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BT Group has announced a narrowband internet of things (NB-IOT) network, which it says is set to pave the way for more UK smart cities and industries.
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Kester Mann, director of consumer and connectivity at CCS Insight has predicted a busy start for incoming BT CEO Allison Kirkby as she prepares to take the reigns from Phillip Jansen next week.
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EE has hit its target for expanded 4G coverage six months ahead of a June 2024 deadline.
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EE’s venture into gaming consoles and other electronics is an evolution in its strategy, rather than a major shift in direction, Kester Mann, director of consumer and connectivity at CCS Insight says.
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BT has announced the launch of the UK’s first drone SIM in a first for the UK market.
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EE confirms the successful deployment of over 600 street-level mobile sites (small cells), across the UK.
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EE will bring 4G connectivity to a further 1,500 remote countryside communities across the UK, including Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.
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Microsoft has signed a yet another 10-year deal, this time with EE to deliver cloud gaming services to a greater range of users.
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Hiya, a voice security company has signed an agreement with BT Group to provide a call protection service for BT and EE users.
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EE has teamed with BAI Communications 4G mobile coverage to a new wave of London Underground stations.
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EE and Freshwave have partnered to enhance 4G and 5G coverage along Queen Victoria Street after a “first-of-its-kind” mobile infrastructure pilot was completed by both firms.
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EE has built or upgraded over 500 4G sites across the UK since December 2021, the operator has announced.
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BT has announced that it will bring EE mobile connectivity to the wholesale market.
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EE is deploying Ericsson’s latest ultra-lightweight radio technology which will deliver improved 5G efficiency across its network.
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Tango Networks has partnered with BT to use the EE network as it looks to deliver MVNO business mobile services in the UK.
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EE says it has become the first European carrier to deliver 5G over seven combined spectrum carriers, delivering its fastest 5G speeds yet.
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BT will raise its TV and broadband prices for most of its customers by around 9% by the end of March 2022.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from Subsea cables to roaming charges and satellite launches.
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EE and Vodafone have both moved to delay the reintroduction of roaming charges.
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Three and EE have announced they have joined the BAI Communications network to provide 4G and 5G mobile connectivity across the London Underground.
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Freshwave, a UK network service provider, has appointed Tom Bennett as its new chief technology officer (CTO).
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The UK’s competition authority will consider forcing Motorola to divest the obsolete Airwave emergency services network as one of the possible solutions to its inquiry.
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UK-based full fibre operator CityFibre has hired someone from the government as its chief marketing officer.
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The merged Virgin Media O2 operator in the UK has been showing off 5G-connected drones that are designed to be used by emergency services.
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BT has unveiled plans to offer high performance 5G across the UK and to combine its mobile, Wi-Fi and fibre infrastructures to deliver the “UK’s first fully converged network”.
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HMD Mobile has officially launched its own MVNO operation in the UK.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from OTT partnerships to satellites and subsea cables.
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EE, the mobile subsidiary of BT, has launched new 5G spectrum following the second assignment stage of Ofcom’s auction in March of 2021.
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British regulator Ofcom has confirmed the final results in its 5G spectrum auction.
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CK Hutchison’s Three UK has emerged as leader for 5G availability in the country, ahead of BT’s EE, Telefónica’s O2 and Vodafone.
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The principal stage of The UK's long-awaited 5G auction has raised £1,356,400,000.
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UK telecoms group Daisy has demerged its cloud business into a separate company, with investment from private equity fund Inflexion.
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Chinese vendor Huawei is to set up a private 5G testbed in the Cambridge Science Park in the UK, working with Cambridge Wireless.
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Operators and device manufacturers active in the UK are no longer permitted to sell locked handsets, the national regulator Ofcom has said.
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After four years with Sunrise in Switzerland, Olaf Swantee is now heading a company with an ambitious target to fibre up London. Alan Burkitt-Gray asks him about his vision
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BT’s EE has expanded its 5G coverage to an additional 12 locations across the UK, taking the total number of connected towns and cities to 112.
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New owner of a London-based alternative fibre company backed by Deutsche Telekom has recruited Olaf Swantee, former CEO of Orange, EE and then Sunrise, as its executive chairman.
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Nokia has equipped Finnish company Sandvik with a 5G private network to control mining equipment.
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The UK’s mobile operators have taken calmly yesterday’s announcement that it will be illegal to buy Huawei for 5G services after the end of the year.
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The US has won its battle to make the UK ban Huawei from new 5G networks, the government announced today.
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Huawei says it will take “months” to assess the impact of tightening restrictions on using chips designed with US patents.