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UK Struggles in H1 2023 Study of Global 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds
The latest data from Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net internet connection benchmarking service, has revealed that the United Kingdom now places near the bottom of the table of 5G capable...
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EE Makes First UK Mobile Call via 5G Network – VoNR
At present most 5G networks are data-only (mobile broadband) services, but EE (BT) has revealed that it recently carried out the UK’s first call over 5G in the network using Voice over New Radio (VoNR...
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Government Awards £88m to 19 UK 5G Open Network Projects
The UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has today announced the names of 19 successful projects that have secured a slice of £88m in funding to help support the...
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Mobile Operator EE UK Finalises 3G Switch Off Plan and Timeline
Mobile network operator EE (BT) has published a progress update on their national plan and timeline for switching off the old 3G data (mobile broadband) service, which was successfully trialled in the...
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Mobile Operator Three UK Refreshes Pay Monthly Airtime Plans
Mobile operator Three UK has today launched a new range of ‘Three Your Way‘ airtime plans (i.e. those that bundle a mobile phone with a mobile service plan), which give customers more flexibility to...
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Vodafone Backed AST Space Mobile Make First 5G Call via Satellite
AST SpaceMobile, which is backed by Vodafone and several other mobile operators around the world, has followed up their earlier achievements in two-way 4G calling by harnessing their prototype...
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Smart Street Lamps Trial to Boost UK EV Charging and 5G Cover UPDATE
The UK government’s new Smart Infrastructure Pilots Programme (SIPP) has committed £1.3 million to help six areas across the country to trial “smart street lamps“, which will be upgraded to house both...
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Virgin Media O2 Significantly Downgrades Ultimate Volt Bundle
Some of Virgin Media and O2’s UK broadband and mobile customers have, in recent weeks, reported having noticed a few changes to the combined operator’s “Volt” bundles, which appears to have quietly...
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UK Ranks 58th in the World for the Price of 1GB of Mobile Data
A new study has analysed 5,603 mobile data (mobile broadband) plans from across 237 countries in order to compare the cost of a 1GB (GigaByte) data allowance, which reveals that the United Kingdom...
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London’s Euston Underground Station Gets 4G and 5G Mobile
Transport for London (TfL) – in partnership with Boldyn Networks – today confirmed that Euston station on the Charing Cross branch platforms has today become the latest place on the London Underground...
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Ofcom UK Sets Plan to Auction 26GHz and 40GHz for Faster 5G Mobile
The UK media and telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today revealed more details about their proposed plan to auction off a large chunk of millimetre wave (mmW) radio spectrum frequency across the 26GHz and...
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Opensignal Name UK Best 4G and 5G Mobile Networks for H2 2023
Opensignal has published their latest biannual Mobile Network Experience Report for H2 2023, which benchmarks the 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) services from all four primary UK mobile operators – EE,...
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EU Reveal 2023 Broadband and 5G Connectivity Progress vs UK
The European Commission has published their annual ‘Broadband Coverage in Europe’ study, which reveals how the EU’s fixed broadband and 5G mobile networks compare across all of its 27 countries, plus...
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Report Warns New BlueWalker 3 Satellite for Mobile is Too Bright
A new report has revealed that the prototype BlueWalker 3 satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which was launched by AST SpaceMobile to provide 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) coverage to regular handsets...
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Mobile Operator O2 UK Boosts Data on Pay As You Go Plans
Mobile network operator O2 (VMO2) has today refreshed some of their SIM Only “Pay As You Go” mobile plans (Big Bundles), which sees a number of their plans getting a data allowance (mobile broadband)...
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Opensignal Compare European and UK Mobile Broadband Speeds
Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has published a new study of broadband speeds across 28 European countries, which reveals that the United Kingdom performs poorly against its peers. But it’s...
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JET Launch World’s First Permanently Deployable Floating 5G Base Station in UK
Bromsgrove-based JET Connectivity, which was spun out from JET Engineering Services and develops 5G (wireless broadband) mesh communications for the marine environment, has launched the “world’s first...
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BT and Nokia in UK Trial of 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) Tech
Sometimes, less is more, or at least that’s the idea behind BT (EE) and Nokia’s latest trials of 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) technology and devices at the operator’s Adastral Park site in Ipswich...
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UK Mobile Operators Fail to Win Any Awards in Global 5G Study
Crowdsourced mobile benchmarking firm Opensignal will today publish their annual 5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2023 report, which examines the performance of 5G using mobile operators...
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NIC Report Updates on UK Broadband and Mobile Infrastructure Progress
The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has today published their second National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA) report, which is published every 5 years and highlights areas where the government...
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