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ICNIRP Impose New Limits on Radiation from 5G Mobile Handsets

March 11, 2020, 10:32 am
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The International Commission on Non‐Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) has completed a review of recent scientific evidence and imposed some new limits for the protection of humans exposed to radio frequency electromagnetic fields. The main change applies to 5G handsets operating in bands of 6GHz of more. We recently published our own fact checking article on […]
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EE Switch-On Ultrafast 5G Mobile Network in 21 New UK Cities

March 12, 2020, 3:05 am
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Mobile operator EE (BT) has today switched-on their new 5G ultrafast mobile broadband network in a further 21 new cities and large towns across the United Kingdom, including locations such as Bath, Chelmsford, Loughborough and Rochester. As well as going live across several new towns and cities, the operator has also extended their coverage to […]
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Ofcom UK Publish 5G Auction Rules for 700MHz and 3.6-3.8GHz

March 13, 2020, 1:01 am
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The UK telecoms regulator has today finalised their rules for this year’s forthcoming auction of the 700MHz and 3.6-3.8GHz radio spectrum bands, which hopes to boost new 5G mobile network coverage and mobile broadband speeds further into the Gigabit-capable (1000Mbps+) territory. At this point our readers may recall that Ofcom originally intended to impose a […]
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O2 Becomes Exclusive UK Mobile Network Distributor of Disney+

March 16, 2020, 12:43 am
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Mobile operator O2 has today signed a new deal that will make them the “exclusive UK mobile [network] distributor” of the Disney+ video streaming service, which is due to launch this side of the pond on 24th March. New and upgrading Pay Monthly customers will be able to select 6 months free Disney+ when they […]
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Ofcom’s Plan to Measure the 4G UK Mobile Coverage Obligation

March 18, 2020, 4:45 am
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The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today revealed some more details about the new £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN), which aims to extend UK geographic 4G mobile coverage to 95% by the end of 2025, and explained how they will assess the compliance of O2, Vodafone, Three UK and EE (BT) with those commitments. Under the […]
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Three UK Advert Banned for Misleading “Real 5G” Mobile Claim

March 25, 2020, 12:41 am
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Complaints by BT (EE) and Vodafone have today prompted the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ban two adverts for Three UK’s new ultrafast 5G based mobile (mobile broadband) network, which they found had “misleadingly” claimed “If it’s not Three, it’s not real 5G.” Regular readers of ISPreview.co.uk might recall that this issue first cropped up […]
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COVID-19 – O2 UK Zero Rates Data Usage on Help Websites

March 26, 2020, 1:55 am
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Customers of mobile operator O2 may be pleased to know that they’re zero rating access to key websites that are providing financial, health, emotional guidance and other support during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) crisis, which means that accessing them via mobile broadband won’t count toward your data allowance. At the time of writing this measure has […]
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O2 UK Consortium Secures Big West Midlands 5G Project Contract

March 27, 2020, 5:00 am
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West Midlands 5G, which is one of the groups responsible for helping to deliver the UK’s first government-backed 5G testbed, has awarded a major contract to a consortium led by O2. Under this deal the mobile operator will build 5G accelerators that could benefit up to 2,000 businesses in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Coventry. Apparently the […]
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GWS Ranks 33 UK Cities for Business Based Mobile Network Use

April 2, 2020, 5:10 am
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A new study by Global Wireless Solutions (GWS) has examined mobile network (mobile broadband) performance for business connectivity across 33 UK cities, which among other things attempts to identify the best one for remote working. Overall Liverpool came top, while London only managed to rank 25th and Dumfries was bottom. The study involved GWS engineers […]
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Q1 2020 Opensignal Study Names EE as Best UK Mobile Network

April 2, 2020, 5:42 am
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Mobile operator EE (BT) has predictably topped the latest Q1 2020 report from Opensignal, which analysed crowd-sourced data over a 90 day period (starting 1st December 2019) to identify operators with the best UK 3G, 4G and 5G availability, mobile broadband speed and latency performance etc. The group’s latest ‘Mobile Network Experience Report’ for the […]
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COVID-19 – UK Government Gets Tough on Criminal 5G Vandals

