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ISP Vodafone UK Grows Fixed Broadband to 793,000 Customers

July 24, 2020, 12:08 am
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Mobile and broadband ISP Vodafone UK have published their latest results to the end of June 2020 (financial Q1 FY21), which saw their fixed broadband base grow to total 793,000 customers (up by +42K in the quarter vs +64K in the previous quarter), while their mobile based declined to 17,580,000 (down by -462K). As usual […]
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Ofcom Adds 39GHz as Option for Supplying WiFi on UK Trains

July 27, 2020, 8:36 am
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Ofcom has today updated their advice to the UK Government on spectrum bands suitable for providing “trackside to train connectivity,” which adds the 39GHz band as a possible option. In the future this could be used to support on-board ultrafast broadband capable WiFi access points or mobile (4G, 5G) small cells for commuters. Back in […]
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BT Raise UK Ultrafast Broadband Cover to 5.81 Million Premises

July 30, 2020, 11:49 pm
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BT has today published their Q1 2020/21 results, which reveals that Openreach has expanded their “ultrafast broadband” ISP network to cover 5.81 million UK premises (up from 5.4m last quarter) and that includes 2.98m on FTTP (up from 2.57m) and 2.83m on G.fast (up from 2.81m). Plus 5G via EE is now live in 100 […]
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BT Launch HALO for Biz Broadband and an SME Support Scheme

July 31, 2020, 4:56 am
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UK ISP BT Business has today extended the availability of their converged HALO packages to include small business customers, which combines their “fibre broadband“, 4G unlimited mobile and digital phone line (app based) service into a single bundle from £42.95 +vat per month. There’s also a new Small Business Support Scheme. Just to recap, HALO […]
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Government Names UK 5G Create Pilots for £30m Investment

July 31, 2020, 5:41 am
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At the start of this year the UK Government unveiled a £30m package to support an open competition (here), which aimed to look at how ultrafast 5G mobile (mobile broadband) could create “new opportunities in industries including film, TV, video games, logistics and tourism.” The winning projects have now been revealed. All of this forms […]
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Ofcom UK Aim Next 5G Mobile Spectrum Auction at January 2021

August 3, 2020, 4:47 am
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The UK telecoms regulator has today confirmed that their much delayed auction of the 700MHz and 3.6-3.8GHz radio spectrum bands, which could boost new 5G mobile network coverage and mobile broadband speeds further into the Gigabit (1000Mbps+) territory, will not now take its first bids until January 2021. The auction has already suffered significant delays […]
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Vodafone Switches-on First Live UK OpenRAN Site and Tests uCPE

August 6, 2020, 2:15 am
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Vodafone has just become the first UK mobile operator to switch-on a live 4G Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) site, which could help to cut the cost of building new networks by standardising the design and functionality of hardware and software. Separately they’ve also tested Universal Customer Premises Equipment (uCPE). At present if an operator […]
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O2 Predict 5G to Save UK up to 269 Megatonnes of CO2 by 2035

August 11, 2020, 4:01 pm
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Mobile operator O2 has kicked the 5G mobile hype train into high gear again, this time by predicting that the new mobile broadband tech could work alongside connected technologies, such as smart grids and autonomous vehicles, to save up to 269 megatonnes of CO2 by 2035 (England’s total emissions in 2018 were 280 Mts). The […]
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Community Built 5G Mobile Broadband Goes Live in Chalke Valley

August 13, 2020, 2:41 am
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At present many homes in the Chalke Valley (Wiltshire, England) suffer from slow fixed broadband speeds and extremely weak mobile signals, but a new Government funded community project – Ch4lke Mobile – is finally starting to change that by building their own 4G and 5G based mobile broadband network. The project, which has taken inspiration […]
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Mobile Operators Call on UK to Speed-up Planning Changes

August 14, 2020, 2:17 am
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The Mobile UK trade body, which represents Three UK, Vodafone, O2 and EE (BT), has called on the Government to accelerate their softening of mobile planning laws, which comes after a new survey found that 59% of business would be helped by “enhanced mobile coverage and data capacity” as part of their COVID-19 recovery. The […]
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5G Conspiracy Theorists Hire Lawyer to Sue UK Gov Over Health Fears

