EE gets ready for the new iPhone with some more 5G locations
UK MNO EE has switched on 5G in 12 more UK towns and claims to be the country’s number one network for that sort of thing.
UK MNO EE has switched on 5G in 12 more UK towns and claims to be the country’s number one network for that sort of thing.
The UK is making steady, if not world-beating, progress in the rollout of full fibre, but residents’ ability to connect is still highly dependent on where they live.
France this week unveiled a €100 billion post-Covid-19 stimulus plan that includes a quarter-of-a-billion-euro shot in the arm for rural fibre networks.
Spanish telecoms group Telefónica officially switched on its 5G signal today and promised three quarters of the population will have access by the end of the year.
Mobile network benchmarker Opensignal has analysed the real-world 5G experience in a bunch of countries, with the UK and US scoring poorly across the board.
Telefónica Germany was supposed to hit certain coverage targets by the end of July, but it got away with being 10 days late.
Half a million UK premises now have access to gigabit-capable broadband, which leaves only 27 million to go.
With the Australian telco claiming to have delivered 5G to a third of the population already, it has just under a year to hit the 75% milestone.
In what should be described as somewhat of a slow burner, Deutsche Telekom has made the bold claim it will be able to connect 50% of its population to 5G by mid-July.
German telco regulator, Bundesnetzagentur, is seemingly searching for its dentures as it lets all three mobile network operators escape punishment for missing coverage obligation deadlines.
In the first budget of the new Conservative government, the UK telecoms sector was just one recipient of a major public spending spree.
Consumer advice organisation Which has done some research into the 4G and broadband connectivity in the 650 UK parliamentary constituencies.
Buried in the depths of a FCC press release, the authority has said Verizon, T-Mobile, and US Cellular exaggerated on 4G coverage maps but no punishments are being considered.
Deutsche Telekom will be joining forces with the German bits of Telefónica and Vodafone so they don’t duplicate each other’s efforts in remote locations.
As telcos jostle for top-spot in the 5G stakes EE has added further colour to its network deployment plans, with the UK’s busiest transport hubs taking priority.
Comparison website uSwitch.com has put somewhat of a dampener on 5G festivities with a warning that the 4G journey has not been completed just yet.
It might be a small country, and its citizens might be concentrated in the cities, but Switzerland is driving forward with 5G like few other countries around the world.
UK mobile operator EE has finally flicked on the 5G switch in six cities but not everyone is as excited about it as Stormzy.
With a new Opensignal report suggesting O2 has the slowest download speeds of the UK MNOs, the telco has hit back suggesting experience is about more than just speed.
Sceptics will suggest consumer 5G launches will fall flat, an answer to a non-existent problem, but 260,000 subscriptions after one month suggests there is an appetite for 5G in South Korea.
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