell phone tower, which was then used to bypass mobile network security protocols in order to send masses of fraudulent texts (aka – SMS Blaster).

Broadband ISPs EE and BT Revamp UK Pay TV Packages and Pricing UPDATE

3rd September, 2026 (7 Comments)

Internet, mobile and phone providers BT and EE will today refresh their range of pay TV (IPTV) and broadband bundles, which will see various TV plans renamed and features changed. For example, the current ‘Entertainment’ package will become ‘Entertainment Plus’ and there will be a new ‘Entertainment’ plan in its place, which excludes some key content.

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Virgin Media Accounts for 44 Percent of Big UK Broadband ISP Outage Searches UPDATE

2nd September, 2026 (13 Comments)

A new study from DTP Group has analysed monthly UK internet searches relating to broadband outages among the country’s largest ISPs and found that Virgin Media tops the table as the provider most commonly associated with service disruptions, accounting for 44% of searches (i.e. 27,100 searches every month related to Virgin Media outages).

Ookla Study Reveals Quality of 4G and 5G Mobile Signals on London Underground

2nd September, 2026 (5 Comments)

Network benchmarking giant Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service, has today published one of the first independent studies of real-world 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage quality on the London Underground. The good news is that it works and exists exactly where TfL says it should.

EE UK Offers Free Calls and Data to Nepal After Devastating Floods

27th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile network operator EE (inc. BT) has notified UK customers in Nepal (South Asia) that, due to the devastating impact of yesterday’s catastrophic flash flood and mudslide on the Nepal-Tibet border, they’re promising to credit back charges for mobile calls, texts and data (mobile broadband) used in the country, as well as mobile and landline calls from the UK to Nepal.

EE Launch UK’s First Commercial Consumer 5G+ Network Slicing via Fast Lane

20th August, 2026 (22 Comments)

Much we first previewed on Monday of this week (here), EE Mobile (BT) has today officially launched their new ‘Fast Lane‘ feature, which is described as being the UK’s first commercial consumer implementation of Network Slicing technology on a 5G+ (5G Standalone) mobile broadband network (i.e. giving customers data traffic prioritisation in busy areas).

TV Broadcasters, Banks and UK Telecoms Providers Unite to Get Everyone Online UPDATE

20th August, 2026 (11 Comments)

Britain’s major banks, charities, TV broadcasters, broadband and mobile providers have today united to back a new report from the Connection Project, which calls for “coordinated action to ensure everyone” can get online and take part in a modern economy. But this is not the first time we’ve seen coordinated action on the subject.

Apple iOS 27 Beta 6 Starts Showing the 5G+ Mobile Symbol in the UK

18th August, 2026 (13 Comments)

A small but interesting development today. Apple released the latest iOS 27 Beta 6 software to developers yesterday and those who have updated their iPhone’s to the new firmware are finding that it finally shows a “5G+” symbol (or icon, if you prefer), when in areas covered by a 5G Standalone (5GSA) based mobile broadband network.

EE UK Prep 5G Network Slicing Boost for Consumers and 5G+ Icons for Phones

17th August, 2026 (15 Comments)

Network operator EE Mobile is preparing to launch a new “Full Works Plus” airtime plan in the near future (probably the next month or so), which will cost £5 extra per month than their regular “Full Works” plan and introduce enhanced 5G+ (5G Standalone) mobile broadband network slicing via a new ‘Fast Lane‘ feature. But there’s a big caveat.

Government Issues UK Mobile Emergency Alert Over Wildfire Risk

14th August, 2026 (49 Comments)

The UK government may have surprised a few people just after 7pm tonight after using the Emergency Alerts service via mobile network operators to send out a national warning about the “very high risk of wildfires nationally“, which advises people across the country to avoid undertaking any activity that could start a fire.

150 Government Funded 4G Mobile Mast Upgrades Now Live Across UK

14th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

The UK Government has published a progress update on their part of the industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project this morning, which reveals that a total of 150 publicly-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have now gone live across the United Kingdom (up from 140 in June 2026).

Streetwave UK Study Tests Mobile Network Reach and Speed on M4 Motorway

13th August, 2026 (9 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave have published the results from a new study they’ve just conducted, which examined the mobile network coverage and mobile broadband (4G, 5G) performance of EE, Vodafone, Three UK and O2 across the entire M4 motorway from Cardiff to London – a 127-minute journey.

EE UK Offers Free Calls and Data to Colombia After Major Earthquake

12th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile network operator EE (BT) has notified UK customers in Colombia (South America) that, due to the devastating impact of Monday’s 7.4-magnitude Earthquake, they’re promising to credit back charges for mobile calls, texts and data (mobile broadband) used in the country, as well as mobile and landline calls from the UK to Colombia.

EE Gives UK Mobile Customers an Early Phone Swap at No Extra Cost

11th August, 2026 (14 Comments)

EE Mobile has today announced that all one million UK customers on their Flex Pay mobile contracts will, from today, benefit from the roll-out of Early Phone Swap. As the name suggests, this feature enables them to upgrade to any new or refurbished handset a year early “at no extra cost“.

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Assessing the Future Withdrawal of UK Mobile MMS Picture Messaging

10th August, 2026 (19 Comments)

An important development recently happened in Germany as mobile operators switched off the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), which meant that users would in future be limited to sending pictures, short videos and audio files to other mobile phone users via internet-based messaging platforms (RCS, WhatsApp, iMessage etc.). But this raises the question, when might the UK follow?