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Three UK and O2 Merger Investigated by European Commission

30th October, 2015 (7 Comments)

The European Commission has today launched an “in-depth investigation” into the proposed £10.25bn Hutchison Whampoa (Three UK) deal to buy rival mobile operator O2 from debt-laden Telefonica, which has given rise to significant competition concerns.

Ofcom Sets Out Global Position on Wireless Broadband Spectrum

29th October, 2015 (0 Comments)

The United Kingdom’s telecoms regulator has today set out what position they will be taking at next month’s World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15), which among other things will seek to decide the radio spectrum frequencies for future WiFi and 5G based Mobile Broadband services.

UPDATE GBP12.5bn BT and EE Merger Gains Provisional UK Approval

28th October, 2015 (11 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority has today “provisionally” cleared the £12.5bn merger between national telecoms giant BT and mobile operator EE because the deal is “not expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition [SLC] in any market in the UK.”

Ofcom Finalise UK Wireless Broadband Auction for 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz

26th October, 2015 (2 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today confirmed the final details for their “early” 2016 auction of 190MHz worth of high-capacity spectrum in the 2.3GHz (2350MHz to 2390MHz) and 3.4GHz (3410MHz to 3600MHz) bands, which could be used for mobile (4G) and or other fixed wireless broadband services.

UPDATE GBP150m UK Mobile Infrastructure Project Still Dragging its Feet

24th October, 2015 (14 Comments)

After four years the Government’s £150 million Mobile Infrastructure Project (MIP), which was set-up to improve mobile phone network coverage in areas where there is currently none, continues to drag its feet in some key areas and may not deliver on its promise.

Vodafone UK Expands 4G Mobile Roaming to 70 World Destinations

22nd October, 2015 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that customers of their 4G (LTE) based mobile plans in the United Kingdom can now make use of the same connectivity and their existing allowances (calls, texts and data / Internet) while roaming across 70 destinations worldwide.

Government Offers GBP1m to Help UK Businesses Harness 5G Mobile

21st October, 2015 (1 Comment)

The next (5th) generation of 5G based Mobile Broadband technology is still roughly five years away, but that hasn’t stopped the Government getting an early start and today they’ve offered another £1m to help encourage businesses to find innovative uses for the service.

EE UK Home Broadband Tops 927,000 Subscribers as Growth Slows

21st October, 2015 (1 Comment)

EE reported their latest Q3 2015 results today, which revealed that their fixed line home broadband subscribers increased by just +8,000 in the quarter to total 927,000 (down sharply from +35K in Q2 and +50K in Q1). But 4G mobile performance continued to be strong.

Vodafone UK Tells London – Give us Access to your Rooftops for 4G

21st October, 2015 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has called on London’s many councils to help them gain access to the roof-tops of 1,000 buildings across the capital, which would enabled them to deliver improved coverage of the latest 4G (LTE) based mobile broadband and voice services.

Three UK to Boost 4G Mobile Broadband Speeds by 50 Percent

20th October, 2015 (12 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has announced that their 4G (LTE) based Mobile Broadband speeds are now being boosted by up to 50% across the United Kingdom.

Vodafone Expand 3G Mobile Open Sure Signal to First Scottish Village

13th October, 2015 (4 Comments)

Vodafone has announced that their Rural Open Sure Signal (ROSS100) technology, which makes use of fixed line broadband connections in order to boost local outdoor 3G mobile signals (femtocell), has been expanded to reach its first community in Scotland – Tarbert on the Isle of Harris.

Parent of London Wireless Broadband ISP Relish Suffers GBP37.5m Loss

13th October, 2015 (1 Comment)

The generically named UK Broadband Ltd., a sibling of Hong Kong based telecoms firm PCCW (HKT) and the company behind London fixed wireless ISP Relish, has reportedly been given one year to turn itself around after losses for 2014 quadrupled to £37.5m on a turnover of just £1.5m vs £2m in 2013.

First Large-Scale Field Trial of 5G Mobile Delivers Speed of 3.6Gbps

8th October, 2015 (2 Comments)

Chinese firm Huawei and Japanese telecoms giant NTT DOCOMO have conducted the world’s first large-scale field trial of next generation 5G mobile broadband technology using the sub-6GHz band, which has been able to achieve an impressive peak speed of 3.6Gbps (Gigabits per second).

UK ISP BT Tweaks its Consumer 4G Mobile SIM-Only Plan Prices

8th October, 2015 (0 Comments)

BT will today make a few small adjustments to the prices of their 4G based consumer mobile phone service (BTMobile), which will see some SIM-only tariffs go up in price and others being reduced.

UK ISP TalkTalk’s 4G Femtocell Broadband Routers Still Some Way Off

7th October, 2015 (1 Comment)

TalkTalk’s plans for launching a new home broadband ISP router with small cell based 4G (LTE) femtocell technology inside, which could help to cut mobile costs and boost indoor network coverage, continue to show huge promise, but we’re unlikely to see a final product anytime soon.

Vodafone UK Launch Project to Bring 3G Mobile to Remote Rural Pubs

5th October, 2015 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone and Pub is The Hub have today launched a new Rural Community Pub programme, which aims to bring decent indoor 3G mobile voice and data (mobile broadband) services to digitally isolated rural pubs.

CMA Calls for Significant Competition Review of Three UK and O2 Deal

2nd October, 2015 (7 Comments)

The £10.25bn Hutchison Whampoa (Three UK) deal to buy O2 from debt-laden Telefonica looks set to face a big hurdle after the Competition and Markets Authority preliminarily ruled that the “transaction threatens to significantly [affect] competition” in the United Kingdom’s mobile market.