Tag Archives: ofcom

Vodafone Offers Netflix to 4G Customers

Vodafone UK has renewed its mobile partnership deal with Internet TV network Netflix, meaning Vodafone’s customers will be able to access the service when they sign up to certain 4G bundles. Vodafone customers who sign up to Vodafone Red Value, SIM Only or Red + Sharer Bundles will get between six months’ and two years’ … 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

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 Vital to High Street Survival

A report issued by the Digital High Street Advisory Board has suggested that a connectivity overhaul is necessary for the survival of UK High Streets, and has advised that 4G mobile connectivity in town centres is a vital part of this. The Digital High Street Report 2020 seeks to make the UK’s towns and high … 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

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

Rural 4G Expansion Continues

EE is continuing the expansion of its 4G network and is bringing superfast mobile internet to a number of rural locations. In an article entitled ‘From whisky valley to the land of clotted cream, more 4G coverage across the UK’s rural towns’, EE explained that it was rolling out 4G to an additional 14 towns, … 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