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Broadband from Hot Air Balloons – Loon Secures £97m Investment

April 25, 2019, 12:26 am
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After several years of development Alphabet’s (Google) Loon project, which hopes to distribute mobile broadband (4G / 5G) connectivity from High Altitude Platforms (stratospheric balloons), has just secured an investment of £97m ($125m) from SoftBank’s HAPSMobile in order to help support their commercial roll-out (due to begin this year). The idea of using balloons to […]
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Lords Report Propose Fixes for Poor UK Rural Broadband and Mobile

April 27, 2019, 12:27 am
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A new cross-party report from the House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy has warned that rural communities across the UK are still being “ignored and underrated,” with many still suffering from poor fixed line broadband ISP and mobile network connectivity. But they also recommend some possible solutions. At present around 96% of […]
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EE UK Launch Lifetime Smartphone Warranty and Swappable Benefits

May 1, 2019, 1:46 am
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Mobile operator EE (BT) has today launched a new range of “Smart” 4G plans for Pay Monthly customers that come with the UK’s first “swappable benefits” (comprised of the Video Pass, Music Pass, access to the BT Sport app and Extended roaming), as well as the first “lifetime smartphone warranty” from a network. The new […]
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Ericsson Tries to Bust the Top 4 Myths of 5G Mobile Technology

May 7, 2019, 5:18 am
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Mobile and telecoms kit maker Ericsson has today published a new report that attempts to debunk what they perceive to be as the top four myths surrounding the value of future 5G based mobile and mobile broadband technology for consumers. Obviously, there are vested interests at work. Few would probably disagree that 5G has at […]
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Digital Colony Gobble Fibre Optic Network Giant Zayo in £11bn Deal

May 9, 2019, 1:34 am
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The Zayo Group, which operates a large metro and long haul fibre optic network in the UK, has signed a merger agreement to be acquired by Digital Colony Partners and the EQT Infrastructure IV fund in a deal that is valued (cash transaction) at $14.3 billion (£11bn). As a result they will go from being […]
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Mobile Operators Call on UK Councils to Help NOT Hinder 5G Networks

May 11, 2019, 4:01 pm
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The trade association for mobile operators, Mobile UK, has warned that many councils currently adopt an “inconsistent” approach to improving mobile connectivity and fixed line broadband is often given a higher priority. Instead the group wants local authorities to take the future roll-out of ultrafast 5G networks more seriously. At present O2, Three UK, EE […]
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Government Re-brands UK Broadband and Full Fibre Programmes

May 12, 2019, 4:01 pm
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The Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has decided that it has too many different named broadband and “full fibre” programmes and as a result they’ve today decided to simplify by aligning all of them under just two overarching programmes – ‘The UK Fibre Programme‘ and ‘Building Digital UK‘. At present the […]
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UK Infrastructure Chief Warns Gov Not to Make “Vague Promises”

May 13, 2019, 1:10 am
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The Chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission, Sir John Armitt, has warned the UK Government not to merely “pay lip service” to their proposals for improving broadband, 5G, energy and transport by “restating existing policy” and offering “vague promises” when they set a National Infrastructure Strategy (NIS) this autumn. Over the past year the NIC […]
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Mobile Operators Strike UK Network Sharing Deal for Rural Coverage

May 13, 2019, 2:54 am
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Mobile operators EE (BT), Vodafone, O2 and Three UK have confirmed a new agreement that could help to boost the rural coverage of their 2G, 3G, 4G and future 5G networks. Under the deal a new infrastructure company will be established to help build masts in remote areas. Now they just need Ofcom to agree. […]
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Disputes Over UK Street Furniture Risk Slowing 5G Mobile Rollout UPDATE

May 20, 2019, 12:39 am
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The next generation of multi-Gigabit speed capable 5G based mobile broadband networks could be facing yet another challenge due to a backlog of disputes over access to UK street furniture (lampposts etc.). Related deployments in some parts of the country are allegedly being delayed by as much as 2 years. It’s not unfair to say […]
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Mobile Operator EE Set UK Live Date for Commercial 5G Network

