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Recent weeks have seen UK operators up the ante in their network coverage battles, with music festivals across the country playing host to a raft of temporary mobile sites designed to support the colossal amount of data consumed when tens…

3 UK pitched itself into the country’s 5G fight, outlining plans to launch a home broadband service in August, followed by a mobile service it said will top data rates offered by rivals EE and Vodafone UK.

CEO of Three UK, David Dyson, gives an insight into the company’s network technology launch plans as it prepares its move to 5G in the second half of 2019.

LIVE FROM HUAWEI GLOBAL MBB FORUM 2018, LONDON: Increased network capacity provides the central business case for 5G rather than adoption of science fiction-style applications, 3 UK CEO Dave Dyson explained.

Mobile operator 3 UK committed to spending £2 billion to develop and launch 5G services, a sum CEO Dave Dyson (pictured) said would give it a platform to better challenge in the market, though he warned the investment would stagnate profit…

Operator-backed pressure group Mobile UK urged local and national governments to update planning regulations and ensure mobile connectivity is a prerequisite at the planning stage of urban and rural developments.

The UK’s four existing operators shared the spoils in the country’s maligned spectrum auction, with Telefonica UK securing extra airwaves for 4G and Vodafone winning the largest allocation of 5G-ready spectrum. In the 3.