Three and EE throw weight behind London Underground 4G project
UK Operators Three and EE have teamed up with infrastructure firm BAI Communications to pipe in 4G and later 5G to commuters on the tube.
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EE promises to light up more rural not-spots with 4G expansion
Leading operator EE says it will expand 4G to an additional 1532 rural areas by 2024 as part of the Shared Rural Network programme.
EE persists with advertising absurd use-cases
From the people who brought you robot shaving, we now have remote air traffic controlling.
EE devotes some of its new 700 MHz spectrum to indoor 5G
UK mobile operator EE has announced it will be using at least part of the low frequency spectrum it won at auction earlier this year to improve its 5G indoor coverage.
EE offers online course to help children avoid a life of Internet misery
BT’s mobile division EE has launched an online course designed to teach children how to safely use the Internet when they get their first phone.
Eurobites: MegaFon extends VoLTE services across Russia
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Inmarsat accelerates the L-band; Finnfund boosts connectivity in Africa; it’s time we took a ‘woliday’.
Eurobites: Netmore plans LoRaWAN IoT network in UK
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Nokia lands core gig at United Group; Arm sees sales soar; Community Fibre takes majority stake in Box Broadband.
Closure of Sprint 4G network probably not a big deal to T-Mobile US
When T-Mobile US published its Q2 results last week it once again talked up the progress it is making in integrating Sprint and upgraded its merger synergies guidance for the second consecutive quarter. But it didn’t think to mention its plans for closing down Sprint’s LTE network next summer; it took the eagle eyes of LightReading to notice it had sneaked that piece of information onto its Website.
Eurobites: BT boosts security offering for homeworker army
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Swisscom on a roll in H1; Brits watching even more telly in lockdown; UK operators get to grips with 5G.
Eurobites: Amazon’s Prime Air programme enters tailspin in UK – report
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Sparkle turns to Infinera to power 400G services; auctions ahoy in French overseas territories; EE puts on its headphones and Hawaiian shirt in the cause of 5G.
OpenRAN not a priority as BT and EE talk up their ‘converged network’
BTEE had one of those strategic, news-light briefing sessions today, in which it was stressed that OpenRAN is far down its priority list.
EE reignites Brexit debate by charging for data roaming in Europe
UK mobile operator EE has announced it will start charging £2 per day for new and upgrading customers to use their data in Europe.
Nokia SON to shore up EE networks
EE, the UK’s biggest mobile operator, has deployed Nokia’s Self-Organizing Networks software to enhance network management and service quality.
O2 speeds ahead on 4G but EE is in the driving seat for 5G
With the spring bank holiday weekend looming in the UK many will be hitting the road for a quick getaway, and O2 is using this to its advantage, trumpeting the strength of its 4G network coverage along the country’s major arteries.
EE and AT&T are winning the early 5G performance races
Two reports analysing operators’ 5G performances in the US and the UK have put EE and AT&T slightly ahead of their peers respectively, but there are no sweeping winners.
UK extracts £1.36 billion from UK operators for 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz spectrum
The latest UK spectrum auction has completed its preliminary stage, with EE and O2 UK emerging as the biggest spenders.
Three quarters of UK MNOs agree stage one of shared rural network
Vodafone, O2 and Three have reached agreement on the first phase of the government-backed project to improve mobile coverage in rural areas of the UK, but EE says it doesn’t need to be involved at this stage.
EE calls out the other UK MNOs over 5G claims
BT’s consumer head Marc Allera reckons his rivals are stretching the truth with their 5G claims.
UK government chucks some money at a few 5G bright ideas
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has managed to scrape together £28 million to contribute to some test projects focusing on consumer applications of 5G.
Ericsson gets the rest of BT’s Huawei swap-out, of course
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson will deal with the urban side of EE’s RAN, with only alternative Nokia having already won the rest of the Huawei swap-out.
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