Category: Mobile Broadband

The Vodafone/Three merger has completed and this means work is starting on a big plan to rollout 5G Standalone to 99.95% of the UK population by 2034. The rollout is described as a £11 billion pound investment that is fully funded, regulated and guaranteed. The pace of the rollout means that at its peak it […]

As of the 31st May 2025, the merger of Vodafone and Three has been completed to form the new company VodafoneThree, which is 51% owned by Vodafone and 49% by CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings Limited (Three UK’s owner). The new CEO is Max Taylor, who currently heads up Vodafone, whilst the CFO of the […]

Under the Shared Rural Network programme more than 50 rural masts that previously only offered a signal to EE customers or emergency 999 coverage have been upgraded to support more networks. This means many places people live and work in or visit on holiday will now have improved 4G mobile coverage. In terms of footprint […]

Voice over LTE (VoLTE) or as often referred to as Voice over LTE when implemented in 2017 for O2 customers offered better call quality and if a mobile was using data for other tasks during a call the data was not affected by falling from 4G to 3G so that a call could be handled. […]

New rules have been announced by Ofcom to ban the leasing of Global Titles which can be misused by criminals or used for fraud.

Virgin Media O2 has said that its Durham 3G switch-off was a success and the next locations are Norwich, Telford and Guildford followed by Torquay.

Virgin Media O2 has improved its 4G and 5G coverage in Manchester to improve coverage and the bandwidth available in busy areas.

Streetview is calling into doubt the Ofcom claims of 88-89% of UK geography being covered by each mobile network using the data they've collected from actual measurements on the road outside homes.

Those using the O2 mobile service in Plymouth may have seen better coverage in busy areas with the deployment of six small cells.

Starting in 2024 Virgin Media O2 has been improving the capacity of its 4G and 5G network in Liverpool as part of a wider £700 million O2 Mobile Transformation Plan.