Ookla has analysed mobile connectivity across local authorities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and presented data based on its Speedtest Intelligence data from 2024 Q1 to Q3 2024 and 2025 Q1 to Q3 UK-wide median mobile download speed rose 15 per cent year-on-year to 63.03 Mbps in 2025 while upload speeds improved from […]
The television and streaming industries continue to evolve beyond traditional broadcast boundaries, with content creation, distribution and consumption now deeply reliant on mobile connectivity. As production teams operate across borders and streaming platforms pursue global audiences, the infrastructure that supports secure, flexible communication has become an increasingly strategic concern. Among the technologies drawing greater attention […]
Virgin Media O2 is helping hundreds of people experiencing financial hardship stay connected this winter and beyond by providing free smartphones and O2 mobile data to The Multibank. Through this new partnership, the company has donated refurbished phones and O2 data via its Community Calling programme with charity, Hubbub, which are being rehomed to people […]
Europe’s mobile operators could unlock billions in potential infrastructure investment, accelerating 5G standalone (5G SA) rollouts and boosting the continent’s economic output, if policymakers take a smarter approach to spectrum policy, according to a study from the GSMA. The report, Spectrum pricing and renewals in Europe, written by GSMA Intelligence, sets out how Europe’s long-standing […]
AppsFlyer has released the 2025 edition of its Performance Index, marking the ten-year anniversary of its report that ranks the top media sources in mobile advertising. Based on global data from 16.2 billion installs from over 39,000 apps and 9.6 billion remarketing conversions, the Index reflects a mobile ecosystem shaped by sharpening competition and a […]
NFL Sundays are no longer confined to living-room TVs or crowded sports bars. Today’s fans expect to watch games anytime, anywhere, and on any device, and mobile streaming delivers precisely that. As consumption habits evolve, the NFL embraces streaming platforms and mobile-first technology to reach broader, younger, and more engaged audiences. With near-zero lag streams, […]
Interactive entertainment now sits at the centre of digital media. You see it every time a live stream reacts to chat, a second-screen poll changes what happens next, or a game event becomes the topic of the week on social video. This shift matters because it changes how you spend time, how you choose what […]
5G Standalone (SA) deployments have triggered a notable 2025 growth in the number of communications service providers (CSPs) offering differentiated connectivity commercial models based on 5G SA Network Slicing – where CSPs guarantee quality of service for customer use cases through the allocation of slices of the network, according to the November 2025 Ericsson Mobility […]
Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report finds that Brits used nearly a fifth (18 per cent) more mobile data in 2025 than the previous year, totalling over 1.2 billion GB each month. That’s the equivalent of streaming 400 million football matches in HD, watching 315 billion TikToks, or sending 1.3 quadrillion text-only WhatsApp messages. While 4G […]
Luxembourg-based OQ Technology, a pioneering European direct-to-device (D2D) satellite connectivity provider with 60 MHz of high-priority MSS S-band spectrum, has achieved a major technological milestone using its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation to successfully deliver Europe’s first direct-to-mobile emergency broadcast message from space — transmitted directly to standard smartphones without any hardware or software […]