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Study ranks UK 46th globally for the average cost of mobile broadband data

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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Virgin Media Accounts for 44 Percent of Big UK Broadband ISP Outage Searches UPDATE

2nd September, 2026 (13 Comments)

A new study from DTP Group has analysed monthly UK internet searches relating to broadband outages among the country’s largest ISPs and found that Virgin Media tops the table as the provider most commonly associated with service disruptions, accounting for 44% of searches (i.e. 27,100 searches every month related to Virgin Media outages).

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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DCF Estimate 200,000 Engineers Could Leave UK Telecoms Workforce by 2030

2nd September, 2026 (6 Comments)

A new report from the Digital Connectivity Forum (DCF), an industry think-tank, has today been published that examines the apparently “growing workforce and skills challenges” of the telecoms sector and highlights how 200,000 UK engineers are expected to leave the workforce by 2030 – risking a future “skills cliff“. But quite a few of those may be leaving due to maturity of the full fibre broadband build.

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Who is Responsible When Broadband Fails – 45 Percent of UK Businesses Don’t Know

1st September, 2026 (3 Comments)

A new online survey of 401 full-time UK business connectivity decision-makers, which was conducted by alternative UK broadband network provider LightSpeed Networks (company with a vested interest), claims to have found that 45% of respondents have experienced a fault where “responsibility between suppliers was disputed or unclear“.

Study Claims 36 Percent of UK Adults with Home Wi-Fi Suffer Poor Connection

26th August, 2026 (14 Comments)

According to a recent “nationally representative” OnePoll survey of 2,000 UK adults with Wi-Fi at home, which was commissioned by Uswitch.com, some 36% of respondents said they “struggle with their Wi-Fi connection” (15% said this impacts multiple rooms of their home) and 24% have to go to a different room to use streaming as it does not work across their entire home.

45 Percent of UK Landline Users Confused by Analogue Phone Switch-Off, Survey Claims

26th August, 2026 (21 Comments)

A new OnePoll survey of 2,000 UK adults with a landline telephone at home, commissioned by London-focused alternative broadband ISP CommunityFibre, has claimed that 45% of respondents are still unclear about what the looming switch-off of the country’s ageing analogue telephone network means for them.

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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.

Warning for Future UK Broadband TV Services as Freely Suffers Big Outage UPDATE2

17th August, 2026 (28 Comments)

The UK government’s proposed plan to switch-off Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) signals in either 2034 or 2044 as part of a wider change to move toward broadband-based TV streaming (here), such as via the new Freely service, arguably suffered a bit of a reality check last week after that very same service experienced a major outage.

Streetwave UK Study Tests Mobile Network Reach and Speed on M4 Motorway

13th August, 2026 (9 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave have published the results from a new study they’ve just conducted, which examined the mobile network coverage and mobile broadband (4G, 5G) performance of EE, Vodafone, Three UK and O2 across the entire M4 motorway from Cardiff to London – a 127-minute journey.

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Kearney’s Global Telecom Health Index Ranks UK 33rd out of 34 Countries

11th August, 2026 (14 Comments)

Management consulting firm Kearney has today published their latest annual Global Telecom Health Index, which ranks 34 countries across various metrics in order to measure and compare the health of the telecoms (broadband, mobile etc.) sector on a country-by-country basis. Overall the United Kingdom placed near the bottom on a rank of 33rd.

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Streetwave Set to Survey Mobile Broadband Coverage Across West Yorkshire

9th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave has revealed that they’ve been chosen by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in England to conduct a real-world study of mobile network coverage and 4G / 5G data performance across the region, harnessing 12,000km of the county’s road network and testing all three of the primary mobile networks – EE, O2 and VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK).

Openreach Says UK Full Fibre Broadband Usage Jumped 37 Percent in H1 2026

7th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

The Director of Network Technology at national UK broadband operator Openreach (BT), Trevor Linney, has today reported that “full fibre usage” – driven by live TV video streaming and new video game updates – across their network increased by 37% in the first half of 2026, compared with the same period last year.

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Ofcom UK Blocked 481,521 Malicious Emails Over the Past 3 Years

7th August, 2026 (1 Comment)

A recent Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed that the UK telecoms, internet content and media regulator, Ofcom, blocked a total of 481,521 “malicious emails” between June 2023 and February 2026 (472,936 phishing and 8,585 malware emails). But this figure excludes SPAM (junk marketing) emails, which are likely to be much higher.

UK to Overtake Spain as Europe’s 2nd Largest FTTP Broadband Market in 2028

5th August, 2026 (4 Comments)

New research from telecoms analyst firm Point Topic has forecast that full fibre (FTTP) broadband subscribers in the 31 markets of Europe will reach 157.4 million by 2030 (up from 112.4m at the end of 2025), which reflects a 40.1% growth rate over five years (7% CARG). But the United Kingdom looks set to become one of the continent’s strongest markets, despite its late start to building at scale.

Ookla H1 2026 Study Names the Fastest Big UK Fixed Broadband Providers

4th August, 2026 (3 Comments)

A new study that collected data from Ookla’s popular Speedtest.net service for benchmarking internet connections has named BT as the fastest of the major UK broadband ISPs, beating out competition from Virgin Media, Vodafone, Sky Broadband, Plusnet (part of the BT Group) and last place sitter TalkTalk.

RootMetrics Awards EE as the BEST UK Mobile Operator in H1 2026 Study

4th August, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics (Ookla) has this morning published their H1 2026 study of UK mobile networks (calls, texts etc.) and mobile broadband (4G, 5G) speeds. The results once again name EE as the best mobile operator after they scooped up the highest scores and fastest data speeds across most categories.