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nPerf Ranks UK 3rd for Mobile Streaming Performance vs Countries of Similar GDP

20th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

French benchmarking firm nPerf has today published the results from another quirky study of mobile broadband networks, which compared mobile video streaming performance among countries with comparable Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. Overall the UK came in 3rd place, behind Germany and France.

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Giffgaff Launch Cheap Special 100GB Mobile SIM for UK Students

15th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

New student customers of mobile operator giffgaff, which is controlled by Telefónica UK (part of the VMO2 Group) and uses O2’s virtual network platform, may like to know that the provider recently introduced a new SIM that gives you 100GB (GigaBytes) of mobile broadband data and other features for just £10 per month.

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Tracking the Mobile Broadband Speed and Latency Penalty of Travel eSIMs

12th August, 2026 (6 Comments)

A new study from network benchmarking giant Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service, has done a deep dive to expose the often hidden ways in which travel eSIMs work and the negative performance impacts (particularly on mobile broadband speeds and latency) this can sometimes have.

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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?

OneWeb Broadband Satellites Help Lift LEO Revenues 69.5 Percent at Eutelsat

7th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

European satellite operator Eutelsat just published their results for the year ended 30th June 2026 and reported that their revenues from OneWeb’s constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) “beat expectations“, jumping by 69.5% to €297m (accounting for 25% of the group’s overall revenues).

Giffgaff Disconnect Some Prepaid Mobile Users for Extended Roaming Outside UK

1st August, 2026 (6 Comments)

Some pre-paid customers of mobile operator giffgaff, which is controlled by Telefónica UK (part of the VMO2 Group) and uses O2’s virtual network platform, have complained to ISPreview after the provider suddenly informed them that their service was to be disconnected over “extended or permanent use outside the UK“. The provider also declined to refund unused credit.

nPerf Ranks UK 2nd in Europe for Adoption of 5G Standalone Mobile Networks

21st July, 2026 (2 Comments)

French benchmarking firm nPerf has today published the results of a new study, which found that the United Kingdom ranks 2nd in Europe for adoption of the latest 5G Standalone (5G+) mobile broadband network technology. The UK was only beaten by Austria, which saw slightly more mobile connection tests take place via 5G+ networks.

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Trade Deal Between UK and Switzerland to Bring Free Mobile Roaming

14th July, 2026 (6 Comments)

Yesterday saw the UK Government sign one of its largest services-focused trade deals to date, this time with the beautifully mountainous Central European country of Switzerland, which among other things included an agreement to support surcharge-free international mobile roaming.

Ookla Benchmarks 22 Countries for 5G Mobile Broadband in AI Workloads

7th July, 2026 (0 Comments)

Ookla (Accenture), which operates the popular broadband Speedtest.net benchmarking service, has today published a new report that evaluates metrics like 5G upload capacity, latency under load, and cloud infrastructure pathways across 22 countries in order to identify how well they’ll handle AI workloads.

UK Ranks 2nd for Fixed Broadband Speed vs Countries of Similar Size to Romania

24th June, 2026 (2 Comments)

France-based internet connection benchmarking firm nPerf has this morning published the results from their first biannual (H1) 2026 crowdsourced study into fixed broadband ISP speeds among “countries comparable in size to Romania“, which saw the United Kingdom rank 2nd with an overall score of 126,638 nPoints (just behind Romania on 128,587).

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Opensignal Q1 2026 Study Ranks UK Bottom for 5G Mobile Performance in Europe

18th June, 2026 (12 Comments)

Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has this morning published their latest analysis of 5G non-standalone mobile (mobile broadband) and 5G Standalone (5G+) availability and performance across Europe. The results rank the UK last in Europe with average download speeds one-third of Denmark’s and the lowest Excellent Consistent Quality score in the region.

EU Reveals 2026 Gigabit Broadband and 5G Coverage Progress vs UK

18th June, 2026 (2 Comments)

The European Commission (EC) has published their annual 2026 study of broadband and mobile network coverage in Europe, which reveals how the EU’s fixed gigabit broadband (FTTP and Hybrid Fibre Coax) and 5G mobile networks compare across all of its 27 countries. We compare this with the United Kingdom below.

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YouGov Survey Claims European Router Manufacturers Attract Trust from UK

12th June, 2026 (11 Comments)

A new YouGov survey of 16,474 people from across 14 European countries, including the United Kingdom, has very unsurprisingly found that only 10% of respondents expressed mistrust towards European router manufacturers. The figure rises to 38% for manufacturers from the USA, 52% for China and 67% for Russia. But many don’t know where their broadband router is built.

Survey Work Starts on New Subsea Fibre Cable Between UK and Denmark

8th June, 2026 (2 Comments)

Long-haul fibre company Midgard Infra (formerly Altibox Carrier) has begun the process of surveying the seabed ahead of deploying a new 630km long high-capacity subsea fibre optic cable – VERENA – to help link the United Kingdom with Denmark, which is expected to boost broadband and network data connectivity with Europe.

Summary of Mobile Travel eSIMs for Cheap Data Roaming Outside UK

9th April, 2026 (10 Comments)

At some point most of us will travel abroad for a holiday or work and during such periods we often need to consider how best to maintain mobile connectivity, particularly mobile data (broadband), while in a different country. The following article looks at some of the options and caveats for those seeking to use a travel eSIM in order to solve this challenge.

Mobile Operator Spusu UK Celebrates Topping 150,000 Subscribers

19th March, 2026 (12 Comments)

The SIM-Only mobile provider Spusu, which holds a virtual operator (MVNO) agreement to harness EE’s 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) network, has today announced that they’ve reached a key milestone by growing to total 150,000 active subscribers in less than three years since launch in the UK.

Mobile UK Travel eSIM Provider easySim Global Launch Unlimited Data

19th March, 2026 (12 Comments)

Mobile service provider easySim.global, which is part of the Stelios-linked easy® family (easyJet, easyCar etc.) and offers low cost travel data (mobile broadband) to use all around the world via eSIM, has this week informed customers that they’ve started offering Unlimited Data eSIMs.