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Spectrum Starved Three UK Asks Ofcom to Tackle BT / EE’s Mobile Power

6th September, 2016 (13 Comments)

The CEO of mobile operator Three UK, David Dyson, has once again called on Ofcom to level the market by limiting BT’s (EE) ability to bid on new radio spectrum in the forthcoming auction of airwaves for the higher frequency 2.3GHz (2350 – 2390MHz) and 3.4GHz (3410 – 3600MHz) bands.

EE UK Lose Court Battle Over 900MHz and 1800MHz Licence Fee Hike

31st August, 2016 (4 Comments)

Mobile operator EE (BT) has suffered a blow after the High Court rejected their challenge against Ofcom’s proposed hike to annual licence fees for the 900MHz and 1800MHz radio spectrum bands. The outcome could result in price rises and threaten the Government’s £5bn deal to extend geographic mobile coverage to 90%.

BT in New War of Words with Rival ISPs on the State of UK Broadband

16th August, 2016 (89 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Gavin Patterson, has blasted his rivals behind the Fix Britain’s Internet campaign (Sky Broadband, TalkTalk and Vodafone) for making “misleading statements” and using “Orwellian tactics” in order to argue that UK broadband services would improve if the operator didn’t control Openreach.

ISPs Raise Concern Over Automatic Compensation for Broadband Faults

11th August, 2016 (7 Comments)

Ofcom’s proposal to give residential and small business consumers in the United Kingdom an automatic right to compensation from their broadband, phone or mobile provider when things go wrong (here), such as due to a “loss or reduction of service“, has drawn widespread concern from ISPs.

Vodafone UK “Abolishes” Line Rental from its Fibre Broadband Packages

9th August, 2016 (8 Comments)

Telecoms operator Vodafone today claims to have become one of the first major ISPs to “abolish” the £18 per month phone line rental charge from their FTTC based superfast home “fibre broadband” bundles, although strictly speaking it’s just being merged into a single low-price.

Vodafone UK Moots Building its Own Fibre Optic Broadband Network

1st August, 2016 (12 Comments)

Newspaper reports claim that telecoms giant Vodafone, which only recently launched a range of its own fixed line broadband services using Openreach’s (BT) national ADSL2+ and FTTC network, could be planning to build their own fibre optic network in the United Kingdom to rival BT and Virgin Media.

City of London Agrees Standard Wayleave Deal to Boost Fibre Broadband

28th July, 2016 (1 Comment)

The City of London Corporation has successfully agreed a new standardised wayleave template with local developers, landlords, ISPs, property managers, government, legal firms and key trade associations that should make it easier, quicker and cheaper to roll-out superfast broadband to buildings.

ISPs TalkTalk, Sky, Vodafone Launch New “Fix Britain’s Internet” Campaign

27th July, 2016 (45 Comments)

Several major Internet providers and other organisations, including TalkTalk, Vodafone, Sky Broadband, XLN and the Federation of Communication Services, have today launched a new campaign that encourages business to criticise the quality of Openreach’s UK network as part of Ofcom’s Strategic Review.

Vodafone UK Scrap “Free” Demon Email Service for Broadband Users

25th July, 2016 (92 Comments)

Vodafone UK has informed customers of their business-focused ISP sibling, Demon Internet, that the “free” email service they received with their broadband subscription is going to be scrapped within the next 30 days.

Vodafone UK Grow Home Broadband Users to 137,000 and Trials TV Service

22nd July, 2016 (0 Comments)

Vodafone has posted their latest results to 30th June 2016 (Q2 calendar), which shows that they added +28,000 new fixed line broadband customers in the quarter to total 137,000 (up from the +20k added in Q1 and +14k in Q4 2015) and improved their UK outdoor 4G cover to 95% (Ofcom’s definition).

Revealed – The Fastest Mobile Broadband Operators for Top UK Venues

22nd July, 2016 (3 Comments)

Have you ever wondered which UK Mobile Network Operator (MNO) delivers the fastest Mobile Broadband (3G and 4G) data speeds at the O2 Arena, Wembley Stadium and Chelsea FC’s home of Stamford Bridge? Probably not, but RootMetric’s has the answer for you and it’s a fight between EE and Vodafone.

Vodafone UK Make 4G Mobile Roaming Available to 101 Destinations

21st July, 2016 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that their customers in the United Kingdom can now enjoy 4G (LTE) roaming in over 100 destinations around the world (i.e. use your calls, texts and data allowance abroad), which is more than any other Mobile Network Operator (MNO) in the country.

ISP Vodafone UK Launch Fixed Line Business Broadband and Phone

19th July, 2016 (3 Comments)

Telecoms operator Vodafone has today announced that their consumer fixed line broadband services have now been extended to small businesses with the launch of several new ADSL2+ and FTTC (VDSL) based packages, all of which add in a Static IP address and anytime calls to UK landlines.

Vodafone UK Replaces CEO Jeroen Hoencamp with Nick Jeffery

19th July, 2016 (0 Comments)

It’s musical chairs day at Vodafone Group. The mobile operator has today replaced their UK CEO, Jeroen Hoencamp, with Group Enterprise Chief Executive, Nick Jeffery. Meanwhile Hoencamp has become CEO of both their Netherlands business and of the proposed Vodafone – Liberty Global joint venture in the same country.

EE, BT and TalkTalk Collected the Most Consumer Complaints in Q1 2016

8th July, 2016 (6 Comments)

UK ISPs EE, BT and TalkTalk have managed to collect the greatest proportion of consumer complaints for their fixed line broadband services, at least that’s one way of reading Ofcom’s Q1 2016 consumer complaints report. Meanwhile Virgin Media and Sky Broadband attracted the fewest gripes.

Vodafone UK to Boost Indoor Mobile Signals for 100 Rural Communities

7th July, 2016 (11 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today launched its new Community Indoor Sure Signal (CISS) project, which will use fixed line broadband connections to help deliver 3G mobile coverage to 100 rural community hubs (pubs, village halls etc.) where signal quality is usually weak or non-existent.

£15m Pumped into Vodafone UK’s Customer Service Improvement

27th June, 2016 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone claims to have pumped £15m into improving their customer service related training and systems. On top of that they’ve also hired 600 new staff, but it remains to be seen if any of this produces the desired turnaround in user satisfaction.