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Ericsson Survey Finds Confused Demand for 5G Mobile in the UK
A new survey from Ericsson, which makes 5G networking kit and services for mobile network operators, has found that the number of UK consumers intending to upgrade to 5G has decreased to 25% (down from...
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BT Raises FTTP Broadband Target to 25 Million UK Premises
The BT Group has published their latest Q4 2020/21 results today, which reveals that Openreach has further expanded their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network rollout...
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Ultrafast O2 5G Network Now Live in 183 UK Towns and Cities
Mobile network operator O2 UK (Telefonica) has today confirmed that their new ultrafast 5G based mobile broadband platform has now gone live across parts of a further 30 UK towns and cities, which...
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Vodafone UK Launch Flexible Mobile Plans for SME Businesses
Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today launched a new range of “flexible mobile plans” for small and medium sized businesses (10 – 150 employees) called ‘Business Evolve’, which gives firms more choice...
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BT Begin Replacing UK 4G and 5G Mobile Kit from Huawei in Hull
The BT Group (EE) has officially started its £500m programme to remove and replace Huawei’s 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) kit within their UK network, with the city of Hull in East Yorkshire...
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Vodafone UK Tops 911,000 Fixed Broadband ISP Customers
The latest first quarter 2021 results (financial Q4 FY21) from ISP and mobile giant Vodafone UK have today been published, which reveals that their fixed broadband base added another +35,000 customers...
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Three UK Adds New Anti-SPAM Filter and Continues 4G Upgrades
Mobile operator Three UK has today issued a progress update on their various 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) network upgrades, which among other things reveals that they’ve now added their 1400MHz band to...
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Ofcom UK Seeks to Expand Range of Indoor Mobile Boosters
A few years ago the UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, took the decision to licence exempt certain “mobile phone repeaters” for indoor and in-vehicle (low gain) use (here), yet today only the kit from...
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RootMetrics CEO Backs Plan to Allow 30 Metre UK Mobile Masts
The CEO of mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics, Kevin Hasley, has given his support to the Government’s proposed rule changes (here), which among other things will allow mobile operators to build...
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Competition Authority Clears O2 and Virgin Media UK to Merge
As expected the UK Competition and Markets Authority has today given their final clearance, without remedies, for cable broadband and TV provider Virgin Media (Liberty Global) and mobile operator O2...
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VOXI UK Adds TikTok Streaming Support to Endless Mobile Data
Contract-free UK mobile operator VOXI, a sibling of Vodafone UK, has today extended their “Endless Video” pass (i.e. giving unlimited data on 4G and 5G mobile broadband to certain video streaming...
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RootMetrics Test 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds in 4 UK Cities
Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics has today published a new report that examines the mobile broadband download speeds and availability of 5G networks across EE, O2, Vodafone and Three UK in four...
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O2 Predicts Bank Holiday Mobile Data Surge on UK Motorways
O2 has revealed that they’re expecting a 4G and 5G “surge in mobile data [broadband] traffic along the UK’s main motorways this bank holiday,” with 77% of survey respondents saying they’ll rely on...
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ISP BT Launch Next Gen UK WiFi Street Hub Kiosks with 5G Boost
Broadband ISP BT has announced that they’re launching the next generation (v2.0) of their smart Street Hub WiFi kiosks (formerly InLinkUK), which will be installed in various urban areas and can now...
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EE Upgrade 4G and Switches on 5G in Busiest UK Coastal Areas
Mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they’ve upgraded the mobile data (broadband) capacity of their 4G network in many of the UK’s “most popular coastal locations“, in anticipation of a...
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Opensignal Compares 5G Mobile Speeds Across UK and EMEA
Opensignal, which uses crowd-sourced data to benchmark mobile broadband networks across the world, has published an updated comparison of 5G performance across Europe and the Middle East (EMEA). The UK...
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Mobile Operator Lebara UK to Launch 5G After Vodafone Deal
Lebara has today signed a new 3.5-year extension agreement with partner Vodafone UK, which will finally enable the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) to launch ultrafast 5G services for their...
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Vodafone Names 4G and 5G OpenRAN Suppliers for EU and UK
Mobile operator Vodafone has today announced that their forthcoming commercial rollout of a new 4G and 5G network using Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) compliant kit will be supported by several...
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Sky Mobile UK Gives 1GB of Data Per Goal During Euro 2020
Sky (Sky Broadband) has begun rewarding customers of their 4G and 5G powered Sky Mobile plans with 1 GigaByte of free data (mobile broadband) each time England, Scotland and Wales score a goal...
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5G Speeds and Availability in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff and Nottingham
Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics has today published a short summary of their latest 5G based mobile broadband speeds and availability across the four primary network operators – EE (BT), O2...
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