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First UK Multi-City 5G Mobile Test Bed to Begin in the West Midlands

September 3, 2018, 4:01 pm
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The United Kingdom’s first “large-scale” test bed of next generation Gigabit speed capable 5G mobile broadband technology is set to take place in the West Midlands, with the cities of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton being today lined up to conduct the new trial, which is worth up to £75 million. Today’s development forms part of […]
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Mobile Operators Call on UK Councils to Help Boost Network Coverage

September 4, 2018, 4:01 pm
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The trade association for mobile network operators in the United Kingdom, Mobile UK, has today published a new report that aims to improve service coverage (2G, 3G, 4G etc.) by highlighting how local councils can help to both build and benefit from new telecoms infrastructure. According to Ofcom’s most recent Spring 2018 Connected Nations update […]
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Government Hints at Future UK 5G Mobile Testbeds and Trials

September 13, 2018, 12:22 am
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The UK Government has this week posted a brief update on their £200m national 5G Testbeds and Trials (5GTT) programme, which summarises all of their existing projects to test the future ultrafast wireless broadband technology and also hints at their plans for the next 12 months. The first commercial deployments of 5G Mobile and Fixed […]
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Ofcom Proposes Options to Improve UK Mobile Network Coverage

September 14, 2018, 5:00 am
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Ofcom has today published the technical advice that they recently submitted to Government, which proposes a number of ways in which near universal UK Mobile (3G, 4G, 5G) coverage might be achieved (public subsidy, rural wholesale access etc.), beyond what will be established via their forthcoming auction of the 700MHz band. The 700MHz band (formerly […]
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Vodafone Expand 5G UK Mobile Trial and Make First Holographic Call

September 20, 2018, 5:12 am
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The hype train for the next generation of ultrafast 5G mobile technology, which will be able to deliver multi-Gigabit broadband speeds and faster latency to consumers, has kicked up another gear today after Vodafone confirmed they had conducted the UK’s first live holographic call using the technology. At present Vodafone are gearing up to launch […]
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Wireless Infrastructure Group Raise £220m for 5G Mobile and Fibre

September 24, 2018, 12:18 am
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The Edinburgh-based Wireless Infrastructure Group (WIG), which builds masts and other fibre optic connected UK mobile infrastructure, has completed a debt fund raising of £220 million that will be used to help mobile operators upgrade and construct new 5G ready wireless networks. Apparently the new funding (facilities for this extend to 12 years), which involved […]
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O2 UK’s Huge 4G Mobile Speed Boost from £524m Spectrum Spend

September 24, 2018, 3:24 am
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New research carried out in August 2018 by Tutela has claimed that O2’s recent move to splash £524m on a slice of both the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz radio spectrum bands (here) has already given the operator an 80% mobile broadband speed boost, at least in the cities where 2.3GHz (4G) has been activated. At present […]
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SSE Enterprise Telecoms, Three UK and O2 Grow London Fibre Network

September 28, 2018, 2:52 am
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Mobile operators Three UK and O2 have moved to improve the data capacity of their 3G, 4G and future 5G mobile networks in London by signing a new agreement with SSE Enterprise Telecoms. Under this deal the latter will use its high-capacity fibre optic ring in central London to help link up cell sites. At […]
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EE UK Switches On First Live Trial of 5G Mobile Tech in Canary Wharf

October 5, 2018, 2:21 am
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As expected mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they’ve switch-on their first live UK trial of 5G based technology in Montgomery Square (Canary Wharf, London), which will test the new spectrum and related hardware devices for performance, wireless broadband speeds and coverage. The Montgomery Square part of Canary Wharf is particularly busy, with […]
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MPs Tell UK Gov to Prioritise Rural 4G Mobile Cover over Licence Fees

October 15, 2018, 4:29 am
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A new cross-party report has warned that there is “no silver bullet for how to improve rural mobile coverage” in the United Kingdom, but it has recommended five ways in which the Government could boost 4G network coverage enough to help achieve or beat the current target for 95% geographic coverage by 2022. At present […]
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Future UK Trains May Need up to 3.6Gbps of Data Speed for Mobile

