Category: Mobile Broadband

Ofcom has today announced that it has approved the request by VodafoneThree to provide satellite connectivity direct-to-device (D2D) in the UK. This follows on from O2, which launched its O2 Satellite service earlier this year. The approval comes in the form of allowing a license variation, which enables VodafoneThree to use its 900 MHz spectrum […]

When we talk about travel, we often say trains are better than other forms of transport due to being able to work. If you rely on Internet connectivity however, this is optimistic to say the least. On a receipt trip to Cardiff, we found the Wi-Fi service from GWR to be almost unusable due its […]

Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with both Ericsson and Nokia worth hundreds of millions of pounds to upgrade its mobile network. The deal is part of VMO2’s Mobile Transformation Plan, which is seeing the company invest £700m a year in improving its mobile network. The deal announced […]

The government has launched a Mobile Market Review to try and help the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT) decide what needs to change so the country gets better mobile networks. The key policy aim is to deploy 5GSA across all populated areas by 2030 – perhaps a fairly ambitious timeline (VodafoneThree’s target is […]

The true power of 5G should now be available to O2 mobile customers in 66 large towns and cities, 175 smaller towns, and 1,120 villages across Scotland. The 5G+ rollout means that the reliance on 4G has been broken for lots of people in Scotland and should deliver lower latency and higher upload and download […]

The second mast under the Shared Rural Network programme in Scotland that is bringing 4G coverage to an area that was otherwise a total not-spot is now live. Residents, businesses and visitors to Islay, and locations such as Machir Bay, Saligo Bay, Loch Gorm, and Cultoon Stone Circle, as well as along the western coast […]

Across the UK as a whole some 119 mobile have seen work under the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme, and 50 of those are in Wales. The SRN rollout is upgrading masts in locations where there is limited network coverage, so after the upgrade coverage should be available from the four networks i.e. EE, Three, […]

O2 has announced that they expect to spend £700m on network investment this year. This reiterates their existing Mobile Transformation Plan, rather than being an announcement of new funding, and continues the spend level seen in 2025, which was also announced at approximately £2m per day, or £700m. Considering inflation, this could actually mean that […]

Vodafone has announced a deal with Amazon Leo, their low-earth orbit satellite network, to provide mobile network backhaul for 4G and 5G cell sites in remote areas across Europe and Africa. The deal will see the base stations connected up at a lower cost in areas than installing fibre or fixed wireless links back to […]

In a move to make price rises on mobile and broadband more transparent the Chancellor and Technology Secretary has received undertakings from BT, Virgin Media O2 , VodafoneThree, Sky and TalkTalk to adhere to a new Telecoms Consumer Charter. The main aim of the charter is to ensure customers are treated fairly and will not […]