{"id":44602,"date":"2026-01-29T09:14:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=44602"},"modified":"2026-01-29T09:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:16:28","slug":"o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html","title":{"rendered":"O2 UK Deploy 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network to 5 Towns in Dorset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile operator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>) has this morning announced that they\u2019ve just switched-on their next-generation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband network across five &#8220;<em>major towns<\/em>&#8221; in the county of Dorset (England). The operator\u2019s 5GSA network is now live across a total of more than 500 UK locations (70% of the population, or c.49 million people).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a>&#8217;s 5GSA rollout first began in February 2024 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/o2-launch-5g-standalone-uk-mobile-network-in-14-uk-cities.html\">here<\/a>) and they usually aim to reach \u201c<em>at least 90% outdoor coverage<\/em>\u201d in every location they add. The same should hold true for the five towns in Dorset, where roughly 380,000 residents will now be able to benefit from the 5GSA network. The towns include Bournemouth, Poole, Dorchester, Swanage, and Christchurch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> The upgrades are part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a>\u2019s wider \u00a3700 million Mobile Transformation Plan.<\/div>\n<p>Just to recap. 5GSA networks are pure end-to-end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> that can deliver ultra-low latency times, greater energy efficiency, better speeds (particularly uploads), network slicing, improved support for IoT devices, increased reliability and security etc. Existing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> networks often use a Non-Standalone (NSA) approach, which is hobbled by being partly reliant upon older and slower <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Robert Joyce, Director of Mobile Access Engineering at O2, said: \u201c<em>Our new 5G Standalone network is now live in Dorset, providing an impressive upgrade for local people and businesses and creating new opportunities in and around the county. We are investing every single day to improve our mobile network and provide a more reliable experience for our customers, futureproofing our connectivity and paving the way for exciting innovations that lie ahead<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they\u2019ve just switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband network across five &#8220;major towns&#8221; in the county of Dorset (England). The operator\u2019s 5GSA network is now live across a total of more than 500 UK locations (70% of the population, or c.49 million people).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[406,465,60,32],"class_list":["post-44602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-5g","tag-dorset","tag-mobile-broadband","tag-o2"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/115977630417921561","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>O2 UK Deploy 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network to 5 Towns in Dorset - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they\u2019ve just switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"O2 UK Deploy 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network to 5 Towns in Dorset - ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they\u2019ve just switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-29T09:14:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-29T09:16:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nggallery_import\/O2-UK-Mobile-Smartphone-App-Picture.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\"},\"headline\":\"O2 UK Deploy 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network to 5 Towns in Dorset\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-29T09:14:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-29T09:16:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html\"},\"wordCount\":265,\"commentCount\":7,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/nggallery_import\\\/O2-UK-Mobile-Smartphone-App-Picture.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"5G\",\"Dorset\",\"Mobile Broadband\",\"O2\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ISP News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html\",\"name\":\"O2 UK Deploy 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network to 5 Towns in Dorset - ISPreview UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/nggallery_import\\\/O2-UK-Mobile-Smartphone-App-Picture.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-29T09:14:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-29T09:16:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they\u2019ve just switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/nggallery_import\\\/O2-UK-Mobile-Smartphone-App-Picture.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/nggallery_import\\\/O2-UK-Mobile-Smartphone-App-Picture.webp\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"O2-UK-Mobile-Smartphone-App-Picture\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"O2 UK Deploy 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network to 5 Towns in Dorset\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"ISPreview UK\",\"description\":\"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/mjack\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/ispreview.bsky.social\",\"https:\\\/\\\/mastodon.social\\\/@ispreview\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\",\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Mark Jackson\"},\"description\":\"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/markj\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"O2 UK Deploy 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network to 5 Towns in Dorset - ISPreview UK","description":"Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they\u2019ve just switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"O2 UK Deploy 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network to 5 Towns in Dorset - ISPreview UK","og_description":"Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they\u2019ve just switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html","og_site_name":"ISPreview UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_published_time":"2026-01-29T09:14:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-29T09:16:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nggallery_import\/O2-UK-Mobile-Smartphone-App-Picture.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Mark Jackson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ispreview","twitter_site":"@ispreview","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Jackson","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html"},"author":{"name":"Mark Jackson","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5"},"headline":"O2 UK Deploy 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network to 5 Towns in Dorset","datePublished":"2026-01-29T09:14:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-29T09:16:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html"},"wordCount":265,"commentCount":7,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nggallery_import\/O2-UK-Mobile-Smartphone-App-Picture.webp","keywords":["5G","Dorset","Mobile Broadband","O2"],"articleSection":["ISP News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html","name":"O2 UK Deploy 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network to 5 Towns in Dorset - ISPreview UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nggallery_import\/O2-UK-Mobile-Smartphone-App-Picture.webp","datePublished":"2026-01-29T09:14:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-29T09:16:28+00:00","description":"Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they\u2019ve just switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA) mobile broadband","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nggallery_import\/O2-UK-Mobile-Smartphone-App-Picture.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nggallery_import\/O2-UK-Mobile-Smartphone-App-Picture.webp","width":1080,"height":1080,"caption":"O2-UK-Mobile-Smartphone-App-Picture"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/o2-uk-deploy-5g-standalone-mobile-broadband-network-to-5-towns-in-dorset.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"O2 UK Deploy 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network to 5 Towns in Dorset"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","name":"ISPreview UK","description":"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization","name":"ISPreview.co.uk","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"ISPreview.co.uk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mjack\/","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/ispreview.bsky.social","https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5","name":"Mark Jackson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","caption":"Mark Jackson"},"description":"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/markj"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}