EE has opened its 47th Experience store in Dudley’s Merry Hill shopping centre, its third UK launch of this retail format so far this year.

EE has introduced a free, customisable “P.H.O.N.E. Contract” to help parents and children agree limits on smartphone use. The network has also introdced new under-18 mobile plans and in-store online safety appointments. The downloadable agreement covers issues such as screen time limits, phone curfews, and situations when device use is not allowed. It also includes

VodafoneThree has activated its Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) platform on more than 600 sites, with 9,000 expected to be live by the end of the first year of the merger.

Virgin Media O2, Three and iD Mobile were the most complained-about mobile providers in the UK during Q1, according to new figures published by Ofcom today. 

EE has introduced SIM-only plans aimed at under-18s, alongside in-store safety support appointments and digital guidance materials for parents. 

BT has refunded or credited £18 million to  customers following a breach of Ofcom’s consumer protection rules.

Vodafone’s UK mobile contract base fell by 46,000 in the first quarter of its financial year 2026, mainly due to disconnections in the business segment and customer losses to Three.

EE says more than 34 million people will be soon be able to access ts 5G Standalone network which will cover more than half of the population less than a year after its launch.

VodafoneThree has been selected  as a main connectivity contractor for Sizewell C, the £14.2 billion nuclear power station being built on the Suffolk coast.

Cellhire is adopting BT Wholesale’s new Complete Mobile proposition to give its channel partners enhanced access to EE with contract flexibility, pricing improvements, and bespoke branding.

Telecoms customers will soon be able to escalate unresolved complaints sooner using Ofcom-approved Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) schemes. 

Vodafone is using the Wimbledon tennis championships to promote its digital inclusion initiative. As the tournament’s official connectivity partner.

VodafoneThree to be Curry’s exclusive mobile network operator partner. The new deal expands the existing mobile partnership into the home and mobile broadband market, including fixed wire services

Orange Business has a new division to handle defense and homeland security matters..

Verizon Business is partnering with Thames Freeport and Nokia to deploy private 5G networks across several key industrial and logistics sites along the River Thames Estuary, including DP World London Gateway, Port of Tilbury, and Ford Dagenham.

A new Trump-branded MVNO has launched under the name Trump Mobile, offering nationwide 5G service through a product called T1 Mobile. The service is aimed at military families and budget-conscious consumers.

The global secondary smartphone market dipped two per cent in Q1, its first annual drop in more than three years, according to CCS Insight.

Customers of VodafoneThree unable to have a genune complaint resolved will be able to cancel their contract without notice or penalty.

VodafoneThree has signed a wholesale partnership with Community Fibre, London’s largest full fibre network. 

Vodafone rolls out its eSIM network trial across the UK, to Belfast, Sheffield, Liverpool and Watford.

Vodafone Group and CK Hutchison have completed the long-anticipated merger of their UK mobile operations, officially forming a new entity called VodafoneThree.

EE has deployed 80 small cells on lamp posts across Westminster, central London, to boost mobile coverage and capacity. The installation was carried out by Ontix, a company that specialises in deploying and managing small cell networks, fixed wireless access, and public Wi-Fi solutions in urban areas. The rollout, which supports both 4G and 5G

Three UK has completed the first phase of an Open RAN trial in Glasgow, deploying mobile masts on lampposts and street signs.

EE’s 5G subscriber base rose 10 per cent to 10.8 million customers according to BT’s full year results to March.

EE is opening its first East Midlands Experience store tomorrow (Thursday) in Nottingham’s Victoria Centre.

Ericsson will sell a portion of company shares that were set aside as bonuses for employees in a long-term reward scheme. The move is aimed at covering taxes and social security costs linked to those bonuses. Ericsson’s shareholders gave the green light for the company to sell up to 60 per cent of the shares

Three UK has a new brand campaign titled ‘Glow’ to promote perks and rewards, such as discounted cinema tickets, £1 coffees, and flexible handset upgrades.

ege has become an official distributor for accessories manufacturer UGREEN. 

Vodafone has launched a new screen damage insurance product, offering protection from just £2 a month.

Bamboo Connect has been awarded the King’s Award for Enterprise 2025 for international trade, adding to its previous Queen’s Award for Enterprise, won in 2018. 

Distributor ege is now an official distributor for screen protection manufacturer PanzerGlass and will supply its range of screen protectors and cases to UK partners, targeting both business and consumer markets.

Likewize has acquired Danish AI customer service specialist Speedperform in a move to improve how customers interact with tech support.

