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CMA Shuns Competition Fears to Clear £2bn Cellnex Buy of Arqiva

April 22, 2020, 5:53 am
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today cleared Arqiva to proceed with the proposed £2bn sale of their UK masts and rooftop sites to Cellnex (here) which, despite protests from mobile network operator Three UK, ultimately found that the deal “does not raise competition concerns.” According to last year’s agreement, the deal itself includes […]
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500 Glasgow Premises Without Broadband After Arson Attack

April 25, 2020, 12:17 am
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“Stupid is as stupid does,” said the great philosopher Forest Gump. In keeping with that somebody, most likely one of the “mindless” COVID-19 conspiracy theorists, has decided to burn key fixed line broadband ISP and phone cables in part of Glasgow during a pandemic, thus leaving 500 people without connectivity. According to the Evening Express, […]
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Gigabit Broadband May Boost British Economy £51.4bn by 2025 UPDATE

April 27, 2020, 6:25 am
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A new study from Assembly Research, which was commissioned via the vested interests of Huawei, has forecast that the UK Government’s deployment of “gigabit-capable broadband” could provide £51.4bn gross value added to the economy in five years, growing to £68.8bn in 2030. But any delays could be very costly. At present the Government plans to […]
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COVID-19 – Ofcom Delays UK Telecoms Work for 2020 to 2021

April 30, 2020, 3:40 am
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In an unsurprising development Ofcom has today published a revision of their proposed annual work plan for 2020/21, which has naturally resulted in various delays to their broadband (e.g. full fibre competition), mobile (e.g. 5G auctions) and related regulation work due to the on-going COVID-19 (Coronavirus) crisis. The original plan was published in January 2020 […]
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PWC Model COVID-19 Impact on UK Telecoms, Warn of 5G Delay

April 30, 2020, 5:10 am
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A new report from professional services firm PwC has examined the likely impact of the current COVID-19 (Coronavirus) crisis on fixed broadband and 5G mobile services and deployments in the United Kingdom, which predicts a turbulent time for telecoms with costly delays to new infrastructure but also some opportunities. The report itself appears to reflect […]
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Ofcom’s Next UK 5G Auction Faces Legal Challenge from O2

May 5, 2020, 12:06 am
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Mobile operator O2 (Telefonica UK) is today in the news for a second time this week after they issued a “letter before claim” (legal challenge) against Ofcom’s forthcoming auction of the 5G (ultrafast mobile broadband) friendly 700MHz and 3.6-3.8GHz radio spectrum bands, which demands more harmonisation of the spectrum. Legal challenges against mobile auctions are […]
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Virgin Media to Supply Fibre Capacity for Three UK’s 5G Network

May 5, 2020, 3:45 am
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The business division of broadband ISP Virgin Media (Liberty Global) has this morning confirmed that they’ve signed a new deal with mobile network operator Three UK, which will see VMB’s fibre optic lines being harnessed to supply capacity (backhaul) to fuel over 3,000 of the mobile firm’s new ultrafast 5G sites. At present Three UK […]
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UK Ranks 59th Out of 228 Countries for Price of 1GB Mobile Data

May 6, 2020, 12:32 am
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A new study has analysed 5,554 mobile data (mobile broadband) plans across 228 countries this year in order to compare the cost of a 1GB (GigaByte) data allowance, which found that the United Kingdom has significantly improved its rank to 59th (up from 136th in 2019) with an average price of $1.39 USD per GB […]
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COVID-19 – Three UK Reveals Impact of Crisis on Network Traffic

May 6, 2020, 2:54 am
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Mobile operator Three UK has published a brief update on the impact of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on their national 4G and 5G based network, which among other things has seen data (mobile broadband) usage increase by 12% and calls grow by 8% to 2.5 billion in March 2020. The impact of COVID-19 on mobile networks […]
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Virgin Media and O2 Agree UK Broadband and Mobile Merger

May 6, 2020, 10:40 pm
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Cable broadband ISP Virgin Media (Liberty Global) and mobile operator O2 (Telefonica) have this morning confirmed that they’ve reached a complementary 50-50 joint venture deal to merge their respective fixed line broadband and mobile network businesses in the United Kingdom. But Vodafone could still crash the party. The deal, which values O2 at £12.7bn and […]
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Opensignal – Avg. UK 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds Hit 138Mbps

