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Vodafone UK’s Rural Open Sure Signal Brings 3G Mobile to Broad Chalke

22nd June, 2015 (2 Comments)

Vodafone has announced that their Rural Open Sure Signal (Femtocell) technology has been expanded to help the isolated “not-spot” community of Broad Chalke in Wiltshire (England) to receive a 3G based Mobile Broadband and voice service.

WiFi Networks to Carry 60 Percent of Mobile Data Traffic by 2019

16th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

A new report from Juniper Research has predicted that Mobile Network Operators (MNO) will offload 60% of their Smartphone and Tablet based Mobile Broadband (3G, 4G) data traffic to WiFi networks by 2019 (equivalent to 115,000 Petabytes), which is up almost four-fold from 30,000PB this year.

Ofcom Probes Vodafone UK’s Billing and Complaints Handling

11th June, 2015 (0 Comments)

The national telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has launched an own-initiative investigation into Vodafone’s billing and complaints handling procedures after an unspecified number of the mobile operator’s customers in the United Kingdom made related complaints.

UPDATE Vodafone Connect Unveils New UK Home Broadband Packages

10th June, 2015 (8 Comments)

Vodafone has today taken the wraps off their new fixed line home broadband and phone packages, which marks the operators second stab at a notoriously competitive market that they originally quit in 2011. But have they done enough this time to combat BT and the other established ISPs.

UPD Vodafone and Virgin Media UK Parent – Liberty Global – Confirm Talks

5th June, 2015 (1 Comment)

British mobile giant Vodafone confirms that they’ve held talks with global cable operator Liberty Global, which owns Virgin Media in the United Kingdom, about a “possible” and mutually beneficial “exchange” of some European businesses. But the idea of a huge £100bn+ mega merger appears to be off the table.

Vodafone Improves UK Rural Mobile Coverage by Hiding Kit in Bird Boxes

5th June, 2015 (3 Comments)

How do you expand rural mobile network coverage (2G, 3G and 4G) without causing annoyance to locals or triggering unfounded fears of brain melting radiation? Vodafone’s answer is simple, hide everything inside an otherwise unassuming bird box.

Vodafone UK Expands 4G Mobile Broadband Roaming to 58 Destinations

2nd June, 2015 (0 Comments)

Mobile operator Vodafone has today announced that customers of their 4G (LTE) based mobile plans in the United Kingdom will now be able to make use of the same connectivity and their existing allowances (included calls, texts and Mobile Broadband data) while roaming across a total of 58 destinations worldwide.

Vodafone Moot Monster £120bn Merger with Virgin Media UK Parent

24th May, 2015 (1 Comment)

Some of Vodafone’s most significant shareholders, each with stakes worth billions of pounds, are putting pressure on the mobile giant to enter into a massive £120 billion merger deal with Liberty Global, the world spanning cable operator behind Virgin Media in the United Kingdom.

The Fastest 3G and 4G Mobile Broadband Operators in Major UK Cities

19th May, 2015 (1 Comment)

Statistical experts RootMetrics have today published a report into the mobile network performance of EE, Three UK, Vodafone and O2 across 16 of the United Kingdom’s largest cities, which reveals that EE delivers the overall best performance thanks to their stronger 4G network. But the others are catching.

Vodafone’s UK Home Fibre Broadband to Launch in the “Coming Weeks”

19th May, 2015 (3 Comments)

Mobile provider Vodafone UK has confirmed today that their consumer focused fixed line superfast “fibre broadband” (FTTC) and phone product(s), which will be called Vodafone Connect, should launch in the “coming weeks“. A TV (IPTV) product will then follow later this year.

Ofcom Publish 2014 Broadband, Phone, Mobile and TV Complaints Report

12th May, 2015 (1 Comment)

The communications regulator has today published their latest quarterly consumer complaints report to the end of 2014 and unsurprisingly, despite a general flatness in complaint volumes, there are still some familiar names topping the tables. We’re looking at you EE (fixed broadband and phone), Vodafone (mobile) and BT (Pay TV).

Ovum Predicts Mobile Operators Could Switch Off 2G and 3G by 2020

30th April, 2015 (8 Comments)

Telecoms analysts at Ovum have claimed that Mobile Network Operators, such as Three UK, Vodafone, EE and O2 in the United Kingdom, could potentially cut costs and adopt a pure 4G (LTE) focus by switching off their legacy 2G and 3G platforms by 2020. But it might not be quite so simple.

The Fastest Mobile Broadband Operator for London City Airport

24th April, 2015 (0 Comments)

A new RootMetrics study has attempted to identify the fastest UK Mobile Broadband operators for travellers making use of London City Airport (LCY). Unsurprisingly EE came top, delivering the fastest median download and upload speeds at 16.1Mbps and 26.2Mbps respectively.

UK ISPs PlusNet, Sky and Virgin Media Win Top Net Promoter Scores

22nd April, 2015 (0 Comments)

Satmetrix has today published their latest Net Promoter Scores (NPS) for the United Kingdom’s largest broadband and mobile operators, which saw PlusNet, Virgin Media and Sky Broadband top the table ahead of their rivals.

Vodafone UK Opens Pre-Registration for Home Broadband and Phone Service

15th April, 2015 (8 Comments)

Telecoms giant Vodafone UK has quietly added a pre-registration page for their forthcoming fixed line Home Broadband and Phone service, which reveals that the new product will be called VodafoneConnect.

UK Mobile Broadband Speeds Average 5.9Mbps on 3G and 14.7Mbps on 4G

3rd April, 2015 (3 Comments)

Ofcom has released its second study into the national performance of Mobile Broadband services. The results show that the average mobile Internet download speed had shrunk slightly since last year’s study, with 4G networks delivering 14.7Mbps (down from 15.1Mbps) and 3G doing 5.9Mbps (down from 6.1Mbps).

Another Blow for the UK Gov’s Mobile Coverage Plans – No Tall Masts

26th March, 2015 (12 Comments)

The Government’s agreement with mobile operators (i.e. Three UK, O2, EE and Vodafone) to extend the geographic coverage of 2G (voice and text) networks from 80% today to 90% by 2017 (the target for 3G and 4G is 85%) appears to have suffered another blow after operators were warned that they might not be allowed to build taller masts.