UK mobile networks can now use satellites to boost their coverage We’ve been hearing about the possibility of mobile networks ...

Thanks to 5G, an exciting new alternative to traditional fibre home broadband is starting to emerge. The next-generation mobile network known as 5G is not merely a super-fast way to get connected from ...

Not long ago we reported that EE’s 5G Standalone service – now dubbed ‘5G+’ – would soon reach over half the UK’s population, and now EE has achieved that milestone, with its 5G Standalone service now ...

If you’ve ever driven around the UK you’ll know that once you get out of towns and cities, coverage can become patchy at best, but this is something O2 is working to resolve, as the network has now ...

Ofcom has just launched its latest Mobile Matters report, where it looks at the network performance of Three, EE, Vodafone, and O2, across the UK, and while there aren’t many surprises, there are a ...

EE has reworked its plans for small businesses, and now offers three distinct plan types that come with a lot more than just your allowances. For one thing, they’re all 5G ready, so paired with a 5G ...

Technology consultancy firm Cambridge Consultants has announced an ambitious collaboration with UK startup Stratospheric Platforms Limited to create an airborne wireless 5G antenna system. Following a ...

No network is an island – they rely on outside companies to help supply and build much of their network infrastructure, and that includes the roll out of 5G, for which O2 has just chosen Ericsson to ...

European standards organisation ETSI has published several new reports and specifications that provide fresh technical guidelines on the use of 5G. One new report from the European Telecommunications ...

5G Standalone (5G SA) is the next step for 5G – right now, most of the UK uses 5G Non-Standalone (5G NSA), which means it still has some 4G components, while with 5G SA, the infrastructure is all ...

The main data guzzler is set to be video streaming, driven by the faster speeds 5G will enable. Currently, phone users consume an average of 0.83 GB’s worth of data per month through streaming video.

These days, if you have a 5G phone you’ll probably often find you can connect to a 5G network in the UK, yet 5G availability still trails way behind much of Europe. A report from Ookla (which collects ...