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BT and Transatel Deal Means 5G Mobile Upgrade for UK MVNOs
A number of UK Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) on BT’s (EE) national UK mobile network, such as the mobile solutions offered by broadband providers like Plusnet and The Phone Co-op, may soon...
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Government Start £5bn UK Gigabit Broadband Plan for 85%+ by 2025 UPDATE
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has today published his 2020 Spending Review and in so doing has kicked off the new £5bn UK Gigabit Broadband Programme, which previously aimed to ensure that “every home”...
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Study of 5G and 4G Congestion Finds Three UK Suffers Most
Crowdsourced benchmarking firm Tutela has just published the results of a new study, which examined the effect of network congestion on 4G and the latest ultrafast 5G based mobile broadband networks...
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Gov Tightens Huawei 5G Mobile and FTTP Broadband Restrictions
In another telecoms policy surprise the UK Government has today announced that mobile operators, such as Three UK, EE (BT) and Vodafone, must stop installing “any” Huawei equipment in ultrafast 5G...
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Three UK Build Ultrafast 5G Mobile to 154 UK Towns and Cities
Mobile operator Three UK has today announced that their 5G based (mobile broadband) network has now started to go live across busy parts of some 154 UK towns and cities (via a total of 800 cell sites...
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Vodafone UK Extend Free Mobile Broadband to 350k School Kids
Last month saw Vodafone UK offer free Data SIMs, packed with a 30GB (GigaByte) allowance (valid for 90 days), to help 250,000 primary and secondary school children to stay connected with their...
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Vodafone UK Gives Customers 30 Days of Unlimited Mobile Data UPDATE
Mobile operator Vodafone UK has announced that their Pay Monthly customers (i.e. those not already on an unlimited plan) the chance to enjoy 30 days of free unlimited mobile data (mobile broadband) via...
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Three UK Offers “Business Boost” to Firms – 10 SIMs for £20
Mobile operator Three UK has launched a new “Business Boost” offer for small and medium sized businesses, which will give such SMEs 10 SIM-only plans for just £20 +vat per month. Each plan within this...
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5G Mobile Networks up to 90% More Energy Efficient Than 4G
A new joint study between Telefonica (e.g. O2 UK) and telecoms kit maker Nokia, which focused on the power consumption of the RAN (Radio Access Network), has claimed that the latest generation of...
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Ofcom Consults on Future UK Spectrum Management Strategy
Ofcom UK has today launched a new consultation to help define their future spectrum management strategy for the 2020s, which among other things aims to boost support for localised spectrum access (e.g....
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World Distance Record as 5G mmW Pushes 1Gbps Over 6.5km
A new world record has been achieved after a collaboration between TIM, Ericsson, Casa Systems and Qualcomm resulted in the companies, for the first time, reaching a broadband speed of 1Gbps over a...
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Comparison of UK 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds and Operators
Telecoms analyst firm Point Topic has published the results of a new study, which examined how 4G and 5G based mobile broadband speeds compare across the United Kingdom and between different operators....
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Vodafone UK Makes Big Changes to Pay As You Go 1 Tariff
Mobile operator Vodafone UK are set to make a bunch of big changes to their ‘Pay As You Go 1’ tariff from 12th January 2021, which depending upon how you use the service could result in significantly...
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O2 UK Tests OpenRAN to Boost Indoor 4G and 5G Coverage
Mobile operator O2 (Telefonica UK) has today announced that they’ve completed a successful pilot of Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) tech from Vilicom, which unlike other trials was this time used...
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Wessex Internet Start 5G Project to Connect Rural Dorset Farms
UK ISP Wessex Internet has today kicked off their side of the 5G RuralDorset (5GRD) project, which will use a mix of 5G technology and their existing fibre optic infrastructure to help bring data...
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Three UK Discount Unlimited Data 5G SIM Only Plan to £10
Mobile operator Three UK has recently reintroduced a big discount on their top 4G and 5G SIM Only plan, which is offering unlimited data (mobile broadband), calls and texts at just £10 per month for...
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Wales Infrastructure Report Wants Focus on Mobile, Not FTTP Broadband
The National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW) has published a report that calls on the Welsh Government to “urgently establish” a Barrier Busting Taskforce to aid investment in broadband, but...
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BT Aim to Establish UK’s First Commercial Drone Corridor
Broadband and mobile giant BT has today announced that they will lead a new Government backed consortium as part of ‘Project XCelerate‘, which seeks to establish the UK’s first commercial drone...
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VOXI Offer 96,000 Freebies to Mobile Customers this Christmas
Contract-free UK mobile operator VOXI, which is a sibling of Vodafone, have today said they’re offering customers over “96,000 freebies” this Christmas as part of their reward scheme, which includes...
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Three UK Sees Average Mobile Data Use Per Customer Hit 15GB
Mobile operator Three UK has today revealed that the average 4G and 5G data usage (mobile broadband), per customer, per month on their network smashed the 15GB (GigaBytes) barrier for the first time in...
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