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1pMobile UK Introduces Minimum Monthly Spend Requirement

September 2, 2021, 11:37 pm
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Mobile operator 1pMobile have begun to inform their UK customers of a big change to their service that will see a new “minimum monthly spend” requirement of £2.50 being introduced from 1st October 2021. Customers who have set an auto-top-up will thus also see their minimum threshold go from £2 to £3. The operator normally […]
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VOXI Discounts UK Mobile Plans and Boost 4G and 5G Data Caps

September 3, 2021, 2:13 am
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Contract-free mobile operator VOXI, which is a virtual operator (MVNO) sibling of Vodafone UK, will later today introduce a new range of discounts across their plans and also boost the data allowances for mobile broadband usage. But these will only be available to order until 7th October 2021. We should point out that all of […]
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Three UK Discounts Unlimited 4G Home Broadband to GBP14

September 3, 2021, 2:38 am
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Mobile operator Three UK has launched new discounts and devices across their range of 4G and 5G based unlimited Home Broadband packages, which now start at just £14 per month for 24-months of service on their 4G plan or £22 for 5G (the 5G price is largely unchanged). You can optionally also bundle-in various gadget […]
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Another U Turn as Three UK Reintroduce EU Roaming Charges

September 9, 2021, 2:23 am
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Mobile operator Three UK, which last year said that they planned to “retain” EU roaming at no extra cost “regardless of Brexit negotiations“, has today followed the U-turns from rivals EE (BT) and Vodafone by announcing their intention to reintroduce roaming charges on texts, data (mobile broadband) and calls. Previously, customers of Three UK were […]
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Gov Starts GBP4m Trial to Build 5G via More UK Street Furniture

September 9, 2021, 2:51 am
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The UK Government has today invested £4m to support a new 2-year project (DCIA) trial, which aims to make it easier for network operators to access and deploy 5G mobile (mobile broadband) infrastructure on street furniture and public buildings, such as CCTV poles, traffic lights, lampposts, bus shelters and so forth. At present the deployment […]
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Vodafone UK Urges Gov to Deploy 5G and Other Digital Tech to Save Planet

September 13, 2021, 4:01 pm
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Vodafone UK and WPI Economics have called on the government to help fix the climate by putting the rollout of 5G (mobile broadband), IoT and other digital connectivity at the core of its forthcoming Net Zero strategy – it’s claimed this could reduce the UK’s overall emissions by up to 4% a year (17.4 million […]
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EE Starts UK Deployment of 5G Mobile via the 700MHz Band

September 14, 2021, 2:51 am
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Mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they will begin rolling out the new 700MHz band for use on their ultrafast 5G based mobile (mobile broadband) network from October 2021. Redditch, Morecambe and Cramlington will be amongst the first UK towns to benefit from the extra spectrum. Ofcom auctioned off part of the 700MHz […]
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Ookla Publish Latest UK 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds for Q1-Q2 2021

September 14, 2021, 7:32 am
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Ookla, which runs Speedtest.net, has today revealed more data about 5G mobile speeds and availability across the UK. Overall, the country delivered average (median) 5G download speeds of 167.38Mbps (15.91Mbps upload), but availability is still low at 10.2% (17.9% on EE, 10.3% on Vodafone, 6.4% on Three UK and 5.4% on O2). We’ll start by […]
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Mobile Operator Lycamobile UK to Invest GBP250m into Growth

September 14, 2021, 4:01 pm
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UK-based Lycamobile, which is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) with operations in several countries, has today announced that they’ll invest £250m over the next 3-years in order to “transform” into a “digital service provider delivering diverse, multimedia experiences that put changing consumer expectations first.” Admittedly, the introduction for this investment makes Lycamobile’s (or Lyca […]
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RootMetrics Name Top 13 UK Cities for 5G Speed and Availability

September 16, 2021, 8:59 am
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Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics has today published a general comparison of 5G based mobile (mobile broadband) speeds and availability across 13 of the United Kingdom’s key cities, which sees Glasgow take the top spot on an aggregated average (median) download speed of 144.3Mbps and availability of 28.3%. However, ignoring speed, the city with the highest […]
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Broadband Giant BT Bring UK Net Zero Target Forward to 2030