October 16, 2018, 5:24 am
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Ofcom has published the technical advice that they supplied to the government on improving rail passengers’ access to mobile data services (mobile broadband via 3G, 4G or 5G), which identifies some useful spectrum bands and estimates that by 2025 the busiest trains may need to be fed by 1.7Gbps to 3.6Gbps of capacity. All of […]
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Rollout Plan Revealed for £4.3m Orkney 5G Rural Broadband Trial

October 17, 2018, 12:03 am
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Broadband slow-spots in several remote parts of the Orkney islands (Scotland) could soon gain access to superfast broadband download speeds of up to 70Mbps (20Mbps upload) as part of the 5G based “RuralFirst” project, which earlier this year (here) was awarded a public grant worth £4.3m to help test the new wireless tech. At present […]
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Vodafone Switches On First UK Full 5G Trial via Commercial Network

October 25, 2018, 12:59 am
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Vodafone today claims to have become the “first to switch on” a full 5G service over a commercial network in Salford, Greater Manchester. This will be followed by roll-outs in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool and London by December 2018. Cornwall, the Lake District and Scottish Highlands will follow. By comparison other trials have so […]
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Autumn UK Budget 2018 Confirms £200m+ for Rural Full Fibre

October 29, 2018, 10:27 am
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The Government’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond MP, has today set out his autumn 2018 budget and confirmed that he will inject an “additional” £200m+ to help “full fibre” broadband ISP networks reach rural areas. He also set out policy proposals to encourage FTTP for new build homes and existing apartments. A number of […]
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Gov Responds to NIC Assessment of UK Broadband Infrastructure

October 30, 2018, 2:01 am
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The government has published an “interim response” to the National Infrastructure Commission’s assessment of the UK’s long-term infrastructure needs (here), which among other things called for nationwide coverage of “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband by 2033 and for a ‘National Broadband Plan’ to be devised by Spring 2019. The original assessment was published in July 2018 […]
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Three UK Commit £2bn to Commercial 5G Broadband Rollout in 2019

November 7, 2018, 12:08 am
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Mobile operator Three UK has announced that they’ve committed £2bn to support the start of their commercial roll-out of future 5G mobile and ultrafast “home broadband” technology from the second half of 2019, which will put them in a position to challenge arch rival EE (BT) for an early lead. Until today EE was the […]
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GSMA Demands More Radio Spectrum to Fuel 5G Mobile or Else..

November 7, 2018, 2:14 am
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The GSMA, which represents around a thousand Mobile Network Operators (MNO) from across the world, has warned Government’s to ensure that the future roll-out of 5G mobile broadband technology isn’t put “at risk” by the potential of regulators to release enough affordable spectrum to support its hype. In theory 5G should be capable of delivering […]
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EE UK Extends 5G Wireless Broadband Trial in London to 9 Sites

November 7, 2018, 3:04 am
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Mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that their recently launch trial of future 5G wireless technology in the capital city, which began last month at Montgomery Square in Canary Wharf (here), has been extended to include some of the busiest parts of East London. As expected the new trial has now grown to include […]
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O2 UK Preps Europe’s Largest Fibre Connected Small Cell Network

November 7, 2018, 4:01 pm
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Mobile operator O2 (Telefonica UK) has signed a new collaboration agreement with the Wireless Infrastructure Group (WIG), which will support the development of what is expected to be “Europe’s largest fibre connected small cell network” and trials of driverless vehicles using 5G tech in the West Midlands. The scheme, which is due to be launched […]
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More Spectrum Opens for UK Ultrafast Fixed Wireless Connectivity

November 8, 2018, 8:40 am
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Ofcom has today announced that they will be imminently releasing more radio spectrum in the licence exempt 57-71GHz bands, which they suggest could be used to help deliver fixed wireless broadband and 5G style connections at potentially “fibre-like speeds“. Connections at these frequencies tend not to travel very far and are easily obstructed, although they’re […]
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