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Vodafone UK Beat EE to Have the Most Valuable 3G and 4G Spectrum

11th March, 2013 (0 Comments)

The latest post-4G auction study from Analysys Mason estimates that Vodafone, not EE, now has the most valuable mobile spectrum portfolio in the United Kingdom (worth over £2bn). The operator also spent £802m to secure several slices of the 800MHz and 2.6GHz band (here) in order to roll-out superfast Mobile Broadband services.

UPD2 Virgin Mobile UK Cap 3G Contract and PAYG Data Speeds at 2Mbps

5th March, 2013 (5 Comments)

Angry Virgin Mobile customers with a pay-as-you-go or contract deal have been told that their 3G internet data download speeds are being restricted to a maximum of just 2Mbps (Megabits per second), which comes as part of a “trial” to help improve the networks performance amidst increasing congestion.

Ofcom UK Releases 4G Mobile Spectrum to the Five Winning Auction Bidders

1st March, 2013 (3 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today issued radio spectrum licences to the five winners of their recent 4G auction for the 800MHz and 2.6GHz bands. The move means that BT, O2, Three UK, EE and Vodafone are now “free to deploy” related LTE superfast Mobile Broadband networks.

Europe Follows UK to Develop Future 5G Mobile Broadband for 2020

26th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

The European Commission (EC) has today committed £43 million (€50m) to help research future 5G (5th Generation) based Mobile Broadband technologies for launch by 2020, which could one day deliver peak service speeds of up to 10Gbps or possibly even 100Gbps (Gigabits per second).

Death of EU Broadband Funding to Boost 4G and WiFi Mobile Alternatives

26th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

Telecoms analyst firm Point Topic has suggested that internet access solutions which attract a low marginal cost, such as Mobile Broadband, Satellite and WiFi, are now likely to play a bigger then expected part in the UK and Europe’s strategy for expanding broadband coverage into rural areas.

UPD Ofcom UK Reveal 5 Winners of Superfast 4G Mobile Broadband Spectrum

20th February, 2013 (4 Comments)

The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today confirmed that BT, Vodafone, O2, Three UK and EE have all won slices of the 800MHz and 2.6GHz radio spectrum bands as part of its 4G (LTE or WiMAX) superfast Mobile Broadband auction. Sadly ISP MLL Telecom and HKT UK (PCCW / UK Broadband) didn’t win anything.

4G Might Not Work as a Substitute for Fixed Broadband in Rural Areas

16th February, 2013 (26 Comments)

Consultancy group Analysys Mason has warned that the UK government’s plan to make faster 4G (LTE) based Mobile Broadband services available to “at least 98%” of the country by the end of 2017 may not work as a viable “replacement” for slower legacy copper based fixed line services in rural areas.

IoD Study Criticises BT and Says Faster Broadband Delivers More Jobs

15th February, 2013 (15 Comments)

The Institute of Directors, an organisation for EU business leaders, polled 1,147 of its members to reveal that faster broadband could improve productivity at 83% of companies, encourage 31% to invest more in their business and cause 15% of firms to hire more staff. But it also criticised BTOpenreach in the UK for low service satisfaction levels.

RootMetrics Tests EE 4G Mobile Broadband Speeds in 3 UK Cities

12th February, 2013 (11 Comments)

RootMetrics has posted the results from 95,672 separate speedtests of EE’s new 4G (LTE 1800MHz) based Mobile Broadband network in the UK cities of Liverpool, Cardiff and Sheffield. The study found that EE was broadly living up to its promise of delivering internet speeds that range from 8-12Mbps (Megabits per second).

New at800.tv Website to Help UK Freeview TV and 4G Interference Woes

11th February, 2013 (13 Comments)

The Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited (DMSL) group, which was created to help some of the 2 million+ UK homes that could suffer a loss of Digital Terrestrial TV (Freeview) when the new 4G based Mobile Broadband services go live via the 800MHz band, has setup a new website to help inform and advise those affected.

Online Video to Push Mobile Broadband Traffic to 134 Exabytes by 2017

11th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

Cisco’s latest forecast has predicted that online video services will represent 66% of global Mobile Broadband traffic by 2017 (up from 51% in 2012), which will help to push total mobile data use from 0.9 Exabytes per month (i.e. 885 Petabytes) now to 11.2 EB in just five years’ time and outpace global fixed data traffic.

EE Release New UK 4G Mobile Broadband Rollout Update for June 2013

8th February, 2013 (3 Comments)

Mobile network operator EE has announced the next stage of its urban focused 4G roll-out across the United Kingdom, which will see a further 27 towns being enabled to support the new superfast Mobile Broadband technology by June 2013 (i.e. 65 UK towns and cities in total).

Ofcom Reports UK Broadband Lines Total 21.37 Million in Q3 2012

5th February, 2013 (1 Comment)

The latest Telecoms Market Data Tables Q3 2012 update from Ofcom has revealed that the United Kingdom is now home to a total of 21,371,000 fixed line broadband ISP connections (excludes corporate lines), which is up by +264,000 over the previous quarter and includes 639,000 superfast fibre broadband (FTTx) lines.

Three UK to Offer 4G Ultrafast Mobile Broadband At No Extra Cost

4th February, 2013 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK (Hutchison 3GUK Ltd.) has announced that their forthcoming 4G (LTE) based “ultrafast” Mobile Broadband network will, unlike its rivals, offer the service across all existing and new price plans “without customers needing to pay a premium fee to upgrade“.

UPD Ofcom UK Propose to Open 900MHz, 800MHz and 2100MHz for 4G

1st February, 2013 (0 Comments)

As expected the UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed to allow 4G (LTE) superfast Mobile Broadband services to also be delivered over the 900MHz, 1800MHz (EE are at present the only one allowed to do this) and 2100MHz radio spectrum bands that are currently used for a mix of existing 2G and 3G services.

BT Preps Technical Trial of UK Mobile Infill Solution for Rural Areas

30th January, 2013 (0 Comments)

BTOpenreach has announced plans to conduct a proof of concept trial for its new small cell based Mobile Infill Solution. The service aims to leverage BT’s existing fixed line UK telecoms network to provide mobile services into parts of the country that suffer from “non-existent or patchy” coverage (i.e. “rural areas“).

Filtronic UK Win GBP14m Contract to Tackle Freeview TV Woes from 4G

28th January, 2013 (5 Comments)

Filtronic, which produces microwave and millimetre-wave products for telecom firms, has signed a new contract to build “mitigation products” that will be used to help some of the 2.3 million UK homes that could suffer from a loss of Digital TV (Freeview) when the new 4G based Mobile Broadband services go live in the 800MHz band.