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Honest Mobile Reduces UK 4G and 5G Plan Prices for Loyal Customers
Crowdfunded mobile network operator Honest Mobile, which harnesses Three UK’s network via a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement, has today announced that they’re bucking the industry trend...
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Opensignal Predict Network Impacts of Vodafone and Three UK Merger
Network benchmarking firm Opensignal has today published a new study to examine the mobile (4G and 5G) network coverage and performance impacts of the proposed mega-merger (here) between mobile...
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UK Ranks 5th out of 179 Countries for Mobile Data Affordability
Comparison site Broadband Genie has today published a new 2024 Mobile Data Affordability Index, which explores the global landscape of mobile data (mobile broadband) pricing and affordability. Overall,...
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Mobile Operators Recommend Changes to Boost UK 5G Deployments
Trade body Mobile UK, which represents network operators Three UK, EE (BT), O2 (Virgin Media) and Vodafone, has today published a new report that warns “widespread adoption of 5G [is] at risk of being...
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Sky Mobile UK Customers Still Suffering Connectivity Problems
Some of Sky Mobile’s customers are continuing to experience connectivity (calls and data) problems today after the operator suffered a large disruption to 3G, 4G and 5G services yesterday afternoon,...
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Ookla Test UK 5G Mobile Speeds of Samsung S24 vs iPhone 15
New data from Ookla‘s popular broadband connection testing service, Speedtest.net, has revealed how well Samsung’s Galaxy S24, S23 and S22 family perform for 5G based UK mobile broadband speeds vs...
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Council Study Sees Positive Impact of Vodafone UK’s 3G Switch Off
Mobile network analyst firm Streetwave and the Northumberland County Council (NCC) in England have released the findings of an interesting study that monitored the effects of Vodafone’s recent 3G...
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Ofcom UK Updates 5G Mobile Auction Design for 26GHz and 40GHz
The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has today issued several updates to their planned auction design for releasing a large chunk of millimetre wave (mmW) radio spectrum frequency in the 26GHz...
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iD Mobile Launch “New” Fixed Price SIM Only Plans with No Annual Price Hikes
Low-cost UK mobile operator iD Mobile (Currys), which uses Three UK’s national 4G and 5G network via a virtual operator (MVNO) partnership, has today claimed to be launching a “new” set of fixed price...
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Ofcom Spring 2024 Study – Gigabit Broadband Covers 24 Million UK Homes
Ofcom’s spring 2024 study of UK fixed broadband and mobile coverage has reported that “full fibre” (FTTP) now reaches 62% of the UK (up from 57% in Sept 2023), while 80% are within reach of a...
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Cornerstone’s Six Point Plan to Improve UK Mobile Infrastructure
Mobile infrastructure services provider Cornerstone (CTIL), which handles the UK network sharing agreement between O2 (VMO2) and Vodafone (Vantage Towers), has outlined a new plan to Government MP Sir...
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TOTSCo Clarifies UK Switching Rules for Wireless Broadband Networks
The One Touch Switching Company (TOTSCo), which is responsible for implementing Ofcom’s now heavily delayed One Touch Switch (OTS) migration system for faster consumer switching between UK broadband...
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Gov Enforce New UK Internet Security and Broadband Boosting Law
The UK Government has this morning announced that new laws, which are designed to help protect consumers from cyber criminals, such as by requiring that network devices, like broadband ISP routers,...
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iD Mobile Finally Introduce eSIM Support to UK Network
Some of our readers have spotted that low-cost UK mobile operator iD Mobile (Currys), which uses Three UK’s national 4G and 5G network via a virtual operator (MVNO) agreement, has recently introduced...
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Virgin Media O2 See Nexfibre Add 194k UK FTTP Premises as Growth Slows
The latest Q1 2024 results have today been released for Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2), which reveals that they’re now home to 5,722,900 broadband customers (up by just 5.3k in Q1 2024 vs 9.5k in Q4 2023)...
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Vodafone UK Preps 5G Standalone Rollout for Rural Wales
Vodafone has today confirmed their commitment to deploy 5G Standalone (5G SA / mobile broadband) technology to rural Wales as part of its proposed merger with Three UK, while adding that the merger...
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Giffgaff Launch £12 UK 40GB Mobile Broadband and Calls Tariff
Mobile network operator giffgaff has recently launched a temporary new 40GB (data) contract deal for just £12 a month on an 18-month term – available to both new and existing customers, which also...
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Virgin Media O2 Boosts UK 5G Private Network Plans with Accenture
Broadband and mobile giant Virgin Media O2 has teamed-up with IT services company Accenture to boost their 5G private network capabilities for UK businesses, which may help them to “seize...
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Cornerstone to Build New 5G Neutral Host Network via UK Street Lights
Mobile infrastructure firm Cornerstone, which handles the UK network sharing agreement between O2 (VMO2) and Vodafone (Vantage Towers), has today joined forces with Signify in a new partnership that...
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1p Mobile UK Offers 500GB Data SIM for GBP25 Per Month
Several of our readers have spotted that mobile operator 1p Mobile are stealthily offering a 500GB data (4G / 5G mobile broadband) SIM with unlimited UK calls and texts, which doesn’t appear alongside...
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