Category: Mobile Broadband

Customers of Vodafone and three look set to benefit from better 5G coverage with the news that the expected merger between the two mobile operators has reached the signed agreement stage.

The three mobile network and its 5G service is able to produce some amazing speeds with some people seeing speeds of 1.4 Gbps and the performance of their 5G service puts them the top of the mobile speed table.

Better 4G and 5G coverage in rural areas is something that is happening slowly and is often happened by locals insisting the masts are placed miles away from where they are needed. A trial to fly a phased array antenna above commercial air traffic is looking at feasibility of this.

three customers on the Isle of Mull can look forward to 4G connectivity in early 2023 as work on a shared mast site has got underway on the Isle of Mull.

The latest 5G news from EE is all about when everywhere in the UK does not mean ultrafast 5G all the time no matter where you go in the UK.

The 700 MHz frequency is closer to being exploited for 5G services which means much greater coverage but speeds will be well short of 300 Mbps and more handset manufacturers like to show off.

We don't know the cost but a deal has been signed that will see Nokia replacing Huawei radio kit and helping BT grow its 5G footprint.

Ideally the Shared Rural Network would have happened some time ago as with the broadband USO having a much improved 4G coverage in rural areas would made delivering the 10 Mbps/1 Mbps USO a lot easier.

EE has joined Three UK and Vodafone in offering unlimited data plans.

The promise of faster 4G mobile connectivity is being dangled as more spectrum has been won in the Ofcom ran spectrum auction with the additional benefit that some spectrum likely to be used for medium speed 5G has also been allocated.