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Vodafone UK Launch Cheaper World Mobile Broadband Roaming

7th July, 2014 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has launched WorldTraveller, which for £5 inc. VAT extra per day will allow pay-monthly customers (including business travellers on certain price plans) to take their existing data (Mobile Broadband), voice and text allowances to a number of major destinations outside of Europe (e.g. the USA and South Africa). Calls and texts received are also free.

UPDATE Network Rail Fine to Help Improve FREE WiFi on UK Train Routes

7th July, 2014 (1 Comment)

In an odd twist the Government’s Department for Transport has said that a multi-million pound fine, which is being imposed upon state-owned Network Rail for missing performance targets (the penalty could be worth up to £70m), will be used to help fund a £90m investment into rolling out free superfast wifi Internet access on the busiest train routes.

VIDEO Ericsson Demo 5G Mobile Broadband at Speeds of 5800Mbps

3rd July, 2014 (4 Comments)

Telecoms giants Ericsson and Japanese operator NTT DOCOMO have taken their experimental 5G based Mobile Broadband technology a step forward by conducting one of the first live, over-the-air, demonstrations of the new service running at speeds of 5.8Gbps (Gigabits per second) using the 15GHz band of radio spectrum.

Today Europe Cuts the Price of Mobile Broadband and Phone Roaming

1st July, 2014 (0 Comments)

Europe might still be attempting to kill off mobile txt, voice and Internet (data) roaming charges for good but in the meantime it’s worth remembering that the previous regulation will today result in another fall in prices across the continent, which will also impact the United Kingdom.

Manx Telecom Deploy 4G LTE Mobile Broadband Across the Isle of Man

30th June, 2014 (0 Comments)

Some years have passed since Manx Telecom‘s first trial of 4G (LTE) based Mobile Broadband technology on the Isle of Man (British Crown Dependency) in 2011 (here) and now they’re planning to make the “superfast” service available to 95% of the Islands population at “no extra cost” (so long as you already have a 4G ready handset).

EE Delay UK 300Mbps 4G LTE-A Mobile Broadband Service Launch to 2015

30th June, 2014 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (4GEE) has informed ISPreview.co.uk that they “don’t expect” to be making their new 300Mbps 4G (LTE-Advanced) based Mobile Broadband service commercially available in 2014 as originally planned, although a good amount of central London will be covered as part of the on-going trials and download speeds of “well over” 100Mbps are being recorded.

Akamai Q1-2014 Report Shows Average UK Internet Speeds Reach 9.9Mbps

26th June, 2014 (0 Comments)

Akamai, a content delivery network, has today published its latest State of the Internet report for Q1 2014 and revealed that average global broadband download speeds have increased by just 1.8% over the last quarter to 3.9Mbps (Megabits). Meanwhile the UK saw its performance rise by 5.5% to top 9.9Mbps, making us the 15th fastest country (down from 13th in Q4-2013), but most still aren’t ready for 4K video streams.

EE Bring 4G Mobile Broadband to 73% of UK – 229 Large Towns and Cities

26th June, 2014 (2 Comments)

EE has deployed their “superfast” 4G (LTE) based Mobile Broadband network to another 14 large towns (total of 229 large towns / cities and more than 2,500 villages / small towns), which raises their overall network coverage to 73% of the United Kingdom (population). But they’ll need to go a lot faster to hit the 98% target.

FREE WiFi Comes to 18 Hospitals and Healthcare Locations in Wales UK

25th June, 2014 (2 Comments)

The Cloud (BSkyB) has today added to their 1,000+ WiFi hotspots in Wales by signing two new partners (the Aneurin Bevan and Cwm Taf health boards) from the healthcare industry, which means that their free wireless Internet connectivity is now being deployed to a total of 18 Welsh healthcare locations.

Sony – UK Needs Better Broadband to Boost UK Music Streaming

23rd June, 2014 (14 Comments)

Sony’s Director of Digital Sales for Sweden, Jacob Herbst, has said that he expects Internet streaming services (e.g. Spotify, Deezer etc.) to take off in the United Kingdom once broadband infrastructure improves. Funny.. we thought it had already taken off and for a moment needed to check that we weren’t still stuck in 2010 or earlier.

UPDATE UK Moots National Mobile Phone Network Sharing to Boost Coverage

23rd June, 2014 (8 Comments)

The Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed that they’re discussing a proposal with Mobile Network Operators (e.g. Three UK, Vodafone, EE and O2) to boost mobile broadband (3G, 4G) and general mobile service reception by encouraging greater sharing of masts and a national roaming policy.

Vodafone UK Pay-as-you-go Customers to Get Cheaper EU Roaming

20th June, 2014 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator Vodafone has expanded the availability of their £2 extra Per Day EuroTraveller add-on to Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) customers, which means that related users will now be able to take their existing UK voice minutes, texts and data (mobile broadband) allowances with them when they are travelling anywhere in the operators Europe Zone.

EE to Conduct LIVE UK Trials of Voice Calls over WiFi and 4G Mobile

20th June, 2014 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator EE has announced, as part of their 2014 investment of £275m to improve phone calls, that it will soon conduct one of the United Kingdom’s first trials of Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE / 4G) tech using the 800MHz band (this will also benefit rural areas) and a similar trial using WiFi (native SMS/TXT services will also available through WiFi).

EU and South Korea Agree Joint 5G Mobile Broadband Development Deal

16th June, 2014 (3 Comments)

The next generation of 5G based Mobile Broadband services, which could deliver speeds of up to 10Gbps (Gigabits per second) or more, appeared to come a step closer today after Europe and South Korea signed a new deal that will see both working jointly towards a global definition of the new standard and to cooperate in research.

Ofcom Moots Indefinite Extension to UK Broadband Ltd’s 4G Licence

13th June, 2014 (2 Comments)

The communications regulator has given preliminary approval to a proposal by the sibling of Hong Kong telecoms giant PCCW (HKT) and parent to London-based wireless ISP Relish, UK Broadband Limited, which is seeking an indefinite extension to its existing licence for radio spectrum within the 3.4GHz band.

Vodafone UK Expands 4G Mobile Broadband to 5 South England Towns

9th June, 2014 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has announced that their “ultrafast” 4G based Mobile Broadband network will reach five of the “largest cities and towns” in the South of England this summer 2014, which will benefit nearly 1 million people and over 35,000 businesses.

IET – Combining Tech and Mobile Spectrum Could Fix UK Rural Broadband

6th June, 2014 (43 Comments)

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IEF) will next week host a Rural Broadband Debate that will look at current government policy and propose a solution for bringing “reasonable” broadband access to the most remote communities at a “reasonable” price, which could involve combining technologies and greater mobile spectrum sharing between network operators.