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3rd March, 2017 (0 Comments)

At the start of this year we reported that TalkTalk were working on a “completely new” Mobile TV solution in order to replace or improve their TV Player app (here). The ISP has now confirmed this “large-scale update” and revealed some of its planned improvements.

24th February, 2017 (14 Comments)

The ITU has published a draft of its performance specification for the future 5G (IMT-2020) based Mobile Broadband technology, which calls for a download speed of 100Mbps (50Mbps upload) in dense urban areas. On top of that Arqiva will launch the first UK trials in London during H2-2017.

23rd February, 2017 (4 Comments)

The latest ‘Global State of Mobile Networks’ report from OpenSignal, which pooled 19 billion data samples from over 1 million users and devices (e.g. Smartphones), has ranked the United Kingdom 26th fastest in the world for Mobile Broadband (3G / 4G) with an overall speed of 15.13Mbps.

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22nd February, 2017 (1 Comment)

Verizon has today announced that in April 2017 they will become one of the first Mobile operators in the world to launch a real-world trial of future 5G technology. Initially this aims to deliver multi-Gigabit speeds via a fixed wireless broadband network to select customers in 11 markets across the USA.

22nd February, 2017 (0 Comments)

National UK telecoms operator BT and Chinese technology firm Huawei have today announced the start of new research into how “network slicing“, which allows specific “slices” within an IP-based network to be ring-fenced for particular activities, can be used to support future 5G Mobile services.

16th February, 2017 (18 Comments)

Forget FTTC, G.fast, FTTH/P and other forms of fixed line “fibre broadband” connectivity. According to a new report from mobile operator O2, the economic benefits of future 5G based Mobile Broadband technology will overtake “fibre” by 2026.

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16th February, 2017 (2 Comments)

Earlier this week RootMetrics revealed their latest H2 2016 report into the performance of 4G Mobile operators (Three UK, O2, Vodafone and EE (BT)) across sixteen of the United Kingdom’s major cities. Today we’re able to publish a detailed table of the Mobile Broadband results (speeds).

16th February, 2017 (20 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has published their latest results to the end of 2016 (Q4), which saw their broadband base grow by +48.8K in the quarter (down from +59.9K in Q3) to total 4,916,700 customers. Some 215,000 extra premises have also been added to their network coverage.

15th February, 2017 (1 Comment)

Supermarket giant ASDA has today signed a revised deal with BT, which for the first time will allow their ASDA Mobile service to make use of the EE’s faster 4G network via an extension of their existing Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement.

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14th February, 2017 (5 Comments)

BT’s network access division, Openreach, has today announced the completion of an “independent majority” on their newly formed board with the final appointment of Liz Benison as a non-executive member. Liz is currently the CEO of public services provider Serco in the UK and Europe.

10th February, 2017 (3 Comments)

Little known communications provider Exmoor Technology claims to have helped 200+ homes in rural Devon and Somerset (England) gain access to faster wireless broadband by connecting them to EE’s 4G data network via a specialised antenna and Mobile router.

10th February, 2017 (2 Comments)

Consumers looking to take one of BTMobile’s SIM-Only plans should note that the operator has today introduced a 4th “perfect all-rounder” plan to their current options, which offers 6GB of 4G data and aims to bridge the gap between the existing 2GB and 20GB “ULTIMATE” plans.

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8th February, 2017 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today posted an update on their quest to identify the best radio spectrum bands for use with future 5G based Mobile Broadband technology, which alongside the EU appears to have short-listed 700MHz, 3.4-3.8GHz and the higher frequency 24.25-27.5GHz (26GHz band).

8th February, 2017 (1 Comment)

You can almost hear the golf clapping. We might not have a solid standard yet or any live commercial networks but hay, at least the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has finally decided on one thing, the LOGO for 5G. Now feel free to bask in its glory and retro green curvy bits.

7th February, 2017 (3 Comments)

A team of Japanese scientists have developed a TeraHertz (THz) transmitter that is capable of transmitting digital data at a rate of 105Gbps (Gigabits per second) over a single channel using the 300GHz band, which they claim could power a future generation of Mobile Broadband and Satellite links.

6th February, 2017 (6 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today announced a surprise deal to acquire UK Broadband Ltd. (PCCW), which operates fixed wireless broadband ISP Relish Wireless via a 4G based network in Swindon, Reading and central London using spectrum in the 3.5GHz to 3.6GHz bands.

1st February, 2017 (6 Comments)

New customers looking to take one of BTMobile’s SIM Only plans should note that for the next few days the price of their 2GB (now 3GB) and 15GB (now 20GB) plans has been slashed and they’ve also increased the 4G data (Mobile Broadband) allowance on both.

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