August 15, 2020, 12:58 am
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The Action Against 5G mobile group, which holds to a widely debunked conspiracy theory that “radio-frequency radiation from masts and wireless devices puts health and life at risk“, has crowd-funded £105K to hire barrister Michael Mansfield QC in order to take legal action against the UK Government to stop the roll-out. Sadly, the outbreak of […]
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Three UK and EE Protect 5G Mobile Masts with SmartWater

August 18, 2020, 7:32 am
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The Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL) organisation, which runs the joint network sharing venture between mobile operators EE (BT) and Three UK, has moved to protect 4G and 5G based mobile masts by deploying SmartWater technology to forensically tag vandals who attack their infrastructure. Sadly one of the more disturbing aspects of the COVID-19 crisis […]
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Ofcom Finish Clearing 700MHz TV Band for UK Mobile Broadband

August 20, 2020, 6:01 am
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After several years of difficult work Ofcom has this week officially completed one of their “biggest” ever UK projects, which involved moving Digital Terrestrial TV (Freeview) channels out of the 700MHz spectrum band to free up those airwaves for use by 4G and 5G based mobile technology in 2021. Lower frequencies like this (in the […]
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Comparison of UK 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds vs 11 Countries

August 26, 2020, 5:00 am
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Crowd-sourced analyst firm Opensignal has today published new benchmarks of 5G based mobile broadband networks across 12 countries, which finds that the United Kingdom returns reasonable average download speeds of 133.5Mbps (vs 25.9Mbps on 4G). But we have the weakest level of network availability (4.5%). The latest study is based on data collected between 16th […]
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Government MPs Urge UK Councils to Support Gigabit Broadband

August 26, 2020, 4:01 pm
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The UK Government has today called on local authorities to help support the roll-out of gigabit-capable broadband (FTTP, DOCSIS 3.1) and 5G mobile networks by, among other things, implementing new advice on land access and valuations in order to speed up the pace of deployment. The reformed Electronic Communications Code (ECC), which was introduced at […]
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Survey Finds UK Mobile Operators Slow to Tackle Overpayments

August 28, 2020, 12:05 am
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A new survey of 4,006 UK adults, which was conducted by consumer magazine Which? in July 2020, has found that 36% of mobile customers whose bundled airtime contracts (handset and mobile tariff) have ended in the last 2 months are still overpaying on their bill. This is despite many operators pledging to tackle the practice. […]
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Three UK Launch 5G Unlimited Broadband and Apple TV Bundle

September 3, 2020, 12:40 am
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Mobile network operator Three UK has partnered with Apple to create a new bundle, which combines their 4G and 5G based unlimited use Home Broadband service with an Apple 4K TV device that also includes one year of free Apple TV+ access (usually £4.99 per month). The prices for this bundle start at just £27 […]
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EE UK Launch New 5G Business Plans for Both Work and Play

September 3, 2020, 1:36 am
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Mobile operator EE (BT) has today launched a new range of 5G ready business plans for small businesses, which among other things includes access to new entertainment services “as the traditional lines between work and play continue to blur“. Handset customers also gain additional protection for their device. Customers who take a business handset with […]
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Frustration as Virgin Media UK Issue Invalid Mobile SIMs Again

September 4, 2020, 12:43 am
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Some of broadband ISP Virgin Media’s UK mobile customers are complaining after they were suddenly issued with a replacement SIM card that doesn’t work in their handsets, instead resulting in a “SIM not valid” message on the screen. The problem is mostly affecting those with older phones, many of which are elderly users. Funnily enough […]
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Three UK Extend Full Fibre Deal with Cityfibre to Fuel 5G Mobile

September 4, 2020, 1:44 am
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Mobile operator Three UK has extended their existing “full fibre” network capacity (backhaul) deal with Cityfibre via a new multi-million-pound contract, which will help to connect an additional 1,300 mobile masts across 59 towns and cities. This will support the operator’s new gigabit capable 5G based mobile broadband network. The move follows Cityfibre’s first contract […]
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