Comparison site Uswitch.com has teamed up with eSIM Go to launch data-only travel eSIMs, offering prices from 13p a day. Customers can sign up online and connect to local networks at their destination or before they travel for instant connection on an eSIM-compatible device. The travel eSIMs use mobile data onl and exclude regular network

A third of UK businesses are still ignorant abut the discontinuation of the pubic switched network and chage to VoIP scheduled to take place by December 2025.

The analogue switch off will have a huge impact on non-voice applications says Nextivity VP strategic accounts Colin Abrey.  As telephone networks are being overhauled the world over, the analogue era in the U.K. is coming to an end in December 2025.

Half the UK population is unaware of the imending 3G network switch off according to an Opinium survey sample of 2,000 UK adults last December, Respondents were asked:  ‘In 2023 mobile providers will start to switch off their 3G networks to focus on 4G and 5G. Were you aware of this before today? Fifty one

Samsung spent $2.24 billion on 6G research and development in 2021

2G network remains in place for voice and texts 

The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is the highest-rated refurbished mobile phone according to a study by Uswitch.com mobiles which analysed popular mobile phones that have been discontinued in the last two years.

Virgin Media O2 UK says consumers are being “swindled” by networks charging for phones they have paid for. But Vodafone calls this claim ‘incorrect and misleading’ Virgin Media O2 says UK consumers are spending millions of pounds buying their smartphones twice over”.  “Three of the four UK mobile network operators EE, Vodafone, and Three, are

Three takes second place with perks worth over 60 per cent lower than O2.

But the good news is the effect of turning off 2G and 3G will have a negligible effect on consumers

BAI-hosted 5G Tube connectivity follows December 4G switch on

Over a million football fans are expected to go to Qatar for the World Cup in November

The app will help households understand their home energy consumption, monitor their power usage and find ways to cut costs

Customers could be hit by price rises of around 14pc at the end of March

Since BT announced the phase out of Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN) in 2017, David Hayward, Divisional Director at Radius Connect, advises what this means for business

Uswitch also has a guide explaining roaming charges

Monthly contracts will dominate over the next decade

The survey revealed that 36 per cent of Brits have never switched providers

The closure will start in specific areas and expand regionally  Vodafone has told subscribers it will be starting the 3G switch-off in January. The 3G closure will start in specific areas, and then expand regionally, with the full national 3G switch to be completed by the end of September. Customers have been told: “Switching off

WightFibre’s entire network is now fully optical right into the customer premise

48pc said they would actively search for a new provider

Switch Up will be automatically included for O2 customers on a Plus Plan at no extra cost

Pangea’s sales planner will allow its partners to plan around the upcoming switch-off

Lyca Mobile is one of the only operators to not have reintroduced EU roaming charges, helping to bring down costs for UK customers 

The company was impressed with BigQuery and saw a shift in performance

A third of people surveyed have called for roaming to be abolished

The trial is a collaborative development between South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Digital, Virgin Media O2 Business, Bruhati and Nokia and will test a number of use cases

Nottingham suffered the worst of the outages by spending the most time offline and losing 9.2 million hours of broadband annually

Many Brits will be taking a break over the Jubilee bank holiday in early June

Motivations to be more environmentally friendly and the cost of living crisis are key reasons for consumers wanting to buy refurbished

Announcement comes as 5G usage has increased by over 358 per cent on Three’s network in the last year

Those who switch to Three will receive their cashback through a pre-paid MasterCard, which can be spent online

Out-of-contract customers are overpaying on pay-monthly rolling mobile contracts that costs 430 per cent more than the best value SIM-only offers

Uswitch.com is calling on broadband providers to make it easier for customers to recycle unused routers, and to offer a service for customers to return old routers

Vodafone has supported the OpenRAN ecosystem since its conception in 2016 and actively uses OpenRAN across the UK.

