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Vodafone UK Launch New Flexible 5G EVO Mobile Phone Plans
Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today launched what it calls an “evolution in mobile phone plans” with their new 4G and 5G supporting EVO packages, which aim to give consumers and sole trader business...
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Vodafone UK and Ericsson Deploy Cloud-Native Dual-Mode 5G Core
Mobile operator Vodafone has today announced that they’re working with strategic supplier Ericsson to deploy a new cloud-native dual-mode (Single Packet) core for their new 5G Standalone (SA) network...
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Rupert Murdoch’s News UK Sniffs Possible BT TV Partnership UPDATE
Rupert Murdoch’s News UK (News Corp), which publishes the Sun and the Times newspapers, has reportedly expressed an interest in a partnership with BT’s Pay TV business. The telecoms giant is currently...
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GBP55m Fibre and 5G Boost Approved for Swansea Bay City Deal
The UK and Welsh Governments have given their approval for a £55m digital infrastructure investment under the £1.3bn Swansea Bay City Region project, which will expand full fibre broadband and 5G...
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Clarifying O2 UK’s Tougher Excess Data Charges for EU Roaming
Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) appears set to introduce a tougher Fair Usage Policy (FUP) for data (mobile broadband) usage when roaming around the EU. From 2nd August 2021, Pay Monthly customers will now...
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Vodafone UK Pilot 5G Standalone in London, Manchester and Cardiff
Mobile operator Vodafone has today confirmed that their first pilots of ultrafast 5G Standalone (SA) network technology, which is being supported by kit from Ericsson (here), have finally gone live in...
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Mobile Operator EE UK to Reintroduce EU Roaming Charges
EE (BT) has followed this morning’s confusion over O2’s tougher excess data charges for EU roaming (here) by revealing that they will be reintroducing EU roaming charges for new or upgrading customers...
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O2, Vodafone and Three UK Respond to EU Roaming Concerns
The controversial decision today by UK mobile operator EE to reintroduce EU roaming charges for new and upgrading customers (here) has resulted in some concern that other operators would follow suit....
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5G Mobile Users Gobble up to 2.7 Times More Data Than 4G
Opensignal, which uses crowd-sourced data to benchmark mobile networks, has found that 5G connected users in 20 of the leading markets for the new mobile broadband tech see much greater mobile data...
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Giffgaff UK Boost Mobile Data Allowances for Existing Plans
Mobile operator giffgaff has announced that they’re boosting the data (mobile broadband) allowances on some of their existing 4G and ultrafast 5G plans, which will apply to both new and existing...
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BT Sign OneWeb Deal to Tackle UK Rural Broadband Slow Spots
UK ISP BT and satellite operator OneWeb, which is partly owned by the UK government, have reached an agreement that will see the two working together to bring ultrafast low-latency broadband speeds to...
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Vodafone UK Signs New MNO Deal with Dixons Carphone
Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today announced that they’ve signed a new multi-year Mobile Network Operator (MNO) partnership deal with Dixons Carphone, which separately runs the MVNO provider iD...
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Gov Commits GBP30m to Help UK Develop 4G and 5G OpenRAN
The UK Government has today committed £30m to support the launch of their Future RAN Competition (FRANC), which will aim to fund “innovative R&D projects” that could help to speed up the adoption...
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Three UK Boost 4G and 5G Mobile Data on Pay As You Go Packs
Mobile operator Three UK has launched a new offer for their Pay As You Go (PAYG) customers, which doubles the mobile broadband data (4G or 5G) on their cheapest £10 data pack from 6GB (GigaBytes) to...
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EE UK’s New Service Makes Capped Mobile Data Plans Unlimited
Mobile operator EE (BT) has today soft launched a new ‘Stay Connected‘ feature for Pay Monthly customers, which means that 4G and 5G plans with a capped data allowance (mobile broadband) will be able...
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Vodafone UK Gift Pay Monthly Customers 6 Months Discovery+
Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today announced that “all pay-monthly” customers on their 4G and 5G plans can now enjoy Discovery+ TV content (video streaming) for 6 months at no extra cost, which also...
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First In-Field 700MHz UK Standalone Private 5G Network Goes Live
The 5G RuralDorset (5GRD) project, which is testing a mix of 5G based mobile technologies alongside existing fibre optic infrastructure, has announced the successful installation and testing of the...
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Testing 5G Speeds in Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle
Mobile benchmark firm RootMetrics has just published a new summary of their latest 5G based UK mobile broadband speed and availability testing across the four primary network operators – EE (BT), O2...
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Virgin Media O2 Boost 4G and 5G at Major UK Holiday Sites
Customers of mobile operator O2 (VMO2) may like to know that they’ve upgraded the capacity of their 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) network at almost 600 UK cell sites, which is part of their preparations...
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Some Smarty UK Customers Start Seeing 5G Mobile Connectivity
A number of customers on mobile operator Smarty have this week reported being able to connect via an ultrafast 5G mobile (mobile broadband) signal for the first time, which started on Tuesday night and...
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