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Mobile connectivity revolution to boost the Union People in rural Scotland, Wales and the North East of England to enjoy huge improvements in mobile coverage thanks to £1bn mobile connectivity programme. From: 29 June 2021 Scotland, Wales and North East England to benefit most from mobile coverage boost under new £1 billion Shared Rural Network Scotland, Wales and North East England to benefit most from mobile coverage boost under new £1 billion Shared Rural Network More than 230,000 Welsh homes and businesses to get access to faster broadband through UK government’s £5 bill...

BT shares surge as mobile operators dodge big 5G bill Mobile operators breathe sigh of relief as spectrum auction fails to ramp up the costs of 5G airwaves 17 March 2021 • 3:55pm Mobile operators have avoided a burdensome bill for 5G airwaves in an auction that cost far less than expected, sending BT shares soaring. EE, the UK’s biggest mobile operator that is owned by BT, spent £452m on additional 5G spectrum that allows faster smartphone data – far less than the £824m analysts had forecast.  All four mobile operators that took part in the auction, including Vodafone, O2 and Three,�...

Government is to provide more than £500 million of support to extend mobile coverage through the landmark Shared Rural Network Major post-Brexit...

Paul Lipscombe EE will join the second stage of the Shared Rural Network Three of the UK operators have agreed to build and share 222 new mobile masts in a bid to boost rural coverage across the UK as part of the first stage of the Shared Rural Network (SRN). O2, Three and Vodafone have agreed to partner up to the programme that will deliver the first stage of the £1 billion Shared Rural Network. EE has come out and said it’s not needed at this stage but will be involved in the second stage. The operator cited that it’s built over 600 new rural sites in the past few years.