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Businesses Say Infrastructure Commission Needs TEETH to Help 5G Mobile

29th February, 2016 (1 Comment)

The Confederation of British Industry has called on the UK Government to give the new Infrastructure Commission “strong teeth” so that it can overcome political obstacles and focus on long-term planning to facilitate the roll-out of future 5G mobile broadband and other improvements.

UPD7 Ofcom Confirm NO Openreach Split from BT, But Change is Coming

25th February, 2016 (72 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today published its preliminary proposals as part of a major Strategic Review of the United Kingdom’s Digital Communications market, but the big news is they’ve decided NOT to completely split BT from its national broadband and phone network (Openreach).

10Gbps Capable 5G Mobile Broadband Could Arrive as Soon as 2017

23rd February, 2016 (5 Comments)

Most EU and UK telecoms regulators don’t expect the first commercial roll-out of future 5G capable Mobile Broadband services to happen until 2020 or later, but that hasn’t stopped Nokia and Verizon aiming for it to be launched far sooner.. in 2017! Field trials have already begun.

EE Extend 4G to 95 Percent of UK as Home Broadband Users Hit 933,000

19th February, 2016 (5 Comments)

Somehow we managed to overlook last week’s Q4 2015 results from EE, which confirmed that they added +6,000 extra home broadband customers in the quarter to total 933,000 (lower than the +8k added in Q3) and expanded their 4G (LTE) Mobile Broadband network to 95% of the UK.

Three UK Trial “Home Mobile Broadband” Service in Northern Ireland

15th February, 2016 (9 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has announced that consumers in Northern Ireland will be the first to trial their new “Home Mobile Broadband” service, which really just sounds like a normal 3G / 4G data tariff with a bigger usage allowance (up to 40 GigaBytes).

uSwitch Reveals the Best UK Mobile Operators in 2016 Awards

11th February, 2016 (7 Comments)

The annual uSwitch Mobile Awards 2016, which took place this week at The Barbican venue in London, have crowned giffgaff as the “Best Network of the Year” after it won several categories. A number of other operators also picked up awards, although it wasn’t such a good night for the big boys.

UPDATE Blow for Wireless Broadband in Swindon UK as Masts Rejected

10th February, 2016 (48 Comments)

The state aid supported plan to bring superfast broadband (24Mbps+) services to North Swindon (Wiltshire, England) has been dealt a blow after the local planning committee rejected UKB Networks proposal to erect five new 15 metre tall masts in Taw Hill, Oakhurst, Haydon End and Redhouse.

EE and Three UK Named Best Mobile Operators for H2 – 2015

10th February, 2016 (6 Comments)

RootMetrics has today published their latest biannual report into the reliability, call / text performance and Internet (3G and 4G data) speeds of the United Kingdom’s four primary Mobile Network Operators (MNO), which saw EE pick-up the most wins and Three UK come a more distant second.

EE UK Offers 25GB Half Price 4G Mobile Broadband Data SIM

9th February, 2016 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has slashed the price of their 4G SIM-Only Mobile Broadband data plan from £30 to £15 per month, which comes with 25GB (GigaBytes) of monthly allowance.

Chiltern Railways and EE Deliver Continuous On-Train WiFi Service

9th February, 2016 (1 Comment)

Commuters travelling on trains that belong to Chiltern Railways, which runs between various locations around London, Birmingham, Aylesbury and Oxford, may be pleased to learn that the operator has teamed up with EE to deliver “continuous” on-board WiFi connectivity.. “even through tunnels“.

BT Test Uses G.fast Broadband to Supply New C-RAN Mobile Network

9th February, 2016 (3 Comments)

BT’s forthcoming 300-500Mbps G.fast broadband technology won’t just be used to upgrade homes. The operator has also claimed a “world first” by using the G.fast to supply a cellular Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) over copper lines, which could be used to support 4G and future 5G mobile services.

Three UK’s PAYG Mobile Broadband Plan with 200MB Data Reward

5th February, 2016 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has launched a new pay-as-you-go Mobile Broadband tablet SIM today that gives customers 200MB of free 3G and 4G data every month alongside the pre-loaded allowance of 1GB (1000MB), regardless of whether you top-up again.

UPD Three UK Pledges to Retain Low Prices if O2 Merger Gets Approval

4th February, 2016 (5 Comments)

The parent of mobile operator Three UK (CK Hutchison Holdings) has moved to counter Ofcom’s concerns about their proposed £10.25bn merger deal with O2 (Telefonica) by making “three clear and simple promises“, which include plans for a £5bn network investment and a pledge not to raise prices for 5 years.

UK Mobile Data Speeds Average 5.8Mbps in 2015, Will Hit 18.1Mbps by 2020

3rd February, 2016 (1 Comment)

Cisco’s annual Mobile Data Traffic Forecast (2015 – 2020) has today been published, which found that mobile data traffic in the United Kingdom reached 86.2 PetaBytes per month in 2015 and the average mobile connection speed topped 5.8Mbps (forecast to reach 18.1Mbps in 2020).

Europe Confirms Move to Harmonise 700MHz for Mobile Broadband

2nd February, 2016 (1 Comment)

The European Commission has today moved to follow by Ofcom’s example and ensure that more radio spectrum will be made available for Mobile Broadband (3G, 4G and possibly 5G) services in the 700MHz band (694-790MHz) by 30th June 2020 “at the latest” (in all EU countries).

UPD Last Ditch Warning – Ofcom Tell EU to Reject O2 and Three UK Merger

1st February, 2016 (20 Comments)

The CEO of UK telecoms regulator Ofcom, Sharon White, has made one last ditch attempt to block the merger of mobile operators O2 and Three UK by calling on the European Commission’s competition regulator, which has the final say, not to ignore the serious competition concerns.

Three UK Scraps Legacy Mobile Tariffs – Forces Pricey Upgrade

30th January, 2016 (28 Comments)

Customers of Three UK are livid this week after the mobile operator began warning them that their old, cheaper and more flexible legacy tariffs would be coming to an end. In some cases the outcome represents a massive price hike, which has resulted in the operator’s #MakeItRight slogan being mocked.