Category: Mobile Broadband

People who have used MiFi's and other 3G mobile routers that are available, will know what a difference they can make. Often providing better connectivity than expensive mobile phone.

Birmingham is looking to take action to ensure that in addition to any commercial roll-out of superfast services in the city, a wholesale faster than 3G wireless will be available to residents and businesses.

The 4G trial is London is to use multipoint microwave to backhaul each cell tower to a central location, to reduce the costs of rolling out the 4G network.

Another 4G trial is to take place, this time covering 15 square miles of London and will run for nine months.

Another train operator is adding a WiFi service to its long distance trains, Cross Country Trains.

The Isle of Man is set to work with Alcatel-Lucent to trial the 4G service on the island using two networks.

Nokia is not the first to offer free WiFi, but will be running a trial in central London to test the water.

A trial announced back in May of 4G mobile broadband technology LTE has begun in Cornwall with Everything Everywhere testing it for mobile usage whilst BT Wholesale are looking at it for a replacement to fixed-line services in not-spot areas.

The government are to invest £150m in improving mobile coverage to fill in poor and no-coverage areas, with an aim of reaching 99% coverage across the country.

Unlimited data will be available to new and existing Three smartphone customers for just £3 a month from October 7th.