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EE Expand 5G Standalone Mobile Network to 50 UK Towns and Cities

19th March, 2025 (21 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced the next batch of locations where their new 5G Standalone (SA) mobile network will be deployed and made it available to all new customers. By the end of March 2025, the new 5GSA network will be live and available to over 28 million people across 50 “major towns and cities” in the UK (over 40% of the population).

Mobile Operator Spusu Continues UK Price Freeze Until 2026

17th March, 2025 (3 Comments)

The SIM-only UK mobile provider spusu, which holds a virtual operator (MVNO) agreement via BTWholesale to harness EE’s national 4G and 5G network, has today confirmed that it will continue its existing price freeze for another year until 2026.

Mobile Coverage in Worcestershire UK is 1000x Worse Than Ofcom Suggests UPDATE

15th March, 2025 (28 Comments)

The Worcestershire County Council (WCC) in England has revealed the results of a recent study they conducted with Streetwave, which harnessed local bin lorries to map the coverage and performance of 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) networks across the county. Overall, it claims to have found that mobile coverage is “over 1,000 times worse than Ofcom and mobile operator data suggests“.

Streetwave to Map 4G and 5G Mobile Cover Across Liverpool City Region

12th March, 2025 (1 Comment)

As hinted last week (here), network analyst firm Streetwave has confirmed that they’ve won yet another contract to map 4G and 5G based mobile broadband coverage using bin lorries, which will this time focus on the Liverpool City Region in Merseyside (England) and some 7,000km of the UK’s road network.

EE UK Sees Positive Result from Trial of New Content Delivery Tech for TV Services

11th March, 2025 (13 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE has today revealed the results from last year’s trial delivery of TV content via a new Content Delivery Network (CDN) technology, which reflects BT’s effort to integrate their “world’s first” MAUD (Multicast-Assisted Unicast Delivery) solution into their CDN (originally Edgio).

Strategic Shift as BT No Longer Being Ditched as UK Consumer Brand

8th March, 2025 (66 Comments)

Broadband and telecoms giant BT appears to have confirmed that their strategy of turning EE into the group’s “flagship brand for our consumer customers”, which was eventually expected to result in the BT brand focusing more on business customers, will no longer result in the original brand being retired for consumer products.

Wavemobile Warn UK 2G Switch-off May Impact Sizeable Number of Devices

4th March, 2025 (13 Comments)

A number of mobile operators, including O2 and EE, have already set out tentative plans for phasing-out existing 2G mobile services. But new data supplied by rural connectivity provider Wavemobile suggests that quite a few connections are still 2G-only, and thus closing the service will be more complex than the prior 3G switch-off.

Honest Mobile Launches New UK eSIM Based Smart SIM Plan

3rd March, 2025 (24 Comments)

Crowdfunded mobile operator Honest Mobile, which harnesses Three UK’s network via a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement, has today announced the launch of a “first-of-its-kind SIM” plan – Smart SIM – that is multi-network and designed to tackle expensive global roaming, as well as poor UK phone signals.

Streetwave to Map 4G and 5G Mobile Coverage Across East Midlands

2nd March, 2025 (5 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave has revealed that they’ve won another contract, this time via the Derbyshire County Council (DCC) in England, to map 4G and 5G mobile broadband coverage across another 10,000km of the UK’s road network in the East Midlands of England, using bin lorries.

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Northern Telecom Acquires Wireless Broadband Provider Dyfed Telecom

1st March, 2025 (0 Comments)

Good news. Business broadband ISP and communications provider Northern Telecom, which normally focuses on serving the North of England, has announced the acquisition of Wales-focused wireless provider Dyfed Telecom. The move comes shortly after HMRC filed a winding-up petition against the Kidwelly-based business (here).

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ISPs BT, EE, Plusnet and Vodafone Tweak UK Broadband Pricing Policies

28th February, 2025 (17 Comments)

Several broadband and mobile operators, including Vodafone, BT, EE, and Plusnet, have this week notified of a small but useful tweak to their mid-contract price hikes policy, which means that new customers who sign-up will not be hit by the price increase that was previously due to start around the end of March 2025.

Court Orders Big UK ISPs to Block Pirated Israel TV Streaming Sites

27th February, 2025 (13 Comments)

Most of the major broadband ISPs in the United Kingdom (BT, Sky Broadband, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, EE and Plusnet) have just been handed a new court order to block an Israel TV video streaming site, which was found to have been facilitating internet copyright infringement (piracy).

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10 Government Funded 4G Mobile Mast Upgrades Go Live in Scotland

26th February, 2025 (10 Comments)

Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited (DMSL), which represents the four major UK mobile operators (EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK), has today confirmed that 10 more government-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have just gone live in Scotland as part of the industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project.

Ookla Examine WiFi 6 vs 7 Performance of EE’s UK Broadband Routers

26th February, 2025 (16 Comments)

Internet connection benchmarking firm Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net broadband and mobile testing service, has published an interesting new study that looks at the adoption of different WiFi standards and performance across the world. But the study also highlights the performance impact of EE’s (BT) new Wi-Fi 7 capable routers in the UK.

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NET CHECK Study Names Vodafone UK as London’s Best Mobile Network

25th February, 2025 (10 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has come top in a new network benchmarking study of 4G and 5G (broadband and calls) performance across London, which was conducted by the Berlin-based NET CHECK organisation and saw them score the highest number of ranking points (932.83 out of a possible 1,000 points).

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London Ranks Bottom in MedUX Test of UK and EU 5G Mobile Performance

25th February, 2025 (1 Comment)

Network testing and benchmarking firm MedUX has today previewed a new study, which examined the performance and quality of 5G (mobile broadband) networks from EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK across London. Sadly the results, which also tested 14 other major European cities, put the UK’s capital at the very bottom of the table.

Wireless Broadband Provider Dyfed Telecom Hit by Winding Up Petition

25th February, 2025 (6 Comments)

Kidwelly-based wireless broadband provider and supplier Dyfed Telecom Limited, which over the past few years has helped to connect various premises in rural Wales to broadband using a mix of mobile (EE powered 4G/5G), satellite (Starlink) and WiFi based solutions, has suffered a blow after HMRC filed a winding-up petition against the business.