Tag Archives: 4G speed

4G at London Transport Hubs

This week we’ve been looking at Rootmetrics’ recent report into the state of mobile network performance in London, Big city network performance: the London urban mobile experience. While our first post looked at the overall performance of the four major 4G network providers in London, and our latest post discovered the state of mobile performance … Read More

Which UK City has the Best 4G?

Rootmetrics has used the results of its network tests to determine which UK cities delivered the best (and worst) 4G speeds, reliability, and overall performance during the first half of 2015. It compared 16 cities in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland to find out which city’s residents were getting the best deal from their … Read More

Three Boosts 4G Speeds by 50%

4G network provider Three has today announced plans to boost the speed, performance, and capacity of its network by rolling out additional spectrum. Three has stated that its 4G customers will enjoy a faster and more reliable experience following the rollout, which is expected to increase speeds by up to 50% across the UK. The … Read More

Report Shows Global Variations in 4G

A new report from OpenSignal, The Sate of LTE, shows that 4G speeds and availability are increasing across the globe, but that there are huge regional variations. Some countries are just starting out with 4G, while others have well established networks and extensive coverage – but this doesn’t necessarily correlate with the performance of their … Read More

Ofcom Report Shows 4G Surge

4G uptake has accelerated in the past year according to Ofcom’s annual Communications Market Report, which states that during 2014 4G subscriptions soared from 2.7 million to 23.6 million. What are 4G users doing? The Ofcom report provides an insight into what 4G mobile users are doing compared with 3G users, and suggests that they … Read More

Farmer creates his own rural 4G hotspot

A Wiltshire farmer – who believes that 4G holds the answer to slow fixed line broadband connections in rural areas – has created his own 4G hotspot providing speeds of up to 69 Mbps. Richard Guy was fed up with the slow fixed line broadband connection speeds he was getting from BT, which were typically … Read More

UK Boasts the World’s Fastest 4G Speeds

The UK has the fastest 3G and 4G speeds across the globe according to a new State of the Internet report from Akami, which showed that speeds in the UK were more than twice as fast as its nearest rival during the first quarter of 2015. The quarterly State of the Internet report used data … Read More

Do 4G Customers Care About Speed?

When we measure 4G performance we often focus on network coverage and speeds but Vodafone is questioning whether customers are really that bothered about 4G speeds, or whether they just want a reliable service. Vodafone, who came last of the four major networks in the speed index of the latest RootMetrics UK Rootscore Report, suggests … Read More

Ericsson to Treble 4G Speeds in 2015

Swedish firm Ericsson is expecting to be able to dramatically increase download speeds for 4G smartphones later this year, it has revealed ahead of CES 2015. It plans to use wireless spectrum usually used by Wi-Fi to enable 4G users to download data three times faster than they do now. Ericsson sells network equipment to … Read More

Next Generation 4G Tops Speeds of 410Mbps

A trial of next generation 4G category 9 by Huawei, EE, and Qualcomm has apparently achieved download speeds of over 410Mbps, indicating that we’re only just starting to see the potential of 4G. The trial of LTE category 9 technology is thought to be the first successfully completed trial of its kind in Europe. It … Read More