Cobham Satcom, a specialist in the satellite communication industry with advanced end-to-end satellite connectivity solutions, has announced its membership of the Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA). This industry collaboration aims to advance the development of direct-to-device (D2D) and IoT connectivity through an ecosystem of Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) providers committed to seamlessly extending mobile coverage globally. […]

Thirty government-funded mast upgrades have now been activated in Wales as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) – a programme brokered by the UK government and joint-funded with mobile network operators to improve mobile coverage in rural areas. Across the whole of the UK, 56 masts are now live as part of the SRN. […]

In 2024, 97 per cent of people in the EU aged 16-29 years reported using the internet every day compared with 88 per cent of the total population, a difference of 9 percentage points (pp). This gap has been consistently narrowing during the past decade. In 2014, 87 per cent of young people used the internet daily, […]

Research from O2 highlights a significant disconnect between awareness and behaviour when it comes to sun protection. The research has been backed by The British Skin Foundation which has highlighted that getting burnt just five times over a lifetime more than doubles the risk of getting a melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer. […]

Xsolla, a video game commerce company, has released its Q2 2025 Edition of The Xsolla Report: The State of Play. The report provides insights, trends and opportunities shaping the gaming landscape. In 2024, global mobile app usage soared to 4.2 trillion hours, an all-time high that powered $150 billion consumer spending across mobile platforms. Mobile […]

During VidCon in Anaheim, US, Jill Nicholson, CMO of Chartbeat, parent company to Tubular Labs,  presented some data and insights around YouTube views and engagement, including: Mobile Dominates Viewership But TV Has Surprising Share of Minutes Watched: 69 per cent of YouTube viewership occurs on mobile devices. While only 16 per cent of views occur […]

DoubleVerify, a software platform to verify media quality, optimise ad performance, has released the discovery of ShadowBot, a fraudulent bot scheme that generated over 35 million spoofed mobile devices in Q1 2025 and cost unprotected advertisers an estimated $2.5 million (€2.1m) since the start of the year. The DV Fraud Lab identified ShadowBot targeting mobile […]

The mobile industry’s operational emissions fell by 8 per cent between 2019 and 2023, even as mobile connections grew by 9 per cent and data traffic quadrupled, according to the GSMA’s fifth annual Mobile Net Zero report. The findings show the mobile industry has successfully started to decouple emissions from data and connectivity growth – […]

Ofcom research compares how the UK’s broadband, mobile and landline customers rate their providers for customer service – including call waiting times, complaint handling and overall satisfaction. The media regulator says that it has “seen signs” that companies have improved the way they deal with complaints. Customer satisfaction with complaints handling for mobile (61 per […]

Samsung Ads has announced an expansion of its connected TV (CTV) advertising ecosystem, with the integration of Samsung mobile smartphone usage data to enhance targeting, insights and reporting. Advertisers in the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Germany can now benefit from a larger deterministic dataset that encompasses a broader spectrum of devices and consumer touchpoints […]