Vodafone Business estimates the slow rollout of standalone 5G is costing small and medium enterprises £8.6 billion a year in potential productivity savings. Standalone 5G networks offer superior coverage, speed, and connectivity compared to non-standalone setups, unlocking advanced services such as augmented reality, autonomous vehicles, and IoT. In its report, titled “Supercharging Small Businesses,” Vodafone

Virgin Media O2 and, nexfibre have bought East of England fibre operator Upp. Nexfibre is a joint venture between InfraVia Capital Partners, Liberty Global and Telefónica. It will roll out fibre to five million homes not currently served by Virgin Media O2’s network by 2026. The deal gives nexfibre a regional fibre network with low

The AIR 3268 claims to be the lightest and smallest Massive MIMO (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) radios in the industry and reduces energy consumption by 40 per cent

The retailer was O2’s most expensive indirect channel Court hears

The UK has lagged behind some others in rolling out 5G, but Bjorn Odenhammar, Ericsson’s chief technology officer for the UK and Ireland, says there are ways they can use spectrum efficiently to give it a boost

Funding and experienced personnel is key to the UK thriving in the mobile game says the trade body which represents the UK’s MNOs

The latest areas to receive the gigabit boost include Brighton, Derby and Sheffield

The latest raise includes investment from Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala and Interogo Holding

Aims for 15.5 million homes by end of year

The Operator has also boosted its 4G connections

London’s ISP has also created 1,000 jobs over the last year

Committee chair cites ‘litany of failures’ from DCMS as cause 

Three is currently investing £2 billion on improving its 5G service, while expanding its coverage across the UK

P40 series first in line, with older flagships to also benefit

350,000 jobs may fail to materialise due to three-year delay 

The operator was the first to launch its 5G mobile service in the UK

Nokia licencee passes 1,000-update milestone in past three years across all smartphones

The service has gone live today (September 7) across the three areas

1.4 million additional homes were connected by fibre broadband between September 2018 and September 2019

First connections go live this summer

50 UK cell sites already live ahead of a national rollout

Ofcom hopes to drive better competition across the country, especially in rural areas

Global mobile penetration will rise rapidly in 2020, but broadband expansion will be slower while fixed lines will fall.

Broadband speeds more than 10 times faster than the local average arrive in the Scottish city

HMD affirms commitment to fast Nokia update schedule

Birmingham’s Brindley Place, Manchester’s Albert Square, and London’s Piccadilly Circus part of 5G expansion

So far 1.5 million premises has been reached nationwide through the ‘Fibre First’ programme Openreach has announced 36 new locations will receive its Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology in the next 12 months. The rollout means 74 locations across the UK are now covered by Openreach’s Fibre First programme. In the coming months towns and cities

Public Health England has found negligible health effects of base stations

Nearly half of those that don’t trust 5G say it’s because they expect “teething issues” early on One third of Britons don’t trust the upcoming 5G rollout according to research into Brits’ attitudes towards technology. The study was carried out by www.moneysavingheroes.co.uk and surveyed 2,300 UK adults. While the majority (68 per cent) said that

In the UK EE launched its 5G network last week (May 30)

Between 2019 and 2023 IDC expect 1.375 billion smartphone units shipments 

Six cities across the UK will see 5G switched on, with EE announcing more cities by 2020

5G provides an opportunity to “break down barriers” according to Mobile UK

16 UK cities will connect to 5G in the first phase of rollout

Early adopters to shape long-term applications

Network heads warn of massive consequences for 5G if government ban on Huawei comes in

Sites to see 5G later in the year include Blackpool, Portsmouth and Wolverhampton

Speedy rollout of 5G could be hindered if national fears over Huawei security are not resolved 

11 more locations have been confirmed today for connection to fibre broadband

Experts have welcomed the 5G network sharing agreement from O2 and Vodafone announced last week

The public will use the 5G network as an alternative to fixed broadband in EE’s latest 5G test

The call follows criticisms of the UK’s current mobile infrastructure being unable to support the rollout of 5G from 2020

RotaGeek has resulted in 6,300 employee hours better spent by improved matching of store staffing to customer demand since launch earlier this year

Operator now more than halfway through its current franchise plan, with the possibility of extending the target still in the pipeline

O2, Vodafone and Three could launch 4G services by mid 2013 after Ofcom secures early spectrum release

France Telecom-Orange tells EU it will have rolled out LTE technology across its markets by 2015 but says “a great deal” must still be done