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Parliament UK Building at Dusk in London 2021

17th January, 2024 (4 Comments)

Network testing and benchmarking firm MedUX has today published new research, which examines the performance and quality of 5G (mobile broadband) networks – including EE (BT), O2 (VMO2), Vodafone and Three UK – across London. The results indicate that EE is leading the pack in most areas, at least in the UK’s capital.

mobile network speed test on UK smartphone

17th January, 2024 (8 Comments)

Mobile network analysts at Streetwave have published the results of a new real-world benchmark into mobile network performance across the city of Edinburgh in Scotland, which concluded that Three UK delivered the “fastest network” (mobile broadband) across most homes. But Vodafone had the fastest average upload speeds.

price-rise-uk-broadband-and-mobile-households

17th January, 2024 (22 Comments)

The Office for National Statistics has published their latest UK inflation figures, which saw the Consumer Price Index fall to 4% (down from 10.5% this time last year) and the Retail Price Index reach 5.2% (down from 13.4%). As a result, we now know how big the annual inflation-linked price hikes will be from most of the major UK ISPs.

Virgin-Media-O2-Engineer-Handing-Leaflet

16th January, 2024 (10 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2) and nexfibre have today announced that more than 12,000 extra homes and businesses – across both the large coastal village of Heysham and the small city of Lancaster in Lancashire (England) – can now access their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network.

10th January, 2024 (6 Comments)

Civil UK engineering firm Comex 2000 has announced that they’re expanding their operations into Scotland, which forms part of an effort to grow their support for Virgin Media (VMO2’s) rollout of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based gigabit broadband ISP infrastructure. This will also create 300 new jobs over the next 2 years.

3G Mobile Sign on SIM Card Outline

4th January, 2024 (39 Comments)

A new Opinium survey of 2,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Uswitch.com and conducted in late November 2023, has warned that 13% of mobile users still don’t know if their phone is 4G or 5G ready and 5% say they still use a 3G handset.

uk shadow map

2nd January, 2024 (19 Comments)

The latest UK summary of fixed broadband coverage for H2 2023 has found that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have grown to reach 60.54% of premises (up from 52.77% in H1 2023) and 79.86% are within reach of “gigabit” speeds (up from 76.22%). Continue on to see details for England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland.

27th December, 2023 (8 Comments)

We’re today taking a quick look back over 2023 to see how the average UK broadband download and upload speeds have changed across the fastest nationally available fixed line, satellite and mobile network operators. As usual, improvements in FTTP and 5G coverage are continuing to fuel performance gains.

Housing cost

26th December, 2023 (11 Comments)

Surging inflation has meant that the past couple of years have been, to put it mildly, an uncomfortable experience for many broadband ISP and mobile users. In 2022 most consumers saw their prices rise by around 9% (here) and in 2023 that hit over 14% (here), but the predicted hikes for 2024 won’t be as bad.

VMO2-4G-and-5G-Small-Cell

20th December, 2023 (24 Comments)

Mobile network operator O2 (VMO2) and IaaS provider Ontix have worked together to boost the provider’s 4G mobile (mobile broadband) capacity across the busiest parts of the UK’s second-largest city, which began after they started deploying their latest small cells into the area.

Young black woman sitting inside the underground on the mobile phone

20th December, 2023 (9 Comments)

Mobile operators EE (BT) and Three UK have this morning become the first providers to announce that their ongoing deployment of a new 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) network on the London Underground – in partnership with Boldyn Networks and Nokia – has now been extended to the Elizabeth line for the first time.

o2_rural_mast_over_lake_uk

19th December, 2023 (13 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has today furnished us with a brief progress update on the 4G and 5G network upgrades they’ve been making across rural postcodes over the past year. Some of these have been focused on ensuring that their network is ready to cope with a surge in traffic over the peak Christmas shopping period.

uk map broadband mobile isp computer network

19th December, 2023 (12 Comments)

The latest Connection Nations 2023 UK digital infrastructure report has today been published by Ofcom, which finds that “gigabit-capable broadband” ISP networks now cover 78% of the UK (up from 70% in 2022), while outdoor 5G mobile cover from at least one operator is available to 85-93% of premises (up from 67-77%).

Virgin-Media-O2-Hub-5-Router

18th December, 2023 (12 Comments)

UK ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today published their annual round-up of customer connectivity habits for 2023, which among other things finds that broadband usage on their fixed line network increased by 13% in 2023 (up from 9% last year). Similarly, the mobile traffic and data increased by 26% in 2023 (down from 36% last year).

telephone blue background

18th December, 2023 (26 Comments)

The UK government has this morning announced the signing of a new charter with major broadband ISPs and landline phone providers, including Sky Broadband, BT, Virgin Media (O2) and TalkTalk, which sets out “new measures” to protect vulnerable customers when upgrading phone lines to a new digital (IP / VoIP based) network.

concept of wireless radio Internet. 5G mobile technologies.

16th December, 2023 (19 Comments)

The Local Government Association, which represents councils across England and Wales, has warned that while the majority of councils are aware of the looming mobile network closures, almost two-thirds of them are still using devices and systems reliant on 2G and 3G connectivity to at least a small extent.

Virgin-Media-Stream-UK-Box-and-TV

14th December, 2023 (2 Comments)

Just can’t get enough Christmas? Not got tired of every single shop playing the same endless Christmas songs on a loop until your brain screams for death? Well, good news, because customers of Virgin Media’s Pay TV services have now been given access to an all-new 24/7 Christmas themed FAST channel. Yay.

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