EE wins on most metrics in UK mobile experience study
Opensignal’s latest UK Mobile Network Experience Report sees EE claim seven awards outright and three joint wins, while Three clocked the fastest 5G speeds.
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Building Digital UK gives update on Project Gigabit
In an exclusive interview the head of BDUK shares an update on the Gigabit Project, as over £2 billion of the total £5 billion investment programme are already underway.
UK broadband speeds rise, helped by cable
Home broadband speeds in the UK are increasing considerably with cable-based service offerings driving growth as much as full fibre, if not more.
UK unveils winners of £88m Open RAN competition
BT, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2), and Vodafone are just some of the big telco names that have won a share of UK government funding for Open RAN research.
Vodafone Three lobbying campaign zeroes in on the NHS
5G, or the lack thereof, could have significant financial consequences for the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).
BT plans liquid cooling trials with Iceotope and others
BT has become the latest telecoms operator to embrace the idea of liquid cooling as a way to reduce energy consumption, which in turn helps with climate-related targets and saves some cash.
Altnets call for structural separation of BT and Openreach
The Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA), which represents the UK’s alternative network operators, has called for a dramatic re-shaping of the market.
Online censorship pressure mounts ahead of 2024 election season
Recent developments in the EU, US and UK all contribute to a sense of increasing pressure to shape and constrain the digital public square.
Nexfibre and VMO2 acquire UK altnet Upp
UK fibre joint venture nexfibre and telco VMO2 have jointly acquired altnet Upp, which operates in the East of England.
UK signs contract with IBM to provide police with facial recognition tech – report
An investigation claims IBM has signed a contract with the UK government to provide facial recognition tech, despite vowing not to do so previously.
UK altnet Hyperoptic gets a new tech boss
Fixed-line industry veteran Duncan Macdonald has been poached from Liberty Global to become Hyperoptic’s CTIO.
Vodafone UK finally commences volume Open RAN deployment
2,500 Vodafone sites across Wales and the southwest of England are to have their legacy technology replaced by Open RAN kit.
Which calls on Ofcom to investigate VMO2 for price hiking
Consumer watchdog Which has asked UK telecoms regulator Ofcom to urgently investigate VMO2 ’over fears they could break the law’ with regard to broadband contracts – a claim the telco fiercely refutes.
UK reconsiders Microsoft Activision deal after cloud gaming concessions
After it’s initial plan to purchase gaming giant Activision Blizzard was blocked by the CMA, Microsoft has submitted an amended deal it hopes will appease the UK’s regulator’s concerns.
Vodafone UK and Ericsson push network slicing for cloud gaming
A recent live network trial aimed to demonstrate the performance benefits of dedicating a slice of a 5G standalone network to cloud gaming.
VMO2 continues offensive over UK smartphone overspend
Virgin Media O2 is once again on the warpath over alleged overcharging of mobile subscribers, launching an online calculator to help people work out their overspend.
Vodafone UK reckons we now only change phones once every four years
UK MNO Vodafone has done some research into handset longevity and revealed that that people are hanging onto to their phones for a lot longer these days.
Openreach shaves £10m off FTTP rollout cost with a ‘subtended headend’
BT’s networks arm Openreach is making progress with its new-ish approach to getting fibre into hard-to-reach areas.
Three UK uses SRN milestone to push Vodafone merger
Three UK has rolled out mobile coverage to 100 sites under the government’s shared rural network programme, shoehorning a quick mention of the benefits of its proposed merger with Vodafone into the announcement.
TalkTalk and BT top Ofcom’s most complained-about providers
In a quarterly report covering January to March 2023, Ofcom has published data on customer complaints about telecom and Pay-TV services, stating a slight quarterly increase overall.
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