{"id":45294,"date":"2026-03-25T11:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=45294"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:15:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:15:47","slug":"virgin-media-o2-uk-trial-more-cost-effective-rural-4g-small-cells-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/virgin-media-o2-uk-trial-more-cost-effective-rural-4g-small-cells-in-scotland.html","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Media O2 UK Trial More Cost Effective Rural 4G Small Cells in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Broadband and mobile giant VMO2 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a>) have teamed-up with the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT), University of Glasgow, VoltServer, ATS and KTL to demonstrate how mobile connectivity, power delivery, fibre backhaul and IoT services can be combined into a single unified infrastructure at a &#8220;<em>fraction of the cost of traditional approaches<\/em>&#8220;.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The demonstration, which has been part-funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/scotgov\" target=\"_blank\">Scottish Government<\/a>, essentially involved deploying a more cost-effective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> Small Cell at <strong>Cochno Farm<\/strong>, the University of Glasgow&#8217;s teaching and research farm. Using VoltServer&#8217;s Digital Electricity technology, the solution also safely delivered power and fibre over a single small-diameter cable across distances of up to 2km, &#8220;<em>removing one of the most significant barriers to rural small cell deployment<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Small Cells are typically mini shoebox sized mobile (radio) base stations, which are designed to deliver limited coverage (usually up to around 100 metres) and thus tend to be more focused on busy urban areas and specific sites \u2013 it\u2019s not uncommon to find these sitting on top of lampposts, CCTV poles or even inside buildings to boost mobile coverage.<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> base station being used, developed by the University of Glasgow and built to the Joint Operators Technical Specification (JOTS), also operates as a multi-operator neutral host, meaning it can serve customers across multiple mobile networks from a single piece of shared infrastructure. As another bonus, the same power backbone also supports an on-site EV charger.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>David Owens, Head of Technical Trials at VMO2, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following our successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> Drive Project, this initiative was driven by our ambition to find practical, scalable ways to reach customers wherever they are. Working with the Scottish Futures Trust, VoltServer and the University of Glasgow, we&#8217;ve shown how mobile infrastructure, power, fibre and IoT can be deployed as a single, cost-effective solution.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Business Minister, Richard Lochhead, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis innovative pilot at Cochno Farm shows how collaboration between industry, academia and government has the potential to deliver practical and affordable advanced wireless connectivity solutions for our rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pleased that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/scotgov\" target=\"_blank\">Scottish Government<\/a> funding has supported the University of Glasgow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> and partners in making it possible. Initiatives like this represent an important step towards a more connected, resilient, and energy-efficient Scotland, giving businesses and communities greater opportunities to benefit from the digital economy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The new connectivity at the trial site underpins a broader programme of agricultural research, linking livestock monitors, environmental sensors and farm management systems into a single connected network. But it&#8217;s clear that this approach could be expanded to make certain rural deployments of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> Small Cells more viable in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadband and mobile giant VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) have teamed-up with the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT), University of Glasgow, VoltServer, ATS and KTL to demonstrate how mobile connectivity, power delivery, fibre backhaul and IoT services can be combined into a single unified infrastructure at a &#8220;fraction of the cost of traditional approaches&#8220;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61,60,32,89,475],"class_list":["post-45294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-4g","tag-mobile-broadband","tag-o2","tag-scotland","tag-virgin-media"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/116289532849306522","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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