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UK ISP BT Goes Live with New Ultrafast 5G Mobile Plans on EE

October 11, 2019, 2:01 am
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BT has today – as promised earlier this week (here) – taken the wraps off their new EE-based UK 5G mobile plans with bigger data (mobile broadband) allowances of up to 200GB. But their new “unlimited mobile data” plan will follow in November with the launch of Halo (combining fixed broadband and mobile together). As […]
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Church of England Helps O2 and Vodafone to Boost Mobile Cover

October 13, 2019, 11:51 pm
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The Church of England has reached a new agreement with the network sharing division of Vodafone UK and O2 – Cornerstone – to help boost 4G and future 5G mobile network coverage into poorly served areas (both rural and urban locations), which should make it easier for them to install discreet antennas. Church towers and […]
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2019 Queen’s Speech Sets Out UK Gigabit Broadband Plans UPDATE

October 14, 2019, 4:52 am
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The Queen has today carried out the annual State Opening of Parliament, which as per usual included a list of policy plans that the Government intends to put forward over the coming years. As expected this included some planned legislation for broadband and internet safety related matters. The Queen’s Speech is historically more of a […]
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Guernsey ISP Sure Prep 300Gbps Upgrade of Subsea Fibre Network

October 15, 2019, 12:54 am
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The incumbent broadband, 4G mobile and phone provider on the English Channel Island of Guernsey, Sure, has announced a major 5-year plan to invest several million pounds in order to upgrade their sub-sea fibre optic links with the United Kingdom. This could increase network capacity to 300Gbps (Gigabits per second). At present most fixed broadband […]
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O2 UK’s Unlimited 5G Mobile Network Goes Live At No Extra Cost

October 16, 2019, 4:01 pm
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O2 (Telefonica) has today become the last of the four primary UK operators to switch-on a commercial ultrafast 5G based mobile broadband network, which is initially live across several key hubs in busy areas of Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Slough and Leeds. Plus it comes at no extra cost on “Custom Plans.” In keeping with […]
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Culture Secretary Confirms 2025 UK Gigabit Broadband for All Aim

October 17, 2019, 3:21 am
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The Culture Secretary, Nicky Morgan MP, has confirmed that the Government is still focused upon delivering “gigabit-capable” broadband to all by the end of 2025. The target appeared to be cast into doubt earlier this week after a briefing on the Queen’s Speech (here) adopted the vague wording “as soon as possible.“ In a statement […]
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Wales in £4m Boost to Support 5G, WiFi and Fibre Research

October 17, 2019, 3:37 am
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The Welsh Government has confirmed £4 million to support the Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Centre of Excellence at Bangor University, which among other things will look at ways to harness existing fibre optic technology in the 5G network to “improve capacity, flexibility, functionality and services.” The centre will broadly conduct research into digital communication systems […]
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O2 UK Offer 4G and 5G Mobile Plans from Inside Clothing Stores

October 24, 2019, 4:01 pm
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Mobile firm O2 (Telefonica UK) has today announced a curious new partnership with high street fashion chain NEXT, which will see the operator trial pop-up stores (Shop-in-Shop) in four of NEXT’s superstores across the country (Warrington Gemini, Southampton Hedge End, Swindon Orbital and Nottingham Giltbrook). Apparently each “experimental” store will be approximately 650 sq. ft. […]
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Government in £1bn Deal for 95% Geographic UK 4G Mobile by 2025

October 24, 2019, 11:38 pm
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The Government has today announced a new £1bn deal with Three UK, Vodafone, O2 and EE (BT) to establish a new Shared Rural Network (SRN), which will see the mobile operators working cooperatively together in order to extend the geographic coverage of 4G (mobile broadband) services to 95% of the UK by 2025. The Government […]
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RootMetrics Benchmarks 5G Mobile Speeds in Birmingham UK

October 28, 2019, 12:00 am
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RootMetrics has today published their first tentative report into the initial availability and mobile broadband performance of 5G Mobile networks in the West Midlands city of Birmingham, which sees EE delivering the fastest data speeds and strongest coverage. One significant catch to this report is that it was conducted between 30th August and 21st September […]
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Ofcom’s New 5G Mobile Auction Plan for 700MHz and 3.6-3.8GHz

