Category: 5G
Three and Sky Mobile to offer Huawei Mate 20 X 5G smartphone
Three and Sky Mobile have become the first UK mobile operators to offer Huawei’s 5G smartphone to customers as part of the rollout of their new 5G mobile networks. The Chinese company’s Mate 20 X 5G device previously has been left out of the launches of other networks – including EE, Vodafone and O2 –…
O2 reveals locations for 5G including Arsenal Emirates stadium
The UK’s second biggest mobile phone operator has revealed it will roll out its 5G network in October this year. The super-fast service for O2 customers will be switched on in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London first, with 20 towns and cities able to use 5G on the network from 2019. Mark Evans, chief executive…
Vodafone extends 5G to 15 UK towns and cities
Vodafone has just extended its 5G network to 15 UK towns and cities. Customers can now start to experience 5G in Birkenhead, Bolton, Gatwick, Lancaster, Newbury, Plymouth, Stoke-on-Trent and Wolverhampton. They join Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool and London, which all went live with 5G on 3 July 2019. Vodafone is also widening its 5G…
5 things we learned from Vodafone 5G launch
Yesterday Vodafone became the latest mobile operator to launch 5G in the UK, following EE's launch in May. Here are 5 things we learned from the launch... 5G isn't going to be that expensive - It may be that Vodafone is aggressively pricing its 5G packages in order to gain greater market share against frontrunner…
Cloud gaming service Hatch goes live with Vodafone 5G
Cloud gaming service Hatch has gone live in the UK as part of Vodafone’s 5G network switch on yesterday (July 3rd 2019). Hatch will offer Vodafone customers complimentary access to Hatch Premium: 5G-powered on-demand mobile gaming with unlimited access to over 100 mobile games. Vodafone customers will have 3 months of complimentary access to the…
Vodafone launches 5G with unlimited data from £23 a month
Mobile operator Vodafone has launched its 5G network in seven cities in the UK with unlimited data plans starting at £23 per month. The telecoms giant will also introduce roaming in Spain, Italy and Germany by the end of July – the first network to offer 5G roaming. It will also expand the new network…
Vodafone to launch 5G Fan Assisted Referee (FAR) for Isles of Scilly
Players for the Garrison Gunners (red) and Woodpack Wanderers (black) - the only two teams in the Isles of Scilly league! As if getting abuse from the crowd wasn't bad enough! Soon football referees on the Isles of Scilly will be getting abuse - or at the very least 'constructive…
O2 confirms 5G network launch will be ‘this year’
O2 will be the last of the big networks to launch 5G in the UK, chief executive Mark Evans has said, as the mobile operator announced new billing options for the Apple Watch Series 4. The UK’s three other largest mobile networks – EE, Vodafone and Three – have either launched or confirmed plans to…
Fault hits Vodafone’s mobile data and broadband
Vodafone is working to fix a fault which has affected some customers’ access to its mobile data and broadband services. Users across the UK and Ireland took to Twitter to report the issue, as well as other countries where the firm operates in Europe, including Spain, Italy and Greece. According to DownDetector, which allows users…
UK’s 5G network operators seek clarification over Huawei
The UK’s network operators have written to the Government asking for it to be clearer about its position on Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, over fears it could impact on the country’s roll-out of 5G. According to the BBC, a group of operators have penned a draft letter which could be finalised and sent to Cabinet…