April 6, 2020, 2:29 am
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Over the past couple of weeks the increasingly absurd anti-5G campaign has taken a chilling turn. Videos have emerged of arson against several UK mobile masts and engineers being abused while doing their jobs. The criminal activity has been fuelled by a bogus conspiracy theory that links the spread of COVID-19 to the 5G roll-out. […]
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Three UK Launch 4G Home Broadband Plan with 1 Month Term

April 6, 2020, 4:12 am
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Mobile operator Three UK has, as part of its response to the COVID-19 crisis, launched a new “unlimited” 4G or 5G “Home Broadband” plan with a monthly rolling contract option (intended to complement the previous 12 and 24 month terms). A special plan has also been launched for use by NHS workers. Naturally there is […]
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The Hidden Catch to Zero Rated UK Mobile Data on NHS Sites

April 6, 2020, 4:01 pm
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Over the past few weeks all of the major UK mobile operators (O2, Vodafone, etc.) have responded to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis by, among other things, zero rating (no charge) data usage on specific support websites (e.g. NHS). But this doesn’t always work as advertised and can still eat into your allowance. On the surface […]
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EE UK Adverts Banned for “UNBEATABLE” No.1 Network Claims

April 7, 2020, 11:53 pm
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A complaint by rival mobile operator Three UK has prompted the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ban a string of adverts for EE’s 4G and 5G network, which were all found to have made “misleading” claims of being the United Kingdom’s “No.1 network“, as well as being “UNRIVALLED” and “UNBEATABLE.“ The adverts included a promotion […]
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How to Choose an External 4G or 5G Mobile Broadband Antenna

April 10, 2020, 4:01 pm
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Most of us are lucky enough to live within reach of a fairly strong UK mobile broadband (3G, 4G or 5G) network signal but that isn’t true everywhere, particularly in some remote rural areas. Sometimes the best way to receive a stronger signal is to try installing your own external antenna but knowing what to […]
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39 BT Engineers Assaulted by “Mindless Idiot” 5G Conspiracy Theorists UPDATE

April 14, 2020, 4:39 am
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The CEO of broadband and mobile giant BT, Philip Jansen, has revealed that 39 engineers have been verbally or physically assaulted – including threats to kill – over the completely bonkers conspiracy theory that links the spread of COVID-19 to 5G (11 mobile masts have also been destroyed or damaged by arson – 33 from […]
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BT Adopts Ericsson’s Dual-Mode Cloud 5G Core for UK Network

April 15, 2020, 3:12 am
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Telecoms and broadband giant BT (EE) is currently busy building their next generation UK 5G Core mobile network and as part of that they’ve just signed a new deal to harness Ericsson’s dual-mode 5G Core (Evolved Packet Core and 5G Core) platform, which will also help to underpin their single converged IP network. Ericsson’s platform […]
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Samsung Test Pushes 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds to 8.5Gbps

April 16, 2020, 12:31 am
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A new lab test conducted by Samsung has used 800MHz of spectrum bandwidth in the mmWave band and MU-MIMO (Multi-User, Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output) technology to push 5G mobile broadband speeds up to hit a new aggregated peak downstream rate of 8.5Gbps (Gigabits per second), albeit only over a very short distance. The company claims that its […]
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Three UK Launch “Supercharged” PAYG with £20 Unlimited Data

April 16, 2020, 4:01 pm
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Mobile operator Three UK will today launch a new “Supercharged” Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) SIM plan with an Unlimited Data Pack, which it claims will give “customers endless data, calls and texts” for just £20 (usually £30). Customers will also be able to control, track and flex their spend via a new Three App. Apparently new customers, […]
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Ofcom Updates UK Study of 5G Emissions – Yeah, it’s Still SAFE

April 17, 2020, 5:44 am
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The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has just completed another round of testing that took measurements of the electromagnetic field (EMF) emissions at various 5G mobile sites, which once again found no problems. As before the emissions remain just a “small fraction” of the levels set out in international guidelines. Back in February 2020 Ofcom conducted […]
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