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L8r Huawei – Vodafone to Deploy OpenRAN in Wales and England

November 2, 2020, 9:25 am
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Mobile operator Vodafone UK has taken the bold decision to upgrade 2,600 sites (e.g. masts supplying 4G and 5G services), mostly in rural Wales and South West England, by using kit supplied as part of the new Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN). The sites are currently served by Huawei. Until recently Vodafone, much like BT […]
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5G Mobile from Drones – Cambridge Consultants Hail New Antenna

November 3, 2020, 3:57 am
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Technology firm Cambridge Consultants (CC) and Stratospheric Platforms Limited (SPL) have collaborated to build a new kind of wireless antenna, which could be installed on aircraft (e.g. drones) operating at an altitude of 20,000 metres and used to distribute 5G mobile broadband services over areas up to 140km in diameter. Weighing in at “just” 120kg […]
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O2 UK Boosts 4G Mobile Capacity for 33,109 London Postcodes

November 4, 2020, 3:10 am
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Mobile operator O2 (Telefonica UK) has today announced that, since April 2020, they’ve increased their 4G based (mobile broadband) network capacity in over 33,109 postcodes across London, which they say includes some of the city’s most residential boroughs. More capacity tends to improve data speeds by reducing congestion. The operator points to independent crowd sourced […]
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Three UK Parent Close to £9bn Sale of Mobile Masts to Cellnex

November 5, 2020, 1:35 am
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The parent of mobile operator Three UK, CK Hutchison Holdings, has officially announced that they’re in an “advanced stage of negotiations” to potentially sell their mast and rooftop infrastructure across Europe to Cellnex in a transaction that could be worth c.£9bn (10bn Euros); it might also boost their 5G rollout. Spanish company Cellnex recently became […]
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VOXI Offer 5G Unlimited Voice and Data for £10 to Job Seekers

November 9, 2020, 12:57 am
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Contract-free UK mobile operator VOXI, which is a sibling of Vodafone, has today launched a new 5G based (mobile broadband) tariff that will give unlimited data, calls and texts for just £10 a month, for up to 6 months, to anyone who has lost their job as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic (equivalent to […]
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EE UK Discounts Some Pay Monthly and PAYG Mobile Plans

November 9, 2020, 5:10 pm
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Mobile operator EE (BT) appears to have launched some “early bird Christmas deals” on their Pay Month and Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) plans, among other things. For example, PAYG customers who purchase a 15GB Data Pack for £20 will also receive 35GB of extra data for the first 3 months (total of 50GB). Meanwhile Pay Monthly SIM-Only […]
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Government Preps Universal Service Obligation for UK Mobile

November 11, 2020, 12:21 am
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The UK Government yesterday introduced new powers for the Secretary of State to, among other things, establish a new Universal Service Obligation (USO) for 4G or 5G mobile networks “in the future,” albeit only if that is “deemed necessary.” Questions will now be raised over what such a USO would look like. The changes were […]
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EE UK Launch First Own Brand 5G WiFi Mobile Broadband Router

November 11, 2020, 2:21 am
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Mobile operator EE (BT) has today launched its first “own brand” 5GEE Wi-Fi based mobile broadband router, which they rather boldly claim can offer “customers 5G speeds as fast as fibre in more places than any other operator.” Admittedly, they don’t seem to be comparing this to gigabit speeds on FTTP. The new device supports […]
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University of Surrey Kick Starts Research on Future 6G Mobile

November 12, 2020, 5:55 am
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The University of Surrey has launched the UK’s first 6th Generation Innovation Centre (6GIC), which will act as a “global research hub” to help develop future 6G based mobile broadband tech. Apparently this could take an “entirely new approach” from the tradition of pushing ever-higher data rates over ever-higher spectrum bands. Admittedly it’s somewhat of […]
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Parent of Three UK Sells European Mobile Masts to Cellnex

November 12, 2020, 6:17 am
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As expected CK Hutchison Holdings, which is the parent of mobile network operator Three UK and some other providers, has today agreed to sell interests in European tower assets (including the UK, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Sweden) and businesses to Spanish company Cellnex for £9bn (€10 billion). The total consideration for the sale – […]
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Carmarthenshire Council Approve £55m for Digital Infrastructure

