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With 4K content streaming, augmented and virtual realities and the increasing demand for high quality video conferencing driving a 40% growth in demand for mobile network capacity every year, BT has unveiled plans to address the future needs for UK mobile.
Newly merged communications provider Virgin Media O2 has announced what it says is a significant boost to its UK 4G and 5G mobile coverage to holiday hotspots in order to address what it believes with be significant extra demand on the nation’s networks.
The latest RootMetrics Everyday 5G scorecard, measuring availability and download speeds for the growing number of next-generation mobile networks in the country, has shown that 5G capability in the UK is progressing along at a steady clip.
Scotland, Wales and the North East of England are set to benefit most in improved and extended mobile coverage once the UK government’s £1.3 billion Shared Rural Network (SRN) scheme is completed.
