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Draft Strategy for £5bn UK Gigabit Broadband Rollout Published UPDATE
The Government has today published the draft procurement strategy for their new £5bn Gigabit Broadband Programme (F20), which is a consultation on their plan to ensure that gigabit-capable networks...
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Cross Party UK MPs Criticise 2025 Gigabit Broadband Target UPDATE
The DCMS Select Committee of cross-party MPs has today published the results of their inquiry into the Government’s £5bn pledge to ensure that 85%+ of the UK can access a “gigabit-capable” broadband...
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Op-ed by Matt Warman MP – Next Steps for the UK Gigabit Broadband Programme
The pandemic has led to the migration of vast swathes of our daily lives to the internet, accelerating a process which many forecasters predicted wasn’t coming for another few decades. The £1.8 billion...
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Three UK Quietly Pauses eSIM Support for Mobile Smartphones
Mobile operator Three UK appears to have “put a short pause” on eSIM support after first adding it to their network (4G and 5G) for mobile handsets (NOT Smart Watches.. yet) in late September 2020...
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BT and EE Gift 20GB Free Mobile Data to Disadvantaged Families
BT (EE) has confirmed that, in response to calls for UK mobile broadband operators to help support children’s education during the new COVID-19 lockdown, they too will be joining other operators (here)...
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PAC Warns UK Gov Failures Mean Rural Gigabit Broadband Delays
A new report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has identified a “litany” of failures in the Government’s (DCMS) £5bn Gigabit Broadband Programme (F20), which it warns will result in “business...
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BT Does U-turn to Offer Unlimited Mobile Data to UK School Kids
A couple of days ago BT and EE pledged to help support children’s education in the UK during the COVID-19 lockdown by giving 20GB of free mobile data (mobile broadband) per month to “disadvantaged...
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O2 UK Expects to Add SMS Support to WiFi Calling in 2021
Mobile operator O2 (Telefonica UK) has informed ISPreview.co.uk that, after a long wait, they intend to join the other primary operators by adding the ability to send and receive text (SMS) messages...
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Vodafone and O2 Agree Deal to Monetise UK Mobile Mast Sites
In an unsurprising development, mobile operators O2 (Telefonica) and Vodafone, which have a 50:50 network sharing agreement via Cornerstone (CTIL), have today moved to jointly commercialise their...
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EE, BT Mobile and Plusnet Mobile to Zero Rate BBC Bitesize Data
Mobile customers of BT, Plusnet and EE have today been told that the operators will remove mobile data (mobile broadband) charges for BBC Bitesize content by the end of January 2021. The move forms...
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Virgin Media UK Gifts Free Mobile Data and TV Channels to Customers
Some customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media are being offered a set of freebies to help keep them connected and entertained during the latest COVID-19 lockdown, which covers a range of things from the...
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9 New 5G Tech and OpenRAN Trials Secure £28m of UK Funding
The Government has unveiled an additional nine UK technology trials under the 5G Create scheme, which reflects a total investment of £28.3m to help test various new 5G based broadband and wireless...
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Australia Sets New Distance Record for 1Gbps Speed via 5G mmW
The nbn™ Fixed Wireless network in Australia has just set what appears to be a new “world record” after it reached a broadband speed of “close” to 1Gbps (1000Mbps) via 5G mobile technology in a...
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O2’s 5G Network Now Live in Over 150 UK Towns and Cities
Mobile operator O2 UK has today announced that their new ultrafast 5G based mobile broadband network has now gone live across a total of over 150 UK towns and cities (up from 108 in October and 60 in...
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EE Starts Deploying Ultrafast 5G in 13 More UK Towns and Cities
Mobile operator EE (BT) has today confirmed that their new 5G ultrafast mobile broadband network has now started to go live in the busiest parts of a further 13 towns and cities across the United...
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EE Mobile UK Extend Free Unlimited Data Offer for NHS Again
Mobile operator EE (BT) has announced that their offer of free unlimited data (mobile broadband) to customers who work for the National Health Service (NHS), which was due to expire on 31st January...
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Mobile Operators Reject Call to Stop 5G Rollout Over Health Fears UPDATE
The trade association for UK mobile operators, Mobile UK, has warned that calls for the 5G rollout to be delayed on health grounds are “without merit“. The commentary comes after Professor John William...
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Vodafone UK Says it’s Unable to Offer Free BBC Bitesize Access
Mobile operator Vodafone has said that they won’t be following EE’s (inc. Plusnet and BT) lead by offering free data (mobile broadband) access to BBC Bitesize (education) content during the latest...
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Giffgaff UK Boost 5G Mobile Data Allowances, Hikes PAYG Price
Mobile operator giffgaff has announced that they will soon be boosting the data (mobile broadband) allowances on some of their plans and as part of that they’ll also launch two new 5G ready “golden...
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CMA Probe Fears Higher Prices After O2 and Virgin Media Merger
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published an ‘issues statement‘ on the proposed £31bn merger between mobile operator O2 and broadband ISP (inc. TV, phone) Virgin Media, which...
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