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Customers of 1p Mobile Suffering Network Connectivity Problems
Several thousand of 1p Mobile’s customers in the UK are currently suffering from network connectivity problems, which appears to have started yesterday morning and remains ongoing today. At the same...
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4G Mobile Cover Extended to More of the UK London Underground
Mobile network operators can now deploy 4G and 5G (mobile broadband) connectivity across more stations and tube lines on the London Underground, which comes after the ongoing network roll-out was...
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Vodafone Grow UK Broadband to 1.38 Million Users as Mobile Hits 18.64M
Mobile operator and UK ISP Vodafone has today published their Q4 FY24 financial results, which saw their fixed broadband base grow to total 1.383 million customers (up by 52k in Q4 vs 39k in the Q3)...
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BT Group Grows FTTP to 13.81m UK Premises as Openreach Picked for Project...
The latest BT Group H2 FY24 results to March 2024 reveal that Openreach’s UK full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network added 1 million premises to their coverage in the quarter to cover 13.812m, while...
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North Wales Growth Deal Makes Progress on 4G Mobile Upgrade Plan
The North Wales Economic Ambition Board (NWEAB) has approved the business case for their new 4G+ project, which is more widely investing £8.9m from the North Wales Growth Deal in order to improve the...
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Three UK Seeks to Harness 3.9GHz for Faster 5G Wireless Broadband
Mobile operator Three UK (Hutchinson 3G) has asked Ofcom to make a useful technical change to its existing licence for the 3.9GHz (3925 – 4009MHz) spectrum band, which is held by sibling UK Broadband...
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Streetwave Rank 20 London Boroughs by Level of Good Mobile Cover
Mobile network analyst firm Streetwave has today published a new study that attempts to rank 20 of London’s Boroughs based on the level of “Good Mobile Coverage” they receive from the UK’s mobile...
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Ofcom UK Digs Deeper into Sharing 6GHz for Mobile and WiFi
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today published a new paper that sets out its options and vision for how the upper 6GHz radio spectrum band (6425 to 7125MHz) could potentially be released and...
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Gov MPs Pessimistic Over UK 5G Mobile and Gigabit Broadband Targets
A new survey of 104 Ministers of Parliament, which was conducted by consultancy firm Cluttons and YouGov, has revealed that both Government (Conservative) and opposition (Labour) MPs are extremely...
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Yayzi Prep UK Mobile Plans and MultiGig Broadband on MS3 and Freedom Fibre
Internet provider Yayzi Broadband are preparing to make some big changes over the coming months, firstly by launching a Mobile (SIM) service and, secondly, by expanding the availability of their...
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Smarty and iD Mobile Reduce 5G Unlimited Data Plans to £15
New customers looking to join either Smarty or iD Mobile, both of which are virtual mobile (MVNO) providers on Three UK’s network, may like to know that they’ve both slightly reduced their top SIM Only...
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Vodafone UK Set 5G and 4G Coverage Targets for Northern Ireland
Mobile operator Vodafone has today confirmed their commitment to both “exceeding” the UK Government’s minimum Shared Rural Network (SRN) coverage target for 4G services in Northern Ireland and...
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BT CEO Calls for Improved Planning Laws to Boost UK Broadband UPDATE
The new CEO of BT Group (inc. EE, Plusnet, Openreach), Allison Kirkby, has told this week’s Deloitte and Enders Media & Telecoms 2024 Conference in London that any future UK government should look...
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5G Has Stopped Working for Some Lyca Mobile UK Customers
Some customers of mobile network operator Lyca Mobile, which is a virtual operator (MVNO) on EE’s platform in the UK, are reporting that they’ve been unable to access the provider’s latest and fastest...
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Liberal Democrats Reveal 2024 Election Pledge for UK Broadband
The UK Liberal Democrats have today become the first big political party to publish their manifesto for the 2024 General Election (4th July), which includes a couple of broadband and internet related...
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2024 Conservative Manifesto Reiterates Existing UK Broadband and 5G Plans
The Conservative Party has today published their own Manifesto for the 4th July 2024 UK General Election, which naturally echoes their existing pledges around fixed line gigabit broadband coverage, as...
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Google Pixel Phone’s June 2024 Update Seems to Fix UK WiFi Calling
Customers from a number of different UK mobile operators (mostly Vodafone MVNOs), such as Lebara and TalkMobile, who also own one of Google’s popular Pixel phones – at least the models they still...
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Rubbish Trucks to Help Map 4G Mobile Coverage in Mid Wales
The Growing Mid Wales (GMW) programme has launched a major new project in Mid Wales, which aims to identify areas with poor 4G mobile (mobile broadband) coverage and network capacity (“mobile...
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Virgin Media O2 UK Expand Mobile Small Cells to Central Manchester
Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today continued to boost the provider’s 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) capacity across the UK by expanding their ongoing roll-out of small cells into...
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Labour Sets Out UK Broadband and Mobile Plans in 2024 Manifesto
The UK Labour Party has today published their Manifesto for the forthcoming 2024 General Election, which is due to be held on 4th July 2024. As usual, ISPreview has taken a quick dive into the document...
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