November 13, 2020, 12:26 am
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The Carmarthenshire Council in South West Wales has approved, as part of the wider Swansea Bay City Deal, an investment of £55m to boost digital connectivity in the region, which among other things looks set to help deploy more “full fibre” broadband connectivity and support improvements to mobile networks. Carmarthenshire is the third largest county […]
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Vodafone UK Sees Fixed Broadband Grow to 838,000 Customers

November 16, 2020, 2:45 am
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Broadband ISP and mobile operator Vodafone UK have published their latest results to the end of September 2020 (financial Q2 FY21), which saw their fixed broadband base top 838,000 customers (up by +45k in the quarter vs +42K in the previous quarter), while their mobile base declined to 17,380,000 (down by -200k). As usual there […]
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£14.8bn of Economic Benefits from Full 5G as UK Cover Hits 30%

November 17, 2020, 12:00 am
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A new study from consulting and research firm Analysys Mason has estimated that the new generation of ultrafast 5G based (mobile broadband) networks, which are currently being deployed by Three UK, Vodafone, EE (BT) and O2, could deliver £14.8bn in economic growth to the UK between 2025-2040 (at a cost of c.£3bn). The new report […]
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BT UK Trial End-to-End Quantum-Secured Fibre Comms for 5G

November 17, 2020, 7:25 am
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Telecoms giant BT (EE) and Cambridge spin-out Nu-Quantum today claim to have launched a “world-first trial” of end-to-end quantum-secured communications for the new generation of ultrafast 5G mobile (mobile broadband) networks, which is being called AIRQKD (Air Quantum Key Distribution). Quantum secure links are often said to be virtually “un-hackable” because they rely on the […]
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Vodafone UK Add 5x More Data to PAYG SIM-Only Mobile Plans

November 18, 2020, 12:05 am
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Mobile operator Vodafone UK has launched a new offer that gives 5 times more data (mobile broadband) alongside their various 30 day Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) based SIM Only bundles. For example, their entry-level £10 bundle now comes with 15GB of data (up from 3GB), as well as unlimited texts and 250 minutes of calls. The bundles […]
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Vodafone UK Gift Free Mobile Broadband to 250,000 School Kids

November 19, 2020, 1:42 am
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Mobile operator Vodafone UK has announced that it will offer free Data SIMs, packed with a 30GB (GigaByte) allowance that is valid for 90 days, to help 250,000 primary and secondary school children to stay connected with their education this winter. The move may help to mitigate some of the disruption caused by COVID-19. The […]
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EU Refers £31bn O2 and Virgin Media Merger Back to UK CMA

November 19, 2020, 6:09 am
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The European Commission (EC) has today agreed that the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) should have the final say on Liberty Global’s proposed mega-merger between broadband ISP Virgin Media and mobile operator O2 (Telefonica UK), but this is not expected to delay the outcome. The deal, which was announced in May 2020 and notified […]
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Three UK Add 20 Data Centres to Boost Mobile Performance

November 20, 2020, 5:38 am
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Mobile operator Three UK has just finished the build of 20 new data centres, complete with improved backhaul capacity, which should help to deliver faster network latency times and support the ever growing demands of their data (mobile broadband) hungry 4G and 5G based customers’. The new data centres, which form part of the operator’s […]
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Smarty UK Cut Unlimited 4G Mobile Data and Calls Plan to £15

November 22, 2020, 11:40 pm
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Mobile operator Smarty has reduced the monthly prices of their top two SIM Only tariffs by up to 25% as part of a new Black Friday promotion for new customers, which means that their biggest unlimited calls, texts and data (mobile broadband) plan is now just £15 per month for 12 months (£20 thereafter). On […]
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New Bill Laid to BAN Huawei and Boost UK Telecoms Security

November 23, 2020, 4:01 pm
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The Government will today publish their Telecommunications (Security) Bill, which imposes new rules to improve the security of UK networks (mobile and broadband) and ban “high risk vendors” like Huawei, while also threatening fines of up to £100k a day (or 10% of turnover) against operators that fail to meet the standard. Just to recap. […]
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