Vodafone UK Doubles 4G and 5G Mobile Data on Pay As You Go
Mobile operator Vodafone UK will tomorrow enhance their Pay As You Go (PAYG) plans (i.e. Big Value Bundles) by doubling the amount of mobile broadband data that you can get and at “no additional cost“....
View ArticleGiffgaff Freezes All UK Mobile Tariffs Until the End of 2022
Mobile operator giffgaff has today announced that, in order to help ease the burden of rising costs, they’ve taken the decision to FREEZE all UK tariffs for the rest of 2022. Members are also free to...
View ArticleVodafone UK Enhances Fixed Broadband and Mobile Bundles
Mobile operator and UK ISP Vodafone has today enhanced their existing “Together” bundle of fixed line broadband (FTTC or FTTP) and mobile plans (4G or 5G) with the addition of family rewards, as well...
View ArticleFirst Milestone of 4G Rollout on London Underground Completes
Infrastructure firm BAI Communications (BAI) has announced the completion of the first milestone of its rollout of 4G and 5G-ready mobile (mobile broadband) coverage across the London Underground,...
View ArticleThree UK See Record Mobile Data Traffic of 1 Terabits Per Second UPDATE
Mobile operator Three UK has today published their new ‘Mobile Britain’ report, which summarises key statistics from their network and reveals that mobile broadband (data) traffic hit an all-time high...
View ArticleVodafone Puts Ultrafast 5G Mobile Live in 12 New UK Locations
Mobile operator Vodafone has today announced that their new ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband) network has just started to go live across a further 12 UK cities and towns, including bigger locations, like...
View ArticleVodafone UK Relaunches 5G Ready VOXI For Now Social Tariff
Contract-free UK mobile operator VOXI, a brand of Vodafone, has today relaunched their cheaper £10 VOXI For Now “social tariff” for anyone claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, Disability Allowance, Personal...
View ArticleCheapest UK 4G and 5G Unlimited Mobile Data Plans Compared – 2022
Over the past few years’ we’ve seen a dramatic rise in the number of UK mobile operators offering unlimited data plans, most of which have sprung up alongside the advent of the latest 5G based mobile...
View ArticleEE UK Test Pushes 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds to 2.2Gbps
Mobile operator EE (BT) today claims to have become the “first European network” to combine (Carrier Aggregation) seven different spectrum carriers via its existing 3.4GHz and new 3.6GHz channels,...
View ArticleMobile Operator EE UK to Ship Nreal Augmented Reality Glasses
Mobile operator EE is keen to try and play-up the advantages of their latest 5G based ultrafast mobile broadband network and, in keeping with that, they’ve today announced an agreement with Augmented...
View ArticleAll-Party Report Finds Poor Broadband Holding Back UK Rural Areas
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on the Rural Powerhouse has today published a new report that warns “Rural Britain is not a museum” and is being “held back” by, among many other things, “slow”...
View ArticleXtndNet Reveal Price of Hybrid Satellite Broadband for UK Rural Areas UPDATE
Hybrid satellite broadband ISP XtndNet, which back in March 2022 claimed (here) it could help to reach remote rural parts of the UK with download speeds of 25Mbps by combining satellite technology with...
View ArticleThree UK Offer GBP250 Cashback for Switching to their Network
Mobile operator Three UK has begun offering new customers “up to” £250 cashback when you switch to their network, which will come in the form of a pre-paid Mastercard. The offer is available, until 7th...
View ArticleEE Become First UK Mobile Operator to Hit 50 Percent 5G Cover
EE (BT) today claims to have become the first mobile operator to have expanded its ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband) network to cover more than 50% of the UK’s population, which it added had been...
View ArticleNeos and Virgin Media to Bid on British Rail’s Trackside Cables
Two investment groups – one including Neos Networks (bidding alongside Cellnex) and the other Virgin Media (bidding alongside Nokia and Jacobs) – have reportedly been approved to bid on the £1bn...
View Article2022 Queens Speech Covers Digital Infrastructure and Internet Safety
Prince Charles has today carried out the State Opening of Parliament event – formally still referred to as the “Queen’s Speech“, which sets out the UK Government’s agenda for the coming session. The...
View ArticleThree UK Botches Firmware Update for New 5G Hub Router UPDATE
Some customers on Three UK’s 5G based unlimited Home Broadband packages, specifically those who recently joined and received the latest ZTE MC801A based 5G Hub router (here), have been reporting...
View ArticleVirgin Media O2 Begin UK FTTP Upgrade Project as Customers Fall
Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today published their combined results for Q1 2022, which confirms that their plan to upgrade existing Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) network...
View ArticleThree UK Confirms Plan to Switch-Off 3G Mobile Service by 2024
Mobile operator Three UK has today become the latest provider – after Vodafone and EE – to announce that it aims to completely switch off their legacy 3G (mobile broadband) network by the end of 2024....
View ArticleBT Results See FTTP Broadband Surge to 7.2Million UK Premises
The BT Group has published their Q4 2021/22 results to March 2022, which saw the coverage of Openreach’s gigabit Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network grow by a record 752,000 premises in...
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