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4G Emergency Services Network Announced

 The Spending Review and Autumn Statement was delivered to Parliament today and included £1 billion to be spent on 4G communications for the police and other emergency services. Known as ESN (Emergency Services Network) the new 4G network is designed to allow police officers and other emergency services personnel to undertake more tasks away from … Read More

Carphone Warehouse Launches Low Cost 4G Network iD

New mobile network iD, which uses Three’s infrastructure, will be launched by Carphone Warehouse today. The MVNO is advertising itself as the cheapest 4G network in the UK. While iD has not yet released full details of its 4G price plans, they are expected to be very affordable, with introductory offers starting from just £7.50 … Read More

Three Celebrates Three Million 4G Customers

The rollout of 4G from Three is progressing quickly and the network says over three million of its customers are now able to use 4G at no additional cost. Three has over eight million customers in the UK and more than a third of these (3.1 million) are now getting to enjoy the benefits of … Read More

Ofcom Reports on 4G Progress

An Ofcom report released last week outlined the progress of 4G within the UK and compared the four major 4G networks in terms of download speeds, web browsing speeds, upload speeds, and latency, in five major UK cities. Ofcom’s report indicates the current state of the nationwide 4G rollout, stating that EE’s 4G network now … Read More

4G Arrives in Guernsey

4G has begun to be activated in Guernsey this week after network provider Sure was granted its new network licence by the regulator, Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authority (CICRA) at the weekend. Residents of Guernsey will be able to experience faster mobile download speeds, browse the web faster, and stream TV and music on … Read More

EE Still Leads the Way in RootMetrics Review

The results of the RootMetrics 2nd Half 2014 UK Mobile Network Performance Review are out and EE still leads the way for overall performance among the four 4G network providers, with Three, coming second, and O2 and Vodafone coming third and fourth respectively. The RootMetrics UK Mobile Network Performance Review is an in-depth report providing … Read More

Three and O2 to Merge 4G Networks

At the end of January Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, the owner of Three, entered into exclusive talks with Telefonica, the owner of O2 about a potential acquisition of the O2 UK business. With the acquisition of EE by BT it seems that consolidation of the telecoms market is well underway. As usual Three seems remarkable relaxed … Read More

EE Commits £1.5 Billon to Expanding 4G

EE has announced a new manifesto called ‘Signalling the Future’, which will see it investing around £1.5 billion between now and 2017 in improving and expanding its network. EE’s new manifesto is designed to address the changing infrastructure needs of the UK, extending the 4GEE network to 99% of the population and 90% of the … Read More

4G Provides a Boost to Vodafone Revenue

Vodafone UK has struggled in recent years, with the last time Vodafone posted a growth in core mobile revenues at group or UK level being 2012. However, it would seem that consumers’ insatiable appetite for data on its 4G network is reversing the network’s fortunes. Vodafone almost managed to reverse a continual slide in revenue … Read More

BT to Buy UK’s Biggest 4G Network EE

The telecoms landscape in the UK is set to alter dramatically now that telecoms group BT has paid £12.5 billion to buy the country’s first and largest 4G network, EE. The takeover of EE will more than treble BT’s retail customers from 10 million to over 34 million. It will be even larger than it … Read More