October 28, 2019, 12:48 am
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The UK telecoms regulator has today confirmed that they will proceed to auction of the 700MHz and 3.6-3.8GHz radio spectrum bands in spring 2020 to boost new 5G networks to potentially Gigabit-capable (1000Mbps+) mobile broadband speeds. But in light of last week’s Shared Rural Network deal (here), the coverage obligation is gone. Ofcom previously intended […]
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Three UK Fire Mast Monopoly Concern at Arqiva Sale to Cellnex

October 28, 2019, 1:53 am
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Mobile operator Three UK has warned that investment in future 5G based ultrafast mobile broadband networks could be hurt by Arqiva’s recently agreed £2bn sale of their UK masts and rooftop sites to Cellnex (here), which they say would give the new owner a “monopoly” over 80% of independent mobile sites. The deal itself includes […]
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Mobile Operators Face Huge Fines if they Fail UK Coverage Target

October 29, 2019, 9:56 am
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The Government’s Culture Secretary, Nicky Morgan MP, has revealed that Mobile Network Operators (Three UK, Vodafone, O2 and EE / BT) could face huge fines – worth up to 10% of their annual turnover – if they fail to meet their new 4G / 5G geographic UK coverage obligations by 2026. Last week the Government […]
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VOXI Goes Live with Unlimited UK 5G Data At No Extra Cost

October 29, 2019, 10:37 am
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Mobile operator Vodafone UK has announced that customers of their sibling contract-free “youth brand” – VOXI – can now also access the new ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband) network, which will be offered “at no extra cost.” The operator also confirmed that their own Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) plans will be getting 5G “soon“. As part of this […]
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Gov Finalise Strategic Priorities for UK Broadband and Mobile

October 31, 2019, 7:50 am
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The UK Government has this week formally adopted a Statement of Strategic Priorities (SSP) for UK mobile and broadband services, which broadly requires Ofcom to improve protection for consumers in the wider telecoms market, promote investment in “gigabit-capable” broadband and support new entrants to the market. The new SSP, which is a legal mechanism that […]
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RootMetrics Reveals 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds in Cardiff UPDATE

November 4, 2019, 11:00 pm
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RootMetrics has today published their second report into the tentative initial availability and mobile broadband performance of 5G Mobile networks, albeit this time focused upon the city of Cardiff in Wales. Overall EE UK came top for both average download speeds (163.1Mbps) and network availability (43.4%). As with the earlier report for Birmingham (here), we […]
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EE UK Spot Impact of 2019 Rugby World Cup in 4G Mobile Traffic

November 5, 2019, 7:23 am
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Mobile operator EE (BT) has revealed the impact that the 2019 Rugby World Cup tournament has had on their mobile broadband (mostly 4G) network traffic, which for example delivered a 20% surge in data usage during the England v New Zealand semi-final on 26th September. Games involving Wales also created an increase. A lot of […]
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Virgin Media UK Says Goodbye to BT, Signs Vodafone for Mobile UPDATE

November 6, 2019, 2:07 am
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Cable TV and broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (Liberty Global) has today made the surprise announcement that their long-running Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement with BT (EE) will be coming to an end. Instead they’ve signed a new 5-year partnership deal for Virgin Mobile with rival operator Vodafone. Previously there had been some speculation […]
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O2 UK Replaces Classic Pay-As-You-Go Plans with New Bundles

November 7, 2019, 5:12 am
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Mobile operator O2 UK appears to have scrapped their Classic Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) plans for new customers in favour of a refreshed range of Big Bundles, which include unlimited calls and texts as standard; these require you to top-up every month in order to get the allowance. Previously customers had a selection of either the old […]
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BT Halo is Live – Converged Unlimited 5G and Fixed Broadband

November 7, 2019, 4:01 pm
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Customers of UK ISP BT (EE) can from today adopt the provider’s new converged “Halo” and “No Limits” plans, which aims to seamlessly bring together both their 5G mobile and fixed line home broadband (FTTC, FTTP, G.fast) networks. Existing 5G customers with BT Plus plans will be automatically upgraded to benefit from Halo. Halo builds […]
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