Category: Mobile Broadband

EE as part of the Shared Rural Network is saying, has announced completing its build six months ahead of the June 2024 deadline. Meaning EE 4G geographic coverage is for the four nations running at England (94%), Northern Ireland (89%), Scotland (77%), and Wales (86%).

It looks like either a network fault or extended maintenance is causing a wave of problems for Vodafone mobile customers.

So much of life needs data connectivity beyond just keeping in touch with family and Virgin Media O2 has given a big boost to the big job of digital inclusion by making all O2-owned stores digital inclusion hubs.

The big adverts are around Gigabit speeds from 5G but that is likely to remain the preserve of built-up areas rather than stood in a field miles from the nearest village. This is where the 700 MHz and 900 MHz bands are important.

For those with emergency mobile handsets, or simply an old handset for just making the odd call the 3G switch-off is the nudge to upgrading to a device with 4G or 5G support.

Home working has made life more flexible for many and while stories of empty coffee shops near offices have surfaced before, a poll by Broadband Genie shows how many home workers make use of their coffee shops.

The process of retrospectively investigating adverts complaints usually takes a few months, but the amount of data involved in the last ASA vs EE complaints means adverts from 2020 are only just being ruled against.

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.