Here’s a Mobile News-style rewrite of your story: Three Business has teamed up with eSIMGO to offer more than 50,000 businesses across Birmingham and Bristol the chance to experience its network before committing to switch.

Ericsson is pumping €200 million over three years in its Athlone facility to accelerate the development of open, programmable 5G networks.

How can the Vodafone, Three, SMARTY, VOXI, and TalkMobile brands all coexist in harmony? The truth is—they can’t. Duplication will have to go, and some brands won’t make it predicts Graystone Strategy founder and MVNO expert JamesGray

Oxford’s streetlights are being transformed into mobile signal boosters.

The A1 Technology Center in Vienna, and Nokia have streamed video over a 6G test network proving that urban capacities can be increased with an existing network. The spectrum tested can be used in existing macro networks and is compatible with current mobile radio cells.  A Nokia 128TRX Massive MIMO transmitter and a MediaTec test

This week’s Trump Adminstration bombshell of substantial global tariffs has sent ripples through various sectors of the global economy, with the secondary market for used and refurbished mobile phones standing among the most affected. Industry analysts warn that these tariffs could lead to increased costs for refurbishers, significant supply chain disruptions, and shifts in consumer

Three Business, the B2B arm of Three UK has reached a million customers, up from 60,000 four years ago. This means the base has increased 16 times over in four years, The network has invested £2 billion to deliver 99 per cent 4G population coverage and 64 per cent 5G outdoor coverage across 685 towns

Barclay Communications and Three Mobile UK have teamed up to support charities and social enterprises across Northern Ireland by offering cost-price mobile packages and direct financial donations.

Samsung Electronics Co-Chief Executive Officer Han Jong-Hee has died at the age of 63 due to a heart attack while receiving hospital treatment, the company has announced. This leaves Jun Young-Hyun, the semiconductor chief executive who was appointed co-CEO just last week, as the sole CEO of Samsung Electronics. Han,was instrumental in elevating Samsung’s television

Three UK has launched a £1 a month subscription-based service, called ‘Three Device Security’ offering enhanced protection against scams, fraud, malware and phishing attacks across both Android and iOS devices. The technology is from cyber security company Bitdefender and the launch comes as Three UK reveals it blocked nearly seven million scam messages** in the

Virgin Media O2 is offering free 4G phones and discounted upgrades to people in the Durham area whose 3G devices will no longer receive service from April 2. To minimise disruption, the company is offering free 4G-ready devices to vulnerable customers and discounted upgrades to others in the area who still rely on 3G technology.

EE is expanding its 5G standalone (5G SA) network to additional towns and cities across the UK as part of a major upgrade. The operator, which launched 5G SA in September 2024, aims to cover over 28 million people in 50 locations by the end of March 2025. The latest expansion includes towns such as

Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile Sign Agreement to Create European Direct-To-Device Satellite Service Provider Vodafone Group and AST SpaceMobile have signed an agreement to create a jointly-owned European satellite service business to serve network operators Europe. AST is building a space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by any smartphone for both commercial and government application, The

Westcoast is now an official distributor for UGREEN Group, a leading provider of USB hardware, charging accessories, and consumer electronics. 

CEO of Vodafone UK Max Taylor who will be CEO of the new merged network. has anniunced his management team to run the £15 billion venture. They are:  Darren Purkis (CFO) Kelly Barlow, (Strategy and Portfolio). Clare Corkish (HR) Andrea Dona (Networks), Nick Gliddon (Business). Stephen Lerner (Regulatory, Government Affairs & Company Secretary), Nicki Lyons

Following an upgrade by EE, Wembley Stadium has become the first UK sports venue to get a 5G Standalone (SA) mobile network . The new 5G SA network will be available to the public for the first time on February 26, during England Women’s UEFA Nations League match against Spain. EE subscribers attending the game

Apple, Google, and Samsung executives  joined the Home Secretary, police leaders, the National Crime Agency, and Mayor of London at a conference yesterday in London to respond to a 43 per cent surge in street crime, driven by mobile phone theft. The Government is calling for a unified strategy  to tackle the growing issue. Home

EE has emerged as the dominant network in key areas of mobile connectivity, according to an analysis by nPerf. The analysis is based on 91,281 tests conducted by users under real-world conditions using the nPerf application, available on both Android and iOS. EE achieved the highest nPerf Score in categories such as latency, video streaming,

