Category: Mobile Broadband

The speeds that we all get from our fixed or mobile broadband often go unnoticed, but one person felt complained to the ASA when they saw their area was meant to have had its 4G speeds doubled by EE.

As part of the SuperConnected City programme BT and Cardiff City Council are to roll-out Wi-Fi across the city centre.

EE is continuing its push to remain the fastest mobile broadband provider after getting a head start on the roll-out of its 4G network by now deploying a LTE Advanced network.

Communications in hospital wards used to just extend to a payphone on the end of a long telephone cord, but as Internet access cements itself in our lives, it is becoming important for those in hospital, as both an information source and a way to stay in touch with family.

Ofcom are consulting on increasing the charges mobile operators pay to use the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz spectrum, with proposed charges to net Ofcom £244.4 million extra per year.

Okay who reading this has been abroad and found their mobile and even data working in train tunnels? Just maybe the situation where in the UK mobile signals cut out even in cuttings may be set to improve in a few years time.

As part of EU plans to take the fragmented nature of the Europe and remove many of the barriers, part of this is the pain of roaming charges as you travel between the 28 member states.

Three is set to launch its 4G services in December, but is taking a slightly different approach, in that existing customers will be given access to 4G at no extra cost.

As another mobile operator goes live with its 4G network it is clear that fixed line broadband operators still have little to fear in terms of a mass migration to mobile networks.

Vodafone has revealed some detail on its 4G plans, which will come in three different sizes from a 2GB allowance through to an 8GB data allowance.