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Ofcom Shames Virgin Media and O2 for UK Telecoms Complaints UPDATE

25th January, 2024 (37 Comments)

Ofcom has published their latest study of UK consumer complaints for Q3 2023, which names Virgin Media as the worst for attracting the most gripes about fixed broadband, landline phone and pay TV services. Meanwhile, O2, which is part of the same company, attracted the most complaints for Pay Monthly Mobile services.

Vodafone UK Not Retiring Fibre 1 Broadband Plans? UPDATED

24th January, 2024 (9 Comments)

Mobile network operator and ISP Vodafone UK has now, after previously announcing that they were retiring both their old c.35-38Mbps Fibre 1 (FTTC / VDSL2) and related Full Fibre 1 (FTTP) home broadband packages for new customers (not existing subscribers), said this was done in error. But the related Social Tariff is still missing.

BT Chief Takes Swipe at UK Mobile Rivals Over Rural 4G Delays

22nd January, 2024 (45 Comments)

BT’s Chief Security and Networks Officer, Howard Watson, has written a new blog post that contrasts their delivery progress on the £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) project (i.e. extending 4G mobile coverage to 95% of the UK by the end of 2025) with the slower pace at Vodafone, Three UK and O2 (VMO2).

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Vodafone Test Advanced 5G – Boosts Upload Speed up to 273Mb

22nd January, 2024 (20 Comments)

British mobile operator Vodafone claims to have conducted the “first European test” of “advanced 5G uplink technology” by harnessing the latest Qualcomm processors and Xiaomi smartphone via their 5G Standalone (5GSA) network, which enabled them to achieve faster mobile broadband upload speeds of “up to” 273Mbps.

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MedUX Study Tests UK 5G Mobile Network Performance in London

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.

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StreetWave Name Three UK Fastest for Mobile Data in Edinburgh

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.

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Jan 2024 Inflation Figures Reveal UK Broadband ISP Price Hikes

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.

Mobile Operator VOXI UK Offers Free Access to Moneyhub

17th January, 2024 (0 Comments)

Contract-free mobile operator VOXI, which is a virtual network operator (MVNO) sibling of Vodafone UK, has begun to offer some of their existing customers 12-months of free access to Moneyhub’s financial wellness app (usually £14.99 annually) as part of their customer rewards programme (‘Drop’).

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CityFibre UK’s Newcastle Full Fibre Build Tops 50,000 Premises

16th January, 2024 (9 Comments)

Fibre optic network builder Cityfibre has announced that their £50m project to deploy a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network across the northern city of Newcastle (Tyne and Wear), which first began at the end of 2019 (here), has now covered 50,000 premises in the city and rising.

Vodafone UK Warn Over Costs of Adding Battery Backup to Mobile Sites

16th January, 2024 (22 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today highlighted the potentially huge cost challenges involved with adding backup power (batteries etc.) to their network of 12,000+ mast sites across the country, which could be one of the possible outcomes from Ofcom’s new probe into the issue of inadequate power backup.

Vodafone Bringing Microsoft’s AI and Cloud to UK Customers

16th January, 2024 (7 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today signed a major 10-year strategic partnership with Microsoft, which aims to benefit more than 300 million businesses, public sector and consumer customers across Europe, the UK and Africa by harnessing various technologies (e.g. generative AI, digital services and the cloud).

Vodafone UK Suffering Mobile Network Service Disruption UPDATE4

10th January, 2024 (30 Comments)

A growing number of customers on Vodafone’s UK mobile network are this morning reporting a significant service disruption, which appears to have started just after 6am and is currently continuing to grow. The issue appears to be mostly impacting 4G and 5G data (mobile broadband) connectivity, but others have also seen issues with texts.

Survey Claims 2.7 Million UK People Unprepared for 3G Switch Off

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.

The 2023 vs 2022 Top Fastest UK Mobile and Broadband ISPs

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.

Softer UK Broadband and Mobile Price Hikes Expected in 2024

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.

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4G Mobile Extended to Elizabeth Line on London Underground UPDATE

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.

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Two Thirds of Councils Still Use Services Reliant on 2G and 3G Mobile

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.