Freshwave are deploying thirteen new 4G/5G outdoor small cells for O2 in Guildford city centre under an open access agreement with Surrey County Council. Nine are already live and enhancing connectivity in busy public areas, benefiting residents, businesses and visitors. Outdoor small cells are compact mobile units, roughly the size of a shoebox, designed to improve […]
The race to bring satellite calls and texts to ordinary smartphones has begun, after UK comms regulator Ofcom announced its final decisions about how the technology can be rolled out. Mobile operators are now joining with satellite companies to deliver ‘direct-to-device services’ to everyday smartphones up and down the UK. This involves satellites hundreds of […]
People and businesses across Norfolk, including Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Kings Lynn and Thetford, are now set to benefit from O2’s most advanced mobile network yet, as the company switches on its next-generation 5G Standalone service locally. With a population of around 940,000 across Norfolk, residents in these areas will be able to benefit from the new 5G network, which […]
Virgin Media O2 is giving Virgin TV customers access to linear FAST channel content via VoD at no extra cost. All Virgin TV customers can now watch episodes from their favourite FAST channel shows whenever suits them outside of the linear TV schedule. Customers can access the catch-up content via Virgin Media’s On Demand streaming […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has announced the final results of its mmWave spectrum auction, following completion of the remaining stages. On October 16th, Ofcom announced the results of the Principal stage, which determined how much spectrum each of the three bidders – EE, O2 and VodafoneThree – had won, and how much they had committed […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has announced the outcome of the Principal stage of its auction to release more airwaves to improve 5G in the busiest places. A total of 5.4 GHz of spectrum was up for grabs – the most ever to be made available in an Ofcom auction. This spectrum, known as ‘mmWave’ because […]
o2 Telefónica in Germany has announced a new working relationship with Crunchyroll. The collaboration will see Crunchyroll fully integrated into the customer ecosystem of o2 Telefónica, offering access to a dedicated anime library for all o2 mobile and broadband customers. Under the agreement, o2 customers can add a Crunchyroll subscription directly to their o2 account, […]
Virgin Media O2 has announced the successful switch-on of its Giga Site in Paddington, London, utilising newly acquired spectrum and marking a step forward in delivering more reliable mobile connectivity across the UK. The new Giga Site combines low, mid and high-band spectrum with Nokia’s new dual-band massive MIMO technology, which uses a large number […]
Residents, businesses, and visitors to Perth city centre in Scotland will benefit from enhanced mobile coverage from O2 with the deployment of six new 4G outdoor small cells. Small cells are technology about the size of a shoe box and used to enhance mobile phone signal in busy areas. Because of their size, they can […]
Total Kombat 2 will stream live from London’s The Indigo at The O2 on ITVX on September 13th. A full replay will be available on demand. Created with veteran television producers and world champion martial artists – including British UFC standout Michael ‘Venom’ Page – Total Kombat is a combat sports promotion shaped by the […]