Three UK has partnered with Ericsson to build a new cloud-based core network that will more than triple the network’s capacity to 9Tbps (terabits per second). Data traffic on Three’s network doubled to over 2Tbps in December 2024 compared with two years prior. Notably, it took nearly 20 years for data traffic to reach 1Tbps.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared Vodafone’s historic merger with Three. The deal will be completed in the first half of next year and is conditional on both companies signing binding commitments to invest billions to roll out a combined 5G network across the UK and cap tariffs and offer preset contractual terms

Six EE distributors were recognised at the EE PAYG Partnership Awards 2024, held last Thursday at The Ned, a private members’ club in London (Main pic And Wilton EE Senior Manager, Ravi Navaratnam MD GK Telecom, Gummy Dulku Director, GK Teleco) Lewis Milward EE New Market Director – Commercial. Winners are: GK Telecom – Best

Sky has expressed strong opposition to the proposed remedies to safeguard competition resulting from a merger between Vodafone UK and Three UK Sky has called the remedies suggested by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)  “weak” and “temporary.” The company argues that the measures fail to adequately safeguard competition in the mobile wholesale market, leaving

EE has opened its latest Experience in Birmingham as part of a £6 million investment in brick-and-mortar retail this year. EE has now opened 30 experience-led stores. EE has been expanding its Experience Stores with recent openings in the Metrocentre in Gateshead and the Bluewater Shopping Centre. Since the launch of its flagship EE Studio

IT managed services provider Redsquid has acquired Aberdeen-based *IT Hotdesk to boost service offerings in the region. IT Hotdesk’s team and operations will be integrated into Redsquid’s existing structure. This is Redsquid’s third acquisition this year. In August Redsquid bought OptivITy, a managed service provider specialising in the film industry. In March it acquired Epoq

DCC plc, the parent company of Exertis, has announced it will sell the top-tier distributor as part of a new strategic direction focusing on the energy sector. DCC aims to streamline its portfolio to capitalise on growth opportunities in energy. This announcement was made by DCC Chief Executive Donal Murphy during the company’s interim results

Three has welcomed Ymobile as a new MVNO to offer data-only eSIM plans that can be bought through the Ymobile app without any contractual obligations. Ymobile offers five flexible, 30-day data plans. These are 2GB for £2, 5GB for £5, 10GB for £7, 50GB for £10, and 100GB for £15. Ymobile is an MVNO brand

The proposed merger between Vodafone and Three is nearly a done deal. The Competition and Markets Authority has agreed that a significant network upgrade by the merged company could address competition concerns and allow the merger to proceed. The CMA now states that a legally binding commitment from Vodafone and Three to undertake their proposed

EE has added extended reality retail demonstration experiences in its Westfield. White City store flagship store, Shoppers can try out the HTC Vive XR Elite, PlayStation VR2 and Meta Quest 3, alongside the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, TCL NXTWEAR S+ and the XREAL Air 2 Pro glasses  It follows steady growth in the XR sector

An outdoor small cell project in the City of London by EE and connectivity infrastructure Freshwave   is now expanding with 25 new sites, boosting 4G and 5G coverge across the Square Mile. Sites benefiting from the new coverage include St. Paul’s Cathedral, Cannon Street, and the Bank of England. The project aims to improve

Vodafone and Three have pledged to maintain tariffs for their SMARTY and VOXI MVNO customers.at £10 or below for two years from the completion of the proposed merger of the two networks. They say they will also provide a pricing framework that encourages other MVNOs to access their additional network capacity. Upon approval of the

The UK will miss out on £11bn of infrastructure investment to deliver 5G Standalone to 95 percent of the population by 2030 and 99 percent of the UK population by 2034 unless the Vodafone Three merger goes ahead. So says Vodafone UK’s Chief Network Officer, Andrea Donà, citing findings from research that indicate nationwide 5G

EE has launched an eSIM service for pay monthly SIM-only mobile users. EE’s eSIM enables customers on SIM-only plans to choose their plan, select their eSIM type, and download it from the EE website or EE app. Customers selecting an eSIM-compatible device will now have the option to choose an eSIM at the point of

Approval for the Vodafone and Three merger is now in doubt as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says it could lead to higher prices for consumers. Although a final decision is not expected until December 7, the CMA says it is now worried that the merger “could lead to millions of customers having to

O2 customer experience slower file download speeds over 4G and 5G compared to other networks according to Ofcom’s latest ‘Mobile Matters’ report published today. The research, which is based on crowdsourced data supplied by Opensignal, analysed crowdsourced data collected between October last year and March, and highlights the varying experiences of mobile network users across the country. Ofcom

HMD has signed a sponsorship deal with FC Barcelona. The three-year deal sees Human Mobile Devices become a Global Partner of FC Barcelona, and the Official Mobile Phone Partner of the club. The partnership is designed to raise awareness of Human Mobile Devices through digital advertising opportunities at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys and Spotify