May 22, 2019, 2:38 am
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Mobile operator EE (BT) has today moved to steal some of Vodafone’s thunder by announcing that their own commercial ultrafast 5G mobile (mobile broadband) network will go live (non-trial) from 30th May 2019 in parts of London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Manchester. New rollout locations for 2020 have also been confirmed. The operator has […]
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BT Pick Juniper to Support Cloud-Driven 5G Mobile and Unified Network

June 3, 2019, 2:51 am
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Telecoms giant BT (EE) has announced that their new 5G based UK mobile broadband network will be underpinned by a cloud-driven platform from Juniper Networks. As a result the operator hopes to enable a more flexible, virtualised and unified network infrastructure that can deliver to various different requirements. BT’s Network Cloud roll-out is expected to […]
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Ofcom to Share 8GHz and 26GHz Spectrum for Wireless Data and 5G

June 5, 2019, 4:03 am
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Ofcom has confirmed that they’re “planning” to make more spectrum available for “shared use” with existing services in the 8GHz and 26GHz radio spectrum bands, which is primarily intended to focus upon supporting high capacity fixed wireless broadband links and indoor 5G applications. The 1.4GHz band is also being freed. A lot of the spectrum […]
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Rural UK Landowners Seek Guarantees in Rural 4G Mobile Rollout

June 6, 2019, 4:07 am
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The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), Countryside Alliance, National Farmers Union (NFU), Rural Services Network and Which? have today jointly called on the UK Government to ensure that the proposed plan by mobile broadband operators to improve rural 4G network coverage meets “four key tests.” Last month EE (BT), Vodafone, O2 and Three UK […]
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Three UK to Launch 2x Faster 5G Broadband for 25 Cities in August

June 9, 2019, 11:54 pm
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Mobile operator Three UK has announced that the £2bn commercial rollout of their new ultrafast 5G mobile network will begin in August 2019, reaching 25 towns and cities across the UK by the end of 2019. The provider is also pledging “at least 2x faster” broadband speeds thanks to their initial spectrum advantage. At present […]
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Vodafone UK to Switch-Off 3G Mobile Network Within 2-3 Years

June 10, 2019, 6:21 am
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Vodafone has quietly become the first UK provider to confirm that it will be “switching off 3G” services within the “next two to three years,” although we fully expect that EE, O2 and Three UK will eventually do something similar as they convert 3G spectrum to 4G or 5G. But 2G voice will remain as […]
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Ofcom Looks to Defragment 3.4-3.8GHz Bands to Boost 5G Mobile

June 11, 2019, 8:06 am
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The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has proposed to defragment (no.. not their computer hard disks) the 3.4-3.8GHz radio spectrum bands after next year’s auction, which could enable mobile network operators to get the best performance and save money on their new 5G ultrafast mobile broadband networks. As a general assumption 5G networks, which are only […]
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Gov to Simplify 5G Planning Process and Put £40m into New UK Trials

June 12, 2019, 5:16 am
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The UK Government has today committed a further £40m from their 5G Testbeds and Trials (5GTT) programme to support another round of projects, which will help to show how the ultrafast mobile broadband tech could support work in the “logistics and manufacturing sectors.” They also want to simplify the planning process to help rollouts. The […]
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Ofcom May Create Thousands of Local UK 5G Mobile Networks

June 17, 2019, 3:35 am
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The UK telecoms regulator has controversially proposed that it may reserve 390MHz of spectrum in the 3.8-4.2GHz bands, which could be sold to “thousands” of new entrants in order to help them build 5G based mobile broadband networks for local coverage or industrial use (i.e. each license may cover just 50 square metres). The “revolutionary” […]
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Three UK Starts Ultrafast 5G Home Broadband Trial in London

June 18, 2019, 3:02 am
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Mobile operator Three UK has confirmed that they’ve begun trials of a new 5G based “home broadband” service in Camden and Wandsworth (London). On top of that they’re also upgrading their 4G kit in Croydon (i.e. upgrading sites to new antennas and reallocating 10MHz of 3G spectrum (leaving 5MHz for 3G) to 4G for better […]
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