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Ofcom Survey Finds Growth in Unlimited UK Mobile Data Tariffs

22nd October, 2024 (9 Comments)

Ofcom has published the results from a new survey that is intended to help monitor how well the UK mobile market is functioning and whether it continues to deliver good outcomes. For example, the work reveals that unlimited data (broadband) tariffs accounted for 13% of mobile plans in 2023 (up from 5% in 2019), but plans with smaller allowances are now less common.

SMF Study Identifies Weaknesses in UK 5G Mobile Deployments

7th October, 2024 (11 Comments)

A new report from the Social Market Foundation (SMF), which is a cross-party think-tank, has highlighted how the UK is still a long way from reaping the benefits of achieving ubiquitous 5G mobile (mobile broadband) connectivity. The report finds this is partly because previous policies toward mobile telecoms have “unintentionally hindered investment.” Solving that won’t be easy.

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Wi-Fi Calling and VoLTE Now Available to All Giffgaff UK Customers

7th October, 2024 (16 Comments)

Mobile network provider giffgaff, which is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) on O2’s platform in the United Kingdom, has announced the completion of their effort to deploy two long awaited new service features – Wi-Fi Calling and 4G Calling (VoLTE). This process originally began during the spring (here).

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Poor Mobile Signal and Notspots Mapped in Nottinghamshire UK

4th October, 2024 (11 Comments)

The Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) in England has published some of the initial results from a project it undertook with Birmingham City University (BCU) and other local authorities, which mapped 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage in the County – helping to reveal areas of both poor and no signal.

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Study Shows Impact of Tourism on Mobile Broadband Speeds in Ceredigion

4th October, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Growing Mid Wales programme and network analyst firm Streetwave have used their ongoing mobile connectivity study in Ceredigion (Wales) to reveal what sort of impact tourism has on mobile broadband performance in seaside towns (there’s a “major” drop in data speeds) and thus where EE, Vodafone, Three UK and O2 may need to upgrade.

EE UK Expand Freshwave’s Small Cell 5G Network in Central London

1st October, 2024 (8 Comments)

Wireless infrastructure provider Freshwave has revealed that EE UK have begun to expand their original trial deployment of a new small cell based outdoor 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) network in the central City of London area, which has since added 25 new sites to its coverage.

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Guernsey Set for £48m 5G Mobile Boost as Gov Suspends Competition Law

27th September, 2024 (5 Comments)

The States of Guernsey, which governs the English Channel Island of Guernsey (British Crown dependency), yesterday voted to do something extraordinary by temporarily suspending local competition law in order to allow the dominant telecoms and broadband operator, Sure, to acquire Airtel Vodafone. The reward is a £48m deal to deploy 5G services.

Northern Ireland Ministers Call for Improvements to Rural Mobile Coverage

25th September, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Northern Ireland Assembly yesterday met to debate the need for improvements in rural mobile coverage, which among other things highlighted problems with “major delays in the planning process” for approving new 4G / 5G masts, the need for greater infrastructure sharing and question marks over what impact the barrier busting task force has actually had.

Opensignal Name the UK Top 4G and 5G Mobile Operators for H2 2024

25th September, 2024 (7 Comments)

Crowdsourced benchmarking firm Opensignal has today published their latest Mobile Network Experience Report for H2 2024, which examines the 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) services of all four primary networks – EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three UK – to find which delivers the best performance. Overall, EE scooped 10 out of 14 awards.

Vodafone Claim 5G SA Rollout Across UK Road and Rail Worth £3bn to Economy

24th September, 2024 (16 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today claimed, as part of their efforts to build support for a merger with Three UK, that their joint plans for a nationwide roll-out of 5G Standalone (mobile broadband) technology could save regular road users £2bn a year on fuel and boost productivity through remote working on trains by £1bn (GVA) a year.

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O2 UK to Withdraw Inbound 2G and 3G Roaming on 1st October 2025

23rd September, 2024 (13 Comments)

The business division of mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today confirmed that, as part of their plan to switch-off 2G and 3G services across the United Kingdom, they’ll also be withdrawing inbound roaming services on both of those older mobile networks from 1st October 2025.

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Company Turns Windows into Antenna for 5G Mobile Base Stations

19th September, 2024 (5 Comments)

In a fascinating development, researchers in Japan are developing and deploying a way of making 5G mobile (mobile broadband) infrastructure more discreet by creating transparent glass antennas that make it possible for windows to serve as base stations.

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Telecoms Minister Updates on Effort to Limit UK Broadband Poles via Infrastructure Sharing UPDATE

13th September, 2024 (4 Comments)

The UK Government’s Minister for Telecoms, Sir Chris Bryant, yesterday held a round table meeting with a small selection of network operators in an effort to try and drive home the need for greater “infrastructure sharing” in order to “end the deployment of unnecessary telegraph poles” when rolling out new gigabit-capable broadband ISP networks.

Ofcom Finds Three UK Misses First Rural 4G Mobile Coverage Target

12th September, 2024 (5 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published its first report on the progress of the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network project (i.e. extending 4G mobile (broadband) to cover 95% of the UK by the end of 2025), which confirms that Three UK is the only mobile operator to miss the first coverage target for Partial Not-Spot (PNS) areas.

Three UK Launch Outdoor Hub Router for 5G Home Broadband

9th September, 2024 (37 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today done something a bit different by introducing a 5G Outdoor Hub option for their Three Home Broadband service, which as the name indicates is a mobile router that you “self-install” on the outside of your home in order, we presume, to hopefully get a better 5G mobile signal and thus performance.

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Virgin Media O2 UK Expand Mobile Small Cells to Central Reading

9th September, 2024 (0 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today continued with their effort to boost 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) capacity across the UK, not least by expanding their ongoing roll-out of small cells into the central part of Reading (town) in Berkshire – supported by Ontix.

Report Claims Fixed Wireless Broadband Could Give UK a £4bn Boost

9th September, 2024 (0 Comments)

A new report from the UK Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (UKWISPA), which was put together by Intelligens Consulting, has claimed that fostering greater use and acceptance of the latest innovations in fixed wireless broadband networks by the government could deliver £4bn of “quantifiable impact” in the UK.