Some of the big cities in the UK didn’t rank in the top 10 fastest streets for broadband

During the pandemic, over three-quarters of small businesses have been hampered by slow broadband at some point

Many depend on 5G services to work from their phone

Study from Telness Tech found that majority of consumers would switch for a better deal if possible 

Around four million Brits are expected to buy the phone at launch

Survey by Spitfire Network Services Ltd shows a lack of preparedness amongst SMEs ahead of Openreach Analogue and ISDN Switch Off

giffgaff named Network of the Year at the annual awards ceremony

Towns and cities include Leamington Spa and Halifax

A lack of confidence in switching providers is costing consumers 

UC provider plans staff increases and acquisitions with cash injection

The London Stadium hosts a range of sports, including football, rugby and athletics 

Roaming charges and international calls are amongst the two biggest causes

Millennials are the most likely to buy additional mobile data

Bristol experienced the most amount of time with outages across the UK

Vodafone UK CTO Scott Petty calls this an important milestone for the operator

The average handset costs £355 compared to £72.50 back in 2000

Despite lockdown measures easing many UK businesses are still operating remotely

Over a third of consumers would like to see unused mobile data rolled over into following month

The lockdown has seen families make the most out of their broadband 

The average household has seen streaming usage double to 17 hours a week

The fastest tube line was the Bakerloo Line, while the District Line was the slowest

However Uswitch has launched a service designed to inform customers of the best available speeds at their home 

All four MNOs won awards with O2 winner for the best network coverage last year

Strengthening of the 4G network remains a priority, with over £2m invested a day 

The government has ambitious plans to reach nationwide full-fibre by 2025

SIM-only sales at third-highest since 2014 in the week after new ruling came into effect Ofcom’s ‘Text-to-Switch’ ruling has boosted mobile market sales by 57 per cent year-on-year (YoY) and has led 12-month SIM-only deals to rise 104 per cent. This is according to data compiled by www.awin.com which analysed its weekly Mobile Benchmarking Report

All 5G plans have unlimited data with their download speed differentiating them. Prices start at £23

Customers can now change operator through sending a text once contract expires Three UK has partnered up with actress Dame Joan Collins to encourage people to switch to its network as part of a ‘ditch and switch’ campaign. Three launched the social media campaign on its Instagram, Twitter and Facebook feeds and became the first

Ofcom’s new switching rule will come into force on Monday (July 1)

Operator says 2G still has a future due to IoT applications

Six cities will see download speeds of up to 1Gbps. Contracts and smartphones are available today

A quarter of rural residents also say they can not make mobile calls according to uSwitch

EE is currently trialling 5G at Canary Wharf and across parts of East London 

Apple users are the most likely to switch over to the Chinese manufacturer according to poll Since Huawei launched the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro a flash poll has found that 42 per cent of handset users are considering switching over to Huawei. The poll was carried out by sellmymobile.com who surveyed over 1,000 people […]

9 more 5G trials will be launched in East London this month

Fans following England to Russia could rack up a bill the size of a family trip to LA

10 cities will receive the 4G spectrum as transportation hubs and major shopping centres will be prioritised 

Apple also took gongs for Online retailers, Handset of the Year with the iPhone X and Telecoms Innovation for Face iD

Businesses performance is affected by the poor connectivity, survey found that 89 per cent of UK businesses would consider switching to wireless broadband

Ofcom’s decision to move towards gaining provider led switching criticised

Customers will be able to drop a mobile provider by simply sending a text message

25 per cent of UK employees experienced issues with their broadband provider or mobile service when working from home last year

The iPhone 7 followed in second place, whilst the iPhone 6 came third

Regulator also revealed plans to tackle switching in fixed line and broadband markets

Accenture research reveals security and privacy are a major concern, while just 13 per cent plan to increase spending on mobile and IT devices

The regulator has put forward new proposals to make network switching easier

O2 MVNO bagged five gongs at yearly mobile awards, as MVNOs picked up more than a third of the trophies over the MNOs

Tim Cook reports 31 per cent rate of switchers in last quarter came from Google’s OS

The distributor expects to save at least £10,000 over two years by moving to O2 unified communications: fixed line and broadband

Communications director of dealer sales moves to development role