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New Rules to Aid UK Full Fibre Builds and Network Security Become Law UPDATE
The UK Government’s new Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI) is finally set to become law after passing through both houses of parliament this week. The new law will,...
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Virgin Media O2 UK Hand Free Mobile Data to All Big Issue Vendors
Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has announced that it is supplying all Big Issue (magazine) vendors with free mobile SIMs and “data vouchers“, which represents an improvement from last year when they gave...
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Vodafone Deploy First 4G and 5G OpenRAN Sites in UK Urban Areas
Mobile network operator and broadband ISP Vodafone UK – supported by partnerships with Dell, Intel, Samsung, Wind River, and Capgemini – has today announced that they’ve achieved another “European...
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Ofcom Undecided on Releasing Upper 6GHz Band for Mobile or WiFi
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today issued an update on its position with respect to whether the upper 6GHz radio spectrum band (6425 to 7125MHz) should be released for use by either...
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Broadband Woes as BBC Plan to Switch Off Terrestrial UK TV by 2030
The Director-General of the BBC, Tim Davie, has given broadband ISPs and mobile operators something extra to think about after he proposed that the corporation could plan to “switch-off” terrestrial TV...
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Vodafone Deploys 5G Mobile to Five Additional UK Airports
Mobile operator Vodafone UK has this morning announced that their ultrafast 5G (mobile broadband) network is now being deployed to cover a further five airports, such as the George Best Airport in...
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UK Gov Hands Out £28m to Help Develop Future 6G Mobile Tech
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has today handed out £28m to three universities (York, Bristol and Surrey) to help them team-up with major telecoms companies, including...
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Virgin Media O2 UK Updates on Yorkshire Broadband and Mobile Upgrades
Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) has issued a general progress update on their various mobile and broadband ISP network upgrades, investment, and digital inclusion initiatives across Yorkshire in England,...
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Three UK Build First Shared Rural 4G Mast Site with O2 and Vodafone
Mobile operator Three UK has today announced that they’ve started construction of the UK’s first joint mast site in Scotland under the £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, which is expected to go...
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Sky UK Add FREE Mobile Social Tariff for Sky Broadband Basics Users
Customers who take UK ISP Sky Broadband’s cheaper “Basics” social tariff for home broadband and phone connectivity will now also gain the ability to add Sky’s new mobile social tariff, which will...
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Ofcom – Gigabit Broadband Covers 70% of UK as 5G Hits 67-77%
Ofcom has published their Connection Nations 2022 UK digital infrastructure report, which reveals that “gigabit-capable” broadband ISP networks cover 70% of the UK (21 million premises), which is up...
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Mobile Operator VOXI UK Offers Double 5G Data and Discounts
Contract-free UK mobile operator VOXI, a sub-brand of Vodafone, has today launched a new “Winter Sale“, which doubles the 4G and 5G data (mobile broadband) allowances across all of their mobile plans...
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BT Trial Cloud Based C-RAN 5G Mobile Technology in Leeds UK UPDATE
BT Wholesale – supported by EE and Three UK – is conducting a new “state-of-the-art” 5G (mobile broadband) technology trial in Leeds, where they’re deploying a Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) that...
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EE UK First to Trial Freshwave’s Small Cell 5G Network in London
Mobile giant EE (BT) has officially become the first operator to make use of Freshwave‘s deployment of a new small cell based outdoor 4G and 5G mobile network in the central City of London area, which...
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EE and Vodafone UK Extend 4G Mobile to 6 New London Underground Stations
Broadband and mobile operators EE (BT) and Vodafone have announced that they’ve extended their 4G network on the London Underground to include six more stations, covering parts of the Central and...
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EE Named Best Operator in Connect’s 2022 UK Mobile Network Test
Connect and Umlaut have today published their annual UK Mobile Network Test study, which used a range of different benchmarks to test 4G (voice and data / broadband) and 5G service performance across...
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Three UK Extends 4G Mobile Cover on the London Underground
Mobile operator Three UK has today followed the earlier announcements from EE and Vodafone by confirming that their 4G (mobile broadband) network is also now live across six new stations on the London...
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2022 vs 2021 Top Fastest UK Mobile and Home Broadband ISPs
As another year passes, ISPreview.co.uk has taken a look back over the past 12 months to see how the average UK broadband download and upload speeds have changed across the fastest nationally available...
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Iridium and Qualcomm Prep Satellite Mobile for Android Phones
Satellite operator Iridium and chipmaker Qualcomm have joined forces to add satellite-based “messaging and emergency services” access to premium Android powered Smartphones in the second half of 2023,...
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EE and BT UK Report Surge in Boxing Day Fixed Broadband Traffic
Information supplied by BT has revealed that customers on their core fixed broadband ISP network (including Consumer, Enterprise and EE) consumed a total of 141PB (PetaBytes) of internet data on Boxing...
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