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GWS Name Virgin Media O2 Best Combined Mobile and WiFi Provider
Global Wireless Solutions has today published the results of a confusing new study that measured the network performance of operators that have combined their mobile and broadband ISP businesses....
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Mobile Network Builder BAI Communications Shifts Global HQ to UK
Mobile infrastructure firm BAI Communications (BAI), which is in the process of rebranding to Boldyn Networks (here) and has deployed several “neutral host” style 4G and 5G mobile broadband networks in...
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Austrian Mobile Operator Spusu Launch in UK with Cheap Unlimited Data
One of Austria’s top mobile operators, spusu, has today announced that they’ve launched in the United Kingdom with the aim of challenging the likes of giffgaff, VOXI and SMARTY. As part of that they’re...
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Report – Mobile Broadband Can Help to Fight UK Digital Exclusion
A new report from trade body Mobile UK, which represents Three UK, EE (BT), O2 (VMO2) and Vodafone, has helped to highlight how mobile connectivity can tackle the digital divide and encourage more...
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UK easy Group to Launch easySim for Low Cost Mobile Travel Data
A new mobile operator called easySim.global, which is part of the familiar Stelios-owned group of brands (e.g. easyJet, easyMoney, easyCar) and last existed around a decade ago as easyMobile before...
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Virgin Media O2 UK Extends Nokia Deal for Faster 5G Mobile Kit
Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has confirmed that they’ve signed a new 3-year extended supplier agreement with Nokia, which will see them continue deploying and upgrading their UK 5G network using Radio...
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Survey Claims Brits Stung by £539m of Unexpected Mobile Roaming Charges
A new Opinium survey of 2,000 UK adults, which was commissioned by Uswitch, has claimed that British people have had to fork out approximately £539m in “unexpected roaming” costs over the past 12...
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EE UK Deploy Temporary 4G and 5G Masts to Tackle Summer Load
Mobile operator EE has revealed that 125 network upgrades are being installed on temporary 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) masts at locations across the country, which are designed to complement...
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Vodafone Launch Standalone 5G Ultra Mobile Service for UK Customers UPDATE
Vodafone has today announced that they’ve become the first mobile operator in the UK to launch a package for customers based off their new 5G Standalone (SA) technology – called ‘5G Ultra‘, which...
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Top Fastest UK Mobile and Home Broadband ISPs for H1 2023
We take a quick look back to see how the average UK broadband download and upload speeds have changed across the fastest nationally available fixed line ISPs and mobile operators over the past six...
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Nokia Break Record – Push 5G Speed to 2Gbps at 11km Distance via mmW
Finnish telecoms firm Nokia has hit a new milestone in 5G based mobile broadband speeds – when setup as a Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network – using millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum, which saw them...
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Farmers See Modest Improvements in Mobile and Broadband Cover
The National Farmers Union recently published the results of their latest annual survey of 814 members across England and Wales, which among other things found that 36% can now access “supefast...
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Confusion as UK Lyca Mobile Users Swap from O2 to EE MVNO UPDATE
Customers of UK mobile operator Lyca Mobile, which until now has long held a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement to harness O2’s (VMO2) national network, have over the past few days begun...
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UK 5G vs 4G Mobile Broadband Speeds at Different Times of Day
Mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal has produced an interesting insight into how download speeds on 4G and 5G networks – across operators including EE (BT), Vodafone, O2 (VMO2) and Three UK – compare,...
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UK Disappoints in Global Comparison of 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds
Benchmarking firm Opensignal, which specialises in testing the performance of mobile networks, has published new research that reveals how the UK compares with the rest of the world for 5G based mobile...
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JT Plan £80m Rollout of 5G Mobile on Jersey – Channel Islands
State-owned ISP JT (Jersey Telecom) has announced that they are planning to invest £80 million in order to roll out a new 5G based ultrafast mobile broadband network across Jersey (English Channel...
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Ookla Shows Impact of 5G vs 4G on Smartphone Battery Drain
The latest research from Ookla, which operates the popular broadband connection testing service Speedtest.net, has revealed that Smartphone users using 5G based mobile broadband networks suffer between...
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Ofcom UK Explores Hybrid Sharing of 6GHz for Wi-Fi and Mobile
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today proposed an alternative way of solving the debate over whether WiFi or mobile broadband (5G) should benefit from the extra capacity (i.e. faster speeds)...
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EE UK Partners NVIDIA to Launch New Cloud Gaming Bundles
Customers of EE‘s mobile and home broadband ISP packages may like to know that the UK network operator has now joined forces with NVIDIA to launch a new range of “great value cloud gaming offerings“,...
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Three UK Tops Ookla’s H1 Study of 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds
Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net service, has published their latest Q1-Q2 2023 (H1) study into the performance of 5G based mobile broadband networks in the United Kingdom, which once...
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