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Report Predicts 5G Mobile Will Deliver 50Mbps Speeds to 90% of UK by 2026

October 3, 2017, 8:49 am
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A new study from the Cambridge Judge Business School, which examined the cost, coverage and roll-out implications of future 5G networks in Britain, has forecast that the roll-out of “ultrafast” Mobile Broadband will reach 90% of the population by 2026. But £12bn of funding may be required for rural areas. Admittedly creating such models is […]
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Infrastructure Commission Calls for Urgent Action to Improve Broadband

October 13, 2017, 5:21 am
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The Government’s National Infrastructure Commission has launched a new consultation which, among other things, warns that the United Kingdom “risks falling behind” other countries in its next generation mobile (5G) and broadband connections unless “urgent action” is taken to increase capacity. The consultation – ‘Congestion, Capacity, Carbon: Priorities for National Infrastructure‘ – notes the progress […]
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UK Government Kicks Off £25m Hunt for 5G Mobile Testbeds and Trials

October 15, 2017, 4:01 pm
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The Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has started to hunt for the first test locations to support a future rollout of 5G based Mobile and Fixed Wireless Broadband technologies across the United Kingdom, which is supported by an initial public investment of £25m. Tens of millions of pounds in public funding have […]
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New UK Land Access Changes Set to Boost Mobile and Broadband Cover

October 19, 2017, 6:01 am
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The Government has today laid draft regulations in Parliament that revise the Electronic Communications Code (ECC) in order to make it easier and cheaper for network operators to roll-out new broadband and telecoms infrastructure (masts, cables etc.) on public and private land. At present the way related land is valued means that utility providers (water, […]
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Ofcom UK to Free 3.6GHz to 3.8GHz Radio Spectrum for 5G Mobile by 2022

October 26, 2017, 4:01 am
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Ofcom has today started their formal process for making the 3.6GHz to 3.8GHz radio spectrum band available for use by future 5G based Mobile and Mobile Broadband technologies in the United Kingdom, although Mobile Network Operators (MNO) won’t be able to use it nationwide until 2022. Generally it’s envisaged that the 700MHz band will prove […]
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CBNL Survey and TalkTalk CEO Say UK Business Broadband is Poor

November 1, 2017, 9:29 am
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A new survey of 200 UK businesses, which was commissioned by Cambridge Broadband Networks (CBNL), has found that 47% are not receiving the broadband speeds promised by their ISP, while 35% have been negatively impacted by slow speeds and 34% suffered significant periods of network downtime. The data, which was collected by market research firm […]
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Arqiva to Stick WiFi and 4G Cells on Lampposts in London’s Waltham Forest

November 14, 2017, 2:21 am
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Wireless UK infrastructure firm Arqiva has today signed their 14th concession agreement in London, which will give them access to install their 4G / 5G Mobile Small Cells and WiFi access points on up to 16,000 lampposts in the Borough of Waltham Forest for the next 10 years. The company already holds similar contracts for […]
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EE Delivers 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds of 2.8Gbps in First Network Test

November 15, 2017, 3:37 am
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Mobile operator EE (BT) and Huawei have conducted their first UK lab test of an end-to-end 5G network, which delivered a consistent download speed of 2.8Gbps (Gigabits per second) using an active antenna unit with 64×64 MIMO broadcasting via the 3.5GHz radio spectrum band. In order to deliver a consistent 2.8Gbps downlink throughput across the […]
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UPDATE3 Autumn UK Budget 2017 Sees £385m for Full Fibre Broadband and 5G

November 22, 2017, 5:29 am
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The Government’s Chancellor, Philip Hammond MP, has today given his Autumn Budget 2017 speech and committed to invest £500 million into a “range of initiatives from artificial intelligence, to 5G and full fibre broadband” (£385m for the latter two specifically). But it’s not “new” money. Normally at this time of year we’d expect the Government […]
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Arqiva and Dali Wireless Improve Mobile Coverage in Glasgow City Centre

