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Derbyshire Firefighters Use O2 Satellite Service to Help Tackle Wildfire

29th July, 2026 (1 Comment)

Firefighters in Derbyshire (England) recently provided a good unintentional demonstration of why services like the new O2 Satellite add-on are so useful. The teams, who were responding to the wildfire near Tintwistle, were able to use the UK service to maintain mobile connectivity in an area with no traditional 4G or 5G mobile network coverage.

Utility Warehouse UK Mobile Ad Banned for Lack of Clarity on Unlimited Data Limits

29th July, 2026 (6 Comments)

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an advert on the website of energy and communications provider Utility Warehouse (UW – Telecom Plus), which promoted an “Unlimited data” mobile plan, after it was found to have failed to make the Fair Usage Policy (FUP) restrictions for data (mobile broadband) usage “sufficiently clear“.

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Giffgaff Grows to 4.26 Million UK Mobile Customers as 671 Take Broadband

28th July, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica UK (part of the VMO2 Group) and uses O2’s virtual operator platform (mvno), recently published their annual accounts to the end of 2025 and revealed that their mobile base grew by 142,000 members (up from 100k in 2024) to total 4,260,368. The operator also had 671 full fibre broadband customers.

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Guernsey Exempts Travel eSIM Mobile Providers from Needing a Licence

28th July, 2026 (2 Comments)

The Guernsey Competition & Regulatory Authority (GCRA) has decided to exempt most travel eSIM providers from needing a licence. “The GCRA’s view is that most travel eSIM services bought by Guernsey consumers for use overseas are unlikely to require a Guernsey telecommunications licence,” said the regulator. But there is a limitation.

Amazon Leo Prep New Constellation of 5,105 Satellites for Global 5G Mobile

27th July, 2026 (2 Comments)

The Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) service, which is building a new mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the UK and globally, has revealed plans to launch a “new constellation” of up to 5,105 satellites to connect compatible 4G and 5G mobile devices on the ground directly from space (Direct-to-Device).

Virgin Media O2 UK Suffers Broadband Customer Decline as FTTP Footprint Hits 9M Premises

24th July, 2026 (14 Comments)

The latest Q2 2026 results from network operators Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today reported a fall in consumer broadband customers of -28,200 to total 5,417,900 (vs -5.3k in Q1), while their mobile base declined slightly to total 46.428m (down from 46.44m) and outdoor 5G+ (5GSA) population coverage remains at 86%.

BT Update – Openreach Lose 192K UK Broadband Lines as FTTP Covers 23.4M

23rd July, 2026 (27 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT Group just published a short trading update to the end June 2026, which reveals that Openreach lost a total of 192,000 broadband lines to rivals over the past quarter (improved from -203k last quarter). But their “full fibre” (FTTP) coverage grew to 23.4 million premises (up from 22.92m) and EE’s 5G+ mobile coverage reached 77% of the UK population.

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Government Responsibility for UK Broadband and Mobile Returns to DCMS

23rd July, 2026 (1 Comment)

After a few days of conflicting messaging, the Government in Westminster did yesterday confirm that responsibility for all things broadband and mobile related – this includes programmes covered by the Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency and related aspects – has been shifted back to a re-named Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). But now the ‘D’ stands for Digital (I guess.. DDCMS?).

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Streetwave UK Tests Accuracy of Ofcom’s Mobile Coverage Data

23rd July, 2026 (3 Comments)

A new study from UK network analyst firm Streetwave, which recently used bin lorries to map the coverage and performance of 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) networks across Northern Ireland, has questioned the accuracy of Ofcom’s mobile coverage data after finding a big difference between the regulator’s figures and those of their own research.

Freshwave Brings Indoor 4G Mobile to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

21st July, 2026 (2 Comments)

Wireless infrastructure provider Freshwave has deployed their 4G Distributed Antenna System (DAS) across the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, which can be used by any mobile network operator (EE, O2, or Vodafone / Three UK) to help staff, patients and visitors connect to a good mobile (mobile broadband) signal.

nPerf Ranks UK 2nd in Europe for Adoption of 5G Standalone Mobile Networks

21st July, 2026 (2 Comments)

French benchmarking firm nPerf has today published the results of a new study, which found that the United Kingdom ranks 2nd in Europe for adoption of the latest 5G Standalone (5G+) mobile broadband network technology. The UK was only beaten by Austria, which saw slightly more mobile connection tests take place via 5G+ networks.

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O2 Switches On 500th UK Giga Site as Part of 5G Mobile Network Upgrade

21st July, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they’ve switched on their 500th “Giga Site” (located in North Elgin, Scotland), which reflects mobile sites that adopt the operator’s most advanced 5G technologies (e.g. 5G+, dual-band Massive MIMO etc.) to improve network coverage, mobile broadband speeds and capacity for customers.

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Ofcom Adopt Shared Upper 6GHz Band for UK Mobile and Wi-Fi Networks

20th July, 2026 (5 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today decided to implement their plan for allowing Low Power Indoor (LPI) Wi-Fi and outdoor mobile broadband (4G, 5G etc.) networks to “share” access to the Upper 6GHz radio spectrum band (6425 to 7125MHz). The UK will thus become the first country in Europe to adopt this, but mobile networks won’t be able to harness it until after 2030.

Concern for Telecoms as New UK Prime Minister Scraps Tech Department UPDATE

20th July, 2026 (11 Comments)

The incoming UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, is reportedly planning to abolish the Government’s central Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), which also oversees broadband and mobile connectivity (telecoms) – partly via the Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency. The proposal plan could see DSIT’s functions being spread across other departments.

Streetwave Set to Survey Mobile Broadband Coverage Across Cornwall

17th July, 2026 (3 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave has confirmed that they’ve been chosenb y Cornwall Council in England to survey mobile network coverage and 4G / 5G data performance across the region, harnessing 7,250km of the county’s road network and testing all three of the primary mobile networks – EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK).

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Vodafone Says UK Ranks Poorly in Study of Ten Major Mobile Markets

16th July, 2026 (1 Comment)

Broadband and mobile provider Vodafone has published their new Mobile Market Index (MMI), which benchmarks the UK against nine international peers (inc. USA, Germany, France, Spain, South Korea, Australia, Norway, Singapore and Hungary) to assess the environment facing Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in each.

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O2 UK Switch On 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network in Oxfordshire

16th July, 2026 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G+ (5G Standalone) mobile broadband network across more of Oxfordshire in England, which is said to reach more than 450,000 residents across 495 towns, villages and hamlets.