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Leicester UK Scientists Use AI and Terahertz to Boost 5G and 6G IoT Connectivity
A new technology has been created by a team of computer scientists at the University of Leicester (UL), which could improve speed and power consumption for users of mobile devices, particularly...
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Sky Mobile UK Becomes Available on the London Underground
Mobile operator Sky Mobile has today announced that their 4G and 5G mobile services are being extended into many parts of the London Underground, which most likely reflects an expected extension of...
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Vodafone Claims Faster Rollout of 5G Standalone to Boost UK by £7.4bn
Mobile operator Vodafone is continuing to try and drum up support for their proposed merger with Three UK, which today sees them publishing new research that claims “expediting” the rollout of...
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2023 Autumn Statement Boosts UK Full Fibre and 5G Builds – Full Expensing
The Chancellor of the UK government, Jeremy Hunt, has today given his 2023 Autumn Statement, which among other things has announced that the new “Full Expensing” policy will be made permanent. The...
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Ofcom to Release More Shared Spectrum in 3.8-4.2GHz for UK 5G
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has begun to consult on an update to their spectrum sharing framework, which among other things proposes a more flexible management approach to improve local spectrum...
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Black Friday Discounts from VOXI, Your Co-op, Vodafone and EE UK
Perhaps unsurprisingly, we’ve been sent a bunch of additional Black Friday offers this morning, including from UK mobile and broadband providers VOXI, Your Co-op, Vodafone and EE. But instead of...
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Rural Conservation Charities Slam “Rushed” UK Rollout of 4G Mobile Masts
A coalition of community, conservation and outdoor recreation groups has called on the Government to review its “rushed” and “haphazard telecoms mast rollout” under the £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN)...
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All UK Virgin Media O2 Stores Offer Free Mobile Data to People in Need
Broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today announced that they’ve turned all of their UK stores into “National Digital Inclusion Hubs“, which will start offering free mobile data...
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ITU Sets Framework for Future 6G Mobile Broadband Standard
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has today published the first framework for the future 6G mobile (mobile broadband) and wireless networking technology (IMT-2030), which will support the...
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Opensignal Rate UK Broadband ISPs by Quality and Speed
Benchmarking firm Opensignal has today published a supposedly “definitive” study of fixed broadband speeds across the United Kingdom, which reveals which ISPs are delivering both the best service...
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Ofcom Consult on UK Telecoms Resilience and Battery Backup for Mobile Masts
Ofcom has today proposed to update their resilience guidance to provide greater clarity on how UK broadband ISPs, mobile operators and other digital network companies can “reduce the risk of network...
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Vodafone UK Donates 2 Million Free Mobile Data SIMs to Public
Mobile operator Vodafone has announced that they’ve made big progress toward their goal of helping 4 million UK people and businesses, usually reflecting those who are “experiencing digital exclusion“,...
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EE UK Update on 3G Mobile Switch Off and 5G Spectrum Refarming
Mobile network operator EE (BT) has published a short progress update on their national plan and timeline for switching off the old 3G data (mobile broadband) network, which reveals some of the first...
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EE Retain Best Mobile Provider Crown in Connect’s 2024 UK Network Test
Connect has today published their annual UK Mobile Network Test 2024 study, which used a range of different benchmarks to test 4G (voice and data / broadband) and 5G service performance across 19...
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O2 UK Trial 5G from Drones with Warwickshire Search and Rescue
Mobile network operator O2 (VMO2), specifically their Technical Trials team, has built a new 5G connected mobile base station that is tiny enough to be flown on a hand lifted drone (pictured), which is...
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ITU Decides Upper 6GHz Band is for Mobile Broadband, Sort Of UPDATE
The ITU’s World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 came to an end last week and one of its key decisions was to announce that the Upper 6GHz radio spectrum band (6425 to 7125MHz) can be used for mobile...
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Ofcom – UK Gigabit Broadband Rises to 78% as 5G Tops 85-93%
The latest Connection Nations 2023 UK digital infrastructure report has today been published by Ofcom, which finds that “gigabit-capable broadband” ISP networks now cover 78% of the UK (up from 70% in...
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Virgin Media O2 Update on Rural UK 4G and 5G Upgrades in 2023
Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has today furnished us with a brief progress update on the 4G and 5G network upgrades they’ve been making across rural postcodes over the past year. Some of these have been...
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4G Mobile Extended to Elizabeth Line on London Underground UPDATE
Mobile operators EE (BT) and Three UK have this morning become the first providers to announce that their ongoing deployment of a new 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) network on the London Underground – in...
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The 2023 vs 2022 Top Fastest UK Mobile and Broadband ISPs
We’re today taking a quick look back over 2023 to see how the average UK broadband download and upload speeds have changed across the fastest nationally available fixed line, satellite and mobile...
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