News articles about latest events that happen in UK broadband market plus information, reviews and analysis.
Cable operator Virgin Media is set to offer gigabit broadband (1Gbps speed) service in selected cities including Southampton, Manchester and Reading by the end of 2019, it has been revealed. The latest DOCSIS 3.1 upgrade over its cable network could deliver up to 10Gbps download speed and 2Gbps upload speed to Virgin Media broadband users. … Read more
The UK’s largest 4G mobile provider EE is set to launch the next generation, 5G mobile service in six major UK cities including Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester, Belfast, London and Belfast by this month end. The new, ultra fast, service will be available in the busiest parts of these cities from 30th May 2019, said EE … Read more
Broadband and mobile operators in the UK will need to send ‘énd of of contract’ notices to their customers a month before the contract expiry, according to the new regulation from the regulator Ofcom. The notifications that customers would receive through email, letter and text would contain information like the end date of the existing … Read more
Sky Broadband has added a new feature to all of its Internet plans to provide customers with the best service with faster speeds and an easy way to manage home Internet usage. Sky Broadband Boost costs an extra £2.50 per month and can be added as an option on Broadband Essential and Broadband Superfast packages. … Read more
While releasing the fourth quarterly results that ended on 31st March 2019, the UK’s major mobile operator Vodafone also revealed details on its home broadband growth as well as the launch date of its 5G mobile service in the 19 UK cities. The first phase of 5G commercial roll out is expected to start from 3rd July … Read more
The new survey conducted by phone provider PowWowNow revealed that Bristol gets the fastest broadband speeds among the top 20 cities in the UK. On average, users in this city could receive 66.6Mbps download speed. Other cities that get superfast speeds are Nottingham (66Mbps), Leicester (61.4Mbps), Wigan(61.6Mbps), Edinburgh (63Mbps), Cardiff (61Mbps) and Dudley (60.Mbps). London, … Read more