Airwave goodbye, hello ESN

The government recently announced plans that – despite facing delays and setbacks – a new Emergency Services Network (ESN) will be phased in from the beginning of 2019. It will replace the...
Will satellite help us escape the dreaded blackspots?

A guest blog by Neil Fraser, communications and information provider and leader at ViaSat UK
In March's budget, George Osborne restated the government's drive to push...
4G isn’t making me shun my Wi-Fi… yet
Mobile operators may be arch enemies most of the time, but if there is one thing that brings them together onto the same side it is the threat of Wi-Fi.
When a user chooses to leap onto a wireless...
We will win in the 4G operator wars
I was both surprised and impressed when I opened my email this morning. EE was shouting from the rooftops - through text form of course - that it had...
The 4G Wars – turns out nobody cares…
The operators argued until they were blue in the face, Ofcom kept us waiting and waiting, and EE put all of its investment squarely behind the technology - but it seems the person on the street couldn't give two hoots about 4G.
BT – the next OTT provider thanks to 4G
Ofcom’s job is not to make money for the government
Rumour has it this week that the National Audit Office (NAO) is going to be investigating the 4G spectrum auction. Why? Well, for not bringing in enough cash to the Treasury.
Before the bidding process had...
EE – neither stands for enterprise 4G
Last month I had an interesting chat with the general manager of O2's enterprise division in the UK. He claimed O2 hadn't lost a single corporate customer to EE, despite...
4G has not had customers running to EE’s door
I have been eagerly awaiting the first set of results from EE after it came to market with 4G offerings. No, it is not just because I need to get out more, but because all our contacts at the firm have been so tight lipped about the number of users paying up for 4G contracts....