Category: Mobile Broadband

The Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme is set to run until January 2027, and there is plenty more to come on top of the 150 live 4G mast milestone. The programme has been aiming to improve coverage of mobile 4G services in rural areas and bringing 4G to places for the first time, or bringing […]

A few days ago, we heard from a user who was served a notice of disconnection by giffgaff, the Virgin Media O2-owned MVNO. The reason for the termination was the extent of their use of the service outside the UK, in breach of the terms of the Fair Use Policy. The current version of the […]

* Up to 25GB per billing period (month?) Sky has a programme which many, even its customers are unaware of called Sky VIP. This is designed to give its most loyal customers (usually those who pay the most due to price increases, although negotiated discounts are always available when your contract is expiring) some extra […]

Some news bits from the week that are worth a read CityFibre notifies 200 staff of possible redundancy CityFibre has put forward organisational changes that may result in up to 200 roles being impacted. A consultation has been started. It’s been described as being due to slower progress on consolidation in the market. Hat tip […]

In an effort to reduce the amount of money people loss through sophisticated scam messages that use the SMS system Ofcom is introducing new rules to make it harder for criminals to target people. Fraud amounted to 45% of all reported crime in England and Wales in 2025, and something like £1.28 billion was lost […]

Residents, businesses and visitors to Clocaenog in Denbighshire will now have 4G for the first time. EE has deployed a mini mast on an existing lamp post in the village. The village has extensive Openreach full fibre so the new 4G service is about removing a mobile not spot, and allowing people to be connected […]

Research by OnePoll for Community Fibre of 2,000 adults shows lots of people they are tied into agreements that are not good value for money (38% of respondents) or the service they receive does not justify the price they pay (26%). Looking at where people said they are frustrated with household bills and long term […]

Silverstone is expecting something like 565,000 spectators over the course of the British Grand Prix and if that happens will break a 31 year record for Grand Prix attendance. O2 is the first network live on a new high capacity mobile network and is therefore able to offer enhanced 5G connectivity using a network built […]

While it is VMO2 who have highlighted a new scam message, it is one that everyone with a mobile should be prepared for. Fraudsters are posing as a telecoms company and invoking the urgency part of scamming to claim your mobile SIM is about to expire and you need to login to accept new terms […]

Our weekly news brief covers things that didn’t make it into our news this week. ITS Technology announces network expansion to 13 locations Altnet ITS Technology Group has announced the next phase of its network build, which will allow more businesses to connect. The company is focusing on its business network, delivering Ethernet over FTTP. […]