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

Vodafone is taking mobile connectivity to new heights—literally.  The company isto open Europe’s first dedicated research hub in Malaga for integrating low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite and land-based mobile broadband services. This initiative will enable seamless switching between 4G/5G networks and satellite connections using standard smartphones. The Málaga hub will focus on designing, testing, and

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

Vodafone is now offering an alternative IoT service called Long Term Evolution for Machines (LTE-M). It is designed for IoT services not connected to mains electricity and only transmit small amounts of data, such as burglar alarms, wearable devices, and asset tracking. The technology is also known as LTE Cat-M1 and is optimised for indoor

Virgin Media O2 is using the Starlink constellation of low earth orbit satellites  to boost mobile services in most remote locations as part of the Shared Rural Network programme. Starlink’s LEO satellites will connect to phone masts unreachable with fibre optic cables or microwave to give connectivity to more rural communities. The Starlink mobile backhaul

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

BICS and Skylo have teamed up to boost global IoT connectivity using satellites by integratng Skylo’s satellite network with BICS’ IPX infrastructure, enabling direct NB-IoT-to-satellite connections for enterprises. Skylo Technologies is a global NTN service provider based in Mountain View, CA, offering a service that allows smartphone and IoT cellular devices to connect directly over

A pan-European IoT network that ensures seamless cross-border connectivity will soon be a reality writes Patrick Griffin, Chief Product Officer of EU Sigfox operator Heliot Europe

The Ryder Cup in Rome is getting its own private 5G and Wi-Fi network from Hewlett Packard Enterprise on the 370-acre golf course at the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club 

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.

Virgin Media O2 has been named the best network in the UK for combined connectivity experience, according to mobile network benchmarking specialist GWS. GWS collects data from 17,500 local markets in 25 countries and collects more than 54 million data points collected daily from mobile consumers  For thee statistics it collected data over six months

Vodafone has partnered partnership with sport charity Sported to offer free connectivity, digital skills training and grants under a new scheme called Sports.connected.

Mobile network operators are urging newly-elected local councillors to put digital policy and connectivity strategies high on their agenda as they start their new terms. “We congratulate all newly and re-elected councillors in England’s local elections and are encouraging every councillor to actively support our ongoing campaign to fund and roll out local Digital Champions”

includes £40 million to aid 5G takeup and £8 million to connect remote homes to satellites. Pledge to extend 5G to all populated areas by 2030 and invest £8 million to connect remote homes and businesses via satellite New plans and investments to boost digital connectivity and put the UK at the forefront of future telecom

Hybrid Connex ‘Digital Amublance of The Future’ project will combine mobile and satellite signals to give resilient connections

EE will be able to extend 4G connectivity to the remotest area over a satellite link

Why a great in-store mobie experience is essential

Tom Bennett, Freshwave CTO, on how changed post-Covid working habits have also created changed connectivity requirements for companies/employers; as a result, a thriving specialist industry of providers is springing up, supplying the “last mile” work to ensure total coverage; and developing increasingly ingenious tech that is critically important for areas like the City of London.

Mobile traffic was up 36 per cent year-on-year

EE is now live on Freshwave’s neutral host network, with Virgin Media O2 and Vodaone also joining the pilot and expected to go live in 2023

The company continues to invest billions of pounds in upgrading UK connectivity, which has created jobs and numerous partnerships to support local digital programmes

BT Wholesale fixed solutions and services are supported by the Openreach network

eSim’s could unlock a lot of potential and we could see more manufacturers adopting this

The company has also successfully trialled the use of recycled aggregate to minimise environmental impact of its fibre rollout

An output of £7.7bn is potentially being lost to the British economy each year

The Wimbledon Experience W12 will enable fans to watch the BBC broadcast coverage of the matches live on a large screen within an English garden landscape

The 10-site pilot will stretch across Queen Victoria Street and pass places such as Bank, Blackfriars, Mansion House and Millennium Bridge

Findings showed 81pc of monthly data peaks in the last two years were linked to football matches

Three UK has removed roaming charges anywhere in the Ukraine and Cellhire will also provide satellite phones to media customers in Ukraine

The company committed to investing £10 billion in the UK and delivered 5G to over 2,000 sites last year and has 5G coverage in 300 UK towns and cities

Consumers also continue to remain brand loyal when choosing new handsets

BAI has been awarded a 20-year concession with Transport for London (TFL) to give customers uninterrupted coverage and full connectivity on the Tube and in stations.

The operator has been chosen as the official connectivity partner

BAI plans to invest more than £1bn across the Connected London programme.

Pangea co-founder Dan Cunliffe sees huge opportunities in the surging IoT sector, having carved a space in the past few years offering multi-network SIM cards and flexible self-optimising tariffs into the channel market

But this has also raised concerns around security, reveals study 

The operator is using its recently acquired 700MHz spectrum to support indoor 5G performance

The service is available from an annual cost of £99

Demand for traditional SIM also remained strong last year despite pandemic 

Operator is donating 10,000 dongle devices to help children access online learning

The operator has connected a number of rural areas in Scotland during 2020

Schools.connected programme gives children SIM with 30GB data allowance and is valid for 90 days

The service offers customers download speeds of 150Mb/s

The range of routers includes a 5G router plus super-fast 4G+

Capacity and reliability increases to meet rising data demands

Prices for the second broadband line start from £21 per month

The solution also offers Pangea partners’ protection from malicious web-based threats 

Access controls and by-the-minute data usage insights can supercharge employee productivity and cost saving

Liverpool came out on top of the study as the best city for mobile business usage

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Businesses could gain £34.1bn in productivity gains at a time of economic uncertainty

It follows Ofcom’s decision in July to allow spectrum sharing 

No plans to move office or add to staff

Additional consultation on improving mobile connectivity runs for 10 weeks

Restaurants in Soho were among the worst for mobile connection One in ten Brits have seen their dining experience ruined by poor mobile connectivity. This is according to research carried out by benchmarking company Global Wireless Solutions (GWS), which surveyed more than 2,000 UK adults on their mobile experiences when dining out. Nearly a third

O2 hope to showcase the first ‘proof of concepts’ of the project by 2020 O2 has partnered up with the European Space Agency to support a project that trials technology for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs). The collaboration comes as part of a four-year trial programme called ‘Project Darwin’ which aims to test connectivity solutions

Acquisition sees more than 700 Elite connections move to One Connectivity

One Connectivity MD Paul Stevenson said “the acquisition was an obvious move for us to support our growth”

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

Government watchdog calls for improved connectivity

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

Full internet connectivity will be made available in the London Underground tunnels

The B2B dealer will open its third office in Manchester later this year with the addition of a further five employees

Samsung has launched the Gear S3 smartwatch, its first wearable device to come with built-in 4G connectivity. The Korean manufacturer unveiled the product at IFA in Berlin today (September 1). There are two versions available; the Classic (below) and the more premium Frontier (left). Only the latter comes with 4G, however, offering faster data downloads

AT&T, Hutchison, Vodafone and BT in talks. Manufacturers developing devices equipped for ‘space tourism.’

Politicians are calling for voice and data connectivity on the London Underground to support business and bring it in line with networks in other cities but operators are not keen, as Samantha Tomaszczyk reports