Home » UK ISP News Archive » Article Tag: Vodafone (1150 Posts)

Articles for Category Tag - Vodafone

First of 86 UK Gov-Funded 4G Mobile Mast Upgrades Go Live in Wales

19th March, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Government has today announced that the first of 86 new state aid supported 4G mobile masts in rural parts of Wales have been upgraded and switched-on. The work forms part of the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network project (i.e. extending 4G mobile / broadband cover to 95% of the UK by the end of 2025) with EE, Three UK, O2 and Vodafone.

Telecoms Giant Vodafone UK Appoints Max Taylor as New CEO

15th March, 2024 (2 Comments)

Mobile and broadband ISP Vodafone UK has today announced that they’ve promoted their existing Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Max Taylor, to take on the top job of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from 2nd April 2024. The company’s current UK CEO, Ahmed Essam, will instead become CEO of European Markets and Germany Executive Chair.

Vodafone-Promo-Pic-for-Great-British-Telecoms-Switch

Vodafone UK Launch Broadband ISP Switching Campaign with £100 for Early Exits

14th March, 2024 (14 Comments)

Telecoms provider Vodafone UK will today launch “The Great British Telecoms Switch” campaign, which encourages those on Openreach’s wider fixed broadband and phone network – with different ISPs – to save money by switching to their service. New customers who take their top 900Mbps FTTP plan will also get up to £100 to cover any early exit fees.

New Launch Date for Delayed Faster UK Broadband ISP Switching

12th March, 2024 (11 Comments)

The industry-led One Touch Switching Company (TOTSCo), which is responsible for implementing Ofcom’s solution for faster consumer switching between UK broadband ISPs on different networks (aka – One Touch Switch), has announced that the now heavily delayed system will aim to go live on 12th September 2024.

Mobile Operator VOXI UK Launch First AI Chatbot to Support Customers

7th March, 2024 (29 Comments)

Contract-free mobile operator VOXI, which is Vodafone’s virtual network operator (MVNO) sibling, today claims to have become “the first telco in the UK” to develop and deploy a Large Language Model (LLM) based AI chatbot to help “transform its customer services“.

Vodafone Confirm UK 3G Signals Have Been Shut Down, Almost

27th February, 2024 (16 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has this morning echoed EE’s recent announcement (here) by confirming that they’ve successfully switched-off their 3G mobile (mobile broadband) network across the UK. The related radio frequencies will now be repurposed to strengthen faster 4G and 5G services, but there’s a small catch.

Virgin Media O2 CEO Raise Vodafone and Three UK Merger Concerns

27th February, 2024 (15 Comments)

The CEO of broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2), Lutz Schüler, has – perhaps predictably – raised competition concerns over the proposed mobile merger between Vodafone and Three UK, not least because he believes the pair will end up controlling too much radio spectrum. Network sharing is another issue.

NAO Warn GBP1bn UK Rural 4G Mobile Rollout is Facing Delays

22nd February, 2024 (9 Comments)

The UK’s independent public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO), has today published a new report into £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network project (i.e. extending 4G mobile / broadband cover to 95% of the UK by the end of 2025), which finds that it’s “behind schedule” and at risk of cost overruns.

rSIM-Mobile-Card-Picture-from-21st-Feb-2024-PR

Forget Mobile SIM and eSIM, Now its Time for Always On rSIM

21st February, 2024 (13 Comments)

A new type of mobile SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card is being launched today – supported by Deutsche Telekom and Tele2 – called resilient SIM (rSIM), which can effectively upgrade a single SIM device to Dual-SIM by automatically switching between the two in case of any network issues, minimising the impact of a lost connection.

Vodafone UK Deploy NEC Massive MIMO Tech to Live 5G OpenRAN Site

21st February, 2024 (3 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK, which last year began work to deploy Open Radio Access Network kit to 2,500 sites across mostly rural parts of Wales and the South West England by 2027 (here), has successfully deployed NEC’s Massive MIMO (mMIMO) technology to one of their live 5G (mobile broadband) capable O-RAN sites.

nPerf Names Three UK Fastest Mobile Network in 2024 Benchmark

15th February, 2024 (24 Comments)

Benchmarking firm nPerf has today published the results from their annual 2024 crowdsourced study into UK mobile broadband (4G, 5G) performance, which once again sees Three UK being named as the country’s best and fastest operator for mobile internet performance. The runner-up was once again EE (BT), followed by Vodafone and then O2 (VMO2)

CityFibre-UK-2024-Engineer-Kneeling-in-front-of-Cabinet

Cityfibre UK Complete Northampton FTTP Broadband Build

14th February, 2024 (6 Comments)

CityFibre has announced that they’ve completed the “primary build” of their new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP network in the East Midlands (England) town of Northampton. The network is now Ready for Service at over 87,700 premises – reflecting c.82% of local homes and businesses.

Vodafone Fly Tipping CCTV PR Image 13th Feb 2024

Vodafone UK Launch Unlimited Mobile Data Plan for CCTV Cameras

13th February, 2024 (2 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today launched their “Connected Spaces Vision” plan, which offers unlimited data to business customers that need to live stream video from IoT smart surveillance cameras over a mobile broadband (4G or 5G) network. But this is more than just a mobile plan, it’s a suit of video security features.

consumer switching uk broadband and phone

Ofcom Pressures Big UK ISPs to Set New Broadband Switching Date

13th February, 2024 (7 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has written a new letter that singles out big ISPs, including BT, Sky Broadband, TalkTalk and Virgin Media (VMO2), for being too slow to implement their One Touch Switch (OTS) system, which aims to make it quicker and easier for consumers to switch providers on different networks.

Virgin Media, Fibrus and Vodafone Top nPerf UK Broadband Speed Survey

12th February, 2024 (8 Comments)

European benchmarking firm nPerf has just published the results from their annual 2024 crowdsourced study into UK fixed broadband ISP performance, which finds that subscribers of Virgin Media, Fibrus and Vodafone enjoyed the best internet connection performances over the past year.

Three UK Tops Ookla H2 2023 Study of 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds

9th February, 2024 (15 Comments)

Internet connection testing firm Ookla, which collects its data via the popular Speedtest.net service, recently published their latest Q3-Q4 2023 (H2) study into the performance of 5G based mobile broadband networks in the United Kingdom and found that Three UK continues to deliver the fastest speeds. But performance has declined.

Uswitch 2024 Awards Name Best UK Broadband and Mobile Providers

7th February, 2024 (11 Comments)

Uswitch.com has today revealed the winners of their annual 2024 Telecoms Awards event, which among things saw UK ISP Plusnet being named as the best ‘Broadband Provider of the Year’, while CommunityFibre won the best alternative network and Tesco Mobile scooped the win for best mobile ‘Network of the Year’.