EE has launched a 5G standalone (5GSA) network across 15 UK cities,  which should benefit from faster speeds, better coverage, and improved reliability. Standalone 5G allows networks to operate independently of 4G infrastructure. The network improves performance by using machine learning to manage energy consumption and optimise network reliability. The new system also includes “Network

Three UK spent £17 million more than it earned after covering operating costs and investments,according to half-year figures for 2024. This is an improvement from the £112 million shortfall in early 2023. However revenue climbed nine per cent to £1.335 billion, up from £1.227 billion in the same period last year. The increase was driven

Three UK has revised its pricing structure to show annual price increases outlined in “pounds and pence” determined by tiers based on the data allowance of each contract. Each year mobile customers will see the following increases depending on their data allowance. 4GB or less: £1 more a month, 5GB-99GB: £1.25 more a month, 100GB

The Competition and Markets Authority needs another three months to produce its findings on the proposed Vodafone and Three merger. The original period for the CMA’s report to be prepared and published was September 18. This has now been extended to December 7. Inquiry group chair Stuart McIntosh stated that this was because the Inquiry

Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 have reached a new agreement for Cellnex UK to provide them with tower infrastructure and associated services. Cellnex is a European and UK independent owner and operator of wireless telecoms infrastructure. It manages more than 138,000 sites in 12 European countries, mainly in Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and

Virgin Media O2 supports the merger of Vodafone and Three and said it  would be “a positive step for investment in the UK’s digital infrastructure.” The affiirmatiom was made by Lutz Schüler,CEO of Virgin Media O2 announcing the networks Q2 financial performance.  Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone UK have a new, long-term mobile network sharing

Virgin Media O2 will be deploying temporary wheeled masts at 29 festivals and special events and at 12 holiday destinations this summer. The temporary masts, known as Cells on Wheels (COW), are powered by a hydrotreated vegetable oil solution expected to save 300 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. The network says this is around the

Ericsson and OPPO have signed a multi-year global patent cross-license agreement covering patents including 5G. In addition to a cross-license, OPPO and Ericsson will cooperate on 5G projects, including device testing, customer engagements, and marketing activities. OPPO and Nokia in January settled months of legal disputes over 5G patents that ended up in several court

EE provides the best mobile experience by a major operator, according to tests by Global Wireless Solutions. Virgin Media O2 was the top provider when combining mobile and broadband experience, followed by Sky Mobile, EE, Vodafone, and Three. EE performed best in most test categories, including reliability, video streaming, and latency. In terms of throughput,

Three Becomes Chelsea Women’s Principal Partner Three is now the Chelsea Women’s football team’s main sponsor, becoming their first women’s-only Principal Partner. Three’s logo will feature on all women’s players’ training kits, matchday warm-up shirts, and travel apparel in the upcoming season. Fans will have the chance to purchase these items starting from the 2025/26

Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 have agreed to extend their network sharing agreement that has been operating for more than a decade. The agreement is subject to the approval of the merger between Vodafone and Three by the Competition and Markets Authority. The agreement will be an irresistible carrot for the Competition and Markets Authority

Drastic action needs to be taken to encourage businesses to repair devices rather than replacing them to help boost the UK economy writes Adam Whitehouse founder of TMT First, the Staffordshire provider of technology lifecycle services. Whoever is in power needs to encourage people to get devices repaired – they need to make it easier

Virgin Media O2 and environmental charity Hubbub are running a PR campaign to urge people to hand in their unwanted phones to the Community Calling scheme so the devices can be redistributed to people in need. Community Calling was established in 2020 in response to the pandemic to provide smartphones to help people who couldn’t

Vodafone is using eSIM technology and QR codes to offer Glastonbury-goers who are subscribers on other networks a free seven day trial of the network. Festival goers scan a QR code at Vodafone’s Connect and Charge stand or click on a link in the in the Official Glastonbury App  (below) to get 50GB data, 500 minutes

EE has opened its second Experience store in Manchester, a year after the launch of the first Experience store in Manchester’s Trafford Centre. EE reports that this new store has produced a 25 per cent boost in footfall compared to previous stores in the area. Manchester is now the first city to have two of

eSIM Go has signed Confused.com to its Breeze affiliate partner programme. The comparison web site will now offer travel insurance customers an eSIM Go eSIM of up to 2GB of free mobile data to use in selected countries around the world . eSIM Go recently signed uSwitch as an affiliate and says there is strong

