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Opensignal Study Warns Three UK at Risk if Vodafone Merger Fails

21st August, 2024 (25 Comments)

Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has published new analysis of the “competitive headwinds” facing Three UK in the mobile market, which finds that the operator’s struggles are “driven by a low subscriber base and high churn resulting from many factors“. But it also warns that the situation could get worse if the proposed merger with Vodafone is rejected.

O2 UK Launch Cheaper Mobile Social Tariff for People on State Benefits

19th August, 2024 (18 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today launched a new 4G and 5G mobile plan to support UK people on low incomes, which is a low-cost data (mobile broadband), calls and texts (SMS) plan that is only available to those on eligible state benefits and costs just £10 per month.

New UK Gov Reiterates Call for Limits on Building Broadband Poles UPDATE

17th August, 2024 (24 Comments)

The new Labour-led UK Government has somewhat echoed the previous administration today by calling on broadband operators to “end the deployment of unnecessary telegraph poles” when rolling out new gigabit-capable networks. But they have “at this stage” rejected the idea of removing Permitted Development (PD) rights for poles.

Three UK Extends 5G Mobile Coverage to 62% of Population

15th August, 2024 (28 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has today published their latest results to 30th June 2024, which among other things reveals that 4,900 sites (up from 4,700 six months ago) across 656 towns and cities are now live with 5G (62% population coverage) and the average data (mobile broadband) usage per customer increased to 30.5GB (up from 30GB).

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EE UK Trial of 5G Small Cells Hits Broadband Speeds of up to 600Mbps

14th August, 2024 (26 Comments)

Mobile network operator EE (BT) has today announced that they’ve now deployed over 1,000 small cells (mini radio masts) across the UK, marking 400 new deployments over the last 12 months. But this now includes the provider’s first “trial” 5G (mobile broadband) enabled sites, which have been installed in Croydon (London).

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Juniper Research Rank iD Mobile as Top UK Operator for Roaming

13th August, 2024 (4 Comments)

Telecoms analyst firm Juniper Research has used an April 2024 survey of 3,300 UK mobile subscribers to identify that iD Mobile ranks top as the “leading network operator in the UK for subscriber roaming satisfaction in 2024“, which saw them achieve a net promoter score of 77%.

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Three UK Named Fastest for 5G Broadband in Ookla H1 2024 Study

9th August, 2024 (23 Comments)

Network testing firm Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular Speedtest.net platform, has published their latest Q1-Q2 2024 (H1) study into the speed of 5G based mobile broadband networks in the United Kingdom. The results find that Three UK still delivers the fastest average download (255.23Mbps) and uploads (14.47Mbps).

HS2 Claims HS2 Could Boost UK Mobile and Rural Broadband

8th August, 2024 (3 Comments)

New analysis published by High Speed 2 Ltd, which is a non-departmental public body that is wholly funded by the UK Government’s Department for Transport (DfT), has claimed that the HS2 rail project could help “thousands of properties” across 538 postcodes to gain access to “ultrafast broadband speeds” and better mobile connectivity.

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Vodafone UK Extend 5G Ultra Service to Enterprise and SMB Customers

8th August, 2024 (9 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that their 5G Ultra service, which uses 5G Standalone (SA) technology to deliver faster mobile broadband speeds and better performance in other areas, has now been made available to Enterprise and SMB (business) customers in the UK. The service originally launched for consumers over a year ago.

UK Broadband and Mobile Providers Balk at Ofcom’s Call for Battery Backup

7th August, 2024 (24 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has published some of the responses they’ve received from fixed broadband ISPs and mobile operators to their consultation on enhancing network resilience in order to “reduce the risk of network outages“ (here). Suffice to say that many operators are balking at the costs of deploying national battery backup.

Three UK Expand Free Community 5G Broadband and Tablets Scheme

5th August, 2024 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has expanded their Connected Communities programme, which offers “free high-speed broadband, smart tablets and digital training sessions“, to include the Carrbridge Youth Centre in Birkenhead. The scheme has already launched across four youth groups in Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester.

RootMetrics Benchmark Names EE BEST UK Mobile Network for H1 2024

5th August, 2024 (13 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has today published their H1 2024 study of UK mobile networks (calls, texts etc.) and mobile broadband performance, which once again sees EE (BT) come top against rivals at Vodafone, Three UK and O2 (Virgin Media). EE also “edged past” Three UK to deliver the “best 5G experience“.

Three UK Discounts 5G Home Broadband to £22 with First 6 Months at £11

4th August, 2024 (0 Comments)

New customers looking to take one of Three UK’s unlimited 5G or 4G based Home Broadband packages may like to know that the operator has just discounted them from £24 to £22 per month on a 24-month term. In addition, you can also get the first six months of service at half price for just £11 (oddly, this only shows up when going to the checkout).

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Business ISP Commsworld Win £35m Glasgow City Network Contract

1st August, 2024 (1 Comment)

Edinburgh-based UK business ISP Commsworld has this morning announced that they’ve secured a new contract worth £35m+ over 5-years to provide network services to Glasgow City Council (GCC) in Scotland, which forms part of an effort to upgrade from the council’s “ageing legacy networks” to fibre optic and 5G services.

Vodafone UK Finally Adds 4G LTE-M Network Support for IoT Devices

1st August, 2024 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has announced that their national 4G (mobile broadband) network can now support the Long Term Evolution for Machines (LTE-M or CAT-M) standard, which is a type of Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) service that can connect Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

Study Claims Poor Broadband and Mobile Drives People Out of UK Rural Areas

31st July, 2024 (9 Comments)

A new Strand Partners survey of 4,000 members of the UK public, which was commissioned by broadband and mobile providers Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2), has claimed that over a third of rural residents (or 66% of “young people“) are likely to be considering a move away to a town or city in the next 12 months. Poor internet connectivity is one of the key drivers for this.

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Cellnex, Vodafone and O2 Extend Existing UK Mast Sharing Partnership

29th July, 2024 (8 Comments)

Wireless infrastructure firm Cellnex has today extended their existing partnership with UK mobile providers Vodafone and O2 (Virgin Media), which will ensure that both operators continue to have access to share Cellnex’s national tower infrastructure to help deploy 5G (mobile broadband) and future services.