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Broadband from Hot Air Balloons – Loon Secures £97m Investment
After several years of development Alphabet’s (Google) Loon project, which hopes to distribute mobile broadband (4G / 5G) connectivity from High Altitude Platforms (stratospheric balloons), has just...
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Lords Report Propose Fixes for Poor UK Rural Broadband and Mobile
A new cross-party report from the House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy has warned that rural communities across the UK are still being “ignored and underrated,” with many still...
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EE UK Launch Lifetime Smartphone Warranty and Swappable Benefits
Mobile operator EE (BT) has today launched a new range of “Smart” 4G plans for Pay Monthly customers that come with the UK’s first “swappable benefits” (comprised of the Video Pass, Music Pass, access...
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Ericsson Tries to Bust the Top 4 Myths of 5G Mobile Technology
Mobile and telecoms kit maker Ericsson has today published a new report that attempts to debunk what they perceive to be as the top four myths surrounding the value of future 5G based mobile and mobile...
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Digital Colony Gobble Fibre Optic Network Giant Zayo in £11bn Deal
The Zayo Group, which operates a large metro and long haul fibre optic network in the UK, has signed a merger agreement to be acquired by Digital Colony Partners and the EQT Infrastructure IV fund in a...
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Mobile Operators Call on UK Councils to Help NOT Hinder 5G Networks
The trade association for mobile operators, Mobile UK, has warned that many councils currently adopt an “inconsistent” approach to improving mobile connectivity and fixed line broadband is often given...
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Government Re-brands UK Broadband and Full Fibre Programmes
The Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has decided that it has too many different named broadband and “full fibre” programmes and as a result they’ve today decided...
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UK Infrastructure Chief Warns Gov Not to Make “Vague Promises”
The Chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission, Sir John Armitt, has warned the UK Government not to merely “pay lip service” to their proposals for improving broadband, 5G, energy and...
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Mobile Operators Strike UK Network Sharing Deal for Rural Coverage
Mobile operators EE (BT), Vodafone, O2 and Three UK have confirmed a new agreement that could help to boost the rural coverage of their 2G, 3G, 4G and future 5G networks. Under the deal a new...
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Disputes Over UK Street Furniture Risk Slowing 5G Mobile Rollout UPDATE
The next generation of multi-Gigabit speed capable 5G based mobile broadband networks could be facing yet another challenge due to a backlog of disputes over access to UK street furniture (lampposts...
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Mobile Operator EE Set UK Live Date for Commercial 5G Network
Mobile operator EE (BT) has today moved to steal some of Vodafone’s thunder by announcing that their own commercial ultrafast 5G mobile (mobile broadband) network will go live (non-trial) from 30th May...
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BT Pick Juniper to Support Cloud-Driven 5G Mobile and Unified Network
Telecoms giant BT (EE) has announced that their new 5G based UK mobile broadband network will be underpinned by a cloud-driven platform from Juniper Networks. As a result the operator hopes to enable a...
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Ofcom to Share 8GHz and 26GHz Spectrum for Wireless Data and 5G
Ofcom has confirmed that they’re “planning” to make more spectrum available for “shared use” with existing services in the 8GHz and 26GHz radio spectrum bands, which is primarily intended to focus upon...
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Rural UK Landowners Seek Guarantees in Rural 4G Mobile Rollout
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), Countryside Alliance, National Farmers Union (NFU), Rural Services Network and Which? have today jointly called on the UK Government to ensure that the...
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Three UK to Launch 2x Faster 5G Broadband for 25 Cities in August
Mobile operator Three UK has announced that the £2bn commercial rollout of their new ultrafast 5G mobile network will begin in August 2019, reaching 25 towns and cities across the UK by the end of...
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Vodafone UK to Switch-Off 3G Mobile Network Within 2-3 Years
Vodafone has quietly become the first UK provider to confirm that it will be “switching off 3G” services within the “next two to three years,” although we fully expect that EE, O2 and Three UK will...
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Ofcom Looks to Defragment 3.4-3.8GHz Bands to Boost 5G Mobile
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has proposed to defragment (no.. not their computer hard disks) the 3.4-3.8GHz radio spectrum bands after next year’s auction, which could enable mobile network...
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Gov to Simplify 5G Planning Process and Put £40m into New UK Trials
The UK Government has today committed a further £40m from their 5G Testbeds and Trials (5GTT) programme to support another round of projects, which will help to show how the ultrafast mobile broadband...
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Ofcom May Create Thousands of Local UK 5G Mobile Networks
The UK telecoms regulator has controversially proposed that it may reserve 390MHz of spectrum in the 3.8-4.2GHz bands, which could be sold to “thousands” of new entrants in order to help them build 5G...
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Three UK Starts Ultrafast 5G Home Broadband Trial in London
Mobile operator Three UK has confirmed that they’ve begun trials of a new 5G based “home broadband” service in Camden and Wandsworth (London). On top of that they’re also upgrading their 4G kit in...
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