Category: Mobile Broadband

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 […]

Opensignal has released its report on mobile experience covering the period 1st October – 29th December 2025. There are a few key headlines that Opensignal is announcing based on its testing during this period: For the report, the company is treating Vodafone and Three as separate companies, as the two entities still market services separately, […]

Parts of Dorset can now probably see what all the hype was with 5G, as the 5GSA network (5G Standalone) network has been launched by Virgin Media O2. People living and working in places like Bournemouth, Poole, Dorchester, Swanage and Christchurch if they have a 5G capable handset will hopefully be seeing faster, lower latency […]

A boost to people using O2’s network in Sheffield has been announced as the company has confirmed it has enabled their 5G standalone network in the region. 580,000 residents across Sheffield and surrounding areas, including Chapeltown, Mexborough, Wombwell, Swinton, Dinnington, and Wickersley will now have access to the new technology after the switch on. The […]