September 20, 2021, 1:38 am
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Telecoms giant BT (EE) has today announced that they’re bringing forward their target for achieving Net Zero by 15 years (i.e. removing as many carbon emissions as they produce), moving it from 2045 to 2030 for their own operational emissions. But their supply chain and customer emissions won’t follow until 2040. The UK Government has […]
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Uncertainly Grips Vacant Post of UK Digital Infrastructure Minister UPDATE

September 21, 2021, 3:08 am
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Last week’s cabinet reshuffle saw Matt Warman MP being somewhat unexpectedly sacked from the role of ‘Minister for Digital Infrastructure‘ within the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS). Replacements are normally appointed within 24-48 hours, but six long days have nearly passed without any clarity. The move to sack Warman came a day […]
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Giffgaff UK Boost Mobile Data Allowances on Goodybag Plans

September 28, 2021, 3:42 am
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Mobile operator giffgaff has informed UK customers that they’re going to be boosting the data (mobile broadband) allowances across most of their 4G and ultrafast 5G based “golden goodybag” plans from 22nd October 2021, which will be applied to both new and existing customers at no extra cost. Typically, all of giffgaff’s Pay Monthly (no […]
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EE UK Tops Opensignal Q3 Mobile Benchmark, But Lose Grip in 5G

September 29, 2021, 3:00 am
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Opensignal’s latest Q3 2021 Mobile Network Experience Report, which uses crowd-sourced data to measure the 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) performance of all four primary operators (EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three UK) to determine which delivers the best service, has given most of the awards to EE. Except when only looking at 5G. The new […]
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iD Mobile Sorry After Threatening to Disconnect UK Customers

September 29, 2021, 9:21 am
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Mobile operator iD Mobile (Dixons Carphone) has apologised to 24,000 of their UK customers after a billing fail resulted in them sending out an “outstanding balance notification in error,” which warned recipients that their service would be “suspended until the full outstanding balance has been paid.” The provider, which uses a Mobile Virtual Network Operator […]
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Mobile Operator Three UK Delays eSIM Support AGAIN to 2022

September 30, 2021, 12:31 am
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First they launched it, then they “put a short pause” on the deployment and said it was just a trial, before adding that it would arrive in “early 2021“, which in January 2021 became “later this year” (here). Mobile operator Three UK has now indicated that eSIM support for 4G and 5G handsets will not […]
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O2 Begins UK Rollout of the 700MHz Band to Boost 5G Mobile

October 1, 2021, 3:49 am
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Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has today confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that they’ve started to deploy the newly released 700MHz spectrum band for use on their latest ultrafast 5G mobile (mobile broadband) network, albeit initially limited to areas where they perceive there to be a case of “customer need” for it. Just to recap. O2 are already […]
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BT and Vodafone UK Support Converged 5G and Fixed Broadband Project

October 6, 2021, 6:36 am
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The Broadband Forum has revealed that BT, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom and others have given their support to help develop a new Open Broadband standard – WWC Reference Implementation for 5G-RG [Residential Gateways] (OB-5WWC), which aims to bring the full benefits of the 5G mobile ecosystem to fixed-line broadband. A number of telecoms operators around the […]
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Nokia Claims Solution to the Problem of mmWave 5G Broadband

October 13, 2021, 3:06 am
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Nokia claims to have moved closer to turning multi-gigabit speed capable 5G mmWave broadband for homes into a reality by developing a new type of “very high gain antenna” with a “360 Field of View,” which they say can overcome at least some of the usual signal propagation issues. At this point it’s probably fair […]
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Gov Consults on UK’s Future Wireless Spectrum and 6G Needs

October 13, 2021, 4:01 pm
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A new ‘Call for Evidence‘ is being launched by the Government today, which aims to inform their future Wireless Infrastructure Strategy (WIS). This attempts to understand the future wireless connectivity needs of the UK and how they can better support 5G mobile, as well as future satellite, IoT and 6G broadband technologies. The consultation predictably […]
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