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Streetwave Tests UK Mobile Operator Performance on District Line Trains

27th June, 2026 (9 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave has published the partial results from a new study that compared the real-world mobile network (4G, 5G) and mobile broadband performance from EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK across the District Line, which runs from Whitechapel to Wimbledon.

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VodafoneThree Extend CityFibre Partnership to Link More UK Mobile Sites

22nd June, 2026 (2 Comments)

Mobile and broadband operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) has today announced that they’ve extended their existing partnership with CityFibre, which will see the fixed line operator’s full fibre network being used to feed capacity for network transmission services at “selected mobile sites” in support of the operator’s 5G Standalone rollout.

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140 Government Funded 4G Mobile Mast Upgrades Now Live Across UK

19th June, 2026 (11 Comments)

The UK Government has confirmed that a total of 140 publicly-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have now gone live across the United Kingdom (up from 100 at the end of 2025), which includes new sites in England, Wales and Scotland as part of the industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project. But more are set to follow before 2027.

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MP Blames Poor London Mobile Signals on “near-monopoly” of O2, EE and Vodafone

16th June, 2026 (21 Comments)

The Conservative MP for Tonbridge, Tom Tugendhat, has accused mobile and broadband operators EE, O2 and Vodafone (Vodafone and Three UK) of delivering mobile signals in parts of London that are “worse” than he got in Kabul ten years ago and of operating a “near monopoly“, which he said meant they had “no incentive to improve“.

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H1 2026 Study Names Top UK Fastest Mobile and Home Broadband ISPs

15th June, 2026 (3 Comments)

We’ve today published ISPreview’s first biannual study of the United Kingdom’s broadband download and upload speeds for 2026, which covers the first half of the year. The report reveals how the performance of the fastest fixed line internet providers, mobile network operators and Starlink (satellite) services has changed since the end of 2025

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London Underground Set to Complete 4G and 5G Mobile Build by End of 2026

12th June, 2026 (9 Comments)

Transport for London (TfL) and Boldyn Networks have published a progress update for their roll-out of 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage on the London Underground, which reveals that more sections of the Bakerloo, Metropolitan and Circle line are now live. The project is currently on target to complete by the end of 2026.

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Removal of Mobile Mast Near Essex Villages Leaves Locals with Connectivity Woes

11th June, 2026 (9 Comments)

Residents in the two Essex (England) villages of Langham and Dedham, which are both home to around 3,000 people, have been left to suffer from poor to non-existent mobile connectivity after a local mobile mast at Gun Hill (Ipswich Road) was removed last month without the local authority approving a replacement site.

Ofcom Study Finds Mobile Networks on UK Trains Offer Poor Quality UPDATE

3rd June, 2026 (10 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published a new study that measured mobile (4G / 5G) network performance across 24 segments of key railway lines covering England, Scotland and Wales. The results found that performance was poor on between 58% and 83% of tests carried out on trains, depending on mobile operator.

Three UK Mobile Launch Summer 5G Home Broadband Deals from £18pm

2nd June, 2026 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK (VodafoneThree) recently kicked off their Summer Sale 2026 across various plans, which among other things says they’ve reduced their unlimited Three 5G Home Broadband package to just £18 per month on a 24-month contract term (although it was just £16 when we tried just now).

1 Million People Have Used Ofcom’s UK Mobile Network Coverage Checker

29th May, 2026 (7 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today revealed that one million people have now used their upgraded Map Your Mobile Postcode Checker since it launched a year ago (here). The service was enhanced to better match people’s real-world experiences of 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) performance and signal strength across EE, Three UK, Vodafone and O2.

Streetwave UK Surveys Mobile Network Coverage on the River Thames

27th May, 2026 (2 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave has today published the results from a new study they conducted, which examined mobile network (4G, 5G) coverage and mobile broadband performance across part of the River Thames (Putney Pier to Westminster Pier) in London, while travelling onboard an Uber Boat (Thames Clippers). Vodafone came out on top.

Full Fibre UK ISP CommunityFibre to Launch Cheap Unlimited 5G Mobile eSIM UPDATE

21st May, 2026 (4 Comments)

Alternative broadband operator and ISP CommunityFibre, which have deployed their 5Gbps speed full fibre broadband (FTTP) network across 1.4 million UK homes (inc. 185k businesses within 200 metres of their network) in London and the South East, has today soft launched a £15 unlimited Mobile eSIM service for their existing customers.

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Vodafone UK Deploy New Mast to Fix Long Running Mobile Problems in Tenby

18th May, 2026 (3 Comments)

Mobile and broadband provider Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has today confirmed to ISPreview that they’ve finally deployed and activated a new mobile mast to help fix the problems in the Pembrokeshire (Wales) seaside town of Tenby (here). Locals have been suffering from months of poor signal since the old mast suddenly vanished at the start of 2026.

Vodafone Top 1.83 Million UK Broadband Users as Mobile Falls to 28.35M

12th May, 2026 (3 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has just published their latest Q4 FY26 financial results. The figures show that they now have 1.832 million fixed broadband customers (up by 64,000 in Q4 – the same figure as Q3) and a combined mobile base of 28.356 million (down by 263,000).

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Vodafone Attract Most Ofcom UK Complaints for Broadband and O2 for Mobile – Q4 2025

11th May, 2026 (7 Comments)

Ofcom has today published their latest quarterly (Q4 2025) study of UK consumer telecoms and TV complaints, which finds that Vodafone attracted the most complaints from customers for fixed broadband services, while O2 came top of the naughty table for Mobile services and EE did the same for Pay TV.

Vodafone UK Takes Full Control of VodafoneThree as CK Hutchison Exits Stake

5th May, 2026 (47 Comments)

The recently merged mobile and broadband operator VodafoneThree (Vodafone and Three UK) have today announced that Vodafone has reached an agreement to “buy out” CK Hutchison (Three) from the joint venture for £4.3 billion (€4.9bn) in cash via a cancellation of shares. The deal will increase Vodafone Group’s pro forma net debt, but give them full control.

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NET CHECK Awards Vodafone UK as London’s Best Mobile Network for 2026

5th May, 2026 (2 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Vodafone UK has, for the third year running, topped a new network benchmarking study of 4G and 5G (mobile broadband and calls) performance across London, which was conducted by the Berlin-based NET CHECK group. But sadly Three UK found themselves at the bottom of the study.