Category: Mobile Broadband

More High Street stores are gaining free Wi-Fi, with The Cloud rolling out to sixty Mamas and Papas' branches across the UK.

Virgin Media will be rolling out Wi-Fi underground at London's tube stations, with 80 hot-spots to be enabled for free access during the Olympic games period.

A month ago Everything Everywhere outlined their intention to re-purpose some of their 1800 MHz spectrum to offer 4G in the UK, and Ofcom has confirmed receipt of an application.

Mobile broadband while very useful can result in a large bill if you don't watch the meter. The provider Three on its new contracts is trying to avoid this problem by removing automatic charging for going above your allowance.

Three has apparently spent £1m bringing 3G services to an area of Wales that until did not 3G coverage, and existing copper broadband services were also poor.

UK Broadband have launched an LTE network in London using their 4G spectrum in the 3.5GHz and 3.6GHz bands.

Everything Everywhere could launch a 4G service around a year ahead of previous plans if Ofcom grants approval for it to re-use spectrum it already uses.

The Cloud and First Great Western are extending the number of hot-spots available at its stations, with 13 more stations gaining the service in March 2012.

Another reason why the 4G auctions are happening later than expected, Ofcom figures suggest some 760,000 homes might receive some form of interference once 4G is rolled out to their Freeview service. Ed Vaizey the Communications Minister has outlined that some £180m will be available to mitigate the interference.

While 4G is a year or more away, it seems HSPA+ MultiFlow may offer increased speeds to those living within range of two cell towers.