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CMA Launch Deeper Probe of Three UK Mast Sale to Cellnex
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a deeper Phase 2 investigation to examine any “competition concerns” that may surround the £8.6bn (€10 billion) sale of CK Hutchison Holdings...
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BT Group Grows FTTP Broadband Coverage to 5.2m UK Premises
The BT Group has today reported their latest Q1 2021/22 results, which among other things reports that Openreach’s 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network now covers 5.16...
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New Inmarsat Network to Integrate GEO, LEO Satellites and 5G
British satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat has today announced their future communications network, ORCHESTRA, which aims to “seamlessly integrate” their existing fleet of geosynchronous...
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Judge Blocks Crowdfunded Legal Challenge to UK 5G Rollout
The High Court has blocked a highly questionable crowd-funded legal challenge by the Action Against 5G campaign, which had been attempting to disrupt the rollout of ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband)...
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Three UK Sees 5G Mobile Broadband Coverage Reach 29 Percent UPDATE
Three UK has today revealed that their new 5G (mobile broadband) network has just gone live in another 110 locations across the United Kingdom (300 in total), which they claim has pushed their “outdoor...
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Ookla Study Names Three UK Fastest for 5G Speeds at 231Mbps
Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net service, has just published a new Q1-Q2 2021 (H1) study of 5G mobile broadband performance from Three UK, EE, Vodafone and O2 (VMO2), which found that...
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Rootmetrics Names EE Best for UK 5G Mobile Reach and Speeds UPDATE
Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics will today publish a new biannual H1 2021 report into the performance of 5G (mobile broadband) networks in the United Kingdom, which praises EE (BT) for their...
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North of Tyne Gets GBP7m for 5G and Future Connectivity Fund
The North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA), which represents Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland in England, recently announced that they will put £7 million toward a new 5G and Future...
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U Turn as Vodafone UK Reintroduce EU Mobile Roaming Charges
Well, that was one of the fastest U-turns in history. Mobile operator Vodafone UK, which in June 2021 (here) told ISPreview.co.uk they had “no current plans to change our approach to roaming in the EU”...
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Virgin Media O2 to Create 400 New Jobs Ahead of Network Plans
Broadband ISP, TV and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today announced that they will recruit a further 400 UK staff (c.300 will be field engineers and 100 will work in retail roles),...
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EE UK Add Netflix as Smart Benefit and Full Works Plan for Android
Customers of mobile operator EE (BT) can now add Netflix’s video streaming service as an inclusive benefit on their “Smart” plans. The provider has also made their “Full Works” plan available on...
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BSG Study Examines Gigabit Broadband for Remote UK Rural Areas
The Broadband Stakeholder Group, which is a think-tank that advises the UK Government, has today published new research from Analysys Mason that examines some of the commercial and technical...
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EE UK Extends Stay Connected Unlimited Data to More Plans
Mobile operator EE has announced that their “Stay Connected” feature, which effectively enables unlimited mobile broadband use on even 4G or 5G Pay Monthly plans with capped data allowances, has been...
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Snapshot of EE UK Data Traffic During UEFA Euros and British F1
Mobile operator EE (BT) has today published a very brief snapshot of how mobile broadband (data) traffic, via 4G and 5G connectivity, was impacted during the recent UEFA Euro 2020 football tournament...
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Vodafone Offer Free 20GB Data SIMs to Charities Across the UK
Vodafone UK has today launched a new initiative that offers SIMs packed with 20GB of free data (mobile broadband), as well as free calls and texts every month for 6-months, to charities across the...
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Back to Schools Campaign Offers GBP75 Grant for UK Broadband
The UK Government has today launched its “back to school and college campaign” to set out the experience that students can expect from September 2021, which among other things includes support for...
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Freshwave Expands Open Access 4G Mobile Cells in Croydon
Network builder Freshwave, which specialises in deploying 4G and 5G mobile cells that can often be harnessed by other operators, has announced that over 40 new cell sites will be added to their...
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Giffgaff UK Launch Special Mobile Data Goodybag for Students
Mobile operator giffgaff has recently announced that they’re launching a brand-new golden goodybag (mobile plan), just for students. Students will be able to access a special £10 goodybag, which...
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Opensignal Examine the Impact of 4G Spectrum on UK 5G Speeds
A new study from crowd-sourced mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal has highlighted how mobile broadband users in Germany, Italy and the UK saw “significantly faster” 5G average download speeds when...
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Vodafone UK 5G Trial Cuts Energy Use and Refarms 900MHz to 4G
Vodafone UK has teamed up with network supplier Ericsson to conduct a new trial in Central London, which demonstrated an impressive 43% reduction in the energy consumption of their 5G mobile broadband...
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