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First UK Multi-City 5G Mobile Test Bed to Begin in the West Midlands
The United Kingdom’s first “large-scale” test bed of next generation Gigabit speed capable 5G mobile broadband technology is set to take place in the West Midlands, with the cities of Birmingham,...
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Mobile Operators Call on UK Councils to Help Boost Network Coverage
The trade association for mobile network operators in the United Kingdom, Mobile UK, has today published a new report that aims to improve service coverage (2G, 3G, 4G etc.) by highlighting how local...
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Government Hints at Future UK 5G Mobile Testbeds and Trials
The UK Government has this week posted a brief update on their £200m national 5G Testbeds and Trials (5GTT) programme, which summarises all of their existing projects to test the future ultrafast...
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Ofcom Proposes Options to Improve UK Mobile Network Coverage
Ofcom has today published the technical advice that they recently submitted to Government, which proposes a number of ways in which near universal UK Mobile (3G, 4G, 5G) coverage might be achieved...
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Vodafone Expand 5G UK Mobile Trial and Make First Holographic Call
The hype train for the next generation of ultrafast 5G mobile technology, which will be able to deliver multi-Gigabit broadband speeds and faster latency to consumers, has kicked up another gear today...
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Wireless Infrastructure Group Raise £220m for 5G Mobile and Fibre
The Edinburgh-based Wireless Infrastructure Group (WIG), which builds masts and other fibre optic connected UK mobile infrastructure, has completed a debt fund raising of £220 million that will be used...
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O2 UK’s Huge 4G Mobile Speed Boost from £524m Spectrum Spend
New research carried out in August 2018 by Tutela has claimed that O2’s recent move to splash £524m on a slice of both the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz radio spectrum bands (here) has already given the operator...
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SSE Enterprise Telecoms, Three UK and O2 Grow London Fibre Network
Mobile operators Three UK and O2 have moved to improve the data capacity of their 3G, 4G and future 5G mobile networks in London by signing a new agreement with SSE Enterprise Telecoms. Under this deal...
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EE UK Switches On First Live Trial of 5G Mobile Tech in Canary Wharf
As expected mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they’ve switch-on their first live UK trial of 5G based technology in Montgomery Square (Canary Wharf, London), which will test the new...
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MPs Tell UK Gov to Prioritise Rural 4G Mobile Cover over Licence Fees
A new cross-party report has warned that there is “no silver bullet for how to improve rural mobile coverage” in the United Kingdom, but it has recommended five ways in which the Government could boost...
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Future UK Trains May Need up to 3.6Gbps of Data Speed for Mobile
Ofcom has published the technical advice that they supplied to the government on improving rail passengers’ access to mobile data services (mobile broadband via 3G, 4G or 5G), which identifies some...
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Rollout Plan Revealed for £4.3m Orkney 5G Rural Broadband Trial
Broadband slow-spots in several remote parts of the Orkney islands (Scotland) could soon gain access to superfast broadband download speeds of up to 70Mbps (20Mbps upload) as part of the 5G based...
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Vodafone Switches On First UK Full 5G Trial via Commercial Network
Vodafone today claims to have become the “first to switch on” a full 5G service over a commercial network in Salford, Greater Manchester. This will be followed by roll-outs in Birmingham, Bristol,...
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Autumn UK Budget 2018 Confirms £200m+ for Rural Full Fibre
The Government’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond MP, has today set out his autumn 2018 budget and confirmed that he will inject an “additional” £200m+ to help “full fibre” broadband ISP...
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Gov Responds to NIC Assessment of UK Broadband Infrastructure
The government has published an “interim response” to the National Infrastructure Commission’s assessment of the UK’s long-term infrastructure needs (here), which among other things called for...
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Three UK Commit £2bn to Commercial 5G Broadband Rollout in 2019
Mobile operator Three UK has announced that they’ve committed £2bn to support the start of their commercial roll-out of future 5G mobile and ultrafast “home broadband” technology from the second half...
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GSMA Demands More Radio Spectrum to Fuel 5G Mobile or Else..
The GSMA, which represents around a thousand Mobile Network Operators (MNO) from across the world, has warned Government’s to ensure that the future roll-out of 5G mobile broadband technology isn’t put...
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EE UK Extends 5G Wireless Broadband Trial in London to 9 Sites
Mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that their recently launch trial of future 5G wireless technology in the capital city, which began last month at Montgomery Square in Canary Wharf (here),...
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O2 UK Preps Europe’s Largest Fibre Connected Small Cell Network
Mobile operator O2 (Telefonica UK) has signed a new collaboration agreement with the Wireless Infrastructure Group (WIG), which will support the development of what is expected to be “Europe’s largest...
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More Spectrum Opens for UK Ultrafast Fixed Wireless Connectivity
Ofcom has today announced that they will be imminently releasing more radio spectrum in the licence exempt 57-71GHz bands, which they suggest could be used to help deliver fixed wireless broadband and...
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