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Vodafone UK Launch Pay TV and 5G+ SuperMobile Broadband Service UPDATE

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.

Ookla Study Reveals Quality of 4G and 5G Mobile Signals on London Underground

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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New Rules for Speeding Up Certain Broadband Installs is Causing Delays UPDATE

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.

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Sky Mobile UK Becomes First O2 MVNO to Launch 5G+ Standalone Support

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.

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UK Team Finds Tiny Atomic Changes Can Create Smarter Wireless Antennas

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.

Broadband ISP Nufibre Launch eSIM Based Unlimited UK Mobile Plan

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).

New MyCharity Mobile Operator Helps UK Customers Donate to Charity

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).

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O2 UK Boost Mobile Speed and Cover in Westminster via 24 New Small Cells

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.

Revolut Mobile Disconnect Heavy Data Users from “Unlimited” UK 5G Plans

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.

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Giffgaff UK Offers up to 6x More Mobile Broadband Data on Two SIM Plans

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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nPerf Ranks UK 3rd for Mobile Streaming Performance vs Countries of Similar GDP

20th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

French benchmarking firm nPerf has today published the results from another quirky study of mobile broadband networks, which compared mobile video streaming performance among countries with comparable Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. Overall the UK came in 3rd place, behind Germany and France.

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O2 UK Switches On 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network in Kent

20th August, 2026 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today confirmed that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G+ (5G Standalone) mobile broadband network across more of Kent in England, which is said to reach “up to” 1.6 million residents across 125 towns, 303 villages and 246 hamlets – delivering “faster speeds, better coverage and lower latency at no extra cost“.

EE Launch UK’s First Commercial Consumer 5G+ Network Slicing via Fast Lane

20th August, 2026 (22 Comments)

Much we first previewed on Monday of this week (here), EE Mobile (BT) has today officially launched their new ‘Fast Lane‘ feature, which is described as being the UK’s first commercial consumer implementation of Network Slicing technology on a 5G+ (5G Standalone) mobile broadband network (i.e. giving customers data traffic prioritisation in busy areas).

Ookla Maps Size of Starlink’s Direct to Cell 4G Mobile Satellite Beams

19th August, 2026 (1 Comment)

Network benchmarking giant Ookla (Accenture), which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband and mobile Speedtest.net service, has cleverly used data collected from Smartphones using Starlink’s 4G mobile satellite data connectivity to map the size of their individual Direct-to-Cell (DTC) beams in the real-world.

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New National Planning Policy Framework Lends Support to Broadband and Mobile

18th August, 2026 (2 Comments)

The Government has published its new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for England, which finally appears to have laid the foundations for planning authorities to give “substantial weight” to the benefits of “maintaining or improving network coverage, capacity, reliability and resilience” of modern gigabit broadband and 5G mobile networks.

Apple iOS 27 Beta 6 Starts Showing the 5G+ Mobile Symbol in the UK

18th August, 2026 (13 Comments)

A small but interesting development today. Apple released the latest iOS 27 Beta 6 software to developers yesterday and those who have updated their iPhone’s to the new firmware are finding that it finally shows a “5G+” symbol (or icon, if you prefer), when in areas covered by a 5G Standalone (5GSA) based mobile broadband network.

Virgin Media O2 Has Provided 550,000 UK People with Free Mobile Data SIMs

17th August, 2026 (7 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has revealed that their partnership with the digital inclusion charity, the Good Things Foundation, has so far helped to provide more than 550,000 UK people – those experiencing financial difficulties – with free mobile broadband data, calls and texts via SIMs supplied through the National Databank.