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Government Issues UK Mobile Emergency Alert Over Wildfire Risk

14th August, 2026 (48 Comments)

The UK government may have surprised a few people just after 7pm tonight after using the Emergency Alerts service via mobile network operators to send out a national warning about the “very high risk of wildfires nationally“, which advises people across the country to avoid undertaking any activity that could start a fire.

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

14th August, 2026 (0 Comments)

The UK Government has published a progress update on their part of the industry-led £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project this morning, which reveals that a total of 150 publicly-funded rural 4G (mobile broadband) mast upgrades have now gone live across the United Kingdom (up from 140 in June 2026).

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.

Appliances Retailer AO.com Launches Own Virtual UK Mobile Network

12th August, 2026 (18 Comments)

Bolton-based electrical appliances’ retailer AO.com has today become the latest UK company to try their hand at launching their own 4G and 5G virtual mobile network operator (mvno) with AO Mobile, which reflects a new partnership with Vodafone. Not that the market needed another one, but you’ve got it now anyway.

Mobile UK Tower Provider Cornerstone Tackles Site Renewals with TIP

12th August, 2026 (1 Comment)

Mobile infrastructure firm Cornerstone (CTIL), which was originally established as part of a UK network sharing deal between O2 (Virgin Media) and Vodafone (Vantage Towers), has expanded their partnership with Telecom Infrastructure Partners (TIP) to improve how they manage and renew existing telecommunications site agreements (wayleaves etc.).

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Assessing the Future Withdrawal of UK Mobile MMS Picture Messaging

10th August, 2026 (18 Comments)

An important development recently happened in Germany as mobile operators switched off the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), which meant that users would in future be limited to sending pictures, short videos and audio files to other mobile phone users via internet-based messaging platforms (RCS, WhatsApp, iMessage etc.). But this raises the question, when might the UK follow?

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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).

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.

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Vodafone UK Says Space 5G Mobile Service Still on Track for Early 2027 Beta

30th July, 2026 (3 Comments)

The CEO of Vodafone Group, Margherita Della Valle, has stated that their joint plan with AST SpaceMobile (aka – Satellite Connect Europe) to launch a space-based 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) service to connect regular Smartphones is still expected to enter its “beta” testing phase “at the beginning of 2027“. Despite suffering an earlier launch failure.

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Vodafone UK Aim to Improve Mobile Signals in Lancaster After Vandal Attacks

30th July, 2026 (4 Comments)

Repeated attacks of vandalism by gangs of youths recently caused Vodafone (VodafoneThree) to remove a key mobile mast site in central Lancaster (Lancashire, England), which was shared with mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media). The situation resulted in significant 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) coverage problems for users in the area, but a temporary solution is now imminent.

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Vodafone UK Tops 1.86 Million Broadband Users as Mobile Declines to 27.98M

27th July, 2026 (0 Comments)

Broadband and mobile operator Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has this morning published their latest Q1 FY27 financial results. The figures revealed that they now have 1.866 million fixed broadband customers (up by 34,000 in Q1 2026 vs 64k in Q4 2025) and a combined mobile base of 27.987 million (down by -369k in Q1 vs -263k in Q4).

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TalkTalk Attract Most UK Complaints for Broadband and Sky Mobile for Mobile in Q1 2026

23rd July, 2026 (2 Comments)

Ofcom has this morning published their latest Q1 2026 study of quarterly UK consumer telecoms and TV complaints, which reports that TalkTalk attracted the most complaints from customers for fixed broadband services, while Sky Mobile came top of the naughty table for Mobile services and EE did the same for Pay TV. But complaint volumes have fallen to their lowest ever level.

Vodafone Test 5G Mobile Mast Controlled by Robotic Arm and AI Brain

21st July, 2026 (16 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone has revealed how a new trial have seen them add an AI brain and robotic arm to one of their mast sites, which can be used to autonomously analyse where customers need signal coverage the most and then automatically adjust the radio antenna to improve the signal toward that area.

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.

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Ofcom Rejected More Effective Method of Blocking UK Messaging Scams

17th July, 2026 (3 Comments)

Earlier this week Ofcom introduced new measures to help UK mobile operators “block, limit and disrupt scammers” from sending messaging scams (here). The changes, while positive, overlooked the fact that the regulator ended up rejecting an already adopted (in other countries) and UK developed fix that would have been more effective, partly due to BT and others complaining that it would be too “onerous“.

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).