Three UK has refreshed part of its network with the latest Ericsson radio equipment that uses machine learning and AI to switch off during low traffic periods and instantly turn back on again As part of an ongoing network modernisation initiative over the last 18 months, Three UK has worked with Ericsson on improving network

BT has torn apart the proposed Vodafone and Three merger in its response to the Competition and Markets Authority investigation into the planned merger and driven a coach and horses through any claim that the deal would be good for consumers. BT claims a merged network would have a disproportionate share of capacity and spectrum

Ofcom has fined BT £2.8m because subsidiaries EE and Plusnet  did not  provide more than a million customers with clear contract information before they signed up for a new deal. Ofcom said: “The company broke our consumer protection rules designed to ensure telecoms customers get clear, comparable information about the services they are considering buying.”

EE has removed fixed tills from its stores and replaced them with new cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) technology following a six-week pilot across 15 stores. The new system will allow EE store staff to complete all sales, service, and operational processes from a single device, including a smartphone, instead of multiple devices for different tasks. The

Government security agencies have approved the Vodafone and Three merger on condition that the National Security Committee oversees work deemed to have a potential impact on national security. A technical group will be set up within the National Security Committee to monitor cyber, physical and personnel security facets and that the new merged network migration

SIM-only MVNO Spusu has pledged to extend its 2024 price freeze until January 2026. Spusu is a family-owned Austrian provider that launched in Vienna in 2015 and in Italy in 2020. It launched its UK operation a year ago. The EE MVNO will not utilise regulatory permission to raise bills annually in accordance with the

Three UK is using former hardman footballer Vinnie Jones in a campaign with Chelsea F.C. and Samaritans to address mens’ mental health issues In an online video, Jones talks abouth is own mental health issues with Chelsea players Cole Palmer, Nicolas Jackson, Robert Sanchez and Alfie Gilchrist and encourages them to ‘talk more’. Jones said: “I

The country’s public payphones will be tirned into high-speed connectivity hubs courtesy of BT and the Media & Entertainment group Global. The two companies have signed a 10-year partnership to upgrade legacy payphones and 2,000 payphones into digital hubs for local communities in more than 200 towns and cities that will provide public Wi-Fi and

Virgin Media O2 and environmental charity  Hubbub, are providing more than 500 used tablets and smartphones to people in need. The equipment is financed by a £400,000 device lending scheme organised by the Tech Lending Community Scheme, established in 2022, aims to provide used devices to people in need, while also giving tech a second

The proposed merger of Vodafone  and Three deal could leave consumers and businesses worse off,  lead to higher prices for customers and affect investment in UK mobile networks says the Competition and Markets Authority  The CMA has ruled the merger now requires further investigation with a six-month probe run by a panel of outside experts.

The UK will continue to lag behind in 5G unless Vodafone and Three can join together and match the scale of the combined operations of BT and EE and Virgin Media and O2  said Three UK CEO Robert Finnegan who was announcing the network’s 2023 performance. The CMA is due to announce tomorrow if it

Mobile News Awards winners Barclay Communications (Best B2B Dealer) and BT Wholesale (Best Wholesale Partner) have started a £6 million programme to upgrade 50,000 Northern Ireland businesses to high speed broadband this year. Businesses here who have access to full fibre to their premises can upogradetheir broadband at no extra cost to their monthly payments.

5G is being used in a bowel cancer screening programme that connects a tiny pill camera that transmits internal images to a recorder for upload to a remote computer. The Colon Capsule Endoscopy technology enables people to be tested for the bowel cancer at home or at their local pharmacy. The ‘pill cam’ project is

EE’s newest retail concept, the EE Studio,has won the ‘Best New Store” category of the Retail Week awards. The Studio was opened last June in its flagship store at Westfield, White City, West London and covers 4,325 square feet and aims to showcase state-of-art connectivity and technology solutions. The Studio offers visitors a range of “experience

Unified comms provider Focus Group has acquired Bristol cloud communications and mobile specialist Pinnacle to boost Focus’ Southwes market presence and service offerings. Pinnacle has expertise in cross-selling IT, mobile, and fixed-line services, Then two companies believe growth potential that can be enhanced by integrating of Focus Group’s products and expertise. Brian Lodge, Regional Director

TMT First founder Adam Whitehouse’s campaign to get a national apprenticeship scheme set up has succeeded with the official launch of The Digital Device Repair Technician Apprenticeship. The scheme, which will now be rolled out nationally over the coming months, has been created in partnership with the Institute for Apprenticeships Tech Education (IfATE). It follows