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9th September, 2026 (1 Comment)
Communications provider Lodestar Networks, which specialises in building local community 4G mobile (calls and broadband) networks using shared UK radio spectrum, has called on the regulator to improve the current licensing framework so that networks like theirs don’t have to find it so “difficult … to grow beyond isolated indoor sites or short-lived trials“.
8th September, 2026 (3 Comments)
Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) and network connectivity provider Freshwave have this morning revealed that they’ve successfully deployed a total of four new 4G and 5G capable outdoor Small Cells to boost network coverage across busy areas of Canterbury in Kent (England), delivering faster mobile broadband and more reliable calling etc.
8th September, 2026 (6 Comments)
Comparison site Broadband Genie has today published a new study, which analysed 3,446 SIM-only mobile phone tariffs across 234 “countries” to identify the average cost per GigaByte (GB) of data (mobile broadband) for each. The United Kingdom ended up ranking 46th with an average of $0.27 (£0.20) per 1GB of data – behind Italy and France, but in front of Germany and Spain.
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7th September, 2026 (9 Comments)
Mobile operator Tesco Mobile, which is one of the UK’s largest virtual (mvno) mobile providers and harnesses O2’s national network, last week published their latest annual accounts to the end of 2025 and revealed that they are now home to a total customer base of 5.9 million (up 3.51%). The company’s revenues also climbed 11% to £1.23bn.
7th September, 2026 (1 Comment)
Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that their recently launch consumer Direct-to-Device (D2D) based O2 Satellite service (here), which enables normal Smartphones to connect to their UK mobile network via Starlink’s cell-focused broadband satellites, is being made available to business customers via O2 Business.
4th September, 2026 (0 Comments)
Ofcom this week began a new consultation on the UK’s provisional views and positions for the next World Radiocommunication Conference 2027 (WRC-27), which among other things appeared to indicate that the regulator would, at least for now, only support the release of an extra 125MHz of spectrum in the 7GHz band (7125-7250MHz) for use by future mobile broadband networks (i.e. 6G).
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3rd September, 2026 (0 Comments)
Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5G+) mobile broadband network across much of Northern Ireland, which is said to reach more than 800,000 residents in 5 cities, 22 large towns and 382 smaller towns, villages and hamlets – delivering “faster speeds, better coverage and lower latency at no extra cost.”
3rd September, 2026 (11 Comments)
Broadband and mobile operator Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has this morning announced the launch of two major new products, including the provider’s first pay TV product for UK customers with a home broadband, 5G Broadband or mobile plan and “SuperMobile“, which promises to give you up to 4x faster data speeds via their 5G+ (Standalone) network for an additional cost.
2nd September, 2026 (5 Comments)
Network benchmarking giant Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service, has today published one of the first independent studies of real-world 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage quality on the London Underground. The good news is that it works and exists exactly where TfL says it should.
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30th August, 2026 (0 Comments)
The government’s new changes to the Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) approval processes in England (here) are causing additional delays to some of Openreach’s new broadband installs. Ironically the changes are being introduced to correct for the delays and increased costs of telecoms operators trying to deploy new networks into large buildings (MDUs etc.) under the prior system.
28th August, 2026 (10 Comments)
Customers of virtual mobile operator Sky Mobile, which is estimated to be home to around 4-5 million customers in the UK, have just become the first O2 (Virgin Media) powered Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) to introduce 5G Standalone (5G+) technology for better mobile broadband performance and more.
26th August, 2026 (1 Comment)
A team of researchers from the Queen Mary University of London have discovered a new way to make wireless communication devices, such as antennas, more adaptable by making tiny atomic changes to the structure of a material that can “dramatically improve its ability to respond to electrical signals“. The work could have applications in everything from home Wi-Fi to satellites and mobile broadband networks etc.
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26th August, 2026 (18 Comments)
Internet provider Nufibre has become the latest company to launch an eSIM-only powered virtual mobile operator service with the launch of nuSim, which appears to be based around an unlimited data (mobile broadband), calls and texts plan that cost just £15 per month (including 20GB of roaming data when within the EU).
25th August, 2026 (6 Comments)
Another day brings the launch of yet another new eSIM based virtual UK mobile operator (mvno) to the market, this time called MyCharity Mobile. As usual they’ve come up with a semi-unique selling point, which enables customers to donate to any charity of their choice while paying for their mobile plan (15p from every £1 spent).
25th August, 2026 (2 Comments)
Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) have this morning reported that they’ve successfully deployed a total of 24 new 4G and 5G capable Small Cells across the Westminster area (borough) of London, which will boost local data capacity (mobile broadband) and customer experience of their network.
25th August, 2026 (46 Comments)
Nearly a year has passed since banking and money management app provider Revolut launched its own eSIM based mobile service – Revolute Mobile (here), which is powered by Gigs. But two customers have recently informed ISPreview that their “unlimited” mobile plan has just been “terminated, effective immediately” due to heavy usage.
24th August, 2026 (0 Comments)
Mobile operator giffgaff, which is controlled by Telefónica UK (part of the VMO2 Group) and uses O2’s virtual network platform, has today begun offering up to six times more data on two of their Pay Monthly SIM-only plans – £8 a month will now get you 40GB of data (up from 6GB), while £10 will get you 80GB (up from 25GB).
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