UK telecoms companies spend close to £1.4bn for mobile spectrum as 5G race heats up

UK telecoms companies spend close to £1.4bn for mobile spectrum as 5G race heats up

The UK’s four major mobile network providers splashed out £1.356bn between them on the first stage of an auction for 4G and 5G airwaves. EE, Three parent Hutchison, O2 parent Telefonica, and Vodafone all successfully picked up spectrum on offer – with Airspan Spectrum Holdings, a SoftBank-backed UK-based subsidiary of Airspan, the only party to […]

UK paves way for 5G rollout with £25M test projects

UK paves way for 5G rollout with £25M test projects

The British government has announced the winners of a £25 million competition to test 5G technologies across the UK. The fund will be split six ways, with amounts of between £2 million and £5 million spread across projects exploring the benefits of 5G for rural communities, tourism, health care, agriculture, manufacturing and self-driving cars. The […]