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University of Surrey Paper Calls for Changes to Aid UK Rural 5G Cover
A new discussion paper from the University of Surrey, which was produced as part of the UK Government’s 5G Testbed and Trials programme, has warned that it will take more than “competition and public...
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South Korea Leads, But UK Ranks Well in 5G Leadership Index
Global consultancy firm Arthur D. Little has today published their new 5G Country Leadership Index, which benchmarks 40 countries by an analysis of technical infrastructure and tendency for 5G...
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Calls for New Pre-Brexit Rural Broadband Strategy from UK Gov
The Rural Services Network (RSN) are today leading calls for the UK government to produce an “urgent comprehensive strategy for rural areas” in preparation for Brexit, which among other things demands...
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Report Calls for UK Government to Update on its Spectrum Targets
A new report from the Spectrum Policy Forum, which was conducted by Plum Consulting, has called on the Government to update on their progress toward doubling the annual contribution to the UK economy...
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New Plan to Increase Full Fibre Broadband Cover in Cambridgeshire
The Cambridgeshire County Council in England has today set an “ambitious new target,” which will see them aim to achieve “over” 30% coverage of Gigabit speed “full fibre” (FTTP etc.) broadband...
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Vodafone Names 19 UK Cities for Commercial 5G Mobile Rollout
Multi-Gigabit speed Mobile Broadband has taken another step forward today after Vodafone announced a list of 19 UK cities and towns that will be the first to benefit from their commercial roll-out of...
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40 MPs Call for Ofcom to Monitor UK 4G Mobile Coverage Obligations
More than 40 MPs from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Rural Business (APPGRB) have today called on Ofcom to introduce better “annual monitoring” in order to ensure that Mobile operators like...
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Government Offers £1m to Help UK Businesses Harness 5G Mobile
The Government’s Innovate UK programme, which is being supported by CELTIC-NEXT, has today announced that it’s making £1 million available to help businesses looking to partner with international...
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BT Shun Rural Mobile Roaming Plan from Three UK, O2 and Vodafone
Telecoms giant BT (EE) has rejected an industry proposal from rival operators Three UK, Vodafone and O2 that would have aimed to improve national 4G network coverage via “rural roaming,” where signals...
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BT Calls for Open and Fair Access to Street Furniture for 5G Mobile
Telecoms giant BT (EE) has called for an “end to exclusive concessions agreements” on UK council owned street furniture, which they say has become a “barrier” to the roll-out of 4G and 5G mobile...
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Final Ofcom Plan for 2019-20 Confirms Mobile and Broadband Changes
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published their final annual plan for 2019/20, which summarises all of the major work they intend to do this year (e.g. boosting mobile coverage, new...
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Fears of 5G Auction Delay as Vodafone UK Ponders Legal Challenge
Mobile operator Vodafone has warned that it would consider a legal challenge against Ofcom’s forthcoming auction of the 5G friendly radio spectrum bands at 700MHz and 3.6GHz – 3.8GH, unless the...
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EU Sets Tougher Security Standards for Future 5G Mobile Networks
The seemingly endless debate over the use of Huawei’s kit in mobile networks has today resulted in the European Commission (EC) recommending a set of new “operational steps and measures,” which have...
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Mast Sharing or Rural Roaming – Solving UK Rural 4G Mobile Coverage
The Country Land and Business Association, which represents 30,000+ landowners (farmers and businesses) across England and Wales, has said that “forcing mobile operators to adopt rural roaming” may be...
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5G May Boost Annual UK Biz Revenue by £8.3bn to £15.7bn by 2025
A new report from Barclays Corporate Banking has predicted that the roll-out of new ultrafast 5G mobile (mobile broadband) networks across the United Kingdom could increase annual business revenues by...
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First UK Train Station Deploys 5G Mobile via Vodafone Trial Network
Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that Birmingham New Street is the first train station in the United Kingdom to be upgraded with their future 5G mobile technology as part of a live trial. Sadly a...
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Local Opposition Making UK 5G Upgrades to 4G Masts Difficult
The forthcoming roll-out of new ultrafast 5G mobile networks will in some areas benefit from shorter masts being upgraded to taller ones in order to fit the new infrastructure and improve coverage. But...
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O2 UK to Begin 5G Rollout at Millbrook Testing Ground in June 2019
Mobile operator O2 has announced that they will activate their future 5G network in June 2019 at the Millbrook Testing Ground for self-driving vehicles in Bedfordshire (England), which forms part of...
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Ofcom UK Tweaks 3.4-3.6GHz Licenses to Help 5G Mobile Services
The UK telecoms regulator has provisionally proposed to accept a request by Three UK, EE, O2 and Vodafone to vary a number of spectrum access licenses for the 3.4GHz, 3.5GHz and 3.6GHz bands in order...
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Government Bans Huawei Kit from Core UK 5G Mobile Networks
Mobile operators Three UK, Vodafone, EE (BT) and O2 are to be officially told by the Government that they will be banned from deploying hardware and software from Chinese tech giant Huawei into the...
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