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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

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

Over 3 million Three Customers Use 4G

Three was the last provider to launch a 4G network but it already covers almost half (48%) of the UK and has announced that 3.1 million of its UK customers are using 4G. Three has a unique 4G model compared with the other 4G network providers, because all customers that live in an area with … Read More

Ofcom Reports Six Million 4G Subscriptions

The 2014 Communications Market Report from Ofcom indicates that at the end of March 2014 there were around six million 4G mobile subscriptions in the UK, which works out at 8% of all active subscriptions. This is a huge increase from the previous year’s report which showed that EE, the only provider of 4G at … Read More

Ofcom Publishes 4G Provider Complaints

At the end of June Ofcom published its quarterly Telecom and Pay TV Complaints report for the first quarter of 2014, and it was bad news for EE. The provider has the highest relative volume of complaints in the mobile pay-monthly telephony category, with complaint volumes that were almost twice the industry average. Other 4G … Read More

Ofcom to Undertake 4G Network Testing

Independent communications regulator Ofcom has announced that it will be undertaking non-commissioned testing of specific operator mobile networks in the UK for the first time. This will include both 4G and 3G tests and has been described as ‘walk and drive’ testing. Ofcom are to perform operator specific testing on the EE, Vodafone, O2, and … Read More

Ofcom to Increase 4G Mobile Spectrum Charges

4G network providers are likely to have to pay more for their use of UK mobile spectrum bands, after the publication of an Ofcom consultation last week. The consultation has assessed the annual license fees for the 900MHz and 1800MHz spectrum bands used by 4G mobile providers, and Ofcom are proposing to increase these significantly … Read More

Ofcom backs 4G to bring Wales up to speed with rest of UK

The imminent roll out of 4G services across Britain is likely to benefit a number of regions, but a new report from Ofcom says this move will have the biggest impact on rural Wales . Research from the telecoms regulator shows that access to superfast broadband in Wales is significantly lower than the rest of the UK, with just … Read More