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University of Surrey Paper Calls for Changes to Aid UK Rural 5G Cover

February 27, 2019, 3:03 am
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A new discussion paper from the University of Surrey, which was produced as part of the UK Government’s 5G Testbed and Trials programme, has warned that it will take more than “competition and public financing” to fill the existing rural mobile coverage gaps with 5G (mobile broadband) services. But they’ve got ideas. At present Ofcom […]
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South Korea Leads, But UK Ranks Well in 5G Leadership Index

February 28, 2019, 4:07 am
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Global consultancy firm Arthur D. Little has today published their new 5G Country Leadership Index, which benchmarks 40 countries by an analysis of technical infrastructure and tendency for 5G commercialisation. Overall the UK just creeps into the top ten, placing us on the border between “leaders” and “followers“. The “leading” countries are identified as those […]
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Calls for New Pre-Brexit Rural Broadband Strategy from UK Gov

February 28, 2019, 4:02 pm
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The Rural Services Network (RSN) are today leading calls for the UK government to produce an “urgent comprehensive strategy for rural areas” in preparation for Brexit, which among other things demands more investment to boost the “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband roll-out and stronger mobile coverage targets. According to Ofcom’s most recent report (here), some 94% […]
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Report Calls for UK Government to Update on its Spectrum Targets

March 7, 2019, 2:35 am
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A new report from the Spectrum Policy Forum, which was conducted by Plum Consulting, has called on the Government to update on their progress toward doubling the annual contribution to the UK economy of use of spectrum by 2025 (mobile broadband, wifi, Satellite, digital TV etc.). Back in 2012 the Government set out their UK […]
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New Plan to Increase Full Fibre Broadband Cover in Cambridgeshire

March 7, 2019, 3:10 am
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The Cambridgeshire County Council in England has today set an “ambitious new target,” which will see them aim to achieve “over” 30% coverage of Gigabit speed “full fibre” (FTTP etc.) broadband connectivity across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough by 2022, among other things. At present “full fibre” networks are already said to cover around 8.4% of premises […]
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Vodafone Names 19 UK Cities for Commercial 5G Mobile Rollout

March 7, 2019, 4:19 am
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Multi-Gigabit speed Mobile Broadband has taken another step forward today after Vodafone announced a list of 19 UK cities and towns that will be the first to benefit from their commercial roll-out of 5G mobile technology in 2019, which is being fuelled by a 10Gbps capable fibre optic (backhaul) network. At present the operator has […]
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40 MPs Call for Ofcom to Monitor UK 4G Mobile Coverage Obligations

March 11, 2019, 2:37 am
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More than 40 MPs from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Rural Business (APPGRB) have today called on Ofcom to introduce better “annual monitoring” in order to ensure that Mobile operators like Vodafone, Three UK, O2 and EE keep to their future 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) coverage obligations. According to Ofcom’s most recent Connected Nations […]
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Government Offers £1m to Help UK Businesses Harness 5G Mobile

March 18, 2019, 4:45 am
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The Government’s Innovate UK programme, which is being supported by CELTIC-NEXT, has today announced that it’s making £1 million available to help businesses looking to partner with international companies on 5G mobile Research and Development (R&D) projects. The next generation of multi-Gigabit speed capable Mobile Broadband technology is due to start its limited commercial roll-out […]
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BT Shun Rural Mobile Roaming Plan from Three UK, O2 and Vodafone

March 18, 2019, 8:15 am
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Telecoms giant BT (EE) has rejected an industry proposal from rival operators Three UK, Vodafone and O2 that would have aimed to improve national 4G network coverage via “rural roaming,” where signals in remote areas could roam onto whatever alternative network was available (like EU roaming). At present the Government wants to see mobile networks […]
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BT Calls for Open and Fair Access to Street Furniture for 5G Mobile

March 21, 2019, 4:49 am
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Telecoms giant BT (EE) has called for an “end to exclusive concessions agreements” on UK council owned street furniture, which they say has become a “barrier” to the roll-out of 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) services, not least by only granting certain companies access to use it but not others. A number of rival […]
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Final Ofcom Plan for 2019-20 Confirms Mobile and Broadband Changes