May 7, 2020, 1:55 am
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Crowd-sourced analyst firm Opensignal has today released some updated benchmarks of early 5G based mobile broadband network deployments across several countries, which shows that average download speeds in the UK have reached 138Mbps – way above 4G on 24.9Mbps and WiFi on 34.1Mbps. But other countries are faster. As usual there are some caveats to […]
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Vodafone UK Home Broadband Growth Surges to 751000 Users UPDATE

May 12, 2020, 12:09 am
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Mobile giant and broadband ISP Vodafone UK has published their latest results to the end of March 2020 (financial Q4 19/20), which saw them reach a total of 751,000 fixed broadband customers (up by +64K in the quarter vs +20K previous quarter). Meanwhile Mobile customers hit 18,042,000 (down by -14K vs +250K previous quarter) At […]
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Opensignal Compares UK 5G and 4G Mobile with 100 Countries

May 14, 2020, 2:15 am
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The latest 2020 State of Mobile Networks report from Opensignal has ranked the United Kingdom 36th out of 100 countries for its average mobile broadband download speed (22.9Mbps) and 31st for 4G network availability (89.2%). Meanwhile, one year after deployments first began, the impact of 5G remains small. As usual this report is based on […]
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NIC Nudges UK Government for More Action on Broadband

May 19, 2020, 6:53 am
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The Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, Sir John Armitt, has written to the UK Chancellor in order to encourage the Government to “bring forward” their roll-out of “gigabit broadband” – particularly for towns and cities outside the South East of England – and to support this via a new National Infrastructure Bank. At present […]
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Nokia Claims “World Record” Live 5G Mobile Speed of 4.7Gbps

May 20, 2020, 12:27 am
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Finnish networking firm Nokia claims to have achieved a “world record” 5G based mobile broadband speed of 4.7Gbps (Gigabits per second) via their live Over-the-Air (OTA) network in the USA (Dallas, Texas), which used the company’s existing commercial software and hardware solutions. Interestingly 4G helped to give it a boost. The speed was achieved by […]
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Government Considers Zero Huawei Kit in UK Telecoms by 2023

May 23, 2020, 12:03 am
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At the start of 2020 the UK gave broadband ISPs and mobile operators a green light to use only non-core focused telecoms kit from Chinese giant Huawei (here), including a cap to reduce their market share. But new reports allege that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, could be about to do a dramatic U-turn and […]
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COVID-19 – EE Report Reveals Internet Traffic During Lockdown

May 26, 2020, 3:05 am
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EE (BT) has published their latest Mobile Network Data report from February to May 2020, which tracked the changing trends and habits of the UK’s most used internet apps and services throughout lockdown. The report also revealed a 45% increase in data (mobile broadband) use for communication services (WhatsApp, Skype etc.). In the unlikely event […]
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Opensignal Examines 5G Speeds at EE and Vodafone UK vs Rivals

May 27, 2020, 1:00 am
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Opensignal has taken another brief look at 10 mobile operators offering 5G based mobile broadband speeds in the UK, USA, South Korea and Australia to see how their performance compares. Overall even the early 5G deployments are significantly faster than 4G, but download speeds at EE and Vodafone are trailing a bit. The reason for […]
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EE UK Launch New Unlimited Style Reserve Mobile Data Feature

May 27, 2020, 1:54 am
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Mobile operator EE has today launched a new “Reserve Data” feature alongside their latest range of 5G ready ‘Smart’ and ‘Smart SIM’ Pay Monthly mobile plans, which will effectively enable customers to continue using internet (mobile broadband) services – at a slower speed – even if they’ve used up their allowance. In simple terms, Reserve […]
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EU Court Overturns 2016 Block of O2 and Three UK Merger

May 28, 2020, 5:51 am
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The European Court of Justice (General Court) has today annulled a decision by the European Commission’s competition authority, which in 2016 blocked mobile operators O2 and Three UK from merging. The ruling found that the decision to block the £10.45bn deal had failed to prove that such a merger would damage competition. A merger between […]
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