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EE Name First 16 UK Cities for 2019 Commercial 5G Mobile Rollout

November 13, 2018, 4:56 am
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Mobile operator EE (BT) has today named the first UK cities to benefit from their commercial roll-out of ultrafast multi-Gigabit capable 5G mobile and wireless home broadband technology, which is due to begin later next year. Naturally London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast are on the list. At present EE and Vodafone have already begun early […]
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Three UK Study – 5G to do 100Mbps Broadband, Replace Fixed Lines

November 20, 2018, 2:08 am
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Ovum has today published a new report, commissioned by mobile operator Three UK, which claims future 5G technology will deliver home broadband speeds of 80-100Mbps. Furthermore they predict that it could “replace traditional connections” for 85% of the UK’s 26 million fixed line ISP customers, with “equal or better speeds.” The report is interesting for […]
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Three UK and Huawei Demo 3-4Gbps 5G Wireless Broadband Link

November 21, 2018, 3:33 am
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Mobile operator Three UK and Huawei have teamed-up in London to demonstrate a multi-site 5G network, which was able to deliver peak wireless broadband speeds of up to 3-4Gbps (Gigabits per second) via the 28GHz radio spectrum band and 1-2Gbps when using the 3.4GHz band. In a typical deployment scenario we might expect the 28GHz […]
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EE UK Test Live 5G Broadcast from Wembley Stadium with BT Sport

November 21, 2018, 9:08 am
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Mobile operator EE has moved to defuse some of Three UK’s recent promotional efforts by announcing their own demo of the new 5G wireless broadband technology, which in this case showcased BT Sport’s first live trial of a remote production broadcast over their new network at Wembley Stadium in London. The two-way broadcast demo made […]
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JT Picks ZTE to Deploy 5G Mobile on the British Channel Islands

November 22, 2018, 4:08 am
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The stated-owned telecoms operator JT (Jersey Telecom) has decided to shun recent security concerns by partnering with Chinese state-owned enterprise ZTE, which will help them to build a new 5G ultrafast mobile broadband network on the Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel). JT is in a good position after the recent completion […]
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5G Mobile Trial in Japan Delivers Broadband Speeds of 27Gbps

November 22, 2018, 7:47 am
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A joint outdoor field trial by Mitsubishi and NTT DOCOMO in Japan appears to have achieved a “world’s first” by pushing the future 5G mobile network technology to deliver maximum throughput speeds of 27Gbps and 25Gbps (communication distances of 10m and 100m respectively) via one mobile terminal in the 28GHz band. The ITU’s official “minimum […]
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O2 UK Lays Groundwork for 5G with London Trial of Massive MIMO

November 23, 2018, 1:59 am
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Mobile operator O2 UK has today announced that they’ve begun a new pilot with Nokia in parts of London (i.e. Kings Cross and Marble Arch), which will test Massive MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) technology as a way of helping to improve Mobile Broadband speeds in preparation for future 5G services. In simple terms Massive […]
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£6.85bn for UK Broadband and 5G Infrastructure Upgrades by 2021

November 26, 2018, 1:19 am
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The Government has today published their ‘National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline’ report, which reveals the scale of public and private investment that is underway or expected to be put toward 5G mobile and broadband ISP connectivity (especially full fibre FTTP) between 2018/19 and 2020/21 (financial year). Overall £6.85 billion is currently going toward 11 digital […]
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By 2024 Smartphones Will Consume 21GB+ of Mobile Data on Average

November 27, 2018, 8:42 am
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The latest biannual mobility report from Ericsson has revealed that the world is home to a total of 7.9 billion mobile subscriptions and this will hit 8.9 billion by 2024. Over the same period the amount of monthly mobile data (3G, 4G and 5G) traffic consumed by a Smartphone user will rise from 5.6 GigaBytes […]
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Ofcom to Target Better UK Mobile and Broadband Cover in 2019-20

December 3, 2018, 4:08 am
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Ofcom has today launched a new consultation on their annual plan for 2019/20, which summarises all of the major work they intend to do next year (e.g. improving mobile coverage, new consumer protections, deciding which ISPs will deliver the 10Mbps USO for broadband and promoting investment in “fibre” networks etc.). The plan doesn’t contain any […]
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Cityfibre Pilot Full Fibre to Connect Arqiva 5G Small Cells in London

