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T-Mobile US Confirms SpaceX Satellite ‘Direct to Cell’ Launch

SpaceX launches first satellites that will deliver a mobile service to customers of T-Mobile US outside of cell tower range

Bye-bye mobile not-spots? Partnership will deliver satellite-based messaging for premium handsets running Android OS

No more not-spots? Elon Musk's SpaceX and T-Mobile plan to connect mobile phones to satellites, so as to expand mobile coverage

No mains power required? Vodafone mobile phone mast in Wales incorporates wind turbine, solar panels and on-site batteries

But 134,000 properties in the United Kingdom are still unable to get a decent broadband connectivity, Ofcom's latest research shows

Progress report on £1 billion Shared Rural Network shows Scotland, Wales, North East England benefiting from 4G rural coverage

Government efforts to tackle rural not spots will see mobile phone masts being up to five metres taller than existing rules

Ambitious government target for 85 percent coverage of gigabit-capable broadband by 2025 may not be achieved, committee of MPs warn

NHS funding rise, increased sick pay and £5 billion upgrade for broadband connectivity in remote areas to aid remote working

After some disagreements along the way, the £1 billion plan to eliminate mobile not-spots in rural areas, is agreed by all major players

Rival mobile operators clash with BT-owned EE over costs to access its network masts, ahead of crunch meeting on Wednesday

No more rural not-spots, after the government and mobile operators pledge a £1 billion plan to create a 'Shared Rural Network'

Operator installs more mobile masts and upgrades 4,000 existing sites to further spread of its 4G network

Stuck in broadband slowlane? EE solution aims to help 580,000 homes gain speeds of speeds of over 100Mbps

Analyst says operators are battling "gag orders" and need to come clean about who is to blame for not spots and dropped calls

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Three upsets government plan to build better mobile coverage for rural not spots

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An Oxfordshire village has become the envy of rural Britain after being selected for a all-fibre network

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Socitm report says local councils will find it difficult to match BDUK funding required to roll out fibre into broadband not-spots,

The Conservatives have pledged money to improve mobile coverage in the UK's so called not-spots