March 25, 2019, 4:45 am
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The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published their final annual plan for 2019/20, which summarises all of the major work they intend to do this year (e.g. boosting mobile coverage, new consumer protections, implementing the 10Mbps USO for broadband and promoting investment in “fibre” networks etc.). The plan itself doesn’t contain any major new […]
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Fears of 5G Auction Delay as Vodafone UK Ponders Legal Challenge

March 26, 2019, 1:28 am
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Mobile operator Vodafone has warned that it would consider a legal challenge against Ofcom’s forthcoming auction of the 5G friendly radio spectrum bands at 700MHz and 3.6GHz – 3.8GH, unless the regulator changes their proposed strategy of auctioning these as part of a bundled package. Ofcom are currently preparing to award 200MHz of spectrum frequency […]
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EU Sets Tougher Security Standards for Future 5G Mobile Networks

March 26, 2019, 9:02 am
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The seemingly endless debate over the use of Huawei’s kit in mobile networks has today resulted in the European Commission (EC) recommending a set of new “operational steps and measures,” which have been designed to help mobile operators to ensure a “high level of cybersecurity of 5G networks across the EU.” Huawei has a strong […]
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Mast Sharing or Rural Roaming – Solving UK Rural 4G Mobile Coverage

April 1, 2019, 2:28 am
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The Country Land and Business Association, which represents 30,000+ landowners (farmers and businesses) across England and Wales, has said that “forcing mobile operators to adopt rural roaming” may be the only way to deliver significantly better 4G coverage in rural areas. But operators now favour a barter system of mast sharing. The idea of Rural […]
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5G May Boost Annual UK Biz Revenue by £8.3bn to £15.7bn by 2025

April 3, 2019, 12:25 am
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A new report from Barclays Corporate Banking has predicted that the roll-out of new ultrafast 5G mobile (mobile broadband) networks across the United Kingdom could increase annual business revenues by between at least £8.3bn (pessimistic outlook) to £15.7bn (optimistic outlook) come 2025. At present O2, Vodafone, Three UK and EE (BT) are already conducting 5G […]
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First UK Train Station Deploys 5G Mobile via Vodafone Trial Network

April 4, 2019, 9:02 am
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Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that Birmingham New Street is the first train station in the United Kingdom to be upgraded with their future 5G mobile technology as part of a live trial. Sadly a speedtest of the network struggled to get anywhere close to the often promoted Gigabit broadband speeds. The trial forms part […]
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Local Opposition Making UK 5G Upgrades to 4G Masts Difficult

April 6, 2019, 12:56 am
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The forthcoming roll-out of new ultrafast 5G mobile networks will in some areas benefit from shorter masts being upgraded to taller ones in order to fit the new infrastructure and improve coverage. But as one example in Manchester shows, such developments have a tendency to attract complaints. At present not a week seems to go […]
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O2 UK to Begin 5G Rollout at Millbrook Testing Ground in June 2019

April 12, 2019, 2:20 am
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Mobile operator O2 has announced that they will activate their future 5G network in June 2019 at the Millbrook Testing Ground for self-driving vehicles in Bedfordshire (England), which forms part of the £6m Government supported AutoAir project (plus £4.5m in matched private investment). The operator intends to use its 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz spectrum at Millbrook […]
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Ofcom UK Tweaks 3.4-3.6GHz Licenses to Help 5G Mobile Services

April 18, 2019, 6:13 am
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The UK telecoms regulator has provisionally proposed to accept a request by Three UK, EE, O2 and Vodafone to vary a number of spectrum access licenses for the 3.4GHz, 3.5GHz and 3.6GHz bands in order to facilitate new Active Antenna Systems (AAS), which could help the future roll-out of ultrafast 5G mobile broadband networks. The […]
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Government Bans Huawei Kit from Core UK 5G Mobile Networks

April 23, 2019, 11:39 pm
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Mobile operators Three UK, Vodafone, EE (BT) and O2 are to be officially told by the Government that they will be banned from deploying hardware and software from Chinese tech giant Huawei into the core of their future 5G based mobile broadband networks, although non-core 5G kit (antennas etc.) will be exempt. The final decision […]
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