5G
09 May 2022
Importance of Rural Digital Champions
Research suggests that local authorities that have prioritised digital connectivity and appointed Digital Champions, have had significant success in speeding up rollout and improving relationships with telecommunications companies. Mobile UK,...
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03 May 2022
Event announcement: Using 5G to support rural areas to level up
Event announcement: Using 5G to support rural areas to level up. Lessons learnt from Mobile Access North Yorkshire Wednesday 15th June 2022 Digital connectivity is a basic human right but...
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14 Mar 2022
New Rules and Taller Masts to Boost 5G Mobile in Rural England
ISPreview reports that the Government has confirmed their intention to introduce a series of changes to Permitted Development (PD) rights for mobile infrastructure, which aims to help extend 5G and...
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02 Aug 2021
Three UK calls for policy reform to speed up rural connectivity
New research from CCS Insight and Three UK shows that those in rural areas could get gigabit broadband faster for half the cost of fixed line technology, if the government...
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19 Jul 2021
Virgin Media O2 announces a 4G and 5G boost to rural areas
Virgin Media has announced a £448m investment to boost its 4G and 5G network areas, with a focus on rural and tourist hotspots, according to telecom publisher 5G Radar This...
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19 Jul 2021
5G Rural Dorset project for enhanced connectivity
The Bournemouth Echo reports that there has been a new milestone in improved internet access along the Jurassic Coast A 700 MHz private network has been installed to cover part...
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21 Jun 2021
Early social science insight of Mobile Access North Yorkshire released
Early social science insight has been released from Lancaster University Management School about Mobile Access North Yorkshire (MANY) – a Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) 5G Testbed...
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07 Jun 2021
Virgin Media O2 brand launches after multi-billion-pound merger
Telecom giants Virgin Media and O2’s £31billion merger has launched with the newly formed firm promising to help power the nation’s recovery after coronavirus, according to MailOnline Representing the biggest...
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04 May 2021
Government’s rural network infrastructure plans ‘ignore businesses’, claims Three
Trade publication IT Pro reports on claims from mobile operator, Three, that the Government is continuing to ignore business use cases across rural and remote areas when rolling out network...
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26 Apr 2021
UK aims to take rural areas out of digital dark age
The Government has outlined plans to wipe out mobile signal blindspots in rural areas and the road network, as part of reforms to improve connectivity and speed rollout of 5G...
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