November 28, 2017, 2:34 am
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Wireless infrastructure builder Arqiva has joined with Dali Wireless and Cellular Asset Management to improve Mobile coverage and capacity around Glasgow city centre (Scotland, UK) by harnessing a new digital Distributed Antenna System (DAS), which will also support future 5G rollouts. The work, which has just completed, essentially saw the group upgrade their existing network […]
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UK Gov Reviews the Barriers to Full Fibre Broadband and 5G Investment

November 28, 2017, 8:50 am
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The Government has today launched a new review that will examine what changes need to be made (e.g. planning, copper switch-off) in order to make the United Kingdom attractive for investment to support the rollout of new “full fibre” broadband (FTTP/H) and future 5G Mobile networks. Over the past few years we’ve had a veritable […]
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Ofcom UK Moots High Frequency Spectrum for Fixed Wireless Broadband

December 7, 2017, 3:40 am
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Ofcom has today proposed changes that could result in faster fixed wireless data and broadband links, such as exploring the potential for radio spectrum above 92GHz, changing the authorisation regime in the 64-66GHz band to licence exempt and expanding the use cases for 57-66 GHz (V band). The proposals follow last year’s Call for Input […]
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UK Government Updates on 5G Mobile Rollout Strategy and Trials

December 19, 2017, 2:34 am
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The Government has today issued an update on the progress of their 5G strategy, which aims to help foster the UK roll-out of next generation ultrafast Mobile Broadband technology. As part of that they’ve launched a new call for evidence to understand “what makes investing in [full fibre] and 5G attractive.” Broadly speaking today’s Update […]
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Vodafone and Ericsson Conduct UK 5G Mobile Field Trial at 3.5GHz

December 20, 2017, 12:45 am
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Mobile operator Vodafone and Ericsson today claim to have become the “first” in the United Kingdom to conduct a live pre-standard test of future 5G Mobile technology, which was run both indoors and outdoors in central London using the 3.5GHz radio spectrum band. The operator said that “until now, no one in the UK has […]
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Court Rules in Favour of Ofcom in EE and Three UK’s 5G Spectrum Fight

December 20, 2017, 4:22 am
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Ofcom’s planned auction of 4G and 5G friendly radio spectrum in the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands might soon proceed after the High Court rejected an appeal by Three UK, which had demanded that the regulator impose a 30% spectrum cap in order to stop EE (BT) from bidding. At present EE holds about 42% of […]
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First Part of Future Ultrafast 5G Mobile Standard Completed by 3GPP

December 21, 2017, 1:23 am
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Yesterday evening the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) declared completion of the first real specification for the future 5G Mobile standard (5G New Radio Non-Standalone) at a meeting in Lisbon (Portugal), which occurred sooner than the originally expected early 2018 date. As expected the new 5G technology will be able to work across both low […]
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UPD Gov Target 1Gbps WiFi and Mobile Broadband on All UK Mainline Trains

December 27, 2017, 2:00 pm
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The Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will tomorrow at 9am begin a new ‘Call for Evidence’ on proposals that could help to make WiFi and Mobile (5G) broadband speeds of 1Gbps available onboard all UK mainline train routes by 2025. At this stage the details are a little vague and we […]
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Ofcom Press Forward UK Auction of 4G and 5G Mobile Spectrum

January 17, 2018, 3:25 am
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The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has said that they will publish the auction regulations for the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz radio spectrum award process on Wednesday 24th January, which is despite the fact that Three UK are continuing to disrupt the process via litigation. The spectrum bands are both being freed up in order to help […]
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SSE Enterprise Telecoms Sets Out its 2018 Predictions for UK Networks

January 23, 2018, 4:14 am
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The enterprise division of SSE Enterprise Telecoms has today set out its list of predictions for the major trends that could affect UK telecoms in 2018, which focuses on the rise of alternative network providers, greater access to fibre optic cables, more preparation for future 5G Mobile and so forth. Naturally SSE are also keen […]
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BT Pick Nokia ReefShark Chipset to Fuel Future 5G UK Mobile Network

January 30, 2018, 1:25 am
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Telecoms operator BT has said that they expect “huge network performance improvements” after choosing to adopt Nokia’s new ReefShark chipsets into EE’s UK mobile network, which they hope will enable their network to “unleash the full potential” of future 5G technology. The new chipsets claim to reduce power consumption in baseband units by 64% and […]
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