(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/omersukrugoksu) The long-running dispute over Three UK’s proposed merger with O2 is expected to reach a conclusion next week as the European Commission prepares to reject the deal. O2’s chief executive, Ronan Dunne, has sharply criticized UK regulators and compared the country’s spectrum allocation to “Venezuela,” highlighting concerns about how radio frequencies are … Read more

Reliable, high-quality mobile connectivity is essential for most people in the UK, according to Ofcom’s latest report, “Mobile Matters”. Based on crowdsourced data gathered from mobile devices between October 2023 and March 2024, the report examines how UK mobile networks perform across key metrics such as connection success rates, download and upload times, and response … Read more

SK Telecom is rolling out a blockchain-based digital wallet designed to store official national documents as part of a government-led push toward digitalisation. The largest mobile carrier in South Korea received approval from the Ministry of Public Administration and Security to issue its first digital document wallet. The wallet uses blockchain technology to securely store … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/Prykhodov) Yesterday we reported that BT planned to launch 4G services this week as an MVNO on EE’s network ahead of a proposed full acquisition of the UK’s largest mobile operator. Now reports suggest Hutchison Whampoa, the owner of Three UK, is preparing to announce a proposed merger with Telefónica-owned O2. Sources say … Read more

As AI-driven workloads accelerate toward 2026, the way networks are designed, secured, and commercialized is changing. Predictable growth is giving way to sudden traffic spikes, new data centre clusters, and demand patterns that are harder to forecast. Across the UK and global telecom markets, the 2026 outlook is prompting operators to rethink everything from fibre … Read more

Several of the world’s leading mobile operators — including AT&T, China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Verizon and Vodafone — have moved from trials to commercial rollouts of low power wide area (LPWA) networks, marking a significant step forward for Mobile IoT adoption. These commercial deployments are part of the GSMA’s Mobile IoT … Read more

By Adrian Thirkill, Easynet UK MD Unified communications (UC) promises a lot: cohesion, better sharing, smoother collaboration and more efficient ways of working. These benefits help explain why adoption is accelerating. Analysts have projected strong market growth as organisations increasingly recognise the value of bringing voice, video, data and mobile tools together. Cloud adoption is … Read more

The number of households actively paying for IPTV subscriptions is projected to surge over the next five years, according to industry analyst Digital TV Research. Strong expansion across the Asia-Pacific region will drive growth from 35 million paying IPTV households at the end of 2010 to more than 155 million by the end of 2016—an … Read more

Analysis Smartphones have transformed everyday life. Devices loaded with apps for productivity, entertainment and wellbeing have driven an enormous surge in mobile data. Over the past eight years, data volumes have increased roughly 24-fold while the price per megabyte has dropped by more than 95%. Few industries have seen such rapid cost declines in such … Read more

(c)iStock.com/tumpikuja Global smartphone sales are expected to reach about 1.35 billion units this year as consumers seek faster, more capable devices. That rising demand puts significant pressure on communications service providers (CSPs) to innovate and scale infrastructure. Following announcements at this year’s Mobile World Congress, it’s clear that the supporting networks and systems that handle … Read more