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The Fastest 16 UK Cities for Mobile Broadband Speed in H2 2020
A new report from mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics has used the data they gathered for their previous H2 2020 study (here) to rank 16 of the United Kingdom’s largest and fastest cities by their...
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VOXI Extends £10 5G Unlimited Voice and Data for Job Seekers
Contract-free UK mobile operator VOXI, a sibling of Vodafone UK, has extended their special “VOXI For Now” tariff, which offers a 5G (mobile broadband) plan with unlimited data, calls and texts for...
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Three UK Offers Free Tech Gadgets with Unlimited Data Plans
Mobile operator Three UK has today kicked off what they’re calling the “Big Tech Giveaway,” which as the name suggests means that new customers taking one of their latest unlimited data (mobile...
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UK Ranks 78 Out of 230 Countries for Price of 1GB Mobile Data
A new study has analysed 6,148 mobile data (mobile broadband) plans from across 230 countries in order to compare the cost of a 1GB (GigaByte) data allowance, which found that the United Kingdom has...
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CMA Provisionally Clears Virgin Media UK and O2 to Merge
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has today “provisionally” cleared the proposed £31bn (total enterprise value) mega merger between broadband provider Virgin Media (Liberty Global) and mobile...
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Ofcom and UK MPs Support IET Call for New Approach to 6G Mobile
Senior Government MPs and Ofcom have backed a call by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) for the development of future 6G based mobile broadband technologies to prioritise societal...
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Vodafone UK and Ericsson Trial Drones to Aid 5G Network Rollout
Mobile operator Vodafone and supply partner Ericsson have begun a new trial that uses aerial drones and Lidar-based 3D technology to speed up network planning and site upgrades for new 4G and 5G mobile...
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New Government Changes to Boost 5G Mobile Cover in England
The Government has today begun a consultation on their proposed changes to Permitted Development (PD) rights for mobile infrastructure, which seeks to extend 5G and 4G (mobile broadband) coverage in...
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Vodafone UK Opens New Lab to Test OpenRAN Mobile Kit
Mobile operator Vodafone UK has opened a new Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) focused Test and Integration Lab at its Newbury technology campus, which will help to support their future plans for a...
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iD Mobile UK Start Making Ultrafast 5G Available at No Extra Cost
Mobile operator iD Mobile (Dixons Carphone), which recently extended their existing Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement with Three UK (here), has now begun to make ultrafast 5G based...
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Broadband and 5G Boost as Network Rail Plan GBP1bn Cable Auction
Network Rail, which is responsible for running Britain’s railways, has revealed they will auction off 10,000 miles worth of their old trackside cable network (much of this still runs off legacy copper...
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Broadband and Mobile Policy by Political Party in Wales and Scotland
Anybody living in Wales or Scotland will be aware that both are currently preparing for parliamentary elections, which are due to take place on 6th May 2021. As such we thought it might be useful to...
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Ofcom Reveal Final Results of UK 5G Mobile Spectrum Auction
The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published the final results from their recent £1.38bn auction of 5G friendly radio spectrum in the 700MHz and 3.6-3.8GHz frequency bands, which includes a few...
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BT Ponders Sale of TV Sport Broadcasting to Aid UK Broadband UPDATE
Telecoms giant BT, which is currently doing everything it can to fund Openreach’s planned £12bn rollout of “full fibre” (FTTP) broadband services to 20 million UK premises by the mid to late 2020s, has...
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EE UK Sees Mobile Internet Traffic for Video Games Jump 31%
Mobile operator EE (BT) has today reported that mobile broadband (4G, 5G) usage related to internet video game traffic on their network has increased by 31% over the past six months, while the number...
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EE Makes eSIM Downloads Possible for UK Mobile Customers
Customers of EE’s UK mobile network may be pleased to learn that the operator recently simplified the eSIM installation process, which has finally made it possible for them to properly download,...
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Cross Party MPs Examine UK Rural Broadband and Mobile Divide
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse, which is an informal cross-party group formed by UK MPs and members of the House of Lords, has begun a new inquiry that...
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Ofcom Preps Strategic Review of UK 4G and 5G Mobile Networks
Ofcom has today set out the terms of reference for their future UK mobile strategy review, which will examine how the regulator can adjust their approach in order to improve 4G and 5G based mobile...
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2021 Queens Speech Touts Online Safety Bill and Broadband Boost
The Queen has today carried out the first State Opening of Parliament since the pandemic began, which sets out the UK Government’s agenda for the coming session. As expected this included various...
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Misguided 5G Vandals Wreck Broadband Service in Rural Somerset
Rural homes and businesses around the Norwood Park area of Somerset (England), specifically those connected to the local network run by UK ISP Voneus, lost their internet connection over the weekend...
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