SPEEDRUNNERS, ASSEMBLE! EE UNITES THE UK’S FASTEST BEDROOM GAMERS TO SMASH SPEEDRUN.COM WORLD RECORDS, AS NEW BROADBAND MADE FOR GAMERS BUNDLE LAUNCHES

SPEEDRUNNERS, ASSEMBLE! EE UNITES THE UK’S FASTEST BEDROOM GAMERS TO SMASH SPEEDRUN.COM WORLD RECORDS, AS NEW BROADBAND MADE FOR GAMERS BUNDLE LAUNCHES

This week, EE assembled a duo of bedroom gamers to smash speedrunning world records on hit racing video game, GRID™ Legends. EE’s speedrunners Dan Riley (from Devon) and Josh Edwards (from Bournemouth), used EE’s new Broadband Made for Gamers bundle that launches today, including its Game Mode feature and 1.6Gbps speeds, setting a total of four all-new speedrun.com records for […]

Mobile broadband is faster than Wi-Fi in 33 countries, according to Open Signal

Mobile broadband is faster than Wi-Fi in 33 countries, according to Open Signal

Generally, it’s accepted that internet access originating from a Wi-Fi hot spot will be faster than a mobile broadband connection. Many of the most popular smartphones, like iPhones, automatically join the nearest known Wi-Fi network because of this belief. But according to a new study, this assumption isn’t true in many places around the world. […]

Telefónica and Facebook join forces to bring 4G to 100 million people in Latin America

Telefónica and Facebook join forces to bring 4G to 100 million people in Latin America

Telefónica, the Spanish parent of UK mobile operator O2, is working with social network Facebook to develop a programme called Internet para todos (Internet for everybody), with the intention of connecting 100 million digitally excluded people in Central and South America to the internet for the first time. Around 20% of people in Latin America […]

UK operators must address the growing need for broadband in rural areas, says GlobalData

UK operators must address the growing need for broadband in rural areas, says GlobalData

UK residents and businesses located in rural areas should push for improved access to ultrafast broadband (with connectivity at 300 Mbps and above) and 5G services, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. One of the primary inhibitors to economic growth in the UK is the shortage of internet access services and lack […]