December 4, 2018, 1:00 am
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Fibre optic broadband building Cityfibre has today joined forces with wireless infrastructure company Arqiva to construct the UK’s “largest” multi-million pound pilot of a new wholesale, 5G ready Small Cell infrastructure in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Mobile operators rejoice. We first spotted the construction of new street cabinets and wireless equipment on […]
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Security – BT and EE to Remove Huawei Kit from UK Mobile Network

December 5, 2018, 1:09 am
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Telecoms giant BT (EE) has confirmed that they will remove Huawei’s kit from their core 3G and 4G network within the next 2 years. On top of that they will also exclude the Chinese company from bidding on future 5G contracts (core network only), but it’s unclear if Openreach will adopt a similar policy for […]
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EE UK Aim to be First in the World to Offer a OnePlus 5G Phone in 2019

December 5, 2018, 11:30 am
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Mobile operator EE has this evening announced that they are aiming to “become the first operator in the world” to range the future OnePlus 5G Smartphone in 2019, which will stem from a new R&D partnership with the handset manufacturer. Last month EE named the first 16 UK cities to benefit from their forthcoming commercial […]
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Vodafone Improves UK 4G and 5G Mobile Coverage via Manholes

December 10, 2018, 6:30 am
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Most of the time when a mobile operator wants to improve their network coverage then they install new base stations or small cells in high locations, such as on top of a building, mast or street light. Now Vodafone has decided to go in the opposite direction by installing small antennas “below street level.” In […]
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CBI Demands Urgent Action to Fast Track UK Gigabit Broadband

December 12, 2018, 12:54 am
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A new report from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has warned that the UK Government must take “urgent action” and “fast track [new] laws” in order to ensure the delivery of its aspiration to achieve nationwide coverage of future 5G mobile by 2027 and “full fibre” (FTTP) Gigabit broadband ISP networks by 2033. At […]
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Three UK Secure Key Change to Boost 5G Wireless Broadband Plans

December 14, 2018, 3:47 am
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Ofcom has granted a small but controversial change to the part of the 3.6GHz band owned by mobile operator Three UK (H3G, UK Broadband Ltd.), which will give them access to a 100MHz block of contiguous spectrum that may result in faster 5G based mobile and fixed wireless networks. But BT, O2 and Vodafone aren’t […]
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Ofcom Consult on UK Mobile Spectrum Sharing and 5G Auctions

December 18, 2018, 2:19 am
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The UK telecoms regulator has moved to improve 4G and future 5G mobile coverage by setting out their plans for “spectrum sharing” in the 1800MHz, 2300MHz and 3.8-4.2GHz bands, as well as finalising new coverage obligations for next year’s auction of the 700MHz band. The 3.6GHz – 3.8GHz bands will also be auctioned. As previously […]
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Broadband and Telecoms are a Bigger Worry than Brexit in Somerset

January 3, 2019, 2:16 am
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A new survey of 92 businesses in the UK county of Somerset, which was conducted by the Somerset Chamber of Commerce (SCC), has revealed that local firms are more concerned about issues around education and skills (56%) and digital infrastructure (52%) than the imminent arrival of Brexit (42%). Studies conducted by the CBI and FSB […]
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Farmers Bemoan Poor UK Rural Mobile and Broadband Connectivity

January 16, 2019, 12:30 am
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The National Farmers Union has published the results from its latest online and telephone based survey of 812 members, which found that just 16% of farmers had access to “superfast broadband” (24Mbps+) speeds (up from 4% in 2015) and only 17% have a “reliable” outdoor mobile signal. But the situation has improved. The news that […]
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Vodafone UK Hopes to Make Future Broadband Networks Invisible

January 18, 2019, 4:01 pm
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Vodafone has said that ISPs need to “look beyond speed” and “make the network invisible so users don’t even know it is there“. The operator was speaking at the launch of a new project – Broadband Quality Experience Delivered (BQED) – that aims to “greatly enhance” the quality of experience broadband networks provide. The Broadband […]
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