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Ofcom Look to Release More of the 1.4GHz Band for UK Mobile
Ofcom has today begun seeking feedback on the possibility of releasing another chunk of the 1.4GHz radio spectrum band – specifically the 25MHz slice of frequency between 1492-1517MHz – for use by...
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Mobile Infrastructure Operators Setup New UK Infrastructure Forum
The four key organisations that help to build shared mobile network infrastructure in the UK, including Cellnex UK, Cornerstone (O2 and Vodafone network sharing), Mobile-Broadband Network Limited (EE...
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Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO Broadband Satellites Test 5G Mobile Connection
Eutelsat OneWeb has announced that its global constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) has, via a demonstration that was set up in Surrey (England), successfully...
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Tesco Mobile UK Extend Free EU Roaming Offer to 2025
Customers of UK mobile operator Tesco Mobile may be pleased to learn that they’ve extended their ‘Home From Home’ EU roaming offer until 2025. Customers can thus continue to tap into their UK minutes,...
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Project to Extend UK Rural 4G Mobile Cover Faces 2 Year Delay
Mobile network operators have reportedly warned the government that the first phase of their £1bn industry-led Shared Rural Network (SRN) project, which aims to help extend geographic 4G (mobile...
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England is Top of FarrPoint’s New UK Digital Readiness Index
Technical UK consultancy firm FarrPoint has today published their first Digital Connectivity Readiness Index (DCRI), which is designed to enable policymakers and digital leaders to identify where a...
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Ofcom UK to Soften Mobile Signal Booster Requirements
The UK telecoms regulator has proposed to soften their requirements for licence exempt indoor “mobile phone repeaters” in order to reflect both the introduction of in-vehicle 5G and the withdrawal of...
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Vodafone Push 5G Broadband Speeds to 5Gbps via Upper 6GHz Band
The tedious debate around whether EU and UK regulators should release the upper 6GHz radio spectrum band for use by WiFi or Mobile networks (or share it between both) has taken another twist after...
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OneWeb LEO Satellite Trial Brings 5G Mobile to Moving UK Train
OneWeb (Eutelsat), CGI and Icomera have just conducted their first demonstration of connecting a moving railway train in North Yorkshire (England), which harnessed backhaul capacity via their...
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Virgin Media O2 Close to Selling UK Masts Stake to GLIL Infrastructure
Virgin Media and O2 have reportedly entered “exclusive talks” that could see them selling off a big stake in the UK’s largest mobile tower network to GLIL Infrastructure. The deal is said to value this...
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Digital Catapult to Field Test OpenRAN 5G Standalone Networks at New UK...
Digital Catapult has teamed-up with Ofcom, Cellnex UK and Capgemini to launch its first independent 5G SA (Standalone) outdoor field-testing site – via SONIC Labs – for Open Radio Access Network...
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Virgin Media O2 Add 251k FTTP Premises and Sells UK Tower Stake
Broadband ISP and mobile giant VMO2 (Virgin Media and O2) has published their Q3 2023 results, which sees their UK full fibre (FTTP) coverage via nexfibre expand to another 250,800 premises (up from...
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BT Group Add Record 860,000 FTTP Broadband Premises to UK Coverage
The BT Group has published their latest H1 FY24 results to September 2023, which reveals that Openreach’s full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network added a record of 860,000 premises to their coverage...
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StreetWave Name EE UK Fastest for Mobile Data in Hammersmith & Fulham
Mobile network analysts at Streetwave have published the results of a new real-world benchmark into mobile network performance across Hammersmith & Fulham in London, which concluded that EE...
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Smarty UK Cuts Unlimited 4G and 5G Mobile Data Plan to £15
Mobile operator SMARTY, which is a virtual operator (MVNO) on Three UK’s national network, has just become the latest provider to field some early Black Friday discounts by cutting the price of their...
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Study Reveals UK Mobile Digital Divide in Urban and Rural Areas
Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today published a new report, based on analysis carried out by WPI Economics, which reveals that a “stark digital divide” still exists “between rural and urban areas”...
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Ofcom UK Detail 5G Mobile Auction Plan for 26GHz and 40GHz
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today set out the design of their planned auction for a large chunk of millimetre wave (mmW) radio spectrum frequency across the 26GHz and 40GHz bands, which is to...
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Vodafone UK Top 1.29 Million Broadband and 18.23m Mobile Users
Mobile operator and UK ISP Vodafone has today released their Q2 FY24 financial results, which saw their fixed line broadband base grow more slowly to total 1.292 million customers (up by 27k in the Q2...
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SPL to Trial UK Airborne 5G Mobile via BN2T-4S Islander Aircraft
Stratospheric Platforms (SPL) and BT (EE) revealed earlier this year that they were developing a UK trial to harness High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) aircraft to help extend 5G (mobile broadband)...
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Winning Projects of the UK Gov’s New 5G Investment Named UPDATE
Oxfordshire in England has today been named as one of the first places to benefit from the UK Government’s (DSIT) new £40m 5G Innovation Regions (5GIRs) fund, which was recently setup (here) to help